Carmarthen Town lose to Newtown


Carmarthen Town 0 Newtown 1
A solitary headed goal after 11 minutes by Newtown’s Robbie Millington proved to be the difference between the two sides.
Millington’s conversion of a right wing cross gave new manager Bernard McNally the perfect start as the manager of the Mid Wales side.
Visiting Chairman Elwyn Preece was understandably delighted with his club’s performance after what has been a difficult summer.
“I’m delighted with today’s result but especially pleased for Bernard who has made giant steps forward with the club in a short period of time”
Both sides started the game positively but the Old Gold were left chasing the game after the opening goal and found the resolute visiting defence difficult to break down. With keeper Nick Thomas also in top form the one goal advantage proved to be enough for the visitors to take home the three points.
But there were some positive signs for Town as well. Nick Harrhy was denied twice by Thomas. In the seventeenth minute his fiercely hit free kick was tipped over the bar by the keeper while in the fortieth minute the legs of Thomas once again denied Harrhy a goal after a fine run. The striker was also denied a goal by the assistant’s flag as another of his efforts found the back of the visiting net.
Town’s situation could have been exacerbated just before half time as Kieran Howard was adjudged to have brought down Boundford but the resulting spot kick was superbly saved by Mike Lewis in the Town goal.
The EH Factors and Clothing sponsored Carmarthen Town side began the second half positively. Nicky Palmer was denied a goal by Thomas, as was captain Tim Hicks, while at the other end Lewis was forced into a fine save by Millington
Near the end of the game with Hicks having beaten Thomas Newtown were indebted to defender Shane Sutton who calmly cleared off the line.
Despite some pressure from the home side the visitors comfortably held on to their lead and their three points to the leave the Richmond Park faithful very disappointed.
Town manager Tomi Morgan was understandably disappointed to see his team go down to an opening day defeat.
“After having what a positive pre season it is especially disappointing to lose your first game of the season. We must learn our lessons quickly from this defeat and ensure that we are fully prepared for our next game against Bala.”
Next Saturday Town travel to play Bala Town in what will be the live televised game on S4C. Kick off is at 5pm. The team bus will leave Carmarthen at 11.15am on Saturday morning
Team line up: Lewis; Graves, Berry, Hughes, Hanford (Jones L); Howard, Palmer; Hicks, Harrhy (Williams), Jones N (Davies); Christopher. Subs (not used) Bevan, Thomas, Dalling.
Robins: Nick Thomas, Luke Boundford, Rhys Jones, Kieran Mills-Evans, Lee Hartshorn (Ben Evans 85'), Shane Sutton, Matty Cook, Zac Evans, Steve Blenkinsop, Robbie Millington (Anwar Olugbon 89'), Gareth Partridge Subs not used: Ashley Wells, Joe Evans.
Attendance: 315 Referee: Kevin Morgan

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Former Gower MP Gareth Wardell the guest speaker at Llanelli Rotary Club

Image
Former Gower MP Gareth Wardell was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of Llanelli Rotary Club held at the Stradey Park Hotel. Mr Wardell gave an illuminating address, weaving comparisons between his job as a politician and his late father's job as a Tumble barber. It was an amusing, highly-entertaining and thought-provoking address. Mr Wardell, now 69, won the Gower constituency seat in a Parliamentary by-election in 1982. The Labour MP held the seat until his retirement in 1997. He now works as a public affairs consultant in Wales. Mr Wardell's Parliamentary term was largely in opposition to Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Government. But his did make a significant contribution by being the youngest MP to chair the Welsh Affairs Select Committee. Mr Wardell recognised that in the 'fame stakes' he may have played second fiddle to his father, Jack, who was one of the UK's oldest barbers and who cut and styled hair for almost 80 years. Jac
Read more

'Class of 1980' from Burry Port enjoy reunion

Image
There was a big class reunion held in Burry Port at the weekend. Members of the Class of 1980 from Porth Tywyn (Burry Port junior) School got together at The Coasting Pilot pub. The reunion was organised by Christine Rees and same 22 members of the original class of 28 turn up to discuss their old schooldays. One ‘Class of 1980’ member was Burry Port businessman Owain Davies. He said: “We all have very happy memories of our time in school. We had a fantastic teacher in Mr Heddwyn Jones, who now lives in Four Roads. “We were very fortunate to have the same teacher for three years and we were a very happy class. Mr Jones was an inspiring teacher and we all got on every well and we are all still good friends. “Heather Thomas (now Heather Osmond) made it from Surrey, but she was trumped by Gail Morris, who flew in from Ohio in the United States for the reunion. “It was a fantastic evening at the Coasting Pilot with good food, good wine and good company. We even recreated the class
Read more

Lauryn Davey is making her mark in athletics - but needs sponsors

Image
Ammanford-based Lauryn Davey is making a major mark in the world of Welsh athletics. At just 16, she is the best all-round athlete of her age in Wales. She's chalking up Welsh championship victories and has been honoured by her club, the Carmarthen Harriers. Lauryn's been earmarked as a future international star, but knows the road to the big championships is difficult, demanding and expensive. Ammanford businessman and well-known comic entertainer Phil Evans has launched a campaign to get cash backers for Lauryn's athletics career. "Everyone in the area is hugely proud of her achievements in athletics to date," said Phil. "But we also want to see her go on and do bigger and better things. "Together with some friends, I am helping find ways of generating much-needed sponsorship cash for Lauryn. "She has massive potential to succeed on the international stage and I am sure a little bit of financial help will help to smooth her
Read more