The kick off was delayed by half an hour to allow work on a large muddy patch in and around one penalty area.  Llansawel made the worst possible start when they conceded a penalty in the third minute which Ian Jones calmly slotted home. We continued to apply pressure with a series of free kicks and corners and Karl Lewis had a header cleared off the line from one of the corners.

Just after a quarter of an hour Mark Jones tackled a defender and won the ball made ground into the area and shot past the keeper for the second. It should now have been plain sailing but they knocked a hopeful ball forward on 22 minutes and found Gareth Jones on the edge of the area and his shot cleared Leon Cosker who was on the six yard line to give them a sniff of a chance. It only lasted two minutes as again Mark Jones won the ball and in a carbon copy of his first goal he made ground into the box and scored.

On 28 minutes it was game over, Ian Jones had a shot saved and following the scramble that followed Llansawel were penalised for a back pass. We took the free kick which was charged down but the assistant referee flagged to indicate they had infringed. We took the free kick again and Corey Thomas tapped it to Mark Jones whose shot found it's way through the body of players on the line to register his hat trick.

Leighton Connor almost gifted us a fifth inside the first ten minutes of the second half when he headed back to the keeper and he had to dive full length to make the save. We made a couple of substitutions just after the hour and Luke Borrelli received the ball wide right from Karl Lewis and he rolled the ball invitingly across the goal for Mark Jones to tap in for his fourth. Further chances fell to Karl Lewis, Corey Thomas and Mark Jones but we failed to increase the score. However in added on time Mark scored his fifth to make it a memorable day for him.

Lido side:
Leon Cosker  Karl Lewis Ian Turner  Shaun Morgan  Justin Williams Tomos Wellington  Mika Chunuonsee  Scott McCoubrey  Mark Jones  Ian Jones Michael Waters

Subs:
12  Carl Payne
14  Corey Thomas for Shaun Morgan 20
15  Luke Borrelli for Scott McCoubrey 62
16  Andrew Collins for Tomos Wellington 66
GK Rory McCreesh

No bookings.

Match Report by Peter Reynolds

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