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Details
| Date | Time | League | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April 2021 | 8:00 pm | LOI Men's First Division | 2021 |
Match Report
Rams grab first win overtaking Wexford
Cobh Ramblers confirmed their first victory in the 2021 SSE Airtricity League First Division tonight by beating Wexford at Ferrycarrig Park, thanks to goals from Ciaran Griffin and Killian Cooper.
The Slaneysiders are now rooted at the bottom of the table and still looking for a win, as they showed a completely different face in the second half rewarded with a late Kyle Robinson goal.
However, Robinson's effort wasn't enough to overcome the strong start made by the visitors in the first 45 minutes.
A lovely evening in the Southeast was crowned with an emotive game as both teams showed two different faces during the 90 minutes.
The visitors took the lead at early doors when Ciaran Griffin enjoyed an easy finish with just eight minutes on the clock, after stealing the ball off Jimmy Corcoran as the goalkeeper couldn’t boot away a sneaky pass coming from the defence.
A great delivery from Ian Turner found Darryl Walsh, as he missed the goal by inches was a clear signal of the Rams intentions to seal the game as soon as possible. The first warning from the homeside came in the 24th minute as Jack Doherty missed a glamorous chance to equalise matters but blazed a shot wide with just the keeper to beat.
Brian O’Sullivan’s troops were incapable to find avenues to come forward on the pitch for the majority of the first half, and saw their scenario getting darker. A minute from the break, Killian Cooper confirmed the second goal for the Cork-based side drizzling James Carroll and putting the ball past the goalkeeper with a lovely left-foot finish.
Wexford needed a plan B and it came at the back of Success Edogun coming off the bench for the second 45 minutes. The powerful forward became the great driver for the Slaneysiders to give a much better performance running against the clock.
The first warning came from Paul Fox, with a shot from a tight angle forcing Sean Barron to punch it away. With the reset button pressed by Success Edogun, playing as an instrumental piece in Wexford’s scheme, his teammates were enjoying much more space and consequently found different gears to come forward, however struggling to carve out proper chances to score.
Cobh Ramblers wall suffered the first serious shake with five minutes to go, as they managed to block two shots from Edogun, but ended up pierced by Kyle Robinson heading a perfect cross coming from a right corner.
The changes at the break made Wexford a new team, but Robinson’s goal came too late for the hosts.
Timeline
| 9' | 23. Ciaran Griffin | |
| 44' | 9. Killian Cooper | |
| Harry Groome Karl Fitzsimons | 45' | |
| James Carroll Success Edogun | 45' | |
| Alex O'Hanlon | 55' | |
| Karl Manahan Kyle Robinson | 65' | |
| 77' | 2. John Kavanagh | |
| 79' | Ciaran Griffin Naythan Coleman | |
| 9. Kyle Robinson | 87' | |
| 88' | Killian Cooper Jake Hegarty | |
| 88' | Ian Turner Kevin Williams |
Past Meetings
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(Series 16)
0 - 4LOI Men's First Division
Ferrycarrig Park Wexford FC v Cobh Ramblers |
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(Series 7)
4 - 0LOI Men's First Division
St. Colman's Park Cobh Ramblers v Wexford FC |
Ground
| Ferrycarrig Park |
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| Ferrycarrig Park, Kilpatrick, The Borough District of Wexford, County Wexford, Leinster, Y35 E296, Ireland |
Bernardo Santos
With previous experience on a top-tier sports newspaper and a media department of a former European Champion club, Bernardo also collaborates as a sports journalist and media editor at St. Patrick's Athletic.
FULL-TIME: Wexford 1-2 Cobh Ramblers. Wexford's goal just came too late as the Rams confirm their first win of the season.
Robinson with a late goal for Wexford!
Another serious effort from Edogun gets deflected over the bar.
Success Edogun with a serious attempt deflected on its way to Rams goal.
Free kick in from Doherty headed wide off the crossbar.
Sneaky cross in by Robinson forcing the keeper to send it off.
Booking for O'Hanlon.
The game got suffered a complete turn around after the break; Wexford is now the dominant side finding different avenues in the attack.
The referee doesn’t look much interested in the penalty calls coming from the Wexford side. Doherty went down inside Cobh’s box.
Wexford looking much better at early doors in the second half, hoping for coming closer in the score.
A shot from a very tight angle from Paul Fox going wide off Barron's goal.
Paul Fox gets booked.
We're back to the second forty-five minutes.
HALF-TIME: Wexford will probably be looking for a plan B during the second half.
And the second for Cobh comes one minute away from the break! Amazing play from Killian Cooper drizzling James Carroll and putting it past the keeper with a lovely left-boot finish.
Paul Fox with a nice through ball looking for Doherty as Barron comes off quickly cleaning it up
Alex O’Hanlon with a very nice shot going dangerously close to the Wexford’s right post.
Jack Doherty misses a clamorous chance to equalize as he sent it way off just with the keeper to beat.
Great delivery from Turner headed off by Walsh. The opportunities for the visitors just keep coming.
Rams dominating the big majority of plays. Wexford still trying to find themselves with fifteen minutes gone.
The opening goal falls for Cobh Ramblers! Ciaran Griffin with an easy goal after stealing the ball off Corcoran as the goalkeeper was incapable of booting it away.
Rams starting matters with early attacking thoughts; Wexford putting some pressure on.
First warning coming from Ian Turner with a lovely long-range shot.
Wexford kicks it off on a perfect evening.
Cobh Ramblers starting XI with three changes: Killian Cooper, Chris O’Really and Ben O’Riordan coming in; Stephen O’Leary, Darren Murphy and Kevin Williams coming off.
Wexford make two changes from their loss out to Shelbourne: Alex O’Hanlon and Harry Groome coming on, Karl Fitzsimons and Jack Larkin coming off.
Good night and welcome to the Ferrycarrig Park in Wexford for this meeting between the two sides at the tail of the SSE Airtricity League First Division.