First Division

Carlisle Grounds
12 May 2023

Three useful points, and much needed by the Seagulls, from an eventually comfortable victory over the Donegal side.

A very lively start, marred by an injury to Guilelrmo Amiral that saw him substituted inside the first ten minutes, but Bray skipper Dane Massey was in the right place at the right time to poke a Ben Feeney ball past Tim Hiemer for the opening score midway through the half.

Harps threatened much more during the second period, while Bray seemed much less secure in their play.

As the final whistle beckoned, however, Wanderers stepped up the tempo and were rewarded with a delightful Harry Groome play, one-two with Ben Feeney and a volley into the Harps net with only minutes left to play.

Full report to follow

Bray Wanderers: 1 Alex Moody; 2 Eoin Farrell, 4 Jack Hudson, 12 Cole Omorehiomwan , 14 Dane Massey (c) ; 21 Guillermo Amiral, 6 Luka Lovic ; 11 Gerard Shortt, 8 Harry Groome , 10 Conor Davis; 15 Ben Feeney
Subs: 5 David Webster (for Shortt 87), 16 Callum Thompson (for Davis 68), 17 Darren Craven (for Amiral 8 inj), 20 Conor Knight, 25 Stephen McGuinness (gk), 27 Leon Ajala (for Farrell 87), 28 Ben Clarke, 29 Daniel Chukwu, 30 Zach Nolan
Finn Harps: 1 Tim-Oliver Hiemer; 14 Caoimhín Porter, 5 Keith Cowan (c) , 17 Shane McMonagle, 4 Daithí McCallion, 7 Ryan Flood; 8 Katlego Mashigo, 6 Noe Baba; 11 Seamas Keogh; 9 Filip Fjeldheim da Silva, 20 Seán O'Donnell
Subs: 2 Caoimhin Bonner, 10 Michael Harris (for Okwute 71 ?inj), 15 Kevin Jordan (for McMonagle 91+), 16 Brendan McLaughlin (for Porter 91+), 19 Daniel Okwute (for da Silva H/T) , 21 Damian Duffy (for O'Donnell 76), 40 Oisin Farrell (gk)
Referee: Daniel Murphy