Bray Wanderers

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League of Ireland journeys

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  I don’t get to support Bray Wanderers away much these days. Given family, work and other commitments, these kind of journeys are just not a runner. I’m lucky to get to a slim majority of the home games. I’m not complaining, although I do remember with fondness the 1990’s, when

Bray Wanderers – Decades Apart

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  So the 2019 SSE Airtricity League has finished. When we resume in February it won’t just be the start of a new season for our clubs, but a new decade. This got me thinking about which decades in the past have been the most successful for my hometown club, Bray

The Bray Viking’s mighty leap

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  If Bray Wanderers finish in this season’s First Division play-off positions, then they might look back to Friday’s win over Longford as one of the key milestone on the journey. Wanderers had gone ahead early on through Derek Daly but Longford levelled before half-time. With the clock ticking down the game

History at the Carlisle Grounds

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  You may have seen the debate in the news about teaching History in schools last week. A draft of a report that the National Council for Curriculum Education [NCCA] will be debating next month was leaked. The draft doesn’t recommend any change to the status quo as regards teaching History

Bray Wanderers – The dark days of 2010

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  2018 has started badly for Bray Wanderers and is shaping up to be long hard season. Fans of the club are no strangers to long hard seasons, having endured many dark times before. For me, 2010 stands out as the darkest of the dark times. The club shouldn’t have even

Rhythm and Motion…

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  Two soccer jerseys that I saw last week impressed me enormously, and in a roundabout way they are connected. The first one was the away jersey of Dutch Eerste Divisie [First Division] side SC Telstar; the small black and white squares make it look like the logo from the old