LIMERICK PILE ON BRAY WOES AS WATERFORD WIN

AN utterly dominant Limerick all but mathematically condemned Bray to relegation. First-half goals did the damage last night at the Carlisle Grounds between the two struggling clubs as Tommy Barret’s charges secured their fourth win over the Seagulls in 2018. Barring a miracle, the Wicklow side’s 14-year Premier Division status is all but over with just four top-flight games remaining this season. In comparison, the Munster men are still in the play-off spot. After early pressure, the visitors hit the front on 18 minutes against their sluggish opponents. Cian Coleman did well to keep the ball in by the left end-line and pulled it back. Skipper Shane Dugan gathered, evaded the diving debut goalkeeper Mark O’Connor and slipped the ball into the six-yard area where Barry Maguire had a simple tap in. It got even better for the Munster outfit two minutes before the interval. Karl O’Sullivan shrugged off the attention of two Wanderers’ players along the right touchline. His cross was intercepted by Bray captain Conor Kenna. But Kenna’s heavy touch allowed the stretching Connor Ellis to poke in from close range.

BRAY WANDERERS: O’Connor; Harding, Kenna, Heaney, Crilly (O’Gorman 77); O’Conor (John Sullivan 69), Gorman; Noone, Jake Kelly (Pender 36), Lynch; Jake Ellis. LIMERICK FC: Holland; Shaun Kelly, Brouder, Cantwell, Tracy; Coleman (Will Fitzgerald 72), Murphy; Karl O’Sullivan, Maguire (Morrissey 81), Duggan; Ellis. Scorers: Maguire (18), Ellis (43) Referee: A Buttimer (Cork).