Robert Lloyd - a Sir Gar Blog of random news . . . and some Clecs!

It was all go at Richmond Park last night. Forget the main event, Carmarthen Town v Afan Lido - seven goals and two sendings off, another defeat for Town. The busy part of the evening was helping to supervise the junior schools half-time match between Richmond Park and Nantgaredig schools. The most cheerful part of the evening!

Afan Lido 1 Carmarthen Town 0 A contentious 15th minute goal by Liam McCreesh proved to be the difference between these two sides in a dour affair at The Marston Stadium, Aberavon. A long ball was played into the Town box and appeared to be collected by goalkeeper Michael Lewis but under a challenge from McCreesh the ball fell loose as was slotted into the back of the net by the home player. Town had started the game with a few changes to their line up. Cledan Davies moved to left back instead of the injured Kyle Graves while Geraint Passmore took the place of Kieran Howard in midfield. Both sides were desperate for points from this fixture as both were near the bottom of the Welsh Premier League. The E H Factors and Clothing sponsored Carmarthen Town side began quite confidently with Passmore and Nicky Palmer being prominent in midfield. They looked to free Nick Harrhy and Steffan Williams down the wings and to feed Jack Christopher down the middle. Lido also looked to break quickly a...