Carmarthen Town
Match Report
Cwmbran Celtic went down 3-1 under the Richmond Park stadium floodlights on Tuesday night. Celtic were missing strikers Andrew Larcombe (working away) and Tom Meechan (transferred to Goytre). The loss of Tom means that Celtic have this season lost all 3 of the strikers who ended last season with 52 goals between them. Celtic cannot complete with the crazy money being thrown around nowadays. Teen strikers Gabriel Howells and Oscar Balkwill were the replacements up front.
The hosts took the lead in the 4th minute. They worked the ball down the left and some smart inter-play in the box ended with Jones-Thomas slipping the ball to Sam Parsons to score. Town increased their lead on 26 minutes, Noel Daley finishing an attack down the left with a shot across the goal into the corner of the net to make the score 2-0.
In the 2nd half Celtic doggedly dug in to hold their own and in the 85th minute they reduced the arrears when Oliver Berry played a square ball to Gabriel Howells who cut inside and side footed a delicious goal into the top corner of the net. However, Town put the game to bed in the 93rd minute when a long ball from inside his own half by Weaver split the Celtic defence for Daley to run through and score his 2nd goal.
Carmarthen are proving to be a bogey side for Celtic having won 9 and drawn one of the 11 games played. Celtic remain in 15th place in the table. Next up is a 6-pointer at Celtic Park this weekend against bottom-placed Taffs Well – weather permitting
MOM: Gabriel Howells