Reporting by Matt Keane
Tramore AFC defeated Southend United in Southend Park. Darragh Wall put the Seagulls in front after 13 minutes but Billy Ryan equalised for the Tangerines three minutes into the second half.
Brandon Deady then took over and he scored on 73 and 87 minutes. Darragh Wall then scored his second goal on 90 minutes to secure the victory for the visitors. Final score; Southend United 1 Tramore FC 4.
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Southend 1-4 Tramore
(Darragh Wall x2, Brandon Deady x2) #Seagulls— Tramore AFC (@TramoreAFC) August 21, 2019
Daithi Purcell gave Tramore Rangers the lead against Waterford Crystal after 33 minutes in Waterford Crystal Park but that was as good as it got for Rangers.
Andrew Power levelled matters after 49 minutes and then Shane Rochford put Crystal in front on 76 minutes. Eoghan Rea, son of the former Waterford United and Crystal stalwart Brendan Rea sealed the deal for the hosts two minutes from fulltime. Final score; Waterford Crystal 3 Tramore Rangers 1
The second series of games will be played over the coming weekend.
The first game will be played on Saturday night in Graun Park when Tramore host the champions Hibernians who were trounced by the Villa on Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, Celtic manager Neil Lennon insists he's keen to look forward, as they prepare for a Europa League play-off first leg with Swedish club A-I-K Stockholm tonight.
The Scottish Premiership title holders have faced some criticism since going out of Champions League qualifying last week.
But Lennon feels it has been a bit over the top.
Kick-off at Celtic Park is at 7.45pm.
💬 "There’s a lot of very good teams in this competition. We want to do as well as we possibly can and get to the group stages." #CELAIK #UEL
Watch Craig Gordon's full media conference on YouTube ⬇️— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) August 21, 2019
Elsewhere tonight David Healy's Linfield welcome Azerbaijan champions FK Qarabag to Windsor Park, also at 7.45pm.
Then at 8pm, Wolves continue their attempt to qualify for the group stages for the first time.
Nuno Espirito Santo's side take on Torino in Italy in their first leg.
Ready.
🐺🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/6POHF7nPxZ— Wolves (@Wolves) August 21, 2019
