Bray Wanderers Match Preview
Sports Direct FAI Cup Second Round
Wayside Celtic
Friday July 18, Carlisle Grounds
Kick-off 7.45pm
First Team Coach Paul Heffernan has warned about complacency as Bray Wanderers face Wayside Celtic in a local derby in the second-round of the Sports Direct Men’s FAI Cup.
The contest is only the second ever competitive game between the clubs who are separated by just ten kilometres either side of the Wicklow and Dublin border.
But Friday’s tie will the first between the League of Ireland First Division and Leinster Senior League teams at the Carlisle Grounds.
“We don’t need anyone to tell us how difficult the tie will be against a determined Wayside team. But the main focus for us as always will be what we bring to the game in terms of energy and intensity. There won’t be any complacency” stated Heffernan.
TEAM NEWS
New signing Sean Brennan comes into the squad.
Defender Harvey Warren and midfielder Jamie Ryan remain doubtful,
PREVIOUS MEETING
Wayside Celtic 1 Bray Wanderers 0.
Leinster Senior Cup, Jackson Park, August 18, 2013
The sides have only met once before in a competitive match when current Wayside Head Coach Ross Zambra scored the only goal in the final minute of a Leinster Senior Cup tie almost 12 years ago.
It was an eventful game for Ross as he also missed a penalty in the game.
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