Manderwood Pembrokeshire Football League – Division 1

 

 

Impressive Tish win at The Bridge

 

Merlins Bridge 2 – St Ishmaels 5

 

St Ishmaels bagged five goals in an impressive victory over Merlins Bridge at the Pembrokeshire Sports Village.
 
Tish manager will be delighted his team picked up their sixth win of the season as they currently sit third in the table, on the same points at second placed Monkton Swifts, as the latter have better goal difference.
 
Bridge manager Mike Preddy was disappointed with the final outcome and he felt the final score line flattered Tish, but he conceded they deserved their win on the day.
 
In a tight first half the visitors took the lead as they were awarded a contentious penalty which striker Aaron Hallam made no mistake from 12 yards.
 
Four minutes after the break the visitors added a second goal as Adam Kingsbeer’s corner caused chaos as the ball found the back of the nett off Wizards’ goalkeeper Ben Henton with Tish’s Finley Armstrong credited with the final scoring touch.
 
Tish continued to take their chances as they added a third, once again from a set piece as skipper Brennan Devonald headed home an excellent Kingsbeer corner.
 
Kingsbeer threaded a neat through ball to Tyler Sheil who raced clear to score his side’s fourth as the pacy left sided midfielder placed his low effort past Henton at his near post.
 
The Wizards were stunned and Tish didn’t have to wait long to bag their fifth goal of a fruitful afternoon, striker Hallam through on goal as the striker showed calm composure as he slotted past the advancing Henton.
 
However, Preddy’s men bagged two late goals both scored by Tomos Gwilliam, the 20 year old scored the first with an easy close range tap-in provided by an inch perfect Sam Nicholas cross, the second minutes later saw him score from the spot after he had been up ended in the box.
 
Merlins Bridge: Ben Henton, Billy Martin, Ashton Plunkett, Jordan Thomas (Captain), Jamie Palmer, Nick Squire, Sam Nicholas, Oscar Willington, Nathan Evans, Tomos Gwilliam. Subs: Daniel Isaac, Matthew D’Ivry, Peter Thomas, Matthew Price.
 
St Ishmaels: Owen Thomas, Sol Goodall, Tom Williams, Finley Armstrong, Brennan Devonald (Captain), Tyler Sheil, Adam Kingsbeer, Joel Mills, Ethan Davies, Nathan Thomas, Aaron Hallam. Subs: Dylan Ninnis, Ieuan Hawkins, Archie Hillier-Wood, Max Howells.
 
Referee: Stefan Jenkins.

 

Narberth win tough battle against Pennar

 

Narberth 4 – Pennar Robins 2

 

Steffan Williams bagged two goals which helped Narberth who overcame Pennar Robins in a tough clash at Jesse Road.

On a wet, sodden heavy pitch Narberth started the game the far better side against a depleted Pennar side.
After a couple of early attacks, the home side opened the scoring in the 23rd minute through Steffan Williams as he headed home at the near post from an in-swinging Chris Brown corner. 
 
One quickly became two as an all out of shape Pennar defence was undone by a quick throw-in, which followed a headed goal from six yards out from Ifan Rees. The home side thoroughly deserved their early lead.
 
It wasn’t until the 35th minute that the away side woke up and started playing a bit of football. Two big chances before the break from Gethin Bradney and Jack Jones were steered wide but apart from that, the away side couldn’t get a foothold in the game.
 
After the home side won every individual battle in the first half, the score was 2-0 at the break. The next goal proving huge in the contest.
 
That goal came within two minutes of the restart. Another set piece caused havoc when a free kick from the touchline was swung in and a looping header from Jacob Layfield dropped into the bottom corner from the penalty spot.
 
The game became very open as the away side changed shape to push on, more gaps appeared with challenges a plenty but on the 70 minute mark, a second of the afternoon for Steffan Williams was finished inside the 18 yard box.
 
The last 20 minutes was all about pride for the away side. A double change which saw Williams and Thompson enter the fray which seemed to spark something for the away side as within a minute Williams assisted for Jack Jones to get one back.
 
With 15 to go the momentum turned and Narberth were deep in their own half. A good save from the home keeper Iestyn Creese from the resulting Connor Roberts’ pinpoint corner was headed home from Jack Jones for his second in the 87^th minute. The referee stating 8 minutes left.
 
In the 90th minute, Bradney had his goal bound attempt cleared off the line before Jones had a one-on-one saved by keeper Creese in the 94th.
 
The late surge wasn’t enough as the home side run out 4-2 winners in what was a fiery affair at Jesse Road, with nine cards shown in total (4 home, 5 away).
 
Narberth:  Iestyn Creese, Jamie Thomas, Brychan Davis, Conor Bowen, Jacob Layfield, Morgan Preece, Steffan Williams, Dylan Davies, Ifan Rees. Subs: Aidan Howitt, Ashley Williams, Dafydd Wright.
 
Pennar Robins: Ryeley Clark, Nick Willis, Harry Jones, Connor Roberts, Ryan Walters, Kieran Smith (Captain), Jack Jones, Tom Grimwood, Max Wheeler, Jamie Price. Subs: Ben Nunn, Bobby Jones, Ryler Thompson, Dylan Kidd, Mitchell Williams.
 
Referee: Sion Jenkins.
 
 

Games postponed

 

Kilgetty v Fishguard Sports

 
Referee: Barry Evans.
 
 

Tenby v Clarbeston Road

 
Referee: Alan Boswell.
 
 

Carew  v Monkton Swifts

 
Referee: Helmut Reinhardt.