Football - Division 1 Reports - 16th December 2023
Manderwood Pembrokeshire Football League – Division 1
Armstrong double helps Robins to victory
Fishguard Sports 2 – Milford United 3
Rock bottom Fishguard Sports suffered another disappointing defeat, this time at the hands of Milford United in a keenly contested clash at Tregroes.
The Robins led 1-0 at half-time, scored two further goals to lead 3-0, before the Sports hit back with two goals, but it wasn’t enough.
Morgan Picton set-up Daniel Armstrong who score the opener in 14 minutes, after the interval Armstrong netted his second of the game also Liam Parks was on target for the Robins.
In the 61
st minute Sports skipper Patrick Hughes scored from the spot, in the 89
th minute Adam Lawrence added his side’s second, but come the final whistle it finished 3-2 to the Robins
Fishguard Sports: David Pepper, Haydn Hughes, Tomas Lawrence, Anthony Couzens, Sean Thomas, Ieuan Llewellyn, Greg Hughes, Luke Thomas, Steve Lewis, Adam Lawrence, Patrick Hughes (Captain).
Subs: Henry Sturman, Iwan Lilley.
Milford United: Charlie Malloy, Jacob Horn, Wesley Hall, Daniel Armstrong, Scott Griffiths (Captain), Thomas Grimwood, Tyler Sheil, Morgan Picton, Liam Parks, Scott Reid, Rhys Brawn.
Subs: Cameron Lees, Joseph Hall, Owen Wilson.
Referee: Sean O’Connor.
Clarby win seven goal thriller at struggling Carew
Carew 3 – Clarbeston Road 4
Clarbeston Road edged a seven-goal thriller against second from bottom Carew at the Gerald Hicks Recreational Ground.
This was a game that Carew targeted to win, but Matt Fox’s Clarby outfit had other ideas as they led 2-1 at half time, before they put themselves 4-1 ahead before the Rooks mounted a serious fight back.
Laurie Haworth struck in the sixth minutes for the visitors before Marcus Griffiths equalised in the 25
th minute for the hosts.
Five minutes later Jake Booth restored Clarby’s lead as the game reached the interval stage.
After the break Ben John scored twice in the 61
st and 76
th minutes to put Clarby in control at 4-1, but credit to the Rooks they mounted a serious fight back as Iwan Izzard and Griffiths (second of game) scored for the hosts, but they couldn’t grab an elusive equaliser.
Carew: Tom Davids, Shaun Whitfield, Sonny Phillips (Captain), Gareth Lewis, Archie Smith, Marcus Griffiths, Alex Bayley, James Hinchliffe, Curtis Hurlow, Charlie Perkins, Iwan Izzard.
Subs: Sam Southcott, Sam Christopher, Dylan Morgan.
Clarbeston Road: Rhys Mansell, Josh Wood (Captain), Joules Ward, Travis Jones, Sam Hurton, Tom Withers, Matthew Davies, Ben John, Rob Morgans, Laurie Haworth.
Subs: Ben Clague, Matthew Ellis, Jake Wesley.
Referee: John Jenkins.
Super sub Mason strikes winner for Neyland
Tenby 1 – Neyland 2
Neyland gained an excellent victory against Tenby at the Clicketts.
This was Neyland’s third win of the season as they moved four points clear of relegation while Tenby will feel bitterly disappointed, they didn’t get anything from this tight tussle.
The visitors took an early lead as Max Bowman-Davies scored, within 20 minutes Tenby levelled matters as Ricki Morgan was in the right place at the right time to hit the back of the net.
Shortly after the break, Taylor Collins set-up teenage substitute Mason Morgans-Hurley who struck what turned out to be the winner.
Tenby: Dylan Noot, Ricki Morgan, Chris Millward, Ned Davies, Toby Rossiter, Daniel Storer (Captain), Jacob Hipkiss, Scott Ferney, Adam Muskett, Harri Phillips, Fraser Finlay.
Subs: Cameron Ennis, James Gardner, Connor Wilkins.
Neyland: Jake Payne, Sean Hannon, Morgan James, Josh Watts, Mike Chandler (Captain), Leo Power, Jack John, Taylor Collins, Corey Richards, Max Bowman-Davies, Patrick Bellerby.
Subs: Ben Fairbairn, Mason Morgans-Hurley, Tyler Sutton.
Referee: Paul Rooney.
Swifts beat Robins in tight derby affair
Pennar Robins 1 - Monkton Swifts 2
Monkton Swifts came from behind to seal a derby day victory against Pennar Robins at Bush Camp.
This derby is always keenly contested, this proved no exception as the Robins took the lead in the eleventh minute as Sean Edmundson teed-up Nick Willis who found the back of Taylor Gullam’s net.
Four minutes before half time, the Swifts equalised as Jamie Wilkes set-up Ben Steele who fired home.
In the 66
th minute the visitors conjured up a winner, goal scorer Steele assisted for skipper Dylan Davies to bag the winner.
Pennar Robins: Rory Williams, Ewan Davies, Craig Asparassa, Jason Donohoe, Ross Jones, Connor Roberts (Captain), Kieran Smith, Ceri Griffiths, Sean Edmundson, Nick Willis, Conner Willis. Subs: Phil Thompson, Liam Williams, Adam Phillips.
Monkton Swifts: Taylor Gullam, Gareth Finnegan, Chris Richards, Nathan Ferrier, Thomas Powell, Dylan Davies (Captain), Jamie Wilkes, Ben Steele, Rudy Poole, Noah Davison, Josh Dearsley.
Subs: Jack Clarke, James Walker, Connor Hay.
Referee: Gary Lewis.
Postponed
Hakin United P – Kilgetty P
Referee: Stefan Jenkins.