Bottom sides triumph over Euro hopefuls


By Mark McKean
February 26 2005

Sides struggling at the wrong end of the table gained unlikely victories over European hopefuls as Afan Lido beat Caersws 1-0 and Caernarfon won 2-1 at Carmarthen. Bangor lost 3-0 at home to Cwmbran, Porthmadog beat Port Talbot 1-0. Newtown v Cefn Druids and Connah's Quay v Haverfordwest ended 2-2.

Afan Lido 1-0 Caersws
Bangor City 0-3 Cwmbran Town
Carmarthen Town 1-2 Caernarfon Town
Connah's Quay Nomads 2-2 Haverfordwest County
Newtown 2-2 NEWI Cefn Druids
Porthmadog 1-0 Port Talbot Town
 

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Afan Lido 1 - 0 Caersws
 

                             Greg Hurley 89

Half time: 0-0

Attendance: 105

Line-ups:

Afan Lido: Thomas, Walters (Bashir 81), P Evans, C Evans, Holmes, Reid, McCreesh, Pridham, Piper (Driscoll 89), O'Leary, Hurley. Subs not used: Taylor, Wellington.
Booked: C Evans 12, McCreesh 65, Thomas 66.

Caersws: Mulliner, Thomas, Jehu, Reynolds, Clarke, Bermingham (Thompson 83), Venables (Mitchell 89), Marfell, Evans, Jones (M Probert 81), Davies.
Booked: Bermingham 47, Reynolds 89.

Referee: S Jones


Bangor City 0 - 3 Cwmbran Town
 

                                                              Simon Heal 35
                                                              Mike Fowler 61
                                                              Chris Thomas 74      

Half time: 0-1

Attendance: 302

Line-ups:

Bangor City: Priestley, Short, Baker, Hoy, O'Neill, E Jones (Friel 45), Thomas, O Jones, Roberts, Gray (Mottram 75), Connelly. Subs not used: Owen, Ogilvey.
Yellow Cards: Connolly 42, Thomas 83.
Sent off: Hoy 89.

Cwmbran Town: Wesson, Green, James, Cochlin, Perry, Fowler, Edwards, Dimond, Welsh, Thomas, Heal. Subs not used: Mohamed, Hurlin, Mainwaring.
Booked: Edwards 5, James 7, Fowler 49, Heal 51.

Referee: S C Hames


Carmarthen Town 1 - 2 Caernarfon Town
 

                          Rhodri Jones 26            Kenny Irons 72
                                                                 Gareth Davies 86

Half time: 1-0

Attendance: 272

Line-ups:

Carmarthen Town: Pennock, Carter, Lloyd, Giles, Chiverton (Burke 76), Jones, Summers, Kennedy, Lima (Hardy 33), Dodds, Devonald (Aherne-Evans 78). Sub not used: Morgan.

Caernarfon Town: Walsh, W Phillips, Roberts, Irons, March, Foligno, Peters (P.Williams 71), Orlik (G Davies 68), L Jones, Bird, Evans. Sub not used: M Phillips.

Referee: N L Morgan


Connah's Quay Nomads 2 - 2 Haverfordwest County
 

                        Tommy Mutton 76           Nicky Palmer 51
                               Stuart Rain 88           Richard Adams 68

Half time: 0-0

Attendance: 112

Line-ups:

Connahs Quay Nomads: Bryan, Tuft, Heath (Hutchinson 63), Crawford (Mutton 63), Horan, Jellicoe, C Williams, Rain, D Williams, Griffiths, Owen. Subs not used: Mazzarella, Cooke.
Booked: Griffiths 35, C Williams 73.

Haverfordwest County: Kendall, Brace, Hudgell, Palmer, Thomas, Barnhouse, Blain, Hicks, Brown, Loss (Catlin 15), Adams. Subs not used: Rossiter, Woodrow.

Referee: A D Woothorpe


Newtown 2 - 2 NEWI Cefn Druids
 

                  Danny Field 39           Ian Andrews 26
              Danny Barton 89            Paul McDonnell 37

Half time: 1-2

Attendance: 140

Line-ups:

Newtown: Jones, Harris, Giles, Hughes, Allen, D Desormeaux, Brown, Matthews, Field (Williams 56), Barton, Webb. Subs not used: Lewis, Mansell.
Yellow Cards: Hughes 62.

NEWI Cefn Druids: Makin, Coulson, Beattie, Rowlands, Barton, Main (Baker 87), McDonnell, I Williams, Andrews, McLean, Dabbs. Subs not used: Thompson, Dunn.

Referee: W A Tregonning


Porthmadog 1 - 0 Port Talbot Town
 

                 Mark Williams 55

Half time: 0-0

Attendance: 139

Line-ups:

Porthmadog: McGuigan, J P Jones (Harrison 75), Foster, Davies, Webber, Roberts, T Williams, S Jones (Gwynedd 70), M.Williams, C Owen, Caughter. Subs not used: L Edwards, B Evans.
Booked: Davies 29, Caughter 68, Webber 75.

Port Talbot Town: Thomas, de Vulgt, Surman, Rees, Hancock (Roberts 39), Savage, John, Phillips, Griffiths, Pearson (Shaw 76), Jones (Wallis 76').
Booked: Roberts 81.

Referee: A Richards

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