Our first attack of note was a Steve Davies run down the right but his cross, not for the only time was blocked. We were awarded a free kick 30 yards out but Tomas Wellington hit the wall with the ball going for a corner. Steve Parry's corner was dropped by the keeper, another feature of the game, but we were second to the ball and it was cleared. On 6 minutes we had another corner but Mark Jones headed over, 4 minutes later Maesteg had their best chance of the game when a ball out to their left was knocked back into the box and was cleared for a corner. On 14 minutes Steve Parry took another corner which beat everyone in the area except Mark Jones but he was unable to score from inside the 6 yard box. When the corner was taken Justin Williams went to the near post and in his efforts to head the ball collided with the post, it survived the ordeal, Justin had to have treatment.

Over the next twenty minutes we had a succession of corners or shots that were either saved or went over the bar. On 35 minutes in a scramble Chris Latham hit the crossbar with Mark Jones unable to force home the rebound. Just before half time we had a corner on the left it hit 2 Maesteg players with the keeper clawing the ball from the goal in a desperate attempt to keep it out. At half time we replaced Andrew Wright with Kieran Howells making his debut at his former club.

We had a better start to the second half with a Chris Latham shot saved but not held with the rebound being cleared before we could get there. On 52 minutes Mark Jones fed Steve Davies but his shot was saved, minutes later Kieran Howells fed Chris Latham who found Steve Davies but he failed to find the target when well placed. The story of our night was summed up when Corey Thomas beat the offside trap raced into the area and fed Mark Jones, his shot beat the keeper but cannoned back off the post.

We continued to have the majority of the game but our finishing was wasteful, numerous efforts went high or wide. With 10 minutes to go following a corner we had another effort cleared off the line and with a minute to go a Carl Edwards cross was dropped by the keeper but again there was no-one challenging. In the last minute Phil Holmes challenged the keeper but the keeper won a goal kick by pushing the ball against Phil to ensure a hard earned point for the home side.

Lido side: Wyn Walters Andrew Wright Steve Parry Justin Williams Carl Evans Chris Latham Steve Davies  Tomas Wellington  Mark Jones  Corey Thomas  Carl Edwards

Subs  12  Phil Holmes for Corey Thomas 80
14 Darren Bodenham for Tomas Wellington 74
15 Kieran Howells for Andrew Wright 46
16 Matt Lavis
17 Brian Thomas  

Report by Peter Reynolds.