Wanderers draw Longford in LSC 4th Round

Bray Wanderers were last night pitted against Longford Town in the 4th round draw of The Leinster Senior Cup. As like most years this competition will probably be used to give game time to finge members of the squad and to some of the u19 squad.
Bray will host Longford on Wednesday 29th February and will have a 7:45 kick off. 

Bray draw Glentoran in Setanta Sports Cup

The draw for the first round of the Setanta Sports cup took place in the Aviva Stadium today. Bray Wanderers were the first team pulled from the pot and were closely followed by Glentoran. Having been pulled out first , Bray will play the first leg of the tie at home and will travel to Belfast the following week for the second leg.
The first leg will take place on Saturday 11th of February in The Carlisle Grounds @ 3pm. Bray will then travel to the Oval stadium in Belfast on the 20th of February, a kick off time is expected to be announced shortly.
Wanderers Weekly will bring you more news on this fixture as we get it. We will also post travel information for supporters when it reaches us.
Below is Jason Byrne at todays draw

Jason Byrne signs for 2012

Bray Wanderers this afternoon announced the signing of Jason Byrne for the 2012 season. Byrne retursn to the Carlisle Grounds where he started his LOI football career in 1998. Jason spent 5 years at the seaside. During his time he scored 64 goals in 128 appearances which included two goals in the 2nd replay of the 1999 FAI Cup Final win against Finn Harps. Jayo as he is known to fans left Bray in 2003 to join Shelbourne and had spells with Cardiff City, Bohemians and Dundalk during his time away from the Carlisle. Jason also got 2 Irish caps during this time under former Irish manager Brian Kerr.

2012 Squad Update

Bray Wanderers have picked up their pre-season dealings during the past few days. Here is a full list of all players who have signed with the seagulls for the coming season.

• Darren Quigley
• Brian Kane
• Daire Doyle
• Com Tresson
• Kieran Marty Waters
• Shane O Connor
• Dean Zambra
• Graham Kelly
• Stephen Brennan
• David Webster
• Conor Butler
• John Mulroy
• Pierce Sweeney
• Kevin Knight
• Adam Hanlon
• Jonathan Kelty
• Danny O Connor
• Dane Massey
• Anthony Bolger
• Jason Byrne
• Ian Byrne
• Stephen Last
• Conor Early
• Sean Houston
• Ger Pender

More signings will be announced in the coming days so watch this space

Sqaud 2012 Update

Here is the full list of players so far confirmed.

Darren Quigley

Brian Kane

Daire Doyle

Colm Tresson

Kieran Marty Waters

Shane O Connor

Dean Zambra

Graham Kelly

Stephen Brennan

David Webster

Conor Butler

John Mulroy

Pierce Sweeney

Kevin Knight

Adam Hanlon (From: Arklow Town LSL - TO:Bray)

Jonathan Kielty (From: Arklow Town LSL - TO:Bray)

2012 Squad update

After weeks of some high profile player departures there was some good news for Wanderers fans as the club released the names of 13 players who signed contracts with the club last week.Of the 13 players on the list there is one stand out name, Com Tresson. At the age of 41 Tresson has signed on for yet another season at the Carlisle Grounds. It was expected that last season would be his last wearing the green and white shirt but Tresson who received a standing ovation and waved his goodbyes to the fans at the last league game of last season has had a change of heart and decided to stay on for yet another year.
Also signed up is Conor Butler who had a very promising season with the 'A' Team last season and featured in some senior game towards the tail end of last season.
Young Pierce Sweeney has been rewarding for his excellent season so far in the U19's with a place in the 2012 senior squad.
The 13 players signed are:

• Darren Quigley
• Brian Kane
• Daire Doyle
• Colm Tresson
• Kieran Marty Waters
• Shane O Connor
• Dean Zambra
• Graham Kelly
• Stephen Brennan
• David Webster
• Conor Butler
• John Mulroy
• Pierce Sweeney

Bray Wanderers will continue to sign players in the coming days and 'Wanderers Weekly' will bring you these signings as we get them.

Shields and O'Neill secure Dundalk move

Chris Shields and Shane O'Neill today became the latest players to depart from the Carlisle Grounds after they penned one year deals with Louth side Dundalk. This comes after the news this morning that goalkeeper Darren Quigley signed a new deal with the club. This makes today a bitter-sweet day for Wanderers fans.
So far the confirmed departures are:

• Derek Prendagast (Drogheda United)
• Gary Dempsey (Waterford United)
• Gary Shaw (Longford Town)
• Conor Murphy (Monaghan United)
• Chris Shields (Dundalk)
• Shane O'Neill (Dundalk)

Quigley remains a seagull

Despite many rumours that goalkeeper Darren Quigley would be leaving Bray he today announced that he will be staying at the club for the 2012 season.
Via his Facebook page Darren said the following.
''I have signed for Bray Wanderers again for 2012. 

Despite the recent worries of players leaving etc, Bray Wanderers can only work with players who WANT to be there. 

Jack and Pat are doing great work that is not recognised so trust in them that we'll pull through. 

Can things get as bad as when Pat took over?''

Kelty and Hanlon sign for Bray

Bray's pre-season preparations are well underway with the squad today having completed its second training session in preparation for the new season.Along with most of last years squad Wanderers Weekly last week was informed that 2 un-named players were training with the seasiders. These two players both signed for Bray today. They are Adam Hanlon and Jonathan Kelty. Both players were part of the Wicklow u18 team that reached the all Ireland final in 2010.
This has not yet been announced by the club and is a 'Wanderers Weekly' exclusive.

Shaw becomes latest player to depart the seaside

Gary Shaw last night became the latest player to leave Bray. Shaw has signed for Longford Town. This is a move that baffles many people after Shaw went on trial with Wolves after the end of the season and also had offers fro two LOI Premier Division teams. Shaw follows Dempsey, Murphy and Prendagast who have all left in recent weeks.