AFAN LIDO 3-1 PENRHIWCEIBER RANGERS
Match report by Peter Reynolds

Lido overcame this potential banana skin but not without the odd scare. 

We were first to test the keeper when Karl Lewis headed straight at the keeper following a corner.  On 19 minutes from another corner Paul Evans headed over but two minutes later we took the lead. 

Ian Jones was the provider and he found John Felton to the right of goal and he fired the ball across the keeper and into the far corner.  Minutes later their keeper made another save to deny Ian Jones. 

On 32 minutes Craig Jones fed the ball to Liam who played John in but he was denied by a terrific save by the keeper.  5 minutes later we made it two, Liam fed Karl Lewis who swung in the cross for Ian Jones to power a header home from 15 yards. 

Two minutes later the visitors were back in the game in bizarre fashion.  We were fouled on the edge of the box and as we had the ball, the ref shouted advantage, we immediately lost the ball and they played in their striker who scored.

In the second half Shaun O'Leary could have settled our nerves when he found himself on the edge of the box but their keeper spread himself and saved Shaun's effort.

With 20 minutes to go a shot from outside the box rattled our post as we found it difficult to clear our lines.  The visitors continued to apply pressure in the search for an equaliser but generally we stood firm.  In added on time, Liam pressurised the defender into losing the ball, he travelled along the goal line towards goal, waited for the keeper to make his move and powered an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net to put us into Round 2.

Side  Gareth Scantlebury  Craig Jones  Karl Lewis  Carl Evans  Matt Lavis Craig Martin  Liam McCreesh  Paul Evans  Ian Jones  Shaun O'Leary  John Felton

Subs  Steve Parry for Matt Lavis 78
         Greg Hurley for Craig Jones 90
         Phil Holmes not used