Ian Jones was unlucky after 11 minutes when his header from a corner beat the keeper but was headed off the line. We took the lead after 18 minutes when Carl Payne found Ian Jones wide right, Ian made ground into the area and squared the ball for Sam Wade to tap in. We should have gone two up after 23 minutes from a repeat move but instead of Ian rolling it square he hit to too firmly and it cleared all our support and went for a goal kick. We did go two up after half an hour when Carl Payne won the ball and played a 1-2 with Ian Jones before finding Scott McCoubrey, he made ground, cut inside and squared to Mark Jones who netted with a right footed shot. In our next attack the linesman was injured and play was held up for 8 or 9 minutes. The linesman was carried off and Dai Rees took over the flag. Mark Jones scored our third on 40 minutes when he received the ball just inside the area and drilled a left footed shot past the keeper. Ian Jones was unlucky a couple of minutes later when Ian Turner crossed the ball in, Ian headed goalwards and the keeper managed to turn it onto the crossbar and away to safety.

Happily the linesman recovered sufficiently to continue in the second half. Our problem was going to be keeping our concentration levels up and to continue the level of performance. On 53 minutes Ian Jones had his third chance of the game when he received the ball from Corey Thomas and tried to go around the keeper who dived at Ian's feet and held the ball. Scott McCoubrey scored his third goal in successive games just after the hour when Ian Jones back heeled the ball into his path and he shot from just inside the area to beat the keeper to his right. Mark Jones scored his third after 70 minutes when he controlled a Tomos Wellington free kick at the far post and scored with a right footed shot. Sam Wade scored his second on 79 minutes when he received a through ball from Tomos Wellington and rounded the keeper to score. Luke Borrelli netted the seventh when he picked up a long clearance from Rory McCreesh to score his first goal at the Marston's Stadium. His only previous goal was at Maesteg against Bridgend at the end of last season.

Lido side:
Rory McCreesh Ian Turner Michael Waters Justin Williams Mika Chunuonsee Corey Thomas Carl Payne Scott McCoubrey Mark Jones Ian Jones Sam Wade.

Subs:
12 Tomos Wellington for Ian Jones 62
14 Luke Borrelli for Carl Payne 62
15 Andrew Collins for Michael Waters 66

One booking: Scott McCoubrey 63

Att: 30

Match Report by Peter Reynolds

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