Bray Wanderers 3 Kildare County 2
Zayed right on the spot
EAMON ZAYED'S late penalty saw Bray leapfrog three clubs and move to the top of the Eircom League First Division following an action-packed win over Kildare County at the Carlisle Grounds.
There were just four minutes left when ref Paul McKeon pointed to the spot following a foul on Zayed by Ben Whelehan and the Bray No 9 converted the kick himself.
Wanderers drew first blood after eight minutes when Wesley Charles' low shot squirmed under the body of 'keeper Tadhg Murphy. Kildare levelled it on 26 minutes with a deft lob from Damien Brennan.
Whelehan then shot Kildare in front in the 36th minute before Robbie McGuinness put the hosts level before half-time.
BRAY W - O'Connor, Tresson, Long, O'Hanlon, Charles, Gormley (Flood 67), McGuinness, James (Lawless 83), Zayed, Fox, Forsythe (O'Brien 83).
KILDARE CO - Murphy, Brennan, Cronin, Whelehan, Kenny, Rogers, Scully, Zellor (Kelly 71), Hughes, O'Connor (Ryan 82), McNevin.
REF - P McKeon (Dublin).
It's the second time Bray have played poorly and still beat us. Saying that it was Countys most disjointed display away from home, They never stepped up the required gear. Danny O'Leary and Marc Kenny will be welcomed back. the Penalty was very harsh only shoulder to shoulder contact Zayed went down like a sack of spuds. We should have got one for gormleys foul on scully. Saying that we did get a similar one in Mels. The Bray keeper made a good save in the first half from O'Connor but his reflex save in the second half was stunning. Wes Charles was the best player on view. his goal was a bit jammy but his celebration was good. Fox got away with murder last night, nasty foul on cronin, off the ball tug on daisy. mc guinness would not have scored. Not a disaster by any stretch of the imagination, when we get a chance to go ahead of the pack we seem to fall back into it i.e the bray match at station road. Could easily have snatched the 3 points last night. Nice sizeable crowd at the match. Roll on the cup match.
