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SEAGULL SCENE SSE Airtricity League, Premier Division Fri 27th July | Kick off 19.45 | Carlisle Grounds 2018 Season | Cost €3 Wanderers V Cork city Powering Irish Football A5 Programme Covers PREM.indd 2 12/02/2018 18:29 WHAT’S INSIDE Powering Irish Football Build up to this week’s match Quigleys world of Football And much more MATCH PROGRAMME TEAM CONTRIBUTORS Stephen McDonnell | Michael Duffy | Mícheál Ó hUanacháin Brian Quigley | Dermot O’Brien A5 Programme Covers PREM.indd 2 12/02/2018 18:29 WELCOME FROM GRAHAM KELLY I would like to give a warm welcome to John Caulfield & his backroom staff, The Directors, Players and Supporters of Cork City FC to the Carlisle Grounds for tonight’s league game. 4 Wanderers V Cork City | Fri 27th July We look forward to tonight’s game on Monday evening against Derry City. after a very tough few weeks for We know the strengths that Cork City everyone. Obviously we were all have but our home form has to been bitterly disappointed with last week’s very good and we have to hope we can performance and result but as I said again put in another top performance during the week we need to just put this evening and take something from that behind us and look ahead to what the game. is a very tough run of matches. With the transfer embargo in place we have a As always our fans have showed great very tight squad for the remainder of the support for the team and we really season but this will again give players appreciate that. The lads need that to from our SJB Academy U17 & U19 teams continue for the rest of the season as the opportunity to come in and be a part I’ve no doubt that the young players of the 1st team squad, again tonight we in the squad will feature in the coming will see 4 of our U17 squad included in weeks and these players will hopefully the match day panel. be the future of the club for many years to come. The players have trained really well this week and their work rate and Finally I would like to take this attitude have been excellent, we all look opportunity to send our best wishes to forward to tonight’s challenge against Justine Cherrie as she continues on her very strong opposition. Cork have road to recovery after a recent illness. been excellent this season and after two tough matches in the Champions Regards League qualifiers they had a great win Graham Kelly 5 MATCH PREVIEW Bray Wanderers v. Cork City - Cork once again took an early lead though The Story so far - Michael Duffy Jimmy Keohane. Cork doubled their lead on the stroke of half time through Sean Tonight’s game is the 70th meeting McLoughlin. Graham Cummins added the of Bray Wanderers and Cork City in all third on 64 minutes after a mistake from competitions. Wanderers have won just ten Aaron Dillon. Garry Buckley completed the times to Cork’s 42 wins. The sides meet for scoring on 75 minutes heading home from the 62nd time in the League tonight. The a Karl Sheppard cross. league head to head shows eight wins for Bray to Cork’s 37. The sides will meet on the final day of the league season in Turners Cross in October Bray Wanderers have kept just one clean of this year. This will be the third successive sheet against Cork City in the last twenty- season that the sides will have met on the eight games in all competitions. Cork City final day of the league season. have kept eleven clean sheets against Last Friday’s away defeat to Bohemians was Wanderers in the last thirteen meetings Bray Wanderers thirteenth successive away in all competitions. Wanderers have failed league defeat this season. to score against Cork City in the last five meetings between the clubs in all Wanderers have picked up only one point competitions. away from home this season which was a scoreless draw against Dundalk in Oriel This season, Cork City has won both league Park on the opening day of the season. games played so far on a 4-0 score line. In Bray Wanderers home form this season the league meeting at the Carlisle Grounds shows four wins, two draws and six last March, Cork took an early lead on defeats from 12 home games. Wanderers eight minutes through Sean McLoughlin. are unbeaten in their last four home Wanderers put up a brave attempt to try league games – two wins and two draws. and get back into the game but came Since losing the opening four home unstuck when Cork scored three times league games Wanderers have won four, within a four minute spell from the 65th to drawn two and lost just two of the eight 69th minutes. Barry McNamee’s low drive subsequent home league games. beat Dillon before Kieran Sadlier scored Cork City’s away record in the league this twice. season shows seven wins, two draws and four defeats from their 13 away games to In the meeting at Turners Cross in May date. 6 Wanderers V Cork City | Fri 27th July PREVIOUS MEETING pointed to the spot. Paul Caffrey duly 20th April 2007. Bray Wanderers 1 converted the resulting penalty to earn Bray Cork City 1 a well-earned equaliser. Wanderers had an early chance when Alan Bray Wanderers: Chris O’Connor; Colm Cawley’s free kick in the eight minute just Tresson, Clive Delaney, Christopher Deans, missed the head of skipper Clive Delaney. Gary Cronin; Alan Cawley, Stephen Gough, Four minutes later Delaney hit the bar with Stephen Hurley, Mark Duggan; Paul another header. Dunphy, Stephen Fox. Subs: Andrei Georgescu, Paul Caffrey (for Just after the half-hour, Bray should have Gough 88), James O’Shea (for Hurley 77), gone ahead when Cawley picked up Neal Gary McCabe (for Cronin 88), Ray Kenny. Horgan’s short back-pass, but he lobbed it just over the bar and onto the roof of the Cork City: Michael Devine; Neal Horgan, net. Sean Kelly, Dan Murray, Darragh Ryan; Cillian Lordan; Joe Gamble, Admir Softic, Sean Kelly worked his way through the Bray Liam Kearney; Roy O’Donovan, John midfield for Cork, but after a series of passes O’Flynn. Darragh Ryan shot wide from distance. Subs: Colin O’Brien (for O’Flynn 91), Billy Bray started the second half well. Delaney Woods (for Kearney 86), Brian O’Callaghan, connected to a Cawley free kick but shot Mark McNulty, Denis Behan over, and Paul Dunphy’s snap shot from a Gary Cronin throw in was deflected before Referee: Pat Whelan Devine managed to save. Cork took the lead following a Ryan crossed which was headed back by Kearney into the path of Neil Horgan who slipped the ball past O’Connor. Wanderer shad claims for a penalty with just over a quarter-hour left when Softic handled. Referee Whelan initially pointed to the spot but he and his assistant were surrounded by protesting Cork players. Whelan changed his mind and ruled the incident was outside the penalty area, resulting in a Bray free kick which came to nothing. Three minutes later Bray had the ball in Devine’s net, but the offside flag was up. Five minutes into time added, Softic handled in the Cork area and Whelan 7 Good design is good business. Absolute is a leading creative services company based in Bray, Co.Wicklow. We create websites, print, graphics, logo & identity branding both locally and nationwide. Find out what we can do to help your business. 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