Following our 3-4 defeat last week at Ely Rangers nothing short of a win was required in our second group cup game. Last week Bryntirion won 2-1 at Port Talbot so a difficult game was expected.  Rory Healy was injured and Matt Doyle suspended so Daniel Symmons made his under 19's debut.

We made the ideal start taking the lead after 3 minutes with Carl Payne crossing from the right, Dan Symmons heading to the far post where Luke Borrelli squeezed the ball past the keeper. Bryntirion's early attacks seldom troubled the defence who protected Connah Williams quite well.  We had a slice of luck on 21 minutes however when a shot from wide right evaded everyone, hit the inside of the post and rebounded into the arms of Connah Williams. Bryntirion weren't long in drawing level, a free kick on 27 minutes wasn't dealt with and the cross was headed in from close range. From the kick off we found Dan Symmons down the left but his cross was too close to the keeper and the danger was averted.  The Bryntirion keeper fumbled several shots and crosses and we seemed to regain the lead on 34 minutes when he fumbled a long range shot, Carl Payne had followed up to net but the linesman's flag was up for offside. However on 36 minutes we did retake the lead when Daniel Symmons made ground down the left and crossed behind a couple of attackers to Jonathan Hood who scored with a shot from 15 yards. 5 minutes before the break Sam Nolan was injured and replaced by Daniel Pugh.

Carl Payne was replaced at half time by Dan Carey and the opening 15 minutes of the second half stuttered along with numerous stoppages for injuries and free kicks. Just after the hour the Bryntirion keeper flapped at a right wing free kick, the ball went to Matt Beynon but his shot hit the crossbar and was cleared. Bryntirion came more into the game but failed to trouble Connah Williams goal with numerous attacks breaking down. With 12 minutes to go the ball was played forward to Daniel Symmons who just beat the keeper to the ball, he turned and shot at the empty net but the ball went just the wrong side of the post. We got the third goal with 9 minutes left and it followed a Bryntirion free kick, James McEvoy did well to clear the free kick from inside the six yard box, the ball was knocked forward to Jonathan Hood who took the ball around the keeper and fired into the empty net. As is becoming customary at the moment one bank of lights went out, when power was restored Remi Whitelock was played in and he shot at the empty net but like Daniel Symmons shot wide.

Lido side:
Connah Williams, Sam Nolan, Remi Whitelock, Andrew Collins, Matt Beynon, Carl Payne, Luke Borrelli, James McEvoy, Daniel Symmons, Jonathan Hood, Conor Harris.

Subs:
12 Dan Carey for Carl Payne 46
14 Dan Pugh for Sam Nolan 40
15 Levi Coakes
16 Jordan Goodwin

Goals: Luke Borrelli 3, Jonathan Hood 36 and 81.

Bookings:  Matt Beynon 65 and Andrew Collins 69.

Match report by Peter Reynolds.