First Division

Carlisle Grounds
26 May 2023

What looked like a fine game of good football degenerated into a defensive struggle, marked - or marred - by some strange decision-making.

The sides swapped goals within minutes of each other in both halves before Bray suffered a serious disadvantage when Ger Shortt was given his marching orders, apparently for some physical contact with an opponent.

The Wanderers were forced on the back foot from that point on, and were lucky to be able to keep the Ramblers at bay.

Full report to follow

Bray Wanderers: 1 Alex Moody; 2 Eoin Farrell, 12 Cole Omorehiomwan , 4 Jack Hudson , 14 Dane Massey (c) ; 7 Conor Crowley , 8 Harry Groome , 18 Max Murphy ; 17 Darren Craven, 11 Gerard Shortt , 15 Ben Feeney
Subs: 3 Len O'Sullivan, 5 David Webster (for Feeney 81), 6 Luka Lovic (for Farrell 73 inj), 9 Chris Lyons, 10 Conor Davis, 16 Callum Thompson (for Crowley 62), 20 Conor Knight, 23 Joe Power, 25 Stephen McGuinness (gk)
Cobh Ramblers: 1 Lee Steacy; 5 Breandán Frahill, 6 Charlie Lyons, 2 Michael McCarthy ; 16 Luke Desmond , 28 Dale Holland ; 29 Tiernan O'Brien, , 11 Conor Drinan, 29 Jason Abbott (c), 12 Daragh O'Sullivan Connell; 7 Wilson Waweru
Subs: 3 Cian Browne, 4 Justin Eguaibor, 9 Jake Hegarty (for Waweru 76) , 14 David Bosnjak (for McCarthy 90), 17 Claudio Osorio, 18 Callum Stringer, 20 Charlie O'Brien, 21 Liam Kervick (for Drinan 76), 30 Darragh Burke (gk)
Referee: David Connolly