Glynn's late strike decisive

Bray Wanderers 0 Galway United 1: DEREK GLYNN proved Galway's match winner for only the second time this season with a late goal to lift them off the foot of the table for the first time in four months.

Glynn had earned Galway their only other victory of the season, 1-0 at UCD back in May, and he left it until the 89th minute to work the oracle again with his fourth goal of the season.

Vinny Faherty beat two men on the right wing to cross and Glynn's striker's instinct took over as he turned superbly at the near post before firing across Alan Gough and into the far corner of the net.

Bray almost levelled within a minute when Pat Kavanagh got in behind the Galway defence to bring the save of the night from Alvin Rouse, who turned his shot out for a corner.

Galway manager, and former Ireland international, Jeff Kenna, having come though half a game in a friendly with Leeds on Wednesday, started at right back in place of the suspended Alan Keane with his assistant Ian Foster starting on the bench.

BRAY WANDERERS: Gough; Pender, Doherty (Foran half-time), Kenny, Cronin; Coughlin (Dunphy 70), Duggan, Whelan, Kavanagh; Rowe, O'Keeffe.

GALWAY UNITED: Rouse; Kenna (Conneely, 79), Fitzgerald, Lester, McCulloch; O'Shea, Murphy, Foley (McBrien 85), Fenn; Glynn, Faherty (Foster 90).

Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin).

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