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Bohemians 2 Bray Wanderers 0
Friday, 24 April 2009 20:55
Bohemians stretched their lead atop of the Premier Division table with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Bray Wanderers at Dalymount.


Seagulls' boss Eddie Gormley set his stall out to contain the champions but while it took some huffing and puffing, the house tumbled late in the first half with two quickfire goals that dimmed any hopes the Wicklowmen had for a point.


Bray had done well to hold on until the 42nd minute but the Bohemian pressure had been building and when Killian Brennan drew a foul from Dave Mulcahy on the edge of the box one could sense the inevitable unfolding.


The Drogheda native is lethal from such situations and he didn't let the fans down, delivering an inch perfect curler into the top corner.


Two minutes later and the lead was doubled, Brennan sending Brian Shelley to the by line and the former PFAI Player of the Year found Jason Byrne who headed his 145th league goal to enter the league's top ten goal scorers.


The goals had been coming, although it had taken the champions some time to find their feet with Eddie Gormley's charges determinted to contain them.


Brennan took some time to grow accustomed to life on the right flank and indeed it was Mulcahy who went closest with an early curler.


The Gypsies grew into their task and Brennan tried an outlandish effort on 16 minutes while Joseph Ndo's corner was just taken off the head of Byrne by John Flood.


The former Bray man then had a realistic looking penalty shout waved away by Alan Kelly as he appeared to be bundled over by a clumsy Dame Massey tackle before the late double whammy. After the break the champions looked as if they had a couple of extra gears to go through as they knocked it around in a second half devoid of excitement.


As the second half progressed the gulf appeared to widen with Bray exerting lots of effort, but channelling it into trying to get the ball back as they were easily held at arms length by their physically imposing opponents for whom Jason Byrne and Neale Fenn both spurned chances to extend the lead.


Bohemians: B Murphy; Shelley, Heary, Oman, Powell; Brennan, Deegan (Keegan 58), Ndo, Carey (A Murphy 68); Crowe (Fenn 77), Byrne.


Bray Wanderers: O'Connor; Webster, Foran, Deans, Massey; McCabe, Brennan (Shields 36), Mulcahy, Flood (Kelly 45); Byrne (Mulroy 71), Kavanagh.


Referee: A Kelly (Cork)
 
 
 
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