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Bray Wanderers Football Club ( irish : Cumann Peile Fánaithe Bhré ) are an irish association football club play in the League of Ireland First Division. The club in its present form was founded in 1942 in Bray, and was known until 2010 as Bray Wanderers A.F.C. It was elected to the League in 1985, and plays its home matches at the Carlisle Grounds. [ 1 ] Club colours are green and White, and it goes by the dub The Seagulls .

history [edit ]

early Days [edit ]

In 1922, some members of St Kevin ‘s Gaelic football cabaret in Bray left the club as a consequence of a challenge and formed a soccer club called Bray Wanderers. They won the Miller Cup, which at the clock time was one of the most prestigious junior cups in the state, in 1927–28. Through the 1930s and 1940s, however, Bray Unknowns were the leading team in the town, playing in the League of Ireland for nineteen seasons from 1924–25 to 1942–43. hee-haw Wanderers went into descent in the mid-thirties but was reformed in 1942–43 and entered the Athletic Union League Division 3 for the 1943–44 season. By the 1948–49 season Wanderers had reached Division 1 of the AUL but the period in between did not pass without controversy. In 1944 the club reached the Leinster Football Association Shield concluding but was disqualified for fielding an illegal player in the semi-final. When in Division 2 of the AUL in 1946–47 the clubhouse was expelled from the league due to the B team not fulfilling a league regular, although the club was reinstated the following season. In 1950–51 Wanderers won the FAI Junior Cup, defeating Drogheda United 2–1. Wanderers besides reached the Leinster Junior Final that temper, but were defeated by Rathfarnham in the final. Wanderers won the Junior Cup again in 1953–54, defeating Ierne 1–0 in the Final. The following season Wanderers left the AUL and joined the Leinster Senior League

Mid 1900s [edit ]

In 1955–56 Wanderers won the FAI Intermediate Cup, defeating Workmens Club 2–1 in the final. There was besides a beginning appearance in the FAI Cup against Longford Town in 1956. They won the FAI Intermediate Cup again two years late, defeating Chapelizod 2–1 in the final. In 1958–59, Wanderers clinched the Leinster Senior League, setting a newfangled club and LSL commemorate for the highest number of goals scored in a season. They went on to win three league titles in a row. In 1960–61 Wanderers withdrew from the LSL and returned to the AUL. In 1964–65 they were fall through members of the League of Ireland B Division. [ 2 ] however they left after just one season and once again went into refuse. By 1973 Bray Unknowns were playing in the LSL and the management changed the name to Bray Wanderers in a partially successful effort to amalgamate the two. In 1975–76 the fresh Wanderers won the Metropolitan Cup for the first time since 1924 .

League of Ireland [edit ]

hee-haw Wanderers were elected to the League of Ireland when it was expanded to two Divisions for the 1985–86 season. They played their first game as a League of Ireland baseball club on 8 September 1985 in a FAI League Cup match against Dundalk with Jim Mahon having the honor of notching the Seagulls ‘ first finish at senior level. The Wanderers ‘ secured promotion to the Premier Division by winning the League of Ireland First Division Championship that year. They were relegated second down to the First Division in the 1987–88 temper. Wanderers did not regain Premier Division status until the 1990–91 season but had their first major success during their spell in the First Division. They won the FAI Cup in 1990 beating St Francis 3–0 in the first Lansdowne Road final with John Ryan becoming lone the moment player to score a hat-trick in a FAI Cup final. They made history by becoming the first ever First Division side to win the trophy. due to this success, Wanderers competed in european competition for the inaugural clock time in their history in the 1990–91 season. They were defeated, however, by Trabzonspor in the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup preliminary round. Bray continued to have difficulty achieving success in the league. After two seasons in the Premier Division the club was once again relegated to the First Division where they remained for three seasons. In 1995–96 season Wanderers were promoted back to the Premier Division as First Division champions, but were relegated back down in the play along season. The adjacent two seasons followed the same handwriting as they went back up and came straight back down. In 1998–99, a season they got relegated again, Wanderers won their second FAI Cup, defeating Finn Harps after two replays which earned them a spot in the 1999-2000 UEFA Cup against a Roy Hodgson led Grasshoppers. In 1999–00 the club won promotion back to the Premier Division and in 2000–01 Wanderers achieved their highest ever league finish of 4th put in the Premier Division. The club could not build on this as they were relegated back down in 2002–03 but were once again promoted in 2004. The golf club was relegated at the end of the 2009 season, but the demise of Cork City F.C. entail they were reinstated to the Premier Division. Finishing in a Promotion/Relegation play-off in 2010, the club maintained its Premier condition following a penalty shoot-out with Monaghan United. The follow season, finishing sixth in the Premier Division, the club gained a topographic point in the all-Ireland Setanta Cup, but early in 2012 conceded home and away matches to Glentoran FC in the first circle of the competition ( 2–4 & 0–3 ). In the 2012 season, Bray finished tenth of 12 clubs in the Premier Division, five points above Dundalk, who had to survive a Promotion/Relegation conflict against Waterford United to ensure their survival in the top flight. In 2013, Bray were again in the relegation mix, and having finished second-last they played First Division promotion play-off winners Longford Town over two legs, winning 5–4 on aggregate, with goals from Jason Byrne ( 2 ), Gary Dempsey, Kieran Waters and Kevin O’Connor. On 10 January 2014 it was announced that Alan Mathews would be the raw coach with Barry O’Connor as his adjunct. The golf club ended the season in tenth place, fair a decimal point above UCD, and entered the 2015 season as the fourth-longest outlive current Premier Division club. however, on 1 April 2015, Mathews resigned suddenly, together with the rest of his backroom team, citing a breakdown in communication with the club ‘s modern owners : Gerry Mulvey, Denis O ’ Connor, and Martin ( Murt ) O’Connor, who had taken over during the off-season. [ 3 ] The club appointed Under-19 passenger car Maciej Tarnogrodzki as interim senior team director the comply day. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The following month, the club announced that former Shamrock Rovers boss Trevor Croly had signed a three-year contract to manage the club. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] just one calendar month later however, Croly besides resigned in a alike fashion to Mathews before him. Mick Cooke was brought in to replace him as the fifth coach of the season ( including irregular Player/Manager David Cassidy ), and Bray finished the 2015 season in 8th position. In July 2017, after a lot speculation about the future of the club, majority stockholder and interim chair Gerry Mulvey released a statement which confirmed that the club was financially stable and outlined big plans for the future of the club. The statement was widely ridiculed, chiefly due to its stigmatize of Wicklow County Council as “ the North Korea of Ireland for business ” after the council ‘s repeated refusal to allow the Carlisle Grounds to be rezoned. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In September 2017, the FAI launched an investigation into alleged match-fixing surrounding Bray Wanderers friendly against Waterford on 8 September 2017. [ 10 ] The FAI released a formal instruction in February 2018 affirming that no evidence to support any charge had been found.

The 2018 season went badly for Bray, with the golf club losing 28 of their 36 league matches and exiting every cup competition at the first time of asking. The fiscal site was not any better, with players voting to strike due to unpaid wages and aesculapian costs. [ 11 ] The players were finally paid before the strike went ahead. On 26 July 2018, after several weeks of meditation over Bray ‘s future, the golf club was taken over by St. Joseph ‘s Boys academy film director Niall O’Driscoll. Mulvey remained in a minority role. [ 12 ] Bray were officially relegated to the League of Ireland First Division in October 2018, ending a 12-year bide in the circus tent flight of irish football. [ 13 ]

amalgamation with Cabinteely [edit ]

In November 2021, Bray Wanderers and Cabinteely announced a amalgamation, technically a coup d’etat of Wanderers by Cabinteely. [ 14 ] The newly created team would be known as Bray Wanderers and continue to play in the Carlisle Grounds, with the purpose to apply for a inaugural Division license. [ 15 ] Bray ‘s former coach Pat Devlin and then Director of Football at Cabinteely became the DoF for the new Bray Wanderers. [ 14 ]

Supporters [edit ]

bray Wanderers have a minor fanbase, with regular attendances generally around 400-600 home fans. For away matches the Bray Wanderers Supporters Club organises a bus to run mastermind to the relevant land. In March 2008, the Ultra group of Bray Wanderers fans “ Na Fánaithe ” was formed by five Supporters Club members. Unlike Ultra groups in Dublin such as “ Briogáid Dearg ”, “ SRFC Ultras ”, “ caducous end Invincibles ” and “ ill-famed Boo Boys ”, Na Fánaithe is a much smaller group, compared to the hundreds involved in those Ultra groups. As of 2019 the group is largely nonoperational .

Honours [edit ]

Source : [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ]

Records [edit ]

  • Record Victory: 7–0 v Cobh Ramblers 17 October 1997, 7–0 v St. Mochta’s 2007 FAI Cup, 17 June 2007
  • Record League Defeat: 8–1 v Dundalk FC 4 May 2015
  • Most Points in a Season: 72 in 1999–00
  • Most League Goals in a Season: 19, Eamon Zayed, 2003
  • Most League Goals: 72, Jason Byrne 1998–03, 2012–13

european record [edit ]

overview [edit ]

Competition Matches W D L GF GA
UEFA Cup 2 0 0 2 0 8
European Cup Winners’ Cup 2 0 1 1 1 3
Overall 4 0 1 3 1 11

Matches [edit ]

current team [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

technical staff [edit ]

Position Staff
Manager
Assistant Manager
Goalkeeping Coach
Physiotherapist
Kit Manager

Managers [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

References [edit ]

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