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SEAGULL SCENE
SSE Airtricity League, Premier Division
Fri 27th July | Kick off 19.45 | Carlisle Grounds
2018 Season | Cost €3
Wanderers V Cork city
Powering Irish Football
WHAT’S INSIDE
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
WELCOME FROM
GRAHAM KELLY
I would like to give a warm welcome to John
Caulfield & his backroom staff, The Directors,
Players and Supporters of Cork City FC to the
Carlisle Grounds for tonight’s league game.
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Wanderers V Cork City | Fri 27th July
We look forward to tonight’s game on Monday evening against Derry City.
after a very tough few weeks for We know the strengths that Cork City
everyone. Obviously we were all have but our home form has to been
bitterly disappointed with last week’s very good and we have to hope we can
performance and result but as I said again put in another top performance
during the week we need to just put this evening and take something from
that behind us and look ahead to what the game.
is a very tough run of matches. With the
transfer embargo in place we have a As always our fans have showed great
very tight squad for the remainder of the support for the team and we really
season but this will again give players appreciate that. The lads need that to
from our SJB Academy U17 & U19 teams continue for the rest of the season as
the opportunity to come in and be a part I’ve no doubt that the young players
of the 1st team squad, again tonight we in the squad will feature in the coming
will see 4 of our U17 squad included in weeks and these players will hopefully
the match day panel. be the future of the club for many years
to come.
The players have trained really well
this week and their work rate and Finally I would like to take this
attitude have been excellent, we all look opportunity to send our best wishes to
forward to tonight’s challenge against Justine Cherrie as she continues on her
very strong opposition. Cork have road to recovery after a recent illness.
been excellent this season and after
two tough matches in the Champions Regards
League qualifiers they had a great win Graham Kelly
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MATCH
PREVIEW
Bray Wanderers v. Cork City - Cork once again took an early lead though
The Story so far - Michael Duffy Jimmy Keohane. Cork doubled their lead
on the stroke of half time through Sean
Tonight’s game is the 70th meeting McLoughlin. Graham Cummins added the
of Bray Wanderers and Cork City in all third on 64 minutes after a mistake from
competitions. Wanderers have won just ten Aaron Dillon. Garry Buckley completed the
times to Cork’s 42 wins. The sides meet for scoring on 75 minutes heading home from
the 62nd time in the League tonight. The a Karl Sheppard cross.
league head to head shows eight wins for
Bray to Cork’s 37. The sides will meet on the final day of the
league season in Turners Cross in October
Bray Wanderers have kept just one clean of this year. This will be the third successive
sheet against Cork City in the last twenty- season that the sides will have met on the
eight games in all competitions. Cork City final day of the league season.
have kept eleven clean sheets against Last Friday’s away defeat to Bohemians was
Wanderers in the last thirteen meetings Bray Wanderers thirteenth successive away
in all competitions. Wanderers have failed league defeat this season.
to score against Cork City in the last
five meetings between the clubs in all Wanderers have picked up only one point
competitions. away from home this season which was
a scoreless draw against Dundalk in Oriel
This season, Cork City has won both league Park on the opening day of the season.
games played so far on a 4-0 score line. In Bray Wanderers home form this season
the league meeting at the Carlisle Grounds shows four wins, two draws and six
last March, Cork took an early lead on defeats from 12 home games. Wanderers
eight minutes through Sean McLoughlin. are unbeaten in their last four home
Wanderers put up a brave attempt to try league games – two wins and two draws.
and get back into the game but came Since losing the opening four home
unstuck when Cork scored three times league games Wanderers have won four,
within a four minute spell from the 65th to drawn two and lost just two of the eight
69th minutes. Barry McNamee’s low drive subsequent home league games.
beat Dillon before Kieran Sadlier scored Cork City’s away record in the league this
twice. season shows seven wins, two draws and
four defeats from their 13 away games to
In the meeting at Turners Cross in May date.
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Wanderers V Cork City | Fri 27th July
PREVIOUS MEETING pointed to the spot. Paul Caffrey duly
20th April 2007. Bray Wanderers 1 converted the resulting penalty to earn Bray
Cork City 1 a well-earned equaliser.
Wanderers had an early chance when Alan Bray Wanderers: Chris O’Connor; Colm
Cawley’s free kick in the eight minute just Tresson, Clive Delaney, Christopher Deans,
missed the head of skipper Clive Delaney. Gary Cronin; Alan Cawley, Stephen Gough,
Four minutes later Delaney hit the bar with Stephen Hurley, Mark Duggan; Paul
another header. Dunphy, Stephen Fox.
Subs: Andrei Georgescu, Paul Caffrey (for
Just after the half-hour, Bray should have Gough 88), James O’Shea (for Hurley 77),
gone ahead when Cawley picked up Neal Gary McCabe (for Cronin 88), Ray Kenny.
Horgan’s short back-pass, but he lobbed it
just over the bar and onto the roof of the Cork City: Michael Devine; Neal Horgan,
net. Sean Kelly, Dan Murray, Darragh Ryan;
Cillian Lordan; Joe Gamble, Admir Softic,
Sean Kelly worked his way through the Bray
Liam Kearney; Roy O’Donovan, John
midfield for Cork, but after a series of passes
O’Flynn.
Darragh Ryan shot wide from distance.
Subs: Colin O’Brien (for O’Flynn 91), Billy
Bray started the second half well. Delaney Woods (for Kearney 86), Brian O’Callaghan,
connected to a Cawley free kick but shot Mark McNulty, Denis Behan
over, and Paul Dunphy’s snap shot from a
Gary Cronin throw in was deflected before Referee: Pat Whelan
Devine managed to save.
Cork took the lead following a Ryan crossed
which was headed back by Kearney into the
path of Neil Horgan who slipped the ball
past O’Connor.
Wanderer shad claims for a penalty with
just over a quarter-hour left when Softic
handled. Referee Whelan initially pointed
to the spot but he and his assistant were
surrounded by protesting Cork players.
Whelan changed his mind and ruled the
incident was outside the penalty area,
resulting in a Bray free kick which came to
nothing. Three minutes later Bray had the
ball in Devine’s net, but the offside flag was
up.
Five minutes into time added, Softic
handled in the Cork area and Whelan
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QUIGLEY’S WORLD
OF FOOTBALL
‘’Steve Death’’ a great shot stopper. He dominated his
area. It’s true that he couldn’t kick very
If I had a football time machine one of well and that his diminutive stature
my stop-off points would be Elm Park, stopped him playing at a higher level
Reading, during the 1970’s. Not to see but I’d just love to have seen this
the famous old stadium, which was character in action.
Reading FC’s home from 1896 until they
moved to the new Madejski Stadium in Although Death passed away in 2003
1998, although that would be a bonus. [from cancer, at the young age of 54]
No, it would be to see a guy called Steve his name was in the news again in 2009
Death in action. when Manchester United goalkeeper
Edwin van der Sar surpassed the record
In his book ‘The Rocky Road’ Eamon for minutes without conceding a goal in
Dunphy – who played for Reading from English league football – the previous
1975 to 1977 - describes Steve Death, record of 1,103 minutes that had stood
the club’s goalkeeper at the time, as ‘a for 30 years was set by Steve Death.
pale-faced chain-smoker who didn’t give
a damn about anyone, or if he did he After conceding against Rochdale in
never let on’. the sixth minute of their Division Four
encounter on March 24 1979, Death
The name has always fascinated me. didn’t visit the back of his net again
Death has the same origins as surnames all season, an 11 game run of clean
like King, Knight, Castle or Angel. Back sheets on the club’s way to the title and
in medieval times people played these promotion. A half hour was added to
parts in pageants. The people playing the total in the first game of the 1979-80
the parts were given the nickname of Division Three season against Brentford
the personified figure they played and it before Death’s goal was breached again.
evolved into an actual name.
Although Death was Reading’s
At the time Death was the smallest goalkeeper from 1969 to 1982, he wasn’t
goalkeeper in the entire English football a one-club man. He started out at West
league. That didn’t stop him being one Ham United but found his opportunities
of the most exciting to watch. He was limited as he was third in the pecking
brave, extremely agile, consistent and order behind Bobby Ferguson and Peter
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Grotier. In the end he only made one misleading. Death was quiet but there
appearance at Upton Park. was nothing sinister about it. The
reality was that he was a kind man who
In his 13 seasons at Reading he made shunned the limelight and publicity and
537 appearances in all competitions, who often carried out charitable work in
471 of which were in the league. He was private.
voted Player of the Season four times
– in 69/70, 72/73, 73/74 and 76/77. He After he hung up his gloves Death
won PFA Divisional Awards in 73/74 and worked for many years as a greenkeeper
78/79 and in total in the 78/79 season he at Mapledurham Golf Club. He enjoyed
kept a whopping 26 clean sheets. At one the solitude of the work, and being
point he played 156 consecutive first- amongst the squirrels, rabbits and birds.
team appearances, still a club record. A quiet life for a quiet man after the
hurly-burly of a long and distinguished
What kind of person was Death? football career.
Dunphy’s quote above was a bit
11Bray Wanderers Fixtures/Res Date Opponents Competition Venue Result Scorers Position Goalkeeper Defender Defender Def 04/02/18 St. Patrick’s Athletic Leinster cup Home 1-3 Douglas **** Nevin Douglas Lynch Hea 16/02/18 Dundalk League Away 0-0 5th Dillon McKenna Lynch Hea 23/02/18 St. Patrick’s Athletic League Home 1-2 McCabe 8th Dillon McKenna Lynch Hea 26/02/18 Shamrock Rovers League Away 0-6 9th Dillon McKenna Lynch Hea 09/03/18 Limerick FC League Away 0-1 10th Dillon McKenna Lynch Ken 12/03/18 Sligo Rovers League Home 1-2 O’Conor 10th Dillon McKenna Lynch Ken 16/03/18 Derry City League Away 1-5 Heaney 10th Dillon McKenna Lynch Hea 23/03/18 Bohemians League Away 1-2 D. Kelly 10th Dillon Douglas Lynch Ken 26/03/18 Shelbourne League Cup Home 0-3 **** Moran Rogers McGovern Ken 30/03/18 Cork City League Home 0-4 10th Dillon Douglas McGovern Ken 06/04/18 St. Patrick’s Athletic League Away 0-5 10th Dillon Douglas McGovern Ken 13/04/18 Dundalk League Home 0-2 10th Dillon McKenna Lynch Ken 16/04/18 Shamrock Rovers League Home 1-0 Coughlan 10th Dillon McKenna Lynch Ken 20/04/18 Waterford FC League Away 0-3 10th Dillon McKenna Lynch Ken 27/04/18 Limerick FC League Home 0-1 10th Dillon McKenna Lynch Ken 30/04/18 Sligo Rovers League Away 1-2 Galvin 10th Moran Douglas Lynch Ken 04/05/18 Derry City League Home 2-1 Coughlan 2 10th Moran Douglas Lynch Ken 11/05/18 Bohemians League Home 1-3 McCabe (p) 10th Moran McKenna McGovern Ken 14/05/18 Waterford FC League Home 2-2 McKenna, McCabe (p) 10th Moran Hayes Lynch Ken 18/05/18 Cork City League Away 0-4 10th Moran Hayes Lynch Ken 21/05/18 Derry City League Away 0-2 10th Moran Hayes Lynch Gib 25/05/18 Dundalk League Away 0-5 10th Moran Hayes Lynch Ken 01/06/18 St. Patrick’s Athletic League Home 3-1 Galvin, Gibbons, D.Kelly 10th Moran Gibbons Lynch Ken 09/06/18 Shamrock Rovers League Away 0-5 10th Moran Gibbons Lynch Ken 15/06/18 Waterford FC League Home 0-0 10th Moran Harding Lynch Gor 29/06/18 Limerick FC League Away 1-2 Coughlan 10th Moran Harding Lynch Gor 08/07/18 Sligo Rovers League Home 2-1 Pender, Heaney 10th Moran Harding Lynch Ken 20/07/18 Bohemians League Away 0-6 10th Moran Hayes Harding Ken 27/07/18 Cork City League Home 03/08/18 St. Patrick’s Athletic League Away 10/08/2018 Finn Harps FAI Cup Home 12/08/18 FAI Cup Round 1 FAI Cup 17/08/18 Dundalk League Home 26/08/18 FAI Cup Round 2 FAI Cup 31/08/18 Shamrock Rovers League Home 09/09/18 FAI Cup Q/Finals FAI Cup 14/09/18 Waterford FC League Away 21/09/18 Limerick FC League Home 30/09/18 FAI Cup S/Finals FAI Cup 06/10/18 Sligo Rovers League Away 12/10/18 Derry City League Home 19/10/18 Bohemians League Home 26/10/18 Cork City League Away 04/11/18 FAI Cup Final FAI Cup Aviva
sults/Goalscorers 2018 Season
fender Defender Midfield Midfield Midfield Midfield Forward Forward Substitute Substitute Substitute
aney Gibbons Galvin Sullivan Noone O’Conor McCabe Greene Gorman (15) D. Kelly (22) Flynn (3)
aney Douglas Galvin Sullivan Coughlan O’Conor McCabe Greene Noone (8) D. Kelly (19)
aney Douglas Galvin Sullivan Coughlan O’Conor McCabe Greene J.Kelly (7) D. Kelly (6)
aney Douglas Galvin Noone Coughlan O’Conor McCabe Greene Pender (7) Sullivan (6) Kenna (5)
nna Douglas Galvin Sullivan Coughlan O’Conor McCabe Greene D. Kelly (19) Pender (7) Noone (8)
nna Heaney D.Kelly McCabe Coughlan O’Conor Pender Greene Sullivan (9) Galvin (17) Noone (21)
aney Douglas Galvin Sullivan Coughlan O’Conor Noone Greene J. Kelly (7) D. Kelly (19) Pender (10)
nna Heaney D.Kelly Sullivan J.Kelly Noone McCabe Greene O’Conor (22) Coughlan (17) Gorman (3)
nna Gorman D.Kelly Hayes Coughlan O’Conor Pender Ellis McCabe (24) Sullivan (12) Noone (6)
nna Heaney D.Kelly Sullivan J.Kelly Noone McCabe Greene O’Conor (22) Galvin (11)
nna Heaney D.Kelly Sullivan O’Conor Noone McCabe Greene J. Kelly (22) Galvin (17) McKenna (8)
nna Douglas Galvin Coughlan O’Conor Gorman McCabe Greene Pender (14) Heaney (7) J. Kelly (16)
nna Douglas Galvin Coughlan O’Conor Gorman McCabe Greene D. Kelly (10) Pender (19) J. Kelly (7)
nna Douglas Galvin Coughlan O’Conor Gorman McCabe J.Kelly D. Kelly (11) Heaney (14)
nna Douglas Galvin D. Kelly O’Conor Gorman McCabe Coughlan Pender (14) Heaney (17)
nna Heaney Galvin Hayes McKenna Gorman D. Kelly Pender Coughlan (9)
nna Heaney Galvin D. Kelly O’Conor Gorman McCabe Coughlan McGovern (7) Pender (19)
nna Heaney Galvin D. Kelly O’Conor Gorman McCabe Coughlan Pender (1
nna Heaney Galvin D. Kelly O’Conor McKenna McCabe Coughlan
nna Heaney Galvin D. Kelly O’Conor McKenna McCabe Coughlan Pender (21) Gibbons (4) Flynn (17
bbons Heaney Galvin D. Kelly O’Conor McKenna McCabe Coughlan McGovern (21) Pender (19) Rogers (15)
nna Heaney Galvin D. Kelly O’Conor McKenna McCabe Coughlan McGovern (21) Mamaliga (12) Pender (19)
nna Heaney Galvin D. Kelly O’Conor McKenna McCabe Pender J.Kelly (21) Ellis (9) Rogers (15)
nna Heaney Galvin D. Kelly O’Conor McKenna McCabe Coughlan Gorman (21) Pender (19)
rman Heaney Galvin D. Kelly O’Conor McKenna Walsh Coughlan J.Kelly (7)
rman Heaney J.Kelly D. Kelly O’Conor Walsh McCabe Coughlan Kenna (21) Pender (11)
nna Heaney Gorman D. Kelly O’Conor Walsh Pender Ellis Mamaliga (3) J.Kelly (9) O’Gorman (24)
nna Heaney Gorman J. Kelly O’Conor Mamaliga Pender McCabe Rogers (27) Noone (11) Ellis (12)BRAY WANDERERS
CLUB DIRECTORY
Founded: 1942 • Elected to the National League of Ireland: 1985
Email: carlislegrounds@eircom.net • Phone: 353 (0)1-2828214 • Web: www.braywanderersfc.ie
Home Ground: Carlisle Grounds, Quinsboro Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
FIRST TEAM SQUAD MANAGEMENT
Head Coach: Graham Kelly Assistant Manager:
Video Analyst/Coach: Graham Kelly Coach: Conor Kenna
Fitness and Performance: Sami Dowling Goalkeeping Coach: Ian Fowler
Performance Nutritionist Michelle Hone Kitman: Stephen McGuire
Club Doctor Dr Patrick Duggan
SJ.B U19 SQUAD MANAGEMENT
Head Coach: Tom O’Connor
SJ.B U17 SQUAD MANAGEMENT
Manager: Bernard Byrne Assistant Manager: Anto Whelan
Coaches: Jim Crawford & Nicky Cosgrave Goalkeeping Coach: Colin Kelly
Strenght & Conditioning: Stephen Flynn Physiotherapist: Emma Finnie
Performance Analyst: Lar Mahoney & Philip Henry Academy Director: Niall O’Driscoll
Head of Education: Carl Brien
SJ.B U15 SQUAD MANAGEMENT
Manager: Gavin Teehan Coach: Mick Browne
CLUB MANAGEMENT
Board of Directors: Kieran Kelly, Gerry Mulvey, Denis O’Connor
Chairman: Gerry Mulvey Finance Officer: Eamon Flynn
General Manager: Martin O’Connor Social Responsibility: Dermot O’Brien
Media Officer: Stephen McDonnell Matchday Co-ordinator: Martin O’Connor
Matchday Event Controller: Stephen O’Neill Supporter Liaison Officer: Stephen McDonnell
MEDIA
Website: Michael Duffy Club videographer: Brandon Dunne
Match Programme Editors: Stephen McDonnell/Michael Duffy
SPONSORSHIP
Associate Sponsors: Hard Metal Machine Tools Limited
Kit Provider: Victory Sportswear • Schoolboy Partnership Club St. Joseph’s Boys
BRAY WANDERERS SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrayWanderersFC/ • Twitter: @BrayWanderers • Web: www.braywanderersfc.ie
BRAY WANDERERS ROLL OF HONOUR:
FAI Cup Winners (2) 1990, 1999
First Division Champions (3) 1985/86, 1995/96, 1999/00
First Division runners-up (2) 1990/91, 1997/98
Shield Winners (1) 1995/96
National League B Division Champions (2) 1991/92, 1998/99
Enda McGuill Cup (1) 2005
FAI Intermediate Cup Winners (2) 1955/56, 1957/58
FAI Junior Cup Winners (2) 1950/51, 1953/54
Leinster Senior League Winners (3) 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959,60
Metropolitian Cup (1) 1976
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Patrick’s Athletic
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October
July
PLAYER PROFILE
Sean Harding
Born: 17/09/1988
Position: Defender
Squad Number 31
Bray Wanderers Appearances 24
Bray Wanderers Goals 1
Bray Wanderers debut
20/02/2016 v. St. Patrick’s Athletic, Leinster
senior cup.
Career Honours
First Division title 2009
Sean spent six years with Crumlin
United before joining UCD. He was a
member of the club’s A Championship
side that won the 2008 A title. Sean
soon established himself in the senior
side at Belfield and was part of the
team that won the 2009 First Division
title.
In January 2012, Sean emigrated to
Australia and New Zealand. He played
with Waitakere United in New Zealand Sean returned to Crumlin United
for the 2014/15 season and made sev- from 2016 – 2018. He re-joined Bray
en league appearances for them. Wanderers in June 2018.
He returned to Ireland in 2015 and Sean Harding’s League Career Stats
joined Limerick FC for their 2015 Pre- Season Club League League
Appearances Goals
mier Division campaign. Sean joined
2009-11 U.C.D. 36 1
Bray Wanderers originally in February
2015 Limerick FC 13 1
2016. He scored his only goal for the 2016 Bray Wanderers 17 1
club in a 4-0 win over Sligo Rovers in 2018 Bray Wanderers 2 0
September 2016. Total 68 3
1717SJ.B. ACADEMY
.Under 19s The under 19s are bottom of the
Southern section of the league tables
The under 19s were defeated 2-1 at with just three points from 12 league
home by Cork City last Sunday. Daniel games to date. They are away to
Madaghjian put the home side in front Waterford FC on Sunday, 29nd July.
just before half time. Cork scored twice Kick off at the Regional Sports Centre is
after the break through Darragh Crowley 2.00pm.
(48m) and Ricardo Dinanga (63m) to
earn victory.
Under 17s
Under 19 team v. Cork City: 1 Enda
Minogue, 2 Jack Gallagher, 3 Jamie Crilly, The under 17s were defeated 3-2 away
4 Riyad Simon, 5 Jake Byrne,10 Oscar to Waterford FC last Saturday. The
Smith, 11 Piotr Suberlak, 16 Niall Barr, 19 defeat ended their run of nine games
James Vance, 21 Aran Horgan, 24 Daniel unbeaten in all competitions. Goal
Madaghjian. Subs: 6 Dragos Mamaliga scorers were Cian Maher and Jake Ellis.
(for Smith 61), 7 Siddeeq Lunat (for
Vance 78), 9 Daniel Luczynski (for Under 17 team v. Waterford FC: 1
Madaghjian 55m), 18 Konrad Wiechec Enda Minogue, 2 Cian Maher, 4 Alex
(for Gallagher 80m), 20 Timmy Ilori (for Rafferty, 5 Cian Walsh, 6 Aaron rice, 8
Byrne 50m), 25 Jordan Walker (GK) Glen Hollywood, 10 Daniel Madaghjian,
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11 Conor Dowling, 12 Evan Dunne, league win. Goal scorers were Darragh
15 Callum Perry, 19 Byron O’Gorman. Lynch (2) and Corey Dunbar Byrne.
Subs: 3 Jamie Crilly, 7 Steven Sweeney, The under 15s are second in the Group
9 Eoin Darcy, 14 Jake Ellis, 16 Precious 2 league table on 27 points from 12
Omochere, 17 Nikolay Borowiec, 25 games played. They trail Shamrock
Sean Coffey (GK). rovers by four points with a game extra
played. They are four points clear of
The under 17s have no game this week third place Sligo Rovers who have a
end. game in hand.
The under 15s are at home to Sligo
Rovers on Sunday, 29th July. Kick off at
Under 15s the Academy Grounds in Carrickmines is
2.00pm.
The under 15s defeated UCD 3-0 last
Friday at the Academy Grounds. This
was their fifth successive victory in all Please note that fixtures and dates are
competitions and fourth consecutive subject to change.
19PLAYER STATS
2018
Appearances 2018
Squad Player Total League FAI League Leinster Senior IRN BRU BW CAREER
No. Cup Cup Cup Cup
1 Aaron Dillon 13 13 0 0 0 13
2 Hugh Douglas 15 14 0 0 1 107
3 Kevin Lynch 23 22 0 0 1 60
4 Conor Kenna 22 21 0 1 0 93
5 Sean Heaney 25 24 0 0 1 25
6 Paul O’Conor 27 25 0 1 1 27
7 Cory Galvin 23 22 0 0 1 23
8 John Sullivan 11 9 0 1 1 79
9 Ger Pender 19 18 0 1 0 79
10 Aaron Greene 12 11 0 0 1 48
11 Jake Kelly 13 13 0 0 0 157
12 Dylan Hayes 7 6 0 1 0 7
14 Rhys Gorman 15 13 0 1 1 15
15 Darragh Gibbons 5 4 0 0 1 5
16 Dan McKenna 21 21 0 0 0 21
17 Daniel Kelly 25 23 0 1 1 25
18 Calvin Rogers 4 3 0 1 0 6
19 Ronan Coughlan 22 21 0 1 0 22
20 Shane Flynn 2 1 0 0 1 2
21 Gary McCabe 24 22 0 1 1 133
22 Darragh Noone 11 9 0 1 1 54
23 Andrew McGovern 7 6 0 1 0 7
24 Jake Ellis 4 3 0 1 0 4
25 Cian Walsh 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Byron O’Gorman 1 1 0 0 0 1
27 Dragos Mamaliga 3 3 0 0 0 3
28 Alex Rafferty 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Evan Moran 14 13 0 1 0 14
31 Sean Harding 4 4 0 0 1 24
32 Craig Walsh 3 3 0 0 0 3
40 Mark O’Connor 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Nevin 1 0 0 0 1 1
Goals 2018
No. Player Total League FAI League Leinster Senior IRN BRU BW CAREER
19 Ronan Coughlan 4 4 0 0 0 4
21 Gary McCabe 3 3 0 0 0 26
5 Sean Heaney 2 2 0 0 0 2
7 Corey Galvin 2 2 0 0 0 1
19 Daniel Kelly 2 2 0 0 0 1
6 Paul O’Conor 1 1 0 0 0 1
9 Ger Pender 1 1 0 0 0 10
16 Dan McKenna 1 1 0 0 0 1
15 Darragh Gibbons 1 1 0 0 0 1
2 Hugh Douglas 1 0 0 0 1 6
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games and you can also play the Bray Tom Knox who won €60. The Seagulls
Wanderers Lotto on line through our Members club are running a golden
website. goal card game competition at every
home game this season based on the
World cup Competition time the first goal is scored. We will
The winning team in the Members Club use sseairtricityleague.com for the
world cup goals scored competition was official time the goal is scored. Winner
Belgium who finished the competition will receive €60 and the cost of card is
on 16 goals. The winning players in the €2 with all proceeds going to running
competition were John Keating and buses and club events. Golden goal
Robert Hubbard who both win €160. tickets are on sale in the club shop.
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23GETTING A SECOND
OPINION
Mícheál Ó hUanacháin looks Pipe-dreams, alas. In their long-standing
back at Russia 2018, and the resistance to the idea of technology as
part of the game, the suits in Zurich and
contribution of technology to
their predecessors had apparently failed
the games. to notice the various improvements that
the technology had come up with for
I was quite excited when I first heard that
the special needs of game as different as
FIFA had decided to bring technology to
tennis, rugby league and cricket.
bear on this year’s World Cup.
In all these cases that technology was
At last, I thought, referees will have
designed to answer questions of fact
the assistance they need at times to
– was the serve in or out? Was the ball
determine matters of fact in the game
grounded or not? Would the delivery
– had the ball crossed the line, the
have hit the wicket had it not hit the
principal one, whether in relation to
batsman?
goals, throws or other such matters.
We would have clarity as to who touched
it last, for throws and corner decisions.
And offside would finally become a
matter of fact rather than the guesses
that are still the routine talking points
both during and after games the world
over.
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It was never going to help the on- the pitch, it is being decided thousands
pitch officials with questions of intent: of miles away (and in Moscow, a city
“deliberate” hand-ball, “intentional” foul renowned for its history of double-
contact with an opponent, and the dealing, espionage and subterfuge, at
like. The technology will show that the that).
ball and the hand were in contact (or
not); the rest is up to the man with the And then having the referee run off the
whistle, and the pictures don’t really pitch to look at a screen no-one else
help. could see, behind the dugouts and the
fourth official and inside what looked
like an open telephone box. It almost
invited you to ask yourself ‘what is that
Video Assistant Referee telling him?
What instructions is he getting from
FIFA?’
Without technology, the fans and the
officials had the same view of every
incident, some better and some worse,
some nearer and some farther, but all
And if the fans are to trust the system, were seeing the same things happening.
they need to know what is going on. Everything after that was a matter of
Zurich seem to have paid little attention interpretation. And you either agreed
to the transparency of rugby union, with the referee of the linesman, or you
where (a) the time is stopped, (b) the didn’t. But they made the decision.
referee asks the video official a precise
question which is heard by the crowd, (c) Not some faceless, voiceless bureaucrat
the whole of the video replays together in a city thousands of kilometres from
with the slow-motion reviews are seen Ekaterinburg, or Kaliningrad.
on the stadium big screen, and (d) a
clear answer is given to the referee, also The system relied on by FIFA (or the
audible to the whole stadium. Football Union of Russia) wasn’t lacking
in either staff or technology. The Video
I was appalled by two of the decisions Assistant Referee himself had three
made in relation to Russia 2018 in assistants, and all four were assisted
particular. The idea of centralising the in turn by four expert video operators.
technology was absolutely the wrong They had access to a total of 33 cameras
one, even if only in psychological terms: in each stadium, eight of them super
not only is the match being decided off slow-motion, and four ultra slow-motion.
25Two more cameras were specifically clear and obvious mistakes or serious
dedicated to offside monitoring, which missed incidents.”
one of the Assistant VARs was tasked
with. So like it or not, that system did include
at least the possibility that the VARs
FIFA’s own site specifically identified the could influence the conduct of the
four categories of incident the video game, independently of the Referee,
team was designed to address: Goals which is not what most fans would have
and offences leading to a goal; penalty envisaged.
decisions and offences leading to a
penalty; direct red card incidents; and One of the most amusing panel
cases of mistaken identity. discussions I saw during the tournament
featured an appalled Darragh Maloney
But there’s a kind of coyness about the trying to defuse his panel’s vociferous
internal dynamics of the situation. FIFA’s condemnation of the VARs, with Dietmar
main article on the VAR process in Russia “Didi” Hamann and Eamon Dunphy
says clearly that “(t)he video assistant vying to be the most critical of the
referee does not take any decisions; system’s performance to date.
he supports the referee in the decision
making process and the final decision You could just imagine Maloney’s
can only be taken by the referee.” terrified anticipation of the solicitor’s
letter winging its way from Zurich to
But it’s also clear that the VAR team can Montrose if he couldn’t stop them by
raise issues they would like the Referee flapping his hands and insisting that
to have a look at: “The AVAR1 [first “that’s only your opinion, guys”.
assistant VAR] ... keeps the VAR informed
about live play if an incident is being Wouldn’t really help in the High Court,
checked or reviewed”, while “The AVAR2 though.
is ... located at the offside station. He
anticipates and checks any potential And FIFA also decided to rule out the
offside situations”. Additional Assistant Referee we had
been seeing at lots of high-level games,
But later it says “The VAR team and which had attracted considerable
communicates with the referee only for criticism, a lot of it along the lines of
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“what are they for?” until the ball has been kicked.”), which
FIFA seemed to have given up on during
Which is a highly relevant question, and this tournament.
one that could also be posed about the Hamann was rightly incensed by
existing ARs (formerly linesmen) if, like the number of breaches of that rule
me, you had overheard a voice from the committed during Russia 2018. I
officials’ room saying firmly “You just wouldn’t agree with his argument that
make sure of the line – everything inside the rule should be withdrawn, but he
the box is mine.” was right to say that as long as it remains
the rule, it must be enforced, and any
I was appalled at the time, and thought laxity on that at the highest level sends
it was a one-off, a maverick referee, the wrong message to officials back
until I had it confirmed in private by home.
another official, who said it was a fairly
widespread approach. But where would that leave some of
the worst offenders, in the light of Rule
It may be a practical division of labour, 10’s insistence that in penalty shootouts
but it’s not a very sensible one. Many “If the goalkeeper commits an offence
decisions in football can benefit from and, as a result, the kick is retaken, the
an extra pair of eyes, an additional goalkeeper must be cautioned.”
perspective on a controversial incident.
Several keepers would have found
The AR could surely assist in identifying themselves taking early showers during
breaches of Rule 14 (“The defending this year’s World Cup if that had been
goalkeeper must remain on the goal line, applied in full!
facing the kicker, between the goalposts
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31PLAYER OF THE
MONTH
Dundalk striker Patrick Hoban has “I didn’t expect to have as many goals
claimed the SSE Airtricity League/Soccer at this time in the season, especially as I
Writers’ Association of Ireland Player of didn’t get a pre-season into me [due to
the Month for June. injury].
The 26-year-old has been in blistering “Personally, it means that you’re doing
form since returning from England to something right but it also shows the
join the Lilywhites for a second spell last whole team are working well together.
November.
“We’re scoring goals and winning
Hoban is out on his own at the top of football matches, and that comes from
the Premier Division’s goalscoring charts the team around you.”
with 21 in 25 games, including five
goals last month for the current league Hoban, who last won the award in
leaders. October 2014, saw off Dundalk team-
mate Robbie Benson in second and
“It’s great,” said the Galway native, third-placed Kieran Sadlier of Cork City
reacting to the news. “The gaffer this time around.
[Stephen Kenny] told me on Sunday, and
it’s a good feeling to win one.
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AUTOGRAPHS
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AUTOGRAPHS
31TONIGHT’S TEAMS
BRAY CORK CITY
NO. NAME POSITION NO. NAME POSITION
2 Hugh Douglas DF 1 Mark McNulty GK
3 Kevin Lynch DF 2 Danny Kane DF
4 Conor Kenna DF 3 Alan Bennett DF
4 John Dunleavy DF
5 Sean Heaney DF
5 Aaron Barry DF
6 Paul O’Conor MF
6 Gearóid Morrissey MF
8 John Sullivan MF 7 Jimmy Keohane MF
9 Ger Pender FW 8 Conor McCormack MF
11 Jake Kelly MF 9 Graham Cummins FW
12 Dylan Hayes DF 10 Steven Beattie FW
14 Rhys Gorman MF 11 Kieran Sadlier FW
15 Darragh Gibbons DF 13 Peter Cherrie GK
14 John Kavanagh DF
18 Calvin Rogers DF
15 Shane Daly-Bütz
21 Gary McCabe FW
16 Josh O’Hanlon FW
22 Darragh Noone MF 17 Damien Delaney DF
23 Andrew McGovern DF 18 Ronan Coughlan FW
24 Jake Ellis FW 19 Karl Sheppard FW
25 Cian Walsh DF 20 Shane Griffin DF
26 Byron O’Gorman FW 21 Conor McCarthy DF
27 Dragos Mamaliga MF 22 Colm Horgan DF
24 Cian Murphy FW
28 Alex Rafferty DF
25 Barry McNamee MF
29 Evan Moran GK
26 Garry Buckley MF
31 Sean Harding DF 27 Pierce Phillips MF
40 Mark O’Connor GK 29 Sean McLoughlin DF
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