Bray Wanderers 1-5 Wolverhampton Wanderers

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BRAY WANDERERS 1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 5

Bray hosted Wolverhampton Wanderers in what was for the visitors a pre-season friendly, with the home team blooding again several players who will be hoping to break through to the senior ranks.


If there was ever a game of two halves, this was one: Bray equalising and holding their equality to the break. A completely new eleven faced them after the break, and created a new dynamic.


It took barely past the quarter hour before the guests opened their account, Frank Nouble firing from a narrow angle on to the bar and then the far post into the back of the net.


Just after the half hour, however, Kieran "Marty" Waters capitalised on a Conor Butler corner, nipping in on a Kevin Foley backpass to take possession, rolling it under Carl Ikeme before Ikeme rolled over the striker, who ended up stretchered off.


Wolves fielded two completely different elevens in each half. The second period team proved a sterner challenge as Bray's substitutions continued.


Less than an hour in, Fletcher's overhead kick deceived Brian Kane who got a touch to it but couldn't keep it out.


Four minutes later Matt Jarvis doubled the visitors' advantage, and Matt Doherty rocketed home a fourth with less than ten minutes left.


And Fletcher, fielding a long diagonal ball perfectly timed by Michael Kightly, fired home with ease for the finisher.

Report by Mícheál Ó hUanacháin


Bray Wanderers: 1 Brian Kane; 2 Ryan Dooney, 4 David Webster, 5 Pat Seery, 3 Conor Butler; 7 Lee Dixon, 6 Graham Kelly, 8 Daire Doyle (c), 11 Brendan King; 10 Kieran Waters, 9 Sean Hurley


Subs: 12 Ismahil Akinade (for Waters 36), 14 Jonathan Kelty (for Hurley H/T)), 15 Paul Moffatt (for Dooney 58), 16 Conor Earley (for Dixon 65), 17 Kevin Knight (for Butler 61), 18 Colm Tresson (for King 70), 19 Dane Massey (for Doyle 77, 25 Darren Quigley (gk), 26 Stephen McGuinness (gk)





Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st half): 13 Carl Ikeme; 2 Kevin Foley, 4 Danny Batth, 5 Christophe Berra, 3 George Elokobi; 7 Dave Edwards, 6 Eggert Jonsson, 8 Karl Henry, 11 Adam Hammill; 10 Frank Nouble, 9 Sylvan Ebanks Blake


(2nd half): 31 Dorus de Vries; 12 Ronald Zubar, 14 Richard Stearman, 15 Roger Johnson, 16 Matt Doherty; 17 Anthony Forde, 18 Newad Milijas, 19 David Davis, 20 Matt Jarvis, 21 Michael Kightly; 22 Steven Fletcher
Sub (throughout): Aaron McCarey (gk)