The unbeaten Wexford Footballers stayed top of Division 4 today with a three-point win over neighbours Wicklow in Arklow
The sides exchanged early scores until a Niall Hughes goal put Wexford 1-03 to 0-04 ahead midway through the first half. But two points from Seanie Furlong saw Wicklow go in all square at half-time.
Wexford took the wind on the restart and three Ben Brosnan points helped the visitors open up a five-point lead. Furlong chipped away at the deficit with three second-half points but Wexford held out to make it four wins from four.
Wexford – S Roche; B Malone (0-1), J Rossiter, M Furlong; E Nolan, J Wadding, T Rossiter; D Waters, C Kehoe; K O’Grady (0-3), B Brosnan (0-4, 2f), P Curtis (0-1); C Lyng (0-3, 1f), J Tubritt, J Stafford. Subs: N Hughes (1-0) for C Kehoe, M O’Regan (0-1) for P Curtis, C Carty for J Stafford, J Firman for J Tubritt, R Devereux for J Rossiter
