First Division

Bishopsgate
14 Oct 2023

For those of a mathematical bent, Saturday's draw in Bishopsgate leaves a vanishingly small, and improbable, possibility of the Seagulls making the Playoffs next weekend.

Bray would have to win and Athlone to lose with a combined goal difference in Bray's favour of +9 (and of course Treaty to lose or draw).

That the visitors lost their 2-0 half-time lead to draw in the sixth minute of four minutes added time announced is a measure of how the season as a whole went.

Indeed, it was not the first time this year that the Midlanders overturned a two-goal deficit against the Wanderers. They not only cancelled the home side's advantage, but went on to win 4-2 in the Carlisle Grounds last August.

Bray Wanderers: 45 Matthew Connor; 18 Max Murphy, 4 Jack Hudson, 12 Cole Omorehiomwan, 14 Dane Massey (c); 8 Harry Groome; 17 Darren Craven , 21 Guillermo Almirall; 20 Conor Knight, 9 Chris Lyons, 16 Callum Thompson
Subs: 1 Alex Moody (gk), 3 Len O’Sullivan (for Knight 85), 5 David Webster, 7 Conor Crowley (for Craven 69) , 10 Conor Davis (for Almirall 91+) , 29 Daniel Chukwu, 32 Yousef Mahdy (for Lyons 69), 39 Thomas Morgan, 43 Alain Kizenga (for Thompson 91+)
Longford Town: 12 Jack Harrington; 6 Dylan Hand , 13 Lewis Temple, 3 Derek Daly; 18 Viktor Serdeniuk; 21 Gavin O’Brien, 24 Bastien Hery, 16 Adam Wixted, 20 Kyle O’Connor; 5 Beineon O’Brien Whitmarsh, 25 Olajuwon Adeyemo
Subs: 1 Jack Daly (gk), 4 Aaron Walsh, 8 Ross Fay (for Adeyemo 67), 10 Gary Armstrong (for Héry 85), 11 Jamal Ibrahim, 14 James Doona (for O'Connor 80), 15 Mohammed Boudiaf (for G O'Brien 67), 22 Francis Campbell (for Wixted H/T ), 23 Guilherme Rego Priosti
Referee: Gavin Colfer