Sean Houston was the Bray hero at Tolka Park as his 112th-minute strike gave them a dramatic win.

Shelbourne finished with nine men, as two of their players were forced to retire injured after they had made three substitutions.

Shels were hit by a sucker punch on 26 minutes when Jonathan Kelty brilliantly curled a 25-yard effort past Dean Delaney and it took them until the 85th minute to equalise courtesy of David Cassidy‘s deflected shot.

SHELBOURNE — Delany; Matthews, Boyle, Paisley, Fitzgerald; Clancy, Sullivan (Kavanagh 77), Hurley, Murphy (Dawson 58); Gorman, P Byrne (Cassidy h-t).

BRAY WANDERERS — Kane; Doyle, Webster, Houston, Last; I Byrne (Mulroy 62), Kelty (Waters 69), Zambra, Butler, Knight; Bolger (Hanlon 81).

REF — G Kelly (Cork).

Irish Independent