Wanderers take a point in Cork

Match report thanks to www.braywanderers.ie 
Bray will count themselves fortunate to have taken a point from the Rebels in Turners Cross, where their record has been poor over the years.

Tadhg Purcell's goal came in the form of a fourth-minute counter-attack as Bray players called for a decision from referee Tom Connolly when Kieran "Marty" Waters was up-ended in the Cork area.

Daryl Horgan fed the resulting clearance on to the waiting Purcell, whose well-judged lob passed Darren Quigley into the Bray net.

And after 70 more minutes of lively attacking football on both sides, Bray equalised with a powerful daisycutter by Jason Byrne, his 182nd career strike.

The remaining quarter hour saw the visitors responding well to a sporadic and ultimately ineffective Cork onslaught, with Waters helped off in the dying minutes after a clash with Ian Turner.


Report:  Mícheál Ó hUanacháin
Photos:  Mick Tierney



Bray Wanderers: 1 Darren Quigley; 2 David Webster, 6 Danny O'Connor(c), 22 Pierce Sweeney, 12 Kevin Knight; 16 Dean Zambra; 11 Kieran Waters, 20 Seán Houston, 21 Adam Hanlon; 18 John Mulroy; 10 Jason Byrne

Subs:7 Ian Byrne, 8 Daire Doyle, 9 Anthony Bolger (for Waters 86 inj), 12 Kevin Knight, 14 Graham Kelly, 17 Jonathan Kelty (for Byrne 89), 24Stephen Last, 25 Brian Kane (gk)


Cork City: 1 Mark McNulty; 2 Ian Turner, 17 Dan Murray (c), 18 Kalen Spillane, 3 Danny Murphy; 6 Gearóid Morrissey, 7 Colin Healy, 8 Shane Duggan; 23 Daryl Horgan, 14 Tadhg Purcell, 20 Jamie Murphy

Subs:5 Gavin Kavanagh, 9 Davin O'Neill (for J Murphy 57), 10 Vinny Sullivan, 11 Shane O'Connor, 19 Cathal Lordan, 24 Jason Forde, 25 Kevin Burns (gk)

Referee:Tomás Connolly