Bray continue impressive form

BRAY WANDERERS’ excellent season continued in Terryland Park last night with Pat Devlin’s side climbing to second following a comfortable win over Galway United.

The home side shaded the first 20 minutes, but the visitors soaked up that early pressure and went on to dominate the game. The only surprise was that they didn’t win by more against a United side that has now equalled a club record of 11 consecutive league losses.

For all of United’s early pressure, they didn’t force Bray ‘keeper Matt Gregg into a single save, and it was the visitors who broke the deadlock just before the break when Gary Dempsey’s corner from the left found Conor Murphy unmarked in the six yard box, and he tapped home into an unguarded net.

The visitors doubled their lead four minutes after the restart, Chris Shields turning Paul Sinnott inside the box before crossing for John Mulroy to fire home, and Stephen Last added a third six minutes later, heading home from close range after Derek Prendergast’s initial header came back off the woodwork.

Galway United: Fleming; Preston-Kelly, Maher, Walsh, Sinnott (Kelly 58); Ryan (Keogh 73), Keane, Curran, Moore; Murphy (Feeney 58), Gilmore.

Bray Wanderers: Gregg; S O’Connor, Last, Prendergast, Kendrick (Houston 82); Mulroy, D O’Connor (McGuinness 80), Dempsey, Massey; Shields, Murphy (Zambra 86).

Referee: Dave McKeon (Dublin).