Afan Lido vs Cwmbran Celtic

Match Report

We suffered our 21^st league defeat of the season at Afan Lido with an indifferent performance which showed that we had not fully recovered from our mauling by Trefelin in midweek. Lido were in the lead after 6 minutes when a long ball by Callum Jone into the penalty box resulted in Arthur Furness bringing down Griffiths who picked himself up and scored from the penalty.

On 24 minutes Lido were two up when a cross from a free kick by Richards was headed across goal by Griffiths for Liam McCreesh to stoop down to head the ball into the net from close range. We had a great opportunity to reduce the arrears when Cole Doolan’s shot from distance was parried by keeper Dimonkene straight to Jac Evans who looked certain to score in front of goal but the keeper reacted to get his foot in the way of the goalbound shot and Andrew Larcombe following up could only place the ball over the bar.

Into the 2^nd half and on 64 minutes we reduced the arrears when a free kick from Iwan Hooper was headed across the Lido goal by John Hall straight to Tom Dean who scored with a header. The hosts restored their 2-goal lead in the 73^rd minute when a cross from the right was played forward by Hanbury to Griffiths to steer the ball into the corner of the net.

With the last attack of the game Lido scored their 4^th goal when, from a cross by 10, Griffiths headed the ball goalwards where Cameron Keetch’s head beat Hooper’s attempted punch to find the net and secure Lido’s 4^th successive win in their late season revival. Shay Jones made his first appearance for the 1^st team as a 2^nd half substitute.