Reds Under 19s finish season on a high
The Llanelli Reds Under 19 side finished their long season on a high note when they won a penalty shoot out against Taffs Well in the final of the MacWhirter Youth Cup at Bryntirion Athletics’ ground in Bridgend.
Reds keeper Craig Richards was the hero of the hour by saving three Taffs Wells penalty kicks in the shoot out.
Declan John, Joe Clarke and Antonio Facciuto all scored their spot kicks to ensure the Reds victory and winning the trophy for a second successive season!
The main game was an entertaining event with both sides producing some neat football.
It was Taffs Well who scored first when Clayton Green hit a scorching volley into the roof of the net after 14 minutes.
Six minutes later, the Reds were level when Craig Frater scrambled the ball home from an acute angle after a mistake by the Taffs Well defence.
The game was now an end to end contest and it wasn’t until four minutes before half time before the Reds eventually took the lead.
Craig Frater was brought down in the penalty box and Declan John took the resultant penalty kick. His first effort was saved by Tom Sheers only for referee, Allan Griffiths to notice encroachment by a Taffs Well defender and order a retake, John made no mistake with his second effort and the Reds went in to a 2 1 half time lead.
The second period followed the same pattern as the first with both teams playing good attacking football with the Reds having slightly better of the proceedings.
It was looking as if there would be no more goals in the game when Taffs Wells, Lewis Hydes, equalised when he neatly finished off a fine team passing move in the 84th minute.
That was the end of the scoring in both normal and extra time and the game was decided by penalty kicks and the heroics of Craig Richards!
The Reds Under 19s now look forward to competing against senior opposition later this month when they play in a pre-European tournament with the Reds first team and Port Talbot Town and Welsh Premier League champions, The New Saints.
Reds keeper Craig Richards was the hero of the hour by saving three Taffs Wells penalty kicks in the shoot out.
Declan John, Joe Clarke and Antonio Facciuto all scored their spot kicks to ensure the Reds victory and winning the trophy for a second successive season!
The main game was an entertaining event with both sides producing some neat football.
It was Taffs Well who scored first when Clayton Green hit a scorching volley into the roof of the net after 14 minutes.
Six minutes later, the Reds were level when Craig Frater scrambled the ball home from an acute angle after a mistake by the Taffs Well defence.
The game was now an end to end contest and it wasn’t until four minutes before half time before the Reds eventually took the lead.
Craig Frater was brought down in the penalty box and Declan John took the resultant penalty kick. His first effort was saved by Tom Sheers only for referee, Allan Griffiths to notice encroachment by a Taffs Well defender and order a retake, John made no mistake with his second effort and the Reds went in to a 2 1 half time lead.
The second period followed the same pattern as the first with both teams playing good attacking football with the Reds having slightly better of the proceedings.
It was looking as if there would be no more goals in the game when Taffs Wells, Lewis Hydes, equalised when he neatly finished off a fine team passing move in the 84th minute.
That was the end of the scoring in both normal and extra time and the game was decided by penalty kicks and the heroics of Craig Richards!
The Reds Under 19s now look forward to competing against senior opposition later this month when they play in a pre-European tournament with the Reds first team and Port Talbot Town and Welsh Premier League champions, The New Saints.
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