Rovers held scoreless by Wanderers

SLIGO ROVERS 0 BRAY WANDERERS 0

SLIGO Rovers’ relegation fears continued on Tuesday night as the Bit O’Red were held to a 0- 0 draw with Bray Wanderers at The Showgrounds.

Sligo came into this game desperate for victory, hoping to bounce back after an embarrassing 4- 2 defeat at the hands of Longford Town in the FAI Cup on three days previous.

The Bit O’Red were second bottom coming into this game, without a win in six league games. Bray, on the other hand, were sitting in 5th spot, but without a win in five - although their quick start out of the blocks this season means that relegation is really not on their radar, despite a difficult time off the field.

Rovers really should have taken the lead with just two minutes on the clock. Tobi Adebayo- Rowling’s cross landed in front of former Glenavon striker Greg Moorhouse, who appeared to just slip over it right in front of goal, barely troubling Peter Cherrie in the Seagulls goal

Although Gerard Lyttle’s men did enjoy better possession for a large period of the game, they never really troubled Cherrie in the Bray goal.

The visitors’ best chance of the first- half came shortly after the half hour mark. Mark Salmon rose highest to nod on a pass into the path of the onrushing Ryan Brennan, but he failed to get on the end of it, leaving Micheal Schlingermann largely untroubled in the Sligo goal.

Both sides offered little in terms of attacking threat in the second- half, with Rovers coming closest from a Rhys McCabe free- kick which took a deflection before drifting wide.

Gary McCabe forced a save from Schlingermann then, although the Mayo man was comfortable.

Substitute Kevin Lynch almost gave Harry Kenny’s men the lead in the dying minutes when his shot across goal just trickled past the far post.