SEAGULL SCENE SSE Airtricity League, Premier Division Sun 8th July | Kick off 16.00 | Carlisle Grounds 2018 Season | Cost €3 Wanderers V Sligo Rovers 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 MARTIN RUSSELL Good afternoon everybody and a warm welcome to the players, staff, and everyone associated with Sligo Rovers. 4 Wanderers V Sligo Rovers | Sun 8th July Sligo are managing to get some results many changes of fortunes for numerous to be able to stay ahead of Limerick, in a clubs. The ups and downs of clubs very competitive league. We realise like throughout the last twenty odd years ourselves they will be playing to get as have been dramatic in cases. Anyone many points as possible between now involved in the league, I believe would and season ends in order to finish as like to see it grow. I applaud anyone high as they can. who presently tries to come to its aid, by investing in a club in the current On our last game against Limerick, financial environment we face. Lack of we were a little unfortunate not to attendances, sponsorship, TV rights all come away with at least a point. As the hinder owners capability to progress margin can be so tight, all we can do as their clubs and create a proper industry. a group is to try even harder to bridge For all of us involved in it at this time, gaps and be good enough to move it’s a case of doing what you can , and things forward. We have witnessed how hoping that a more dramatic change for demanding and difficult it can be not the good can happen to allow our game just on the field but also off it for a few to prosper. clubs including ourselves. Regards, Since I returned from playing professionally in the UK, I have seen so Martin Russell 5 MATCH PREVIEW Bray Wanderers v. Sligo Rovers - Eduardo Pinceli (40m). Cory Galvin The Story so far - Michael Duffy pulled a goal back for Wanderers with ten minutes remaining. Bray Wanderers meet Sligo Rovers Bray Wanderers have failed to pick up tonight for the 85th time in all a single point this season against the competitions tonight. Wanderers has three sides immediately above them won 25 to Sligo’s 35 to date. Tonight’s in the league table – Bohemians, Sligo game is the 77th league meeting Rovers and Limerick FC. Wanderers have between the sides. Wanderers have won two, drawn three and lost eight won 22 league games as opposed to 32 of their thirteen home league games league wins for Sligo. Bray Wanderers this season. Last Friday’s away defeat have played Sligo Rovers the most to Limerick FC was Wanderers twelfth times in League games in the League of successive away league defeat this Ireland since 1985. season. Wanderers have picked up only one point away from home this season Sligo Rovers have won both of the which was a scoreless draw against previous league meetings played this Dundalk in Oriel Park on the opening season. On their earlier visit to the day of the season. Carlisle Grounds in March Sligo held out for a 2-1 win after a spirited second Sligo Rovers have played 13 home half comeback from Wanderers. Sligo league games and just ten away games opened the scoring on 21 minutes when so far this season. Their away record Caolan McAleer’s long range effort shows four wins, two draws and four sailed over Aaron Dillon. McAleer added defeats. Their home form has been a second seven minutes later when he disappointing with only two wins and intercepted Sean Heaney’s back before three draws from their thirteen home rounding Dillon and slotting home. games this season. Wanderers were much improved in the second period and pulled a goal back in Previous Meeting: 18 July 2006, Bray the 64th minute through Paul O’Conor. Wanderers 1 Sligo Rovers 2 In the game at the Showgrounds in This game was a rescheduled game April Sligo also won on a 2-1 score line. which was postponed from 21st May. Both of Sligo goals came in the first Wanderers started this game slowly and half through Jack Kearney (33m) and might have conceded a lead to their 6 Wanderers V Sligo Rovers | Sun 8th July visitors in the first half hour, the home Robbie Doyle, Andrei Georgescu. team came to life towards the end of Subs: Kieran O’Brien (for Keogh 80), the first period and had two good half- Michael Roche, Ciaran Ryan, Colin Vint chances before the break. (for Gifford 68), David Tyrrell (for W Tyrrell 89). Sligo opened the scoring just before the hour mark. Wesley Charles and Sligo Rovers: Stephen Gifford tangled with Fahruddin John O’Hara; Gavin Peers, Liam Burns, Kuduzovic and Darran Mansaram Michael McNamara, Keith Foy; respectively, before Keith Foy nipped Adam Hughes, Chris Turner, Conor in to steal the ball. His cross was met by O’Grady, Fahruddin Kuduzovic; the unmarked Adam Hughes at the far Matt Judge, Darran Mansaram post, where he gave Chris O’Connor no Subs: Jason McCartney, Garry Curran, chance. Richard Brush (for O’Hara 70), Jamie McKenzie, Harpal Singh (for Sligo lost their keeper John O’Hara Judge 90) after a clash with Robbie Doyle. His replacement Richard Brush came on Referee: Pat Whelan for his senior debut. Adam Hughes went close to adding to his total for the visitors before the home side equalised. Bray substitute Kieran “Tarzan” O’Brien made the opening for an equaliser, feeding inside to Andrei “Franco” Georgescu, who nipped around two defenders before placing the ball low to the far corner. Four minutes later, Rovers had restored their lead, Matt Judge picking up a Keith Foy throw-in to knock onwards to Mansaram who jinked past the Bray defence and shot hard to the near post. Bray Wanderers: Chris O’Connor; Stephen Gifford, Brian McGovern, Wesley Charles, Willie Tyrrell; Paul Caffrey, Colm Tresson, Stephen Fox, Philip Keogh; 7 FIRST TEAM SQUAD AARON DILLON HUGH DOUGLAS KEVIN LYNCH NUMBER 1 NUMBER 2 NUMBER 3 CONOR KENNA SEAN HEANEY PAUL O’CONNOR NUMBER 4 NUMBER 5 NUMBER 6 CORY GALVIN JOHN SULLIVAN GERALD PENDER NUMBER 7 NUMBER 8 NUMBER 9 AARON GREENE JAKE KELLY DYLAN HAYES NUMBER 10 NUMBER 11 NUMBER 12 8 Wanderers V Sligo Rovers | Sun 8th July RHYS GORMAN DARRAGH GIBBONS DANIEL McKENNA NUMBER 14 NUMBER 15 NUMBER 16 DANIEL KELLY CALVIN ROGERS RONAN COUGHLAN NUMBER 17 NUMBER 18 NUMBER 19 SHANE FLYNN GARY McCABE DARRAGH NOONE NUMBER 20 NUMBER 21 NUMBER 22 ANDREW McGOVERN JAKE ELLIS EVAN MORAN NUMBER 23 NUMBER 24 NUMBER 29 9 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. 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