Dunne hopes big finish in Bray breathes life into season

The difference six minutes can make in football.

That was the time it took for Cork City to score twice and snatch victory at the death against Bray Wanderers on Monday night. For 87 minutes, with Bray good value for their 1-0 lead, it looked like Cork’s season was about to go from bad to worse, that heart-breaking Setanta Cup exit to Shamrock Rovers and a comprehensive loss in the league to Dundalk, set to be eclipsed in the doom and gloom stakes by defeat to a side that had not managed a win since the opening day of the season.

Instead, an Ian Turner penalty three minutes from the end of normal time and a Shane Duggan header three minutes into time added on changed the whole complexion of the night — and, potentially, of Cork’s season.