Manderwood Pembrokeshire Football League – Division 1

 

Kilgetty fight back to make a point

 

Merlins Bridge 3 – Kilgetty 3

 
Bottom of the table Kilgetty dug deep to come from behind and secure a draw with Merlins Bridge at the Pembrokeshire Sports Village.
 
Jordan Gorman gave the visitors an early lead but The Wizards hit back with goals scored by Billy Martin and Iwan Howells to lead 2-1 at the interval.
 
On the hour mark Mike Preddy’s Wizards added a third goal by Sam Nicholas with Nathan Evans credited with the assist.
 
However, Kilgetty were not prepared to lie down as they fought back with a second goal scored by Oliver Rowlands and 12 minutes from full time Gorman equalised (second goal of game) to earn his side a share of the spoils.
 
Merlins Bridge: James Dickson, Billy Martin, Morgan Richards, Jordan Thomas (Captain), Sam Nicholas, Nick Squire, Iwan Howells, Dai Davies, Matthew D’Ivry, Nathan Evans, Tomos Gwilliam. Subs: Tom Edmonds, Tom O’Toole, Liam Manwaring, Peter Thomas, Bradley Plunkett.
 
Kilgetty: Kurtis Marsh, Ryan Coleman, Max James, Phil Horsley, Richard Cope (Captain), Euan Gottwaltz, Richard Tebbutt, Oliver Rowlands, Jordan Gorman, Kyle Hughes, George Morgan. Subs: Henry Lawrence, Alex Turcu, Michael Smith.
 
Referee: Mark Hicks.








 

Wilkes’ double helps Swifts to comfortable win

 
 

Clarbeston Road 1 – Monkton Swifts 4

 

Monkton Swifts consolidated their second in the table position thanks to a convincing victory at Clarbeston Road.
 
The Swifts led 3-0 at the break, Jimmy Wilkes struck twice in the opening 15 minutes also Liam Butland scored just before half time.
 
For Clarby Road there was a special moment as 16 year old Ethan Ellis made his full senior debut alongside his father Matthew.
 
The second period was a far closer affair until Swifts’ captain Ben Steele grabbed his side’s fourth in the 89^th minute, a minute later substitute Travis Jones (replaced Ben John) scored his side’s only goal of the game.

 
Clarbeston Road: Rhys Mansell, Will Green, Matthew Ellis, Sam Hurton Emyr Griffiths, Henry Lucas, Matthew Davies (Captain), Richard Bevan, Ben John, Jake Wesley, Ethan Ellis. Subs: Travis Jones, Joe Jones, Rheinallt George, Jack Ashman.
 

Monkton Swifts: Taylor Gullam, Jack Clarke, James Walker, Ben Steele (Captain), Luke Butland, Jimmy Wilkes, Dylan Davies, Gareth Finnegan, Daniel James, Luke Phillips. Subs: Rhys Davis, Jamie Finnegan, Billy Davis.
 

Referee: Sean O’Connor.
 


 

Lewis bags crucial late winner for Narberth

 

Carew 0  – Narberth 1

 

Narberth claimed a crucial slender victory at Carew in their quest to avoid the dreaded relegation this season.
 
Jack Christopher’s Carew outfit lost for the first time in five outings, it was a keenly contested match, where substitute Lewis Bansal grabbed a late winner from an edge of the area free kick to secure the essential three points.
 
Feeling uncomfortable Narberth are just three points from safety as second from bottom Fishguard Sports are sitting second from bottom with four games in hand.
 
Carew: Tom Davies, Gareth Lewis, Paul Hodge, George McDonald, Dylan Morgan, George Waters, Sam Christopher, Jordan Richards, Rhys Lewis, James Hinchliffe (Captain), Harry Peniket. Subs: Ethan Hall, Ross Jones, Jack Christopher.
 
Narberth: Daniel James, Jordan Preece, Brychan David, Conor Bowen, Chris Brown (Captain), Will Phillips, Harri Harries, Steffan Williams, Ashley Williams, Ifan Rees, Ryan Williams. Subs: Lewis Bansal, Ioan Morris.
 
Referee: Dean Driscoll.
 
 
 

Sports gain crucial win at Pennar

 
 

Pennar Robins 2 - 4 Fishguard Sports

 


Relegated haunted Fishguard Sports battled to an important victory against Pennar Robins at Bush Camp.
 
The Sports started the much better team and took the lead in the 9th minute thanks to a long throw in, somehow bouncing in the home side’s box for it to be looped in by Adam Lawrence.
 
The goal seemed to wake the Robins up as they finally got the ball down and equalised after a good passage of play from Edmundson and Grimwood allowed Jack Jones to cooly finish inside the 18 yard box.
 
The home side were now in the ascendancy and were dominating the play and possession. The first yellow card of the game for Patrick Hughes for a cynical handball as Willis attempted to play through Grimwood.
 
Pressure continued and the home side took a deserved 2-1 lead thanks to Jones’ second of the match at the back post after a pinpoint cross from Nick Willis and that’s how it stayed at half time
 
The away side equalised in the first minute of the second half as another long throw wasn’t dealt with and an own goal from Bobby Jones. Only two minutes later and Josh Bland pounced on a second ball from a corner and buried his shot from 22 yards past Protheroe and within four minutes the game was turned on its head.
 
More yellows appeared as the away manager Phil Jones & centre half Couzens were cautioned along with the home side’s Nick Willis as the game went up a notch, the former caught late and had to be withdrawn.
 
Adam Lawrence pounced for his second of the game to get the crucial fourth from another long throw-in as the home side remained second to everything before losing instrumental skipper Kieran Smith to another ankle injury.
 
The Robins attempted to get back into it by applying waves of pressure to the Sports’ goal but couldn’t find an equaliser from the chances that were created as The Sports held on for a cracking win on the road.
 
Pennar Robins: Jamie Protheroe, Nick Willis, Conner Willis, Harry Jones, Connor Roberts, Bobby Jones, Tom Grimwood, Kieran Smith (Captain), Jack Jones, Sean Edmundson, Noah Davison. Subs: Adam Phillips, Alex Wheeler, Dylan Kidd, Nathan James.
 
Fishguard Sports: Ryan Sinnott, Haydn Hughes, Anthony Couzens, Sean Thomas, Greg Hughes, Luke Thomas, Stephen Lewis, Adam Lawrence, Patrick Hughes, Josh Bland, Tom Merry. Subs: Jack Griffiths, Danny Hopkin, Henry Sturman.
 
Referee: David Badger.