Derry City's eircom League Premier Division trip to Bray Wanderers fell by wayside this afternoon as the unforgiving Irish summer claimed more sporting fixtures.

With the Irish PGA golf down the road in Brittas Bay already falling foul of the heavy rainfall and tomorrow's race meeting at the Curragh abandoned, Bray announced that the match at the Carlisle Grounds was off due to a waterlogged pitch.

Recently appointed Derry manager John Robertson had been hoping to use the match to run the rule over his squad ahead of next week's Champions League match against FC Pyunik of Armenia at the Brandywell.

In the First Division, Shelbourne's match against Kildare County suffered a similar fate, a lunch-time pitch inspection ruling the surface unplayable.

Meanwhile, Dermot Lennon has been appointed manager of Athlone Town for the remainder of the season.