Manderwood Pembrokeshire Football League – Division 1
Vikings beat Swifts in entertaining clash
Hakin United 2 – Monkton Swifts 0
Hakin United came out on top in the game rightly billed as the ‘Match of the Day’ against battling Monkton Swifts in a highly entertaining clash at the Obs.
In an end-to-end tussle it was Scott Davies’ Vikings who edged a tight battle against Stuart James’ Swifts, who can count themselves unlucky that they came away from an exciting game with nothing.
The hosts opened the scoring a sublime 20 yard left footed free kick which beat the Swifts’ outstretched goalkeeper Tyler Gullam which gave the Vikings a slender one goal lead at half time.
However, after the break the visitors piled on the pressure with Tom Dyson, Dylan Davies and the silky skills of Declan Carroll causing problems for the Vikings defence consisting of Kieran King, Jake Merry, Jay Power and Camron Thomas.
Jake Merry received a nasty cut to his head and was replaced by Matthew Broome in the Vikings’ defence, goalkeeper Rory Williams also pulled off some excellent saves to deny the visitors.
Ashley Bevan and Fletcher Picton both came on and looked dangerous for Hakin, the later flashed a low left footed drive agonisingly wide of Gullam’s left hand post.
Carroll came extremely close to levelling matters when his wicked 25 yard free kick crashed against Williams’ crossbar also following a goalmouth scramble Jay Power cleared the danger off the goal line.
In stoppage time the Vikings grabbed a crucial second goal as they broke on the counter as Leon Luby’s cross in the box found teammate Ryan Wilson whose first time shot was blocked, the skipper made no mistake with his second effort to seal a crucial win for the champions.
Hakin United: Rory Williams, Kieran King, Camron Thomas, Jake Merry (Fletcher Picton 69’), Jay Power, Jack Britton, Leon Luby, Cameron Brunton (Ashley Bevan 59’), Jordan Kilby, Ryan Wilson (Captain), Mark Jones (Matthew Broome 59’).
Monkton Swifts: Taylor Gullam, Luke Phillips, Jay Kilby (Jason Finnegan 78’), Connor Roberts, Joe Leahy, Liam Butland (Captain), Daniel James (Paul Miller 73’), Jimmy Wilkes (Connor Davies 98’), Dylan Davies, Thom Dyson, Declan Carroll.
Referee: Mark Hicks.
Goodwick stay top with win at Carew
Carew 1 – Goodwick United 4
Goodwick United stay a point clear at the top of the table after a comfortable victory over Carew at the Gerald Hicks Memorial Ground.All the goals were scored in the first half. Ben Steele scored the opener with a terrific 35 yard free kick which saw Carew keeper Tom Davies rooted on the goal line.
Two minutes later and Danny Hopkin struck the visitors’ second with a cool finish from eight yards after Haworth provided the assist.
Lloyd Wilson bundled one back for the Rooks which stemmed from a dangerous Logan Hall corner.
However, Will Haworth grab two-quick fire, the third was a brilliant 20 yard half volley which flew in the top corner.
The fourth was created by a well delivered Hopkin corner which was met with a firm Haworth header.
The visitors created more chances in the second half, but they could not find another way past in form Rooks’ goalkeeper Tom Davies, he pulled off a string of superb saves to keep the score line respetable.
Carew: Tom Davies, Archie Smith (Tom Rudd 54’), Gareth Lewis, Paul Hodge, Lloyd Wilson (George McDonald 70’), Robbie Sly, Logan Hall, Marcus Griffiths (Captain), Rhys Lewis, Harry Peniket, Shaun Whitfield.
Substitute not used: Scott Richards.
Goodwick United: Callum Robb, Josh Wood, Sion O’Sullivan, Ben Steele, Scott Delaney (Captain), Ross Jones, Danny Hopkin, Jake Smith (Alex O’Sullivan 61’), Ben Adams (Jonny Horgan 70’), Will Haworth, Adam Lawrence (Rhys Dalling 60’).
Substitute not used: Steven Dockery.
Referee: Scott Trayhern.
Nomads fight-back for crucial win
Fishguard Sports 3 – Neyland 4
Gritty Neyland twice came from behind to secure a welcome win against Fishguard Sports at the Tregroes Ground.
The Sports raced into a two-goal lead as skipper Patrick Hughes headed home a long throw-in in the box, then minutes later Luke Thomas broke clear and scored with a calm finish past Nomads’ advancing goalkeeper Corey Riley.
However, the Nomads mounted a serious fight back as skipper Mike Chandler scored with a brilliant curling free kick which flew in the top corner, then Riley’s long punt up field was brilliantly controlled by Max Bowman-Davies who kept it in play before releasing Ashton Marshallsay who made no mistake with from an acute angle as he levelled matters at 2-2 at half time.
Nine minutes after the break and The Sports regained the lead, a carbon copy of the first goal as skipper Hughes headed home a long throw in the area.
On the hour mark the Nomads made it 3-3 as Dylan James’ inviting cross was met by an excellent Tyler Sutton header who celebrated his first goal in the top flight.
In the 62nd minute the visitors grabbed the winner as man of the moment Chandler struck low shot in the bottom corner of Ryan Sinnott’s net to earn the Nomads three crucial points on the road.
Fishguard Sports: Ryan Sinnott, Haydn Hughes, Tom Lawrence (Stephen Lewis 64’), Henry Sturman, Greg Hughes (Ieuan Lewis 83’), Lucas Price, Josh Bland, Luke Thomas, Jordan White, Patrick Hughes (Captain), Billy Moore (Sean Thomas 58’).
Substitute not used: Paul Thomas
Neyland: Corey Riley, Deanthony Matthews (Hugo Absalom 31’), Tyler Sutton, Sean Hannon, Leon Barrett, Max Bowman-Davies (Brad McDermott-Jenkins 83’), Dylan James, Ashton Marshallsay, Mike Chandler (Captain), Oliver Merry, Simon Ellis.
Substitute not used: Jo Campodonic.
Referee: Alan Boswell.
Comfortable win for Tenby against Robins
Milford United 1 – Tenby 4
Tenby grabbed two late goals to secure a thoroughly deserved victory against the battling Robins at Marble Hall.
In a tight first half, both sides missed chances to open the scoring, The Robins lost influential striker Scott Reid with an injury and he was replaced by Liam Parr off the bench.
The visitors opened their goal scoring account through Sam Butler just before the interval and shortly after the break they added a second goal through Liam Williams.
The Robins pulled a goal back through Finley Turner, but the visitors finished strongly as Liam Williams scored the third from the spot, his second of the game, then in injury time Scott Ferney added a fourth on his recent return after a brief spell with Hakin.
Milford United: Charlie Malloy, Curtis Davies, Rhys Brawn (Ben Lloyd 63’), Ashley Mathias, Scott Griffiths, Ieuan Rutherford, Joey Jones, Morgan Picton, Scott Reid (Liam Parr 28’), Finley Turner, Josh Lees (Cameron Lees 74’).
Tenby: Jesse Craig, Chris Millward (Leo Sarrionandia 73’), Sam Butler, Teejay Gardner, James Gardner, Rhys Morgan, Billy Lawrence, Liam Williams (Scott Ferney 71’), Robson Evans, Curtis Hurlow (Captain), Harri Phillips.
Substitute not used: Richard Perry.
Referee: Sean O’Connor.
Narberth gain a surprise win over The Wizards
Narberth 2 – Merlins Bridge 0
Narberth gained a surprise victory over high flying Merlins Bridge at Jesse Road as they scored a goal in each half to secure the points.Ashley Williams replaced player manager Ryan Williams in the 35th minute and the substitute had only been on the pitch a minute before he scored thanks to a lovely Charlie Williams assist.
Mike Preddy’s Wizards were visibly rocked by that Bluebirds’ goal as they held onto their lead at half time.
After the break the visitors lost skipper Jordan Thomas and Tyler Morris who were replaced respectively Morgan Richards and Kieran Blundell
In the 79th minute the hosts bagged a second goal through Lloyd Phillips to secure a welcome win for Narberth, whilst the Wizards were brought back down to earth with a bump.
Narberth: Daniel James, Frazer Wyatt, Aidan Howitt, Conor Bowen, Dylan Davies, Lloyd Hughes, Charlie Phillips, Billy Phillips, Chris Bown, Steven Allen (Captain), Ryan Williams (Ashley Williams 35’).
Substitutes not used: Steffan Williams, Jamie Thomas.
Merlins Bridge: James Dickson, Kristers Kudrjavcevs, Tyler Morris (Kieran Blundell 66’), Jordan Thomas (Captain) (Morgan Richards 51’), Bobby Jones, Josh Thomas, Matthew D’Ivry, Dai Davies, Aaron Bacigalupo, Adam Kingsbeer, Tomos Gwilliam.
Substitute not used: Peter Thomas.
Referee: Dean Driscoll.
Mills double helps Tish to away win at Pennar
Pennar Robins 0 – St Ishmaels 3
Joel Mills scored twice which helped St Ishmaels to a crucial victory over Pennar Robins at Bush Camp.
This was only Tish’s second win of the season, and it pushed them up to fourth from bottom, just a point behind Pennar.
On 17 minutes the visitors broke the deadlock as Mills pounced on a good ball by Ieuan Hawkins, just before the interval Mills found the back of the net thanks to a neat Tom Williams assist.
The visitors continued to push forward and were rewarded with a third goal when the unlucky Conner Willis found the back of his own net.
Grham Ninnis’ Tish outfit have had a difficult start but they’re finally beginning to gel as a team and this positive result is just what they have been looking for.
Pennar Robins: Ben Nunn, Nick Willis, Conner Willis, Kieran Smith (Captain), Ethan Ball, Ceri Griffiths, Sean Edmundson, Tom Grimwood (Toby Davies 28’), Rhys Sture (Zac Gammer 75’), Noah Davison (Sonny Price 46’), Craig Asparassa.
Substitute not used: Caden Scourfield.
St Ishmaels: Owen Thomas, Sol Goodall (Joe Davies 77’), Tyler Sheil, Finley Armstrong, Max Howells, Tom Williams, Joel Mills, Ieuan Hawkins (Dylan Ninnis 73’), Justin Harding, Mathew Thomas (Brennan Devonald 69’), Nathan Thomas.
Substitute not used: Daniel Coe.
Referee: Ioan Nevatte.