All the excitement in the final ten minutes as both sides, particularly Wexford, spurned very good chances to take all three points in Ferrycarrig tonight. Wexford began with the same XI as against Galway with Graham, Craig, Gary, Lasty, Danny Ledwith, Eric, Hopper, Aidan, Andy, Jonny and with Spot up front. The pitch in Ferrycarrig is currently very bumpy and dry and both sides were prepared to put their foot through the ball rather than keeping it down in what was a very undistinguished first half. Harps set-piece looked the more dangerous, however, and on four minutes a long-throw from McNamee led to a Harps effort on goal but it was blocked away by Graham Doyle in the Youths' goal. With 15 minutes gone, a corner by the Youths eventually fell to Danny Ledwith but he shot a yard wide. On 25 minutes, Harps won a penalty when one of their forwards was clipped from behind in the act of shooting. Ryan Curran put Harps 1-0 up when he sent Graham Doyle the wrong way from the spot. With ten to go in the half, Houston for Harps picked up a yellow for a pull-back and Harps went in ahead at half-time after a very poor 45 minutes particularly from a very hesitant Youths.
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