UCD 2 Bray Wanderers 3:SKIPPER DANNY O'Connor was the hero as his two second-half goals earned Bray Wanderers their first Premier points of the season ina five-goal thriller with UCD at the Belfield Bowl last night.
Veteran Byrne made no mistake on the half hour when clinically heading home from close range past goalkeeper Darren Quigley after a Waters cross from the left was miscued by UCD defender Paul O’Connor.
The Students were level four minutes before the interval when Bray defender Conor Butler was yellow-carded after taking down Chris Lyons in the box. Graham Rusk made no mistake with the resulting penalty.
Perhaps against the run of play College took the lead on 66 minutes when Rusk fired home his second penalty of the night after Conor Butler had taken down Daniel Ledwith inside the box.
But Bray were level again on 74 minutes when Danny O’Connor was on target with a lob from close range after clever build-up work between Dane Massey and Byrne.
And it was that man O’Connor again with the winner six minutes before the end with a powerful header past Barron.
UCD: Barron; Ledwith, David O’Connor, Leahy, Nangle; P.O’Conor, Mulhall, Kavanagh, Rusk, Benson (Clarke 77); Lyons .
BRAY WANDERERS: Quigley; Zambra, Mitchell, Massey, Butler (Webster 71); Hanlon, Heuston, Danny O’Connor, Kelly, Waters; Byrne (Mulroy 76).
Referee: Paul McLoughlin (Monaghan).
