First half goals from debutants Scott McCourbrey and Darren Griffiths sealed the three points in an entertaining opening league fixture against Bryntirion. Both sides had a number of new signings on display and the first to show was Ian Turner who made a break down the right but his cross was cut out by the defence.  After 7 minutes a great ball out of defence by Paul Evans found Darren Griffiths in space out on the left he cut inside but again the defence cleared his intended cross. 

On 9 minutes we had a free kick wide left 25 yards out, Ian Turner knocked in a superb cross which eluded everyone and hit the far post with Paul Evans inches away from touching it in. After 11 minutes we had a right wing corner which Scott McCourbrey knocked over everyone to the waiting Paul Evans but his first time shot went over the bar. Bryntirion had a free kick on half way which was headed out for a corner and from a good position the cross was headed wide.

On 18 minutes Dan Williams headed clear under pressure with a Bryntirion striker waiting to pounce. Jonathan Cuss then found space on the left hand side of the area he cut inside and shot over the bar from 15 yards. On 24 minutes we took the lead, John Felton, Ian Turner, Karl Lewis were all involved in the build up before Scott McCourbrey scored with a left footed shot from 12 yards across the keeper. Within 3 minutes it was 2-0 when Dan Williams took a throw in and received the ball back from John Felton, Dan measured his cross to perfection finding Darren Griffiths head and he did the rest scoring from 8 yards. 

On the half hour Michael Waters picked the ball up just outside our area and carried it for 40 yards before releasing Daren Griffiths but Darren had just strayed offside so the move broke down. Just before half time we almost made it three when Ian Turner stepped past a couple of tackles and shot from just inside the box but Josh Payne in goal made an excellent save. At the start of the second half the wind picked up and we had some heavy rain to contend with as we faced the elements. Bryntirion had a free kick on the right in line with the edge of the penalty area and with everyone waiting on the cross, the kick was aimed at the near post with Leon Cosker alert enough to save diving to his left to turn the ball behind for a corner. We were unable to get any worthwhile possession at this time, clearances we going straight to the Bryntirion players and coming straight back.

On the hour we finally made ground down the left only for John Felton to shoot wide from a difficult angle. This however saw us gain more possession and again following good work by Ian Turner who found Darren Griffiths in the box but he was crowded out before he could get in a shot.

Sam Wade replaced John Felton on 68 minutes and he crossed the ball in from the left and hit the far post without anyone able to touch in the chance.  Amazingly on 79 minutes Steve Crabbe played the ball back to Michael Waters who shot from 15 yards and his shot hit the post.  Again Bryntirion had lots of possession but seldom looked as though they would get back into the game however on 84 minutes Nana Baah broke through the middle only for Leon Cosker to save his shot with his legs. We went down the other end and Darren Griffiths had a shot saved by their keeper's legs and in added on time Corey Thomas made ground down the left, fed Sam Wade who instead of shooting passed to Scott McCourbrey but the pass was just to high for him and the chance was lost.

Lido side:
Leon Cosker - Dan Williams - Steve Crabbe - Paul Evans - Carl Evans - Karl Lewis - Ian Turner - Scott McCourbrey
Darren Griffiths - John Felton - Michael Waters.

 Subs 
12  Corey Thomas for Darren Griffiths 90 + 1
14  Sam Wade for John Felton 68
15  Steve Parry
16 Rory McCreesh

Match Report by Peter Reynolds

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