GALWAY UNITED defeated Bray Wanderers 2-1 at the Carlisle Grounds last night to gain sixth place in the Premier Division, and more importantly put a bit of breathing space between them and the relegation dog fight.
Jay O'Shea bagged a last-minute winner for the Tribesmen, at the expense of his former club, after he latched onto a perfectly weighted through ball from John Russell before sliding the ball past the helpless Chris O'Connor in goal.
Galway had trailed for most of the game after 20-year-old Shane O'Neill bagged his first senior goal for the club with just four minutes gone. Bray were totally in control in the first half and should have punished Galway further.
However, Galway were a different side in the second half and really took the game to Bray and on 57 minutes got their reward when centre back Gary Breen smashed the ball home from close range after a scramble in the box from a corner.
Alan Murphy should have made it 2-1 for the westerners on 80 minutes but his low drive only found the side netting.
In stoppage time, Bray threw everything at the Galway defence and Dave Mulcahy came agonisingly close to equalising but saw his half volley blocked by Breen.
Bray boss Eddie Gormley was unhappy after the game, saying: "It's not nice, particularly when we deserved to win the game."
Galway boss Ian Foster admitted that his captain, O'Shea, has probably played his last game for the club and praised him for everything he has done for the Terryland Park-based outfit.
After the game, O'Shea echoed his manager's sentiments by saying he has played his last game for Galway.
The winger says that his agent is hoping to have a deal wrapped up across the water by the end of the week, although he refused to comment on where he might be heading.
However, scouts from Middlesbrough, Derby County, Watford and Falkirk were all in Bray last night to see the highly rated midfielder in action.
- Craig Hughes
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