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went in at half time 2-0 up and looking comfortable. I don't
know what they put in the half time tea but most of our players
spent the second half in the changing rooms and we nearly
conceded two points.
We could have
been one up in the first minute. Craig Jones in his first game
for 5 weeks took a corner and Carl Edwards crossed in back in
but no-one got a touch and the chance went begging. On 11
minutes Carl Edwards hit the crossbar bounced down but
unfortunately the ball stayed out. Two minutes a corner was
headed out to Shaun Galsworthy and his thirty yard drive went
just wide. However on 19 minutes we took the lead, a Port Talbot
defender knocked a backpass straight to Mitch Patton who rounded
the keeper and slotted the ball in. Straight from the kick off
another Galsworthy special was brilliantly save by Gareth Couch.
Craig Jones made ground on the right and crossed for Chris
Latham but again Couch just got a touch to knock the ball for a
throw. On 26 minutes Mitch again found space and time, made
progress into the box to make it 2-0. Yet again Couch kept the
score down with a good save from Galsworthy.
In the second
half we couldn't put any passes together and it was one of the
worst halves of football I've seen in some time. Despite our
inability to find each other Port Talbot just used a long ball
down the middle which in the main was easy for us. On 70 minutes
Port Talbot did pull a goal back and we at least started keeping
possession better, we should have scored a couple but kept
taking the wrong option but with the last kicks of the game Karl
Roberts pumped a free kick down the middle, Remi Whitlock gave
chase and won the ball to score, they kicked off and the final
whistle went. Next up is Maesteg Park next Friday night.
Lido side
David Anderson Alistair Walkley Chris Latham Justin Williams
Karl Roberts Craig Martin Carl Edwards Matt Lavis Craig Jones
Shaun Gals Mitch Patton
Subs Luke Harrington for Craig Martin 61
Neil Hendra for Matt Lavis 71
Remi Whitlock for Chris Latham 61
Booked Carl Edwards 69 Craig Jones 83
Report By
Peter Reynolds |
