i raagazzi schiantano il Longford
Much discussion in the press box in the early stages of this game focused on whether it was 450 or 500 minutes of football since Bray had scored.
As it turned out, that drought was to end after 538 minutes, however, with a stunning left-footed shot to the roof of the Longford net by big Bray central defender Wesley Charles.
Finally, after over a month, the Seagulls had pulled themselves off the bottom of the table, with their first win of the season.
Charles, whose sixth goal for the Seagulls that was, had last scored in the second round of last year's FAI Cup.
Both sides had good chances in each half, but perhaps it is fair to say that Chris O'Connor had more to do than Seamus Kelly, Longford's attack pair testing him on several occasions.
Mícheál Ó hUanacháin
Bray Wanderers: 1 Chris O'Connor; 7 Stephen Gifford, 5 Brian McGovern, 4 Wesley Charles, 3 Ciarán Ryan; 8 Philip Keogh, 2 Colm Tresson, 10 Paul Caffrey (c), 11 David Tyrrell; 9 Eamon Zayed, 6 Stephen Fox
Subs: 12 Kieran O'Brien, 14 Michael Roche, 15 Wayne Byrne, 16 Philip Keogh (for Ryan 68 inj), 18 Robbie Doyle (for Tyrrell 86)
Longford Town: 1 Seamus Kelly; 3 Alan Murphy, 15 Kevin Doherty, 5 Danny O'Connor, 11 Sean Prunty; 9 Dessie Baker, 7 Alan Kirby, 10 Davy Byrne, 19 Gary Cronin; 17 Andy Myler, 16 Robert Martin
Subs: 2 Stephen Gough (for Kirby 90+1), 12 Paul Kelly, 14 Dave Mooney (for Myler 81), 18 Dean Fitzgerald, 20 Gary Matthews (gk)
Referee: Paul Tuite
[Modificato da fergus 23/05/2006 19.44]