Shels climb after narrow win

Saturday 7th July 2007, 1:33 am

Mark Leech scored the Shels winner.

Mark Leech scored the Shels winner.

Photo by Tom Carey.

6th July 2007

eircom League of Ireland First Division

Shelbourne 1

Mark Leech 75

Wexford Youths 0

Tolka Park

Mark Leech's goal fifteen minutes from the end gave a new look Shelbourne a 1-0 win over Wexford Youths at Tolka Park on Friday night, lifting the Dublin club up to seventh in the First Division of the League of Ireland.

Shels had an early let off when Kieran Harte almost sliced into his net in the opening seconds.

The game was still scrappy as the final twenty minutes arrived but both Lee Roche and Anthony Flood went close to opening the scoring.

The winner arrived on 75 minutes as Leech rose to head home from Marc McCullough's cross.

Shelbourne : O'Dowd, Murphy, McCulloch, Keely, Malcolm, Rooney (Roche 46), Chambers, O'Brien, Leech, Harte, Flood (Lacey 80).
Wexford Youths : J Russell, Lawlor, Wadding, A Russell, Malone, Kelly (Hawkins 83), O'Loughlin, Loughlin (Miller 52), Dempsey, Sinnott, McGuire (Brosnan 65).

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