Bray Wanderers 1-2 Sligo Rovers

BRAY WANDERERS 1  SLIGO ROVERS 2


Bray's mixed fortunes and Sligo's remarkable start to the season continued in the Carlisle Grounds.
Match report thanks to www.braywanderers.ie

Starting the same XI that opened in Cork the previous week, Pat Devlin's flexible format came close to gaining a share of the points for the Seagulls, but not close enough.

Raffaele Cretaro opened the scoring nine minutes in when he was left unmarked just past the posts for Danny North's cross from the right, and headed beyond Darren Quigley.

Kieran "Marty" Waters levelled matters ten minutes later when, after a through ball had seemed safely at Sligo feet, Gavin Peers underhit his backpass and the Bray youngster pounced to race forward and side-foot under the diving Gary Rogers.

But Sligo's lead was restored four minutes after the re-start, when Bray skipper Danny O'Connor fouled Romuald Boco on the edge of the area. Joseph Ndo's low shot into the centre of the area was met by North, who side-footed past the diving Quigley.

Bray tried hard, re-forming with four and sometimes five up front, and peppering the Sligo defence with attacks, but to no avail.

Other results mean that the Premier table now sports the unusual pairing of Sligo at the top, followed (on goal difference) by Drogheda United.

Report: Mícheál Ó hUanacháin

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 (for  Hanlon),   9 Anthony Bolger (for Waters ),  17 Jonathan Kelty (for Mulroy ), 19 Conor Butler, 24 Stephen Last, 25 Brian Kane (gk)