Bray fall again to Sporting hoodoo

Bray Wanderers 0 Sporting Fingal 3: BOTTOM OF the table Bray Wanderers are still looking for their first victory over Sporting…

Bray Wanderers 0 Sporting Fingal 3:BOTTOM OF the table Bray Wanderers are still looking for their first victory over Sporting Fingal as this sixth meeting in two seasons ended in a comfortable win for Liam Buckley's men in front of a hardy crowd of 300 at the Carlisle Grounds.

Sporting went in front on six minutes when Glen Crowe fired home from close range past Brian Kane after a low cross from Conan Byrne on the right.

Fingal stretched their lead on 19 minutes when defender Ger O’Brien’s cross had Kane pushing the ball off the feet of Eamon Zayed, only for Alan Kirby to fire home the rebound from 12 yards.

Bray went close early in the second half when Derek Prendergast slotted through a clever pass to Jake Kelly whose shot beat Brendan Clarke only for debut man Colin Hawkins to take the ball off the line and clear to safety.

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Sporting made the points safe on 61 minutes when Zayed’s volley struck the upright and Kirby fired home the rebound from 12 yards.

BRAY WANDERERS: Kane; S O'Connor (Mitchell 16), D O'Connor, Prendergast, Massey; Mulroy, Shields, Kavanagh (R Doyle 63), Zambra (N Byrne 84), Kelly; S O'Neill.

SPORTING FINGAL:Clarke; O'Brien (James 35), Hawkins, Browne, Fitzgerald (Quinn 68); C Byrne (Dawson 45), Williams, Finn, Kirby, Zayed; Crowe.