Saturday 19th May 2007, 10:40 pm
19th May 2007
Cobh Ramblers 1
John Kearney 19
Wexford Youths 0
St. Colman's Park
John Kearney scored the only goal of the game to give Cobh Ramblers a 1-0 win over Wexford Youths at Saint Colman's Park in the First Division of the eircom League tonight. The win cuts Dundalk's lead at the top back down to two points.
Kearney pounced after 19 minutes to fire home after goalkeeper Jason Russell had parried Alan Carey's free kick against the crossbar.
Cobh had the better of the game but couldn't add to their tally.
Wexford indeed could have grabbed an equaliser but Martin Russell was denied by Jason McCarthy in the closing twenty minutes.
Cobh Ramblers : J McCarthy, Meade, Murray, Guthrie, Carey; O'Neill, Kearney, King (B McCarthy 77), Cambridge (Nolan 77), Cummins, O'Shea.
Wexford Youths : J Russell, Rossiter, Larkin, Lawlor, Murphy, Kelly (Elmes 75), Malone, Sinnott, A Russell, Colfer (Miller 72), Wadding (Brosnan 90).