3 August, 2012
Bray Emmets 5-12 AGB 3 points
On Friday night last Bray senior footballers played AGB in the
second round of the county senior football championship in Ashford
and put in an impressive performance winning with a final score of
5-12 to 3 points. Bray got out of the blocks very early inthe
first 12 minutes with a brace of points from Paul Cunningham
followed by two superb goals from Niall Gaffney and Rory Breslin.
AGB followed this with a point from play. Between the
24th and 30th minutes Bray
responded with 4 points from Des Kelly, Paul Cunningham (2)
and Niall Mc Graynor to leave the half time score at 2-6 to 1
point. Bray were on top in most areas with the Bray
defence especially playing from the front and marking in a very
tight and disciplined manner. Bray made two changes at half time
introducing Brian o Keeffe and David Finn who both made
strong contributions.
The second half kicked off with two quick points from Paul
Cunningham and John Henderson whose strong running caused problems
for the AGB defence. AGB responded with two points but this was
followed immediately by a very well taken Paul Cunningham goal
which he followed up with another point from play. In the closing
10 minutes Bray clocked up 2 goals and three points with
two well worked goals coming from Dave Finn and John
Henderson and a point by John O Keeffe. Niall Gaffney scored
two late points and was very effective at
midfield throughout playing a very simple and direct game.
While AGB battled right to the finish Bray were too strong on the
night.
All the defence made positive contributions with
Adam Benson , Conor Power and Sean o Neill playing from the front
and attacking the ball. Liam mc Graynor and the half back line of
Aran Murphy , Tony Denver and Cormac Murphy played fast direct
ball into a forward line where Rory Breslin , Paul Cunningham ,
John Henderson , and Des Kelly showed early, took the
right options, and worked exceptionally hard for the ball
when not in possession. Stephen Mc Nicholas and John O Keeffe were
introduced in the second half and both worked very hard and
made positive contributions. While this was a good result it
is just another step and there are still a number of areas for
improvement. The management and players would like to thank the
many Bray supporters who turned up on the night and also wish our
Captain Sean o Neill the very best after his wedding on Friday. One
final thank you to Cameron our physio who managed to
ensure that we had 27 fit players available for selection
last Friday night. Our next game is a critical one against
Stratford ( date to be decided).
