It took us six or seven minutes to settle but we then started to keep possession and knock the ball around. After 11 minutes we conceded a free kick it went to a Maesteg head but was straight at Brian. A move started by Brian and included John Felton, Karl Lewis, Shaun O'Leary, Paul Evans, and Carl Edwards swept the length of the field but ended with Chris Latham heading Carl Edwards cross over the bar. Paul Evans and Dan Williams were solid at the back and Paul set up Karl Lewis who tried his luck from the edge of the box but his shot went wide. After 20 minutes Paul Evans fed Craig Jones in his first game back from injury, Craig gained about 50 yards, cut inside but was torn between passing and shooting and Maesteg cleared the ball for a throw. Midway through the first half Brian made a save from their 10 and their 7 then fired wide from a good position. On 25 minutes, Ian Jones and former Lido keeper Gareth Scantlebury collided with the ball going for a corner which Scants cleared. On 28 minutes Scants was substituted, Maesteg had a substitute keeper on the bench as he was carrying an injury.

On the half hour again we had a number of players involved in a passing movement which ended with Carl Edwards shooting over the bar. Chris Latham then picked the ball up in midfield, fed the overlapping Craig Jones who found Ian Jones, he cut inside but shot straight at the keeper. Chris Latham then took a quick free kick and found Ian Jones who skipped past a couple of tackles but shot wide from a good position. We took the lead after 39 minutes, Carl Edwards won the ball in midfield, he found Craig Jones who crossed and Karl Lewis headed home from about 10 yards for his first league goal of the season. Just before half time Craig Jones was fouled on the right, Shaun O'Leary crossed to Ian Jones who headed against the crossbar and over for a goal kick.

Early in the second half Paul Evans headed a Dan Williams free kick wide. On the hour Ian Jones won the ball on the half way, sped forward and fed John Felton but with the defence opened up he had strayed offside. We had a corner but was again headed over the bar by Paul Evans, we gained another corner on 64 minutes, this time Carl Edwards forced a save from the keeper. Maesteg's attacks were few and generally cleared up by Paul Evans, Dan Williams and Craig Martin. However on 69 minutes Brian picked up a through ball and his long kick out Ian Jones picked up and got into the box but a last ditch tackle cleared the ball which Chris Piper hit first time from 25 yards forcing the keeper into a superb save diving to his left. With a quarter of an hour to go Maesteg had a free kick in a good position, luckily for us the header went just wide with Brian beaten.

With 9 minutes to go we lost the ball in midfield giving Maesteg extra bodies up front but again the cross was headed wide. We went down the other end and Ian Jones fed Chris Piper who found Matt Lavis, his first time shot from just outside the area, the Maesteg keeper again produced a top class save tipping the ball over for a corner. He was certainly keeping them in with a chance of a point and heartened by that they went down and won another corner but we cleared it. 
In the last minute John Felton beat a couple of defenders on the right and crossed into the box but we conceded a free kick before the final whistle blew.

Lido side Brian Thomas Craig Jones Karl Lewis Dan Williams Carl Edwards Craig Martin Chris Latham Paul Evans Ian Jones Shaun O'Leary John Felton 
 
  Subs Chris Piper for Karl Lewis 65 
  Greg Hurley for Craig Jones 56 
  Matt Lavis for Chris Latham 78