Stephen Kenny's Volunteer Army

That was the chant of the night last night, as City left the Carlisle Grounds with three points for a change. As another Derry fan said, "I'm delighted to leave with three points and frostbite, as normally it is dropped points and frostbite".

I'll be blogging on the financial issues(again) separately, but last night was a good three points. Having hit the bar three times it looked as if we were going to have to settle for a point, but then McGlynn popped up to break Bray hearts.

The goal had shades of Niall Quinn's against Holland in the 1990 World Cup. A long punt from Doherty, a bounce, confusion in the Bray defence. Nash's impact cannot be understated as he got the vital touch to direct the ball into McGlynn and with the winger directed it into an empty net.

We deserved the three points as we had the best chances. The additional of McLean added a real threat from set pieces and a series of five corners in the opening ten minutes provided a number of chances for Derry to break the deadlock.

Derry had very fluid midfield, with McGlynn and McLean both cutting infield and posing Bray problems. Eddie hit the bar with a cracking effort from 30 yards and it bounced down on the line. Some Derry fans claimed it had crossed the line, but McGlynn couldn't direct the header back in. Two minutes later, a twisting turning Farren also hit the bar.

Farren had a great chance at the start of the second half, but his header from McLean's cross was frankly, woeful. Derry had another couple of chances, with McManus blasting over from about 16 yards the pick of them. The game looking to be petering out and the chant from the Derry fans was "Stephen Kenny's Volunteer Army". However the last gasp intervention gave the side all three points.

It made all the train journey back into the city all the sweeter.