ForzaForth
05/07/2025, 8:55 PM
Important game for the home side and a hurdle which they overcame relatively comfortably and perhaps a bit easier than the single goal scoreline suggests. Wexford began with Maria, Della, Lauren D, Kylie, Becky, Aoife, Ellen, Lauren K, Rossi, Freya and Aisling. Both sides began the game fairly tentatively and good chances were at a premium for much of the first half. However, on five minutes, Ciara Rossiter set up Kylie Murphy with a nice through ball, but Kylie’s volley was hit straight at Amanda Budden in the Peas goal and it rebounded to safety. On 14 minutes, Ellen Molloy managed to have a free run on the Peas goal but pulled her shot wide of the target. It took the Peas until 21 minutes to manufacture any threat on the Wexford goal, but it went a yard or two wide of Wexford’s upright. As the half progressed, Wexford got a bit more expansive, and the Wexford defence of Aisling, Della, Lauren D and Freya looked more and more comfortable, with Freya De Mange doing particularly well whilst marking the Peas main threat, Becky Watkins. As the half neared its end, Wexford applied some further pressure on the Peas goal by way of a decent free-kick by Freya and a couple of corners. The breakthrough came for Wexford on 38 minutes when Ciara Rossiter was put through on goal and her neat volley inside the far post gave Budden no chance for 1-0 to Wexford. It remained 1-0 to Wexford at halftime.