ForzaForth
19/05/2017, 10:22 PM
Massive relief at the final whistle in Ferrycarrig tonight as Wexford finally managed to secure their first league win and, in a close game, probably deserved it on the balance of play . With Craig Wall and Adam Hanlon back in the frame, Wexford looked to have a stronger panel than for a number of matches. Damian Locke started with Graham, Craig McCabe, Owen, Ross, Mark, Ricky, Duxey, Craig Wall, Crokey and with Liam and Lee up front. Shels had a dangerous free after two minutes, but whacked it into the wall. The decisive goal came as early as the fourth minute, when Liam Donnelly, playing by far his best game for Wexford, rolled his full-back marker and his low cross was tucked into the corner from about ten yards out by Thomas Croke. Having scored so few goals this season, Wexford now had something to hold onto, and battled as hard as they could for the remainder of the game. On ten minutes Aaron Ashe of Shels got a yellow for a retaliatory kick on Ricky Fox. On 15 minutes, Graham Doyle in the Wexford goal was lucky to get away with a miskick outside his own penalty area. Shels then applied some pressure, but the Wexford defence, with English missing for Shels, were generally able to cope. Just after the half hour, Wexford's Lee Duffy had a shot blocked for a corner. With seven to go in the half, Duxey Dunne limped off and was replaced by Conor Sutton of Wexford. In the first minute of injury time, Mark Slater played a nice one-two with Donnelly but prodded his shot wide with only Delaney to beat in the Shels goal. 1-0 to Wexford at half-time after a pretty even first half.