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report by Peter Reynolds
Three more points
and a successful return to Cyncoed for Ian Jones who netted a hat
trick against one of his former sides. After a scrappy start with
neither side able to bring the ball down and pass Paul Evans made
his mark with a through ball that was just too far ahead of Ian
and was grabbed by a former Lido keeper, Brendan Cropley.
We took the lead
on 24 minutes when a great turn in the box by John Felton was
stopped illegally. From the resultant penalty Ian netted with a
powerful shot.
The only other real chance in the first half came on 34 minutes
when a Steve Parry cross was volleyed over the bar by Shaun
O'Leary.
We came out for
the second half and had the advantage of a slight breeze and the
slope. Within two minutes Ianto had doubled our lead, Matt Lavis
had come on for Karl Lewis at half time and he spread the ball
wide. Carl Evans, Shaun O'Leary and finally Ianto were all
involved with Ianto scoring from ten yards. Two minutes later a
great run from John Felton who beat several defenders before
squaring the ball to Paul Evans but his first time shot from 25
yards was straight at the keeper. Shaun O'Leary was at the heart
of most of our attacks and he started another on the hour and fed
Ianto whose goalscoring pass to John Felton was just intercepted.
The game was
wrapped up with two goals in just over a minute. On 61 minutes
Steve Parry fed Ian who spun and hit a fierce first time effort
which smacked against the crossbar but fell invitingly for John
Felton to smash home from 15 yards. Almost straight from the kick
off the ball was again played into the UWIC area for Ianto to
react quickest and score his third.
5 minutes from
time UWIC scored a consolation goal when their striker wriggled
through a couple of challenges to deny us a clean sheet.
Lido side
Brian Thomas Karl Lewis Steve Parry Dan Williams Carl Evans Craig
Martin John Felton Paul Evans Ian Jones Shaun O'Leary Greg Hurley
Subs Phil Holmes for John Felton 86
Matt Lavis for Karl Lewis 46
Justin Williams for Greg Hurley 77
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