KEVIN DAVIES SIDELINED
All at Carmarthen Town wish defender Kevin Davies a speedy recovery following recent surgery. Kevin was a spectator at Town's win at Port Talbot on Friday night and was looking forward to getting back into action following suspension. It's reported that Kevin could be out of action for four to six weeks.
TOWN MAKE DEADLINE DAY SIGNINGS
Town have signed Llanelli youngster Antonio Facciuto. The former Wales Schools U16 and Cardiff City Youth Cup player was included in Tomi Morgan's squad for Tuesday night's Loosemore's Cup tie.
Also signed are Bobby Briers and Calvin Davies. Briers is a product of Swansea City's Centre of Excellence who joined Haverfordwest in 2006 before moving to Welsh League outfit Bridgend Town in 2010.
Davies is an experienced striker who had four seasons at Welshpool Town. With 111 (+14) appearances in the Welsh Premier and 54 goals to his name Davies has had time at Flexsys Cefn Druids and Caernarfon as well as a season at Colwyn Bay in the Unibond League.
31.08.10 Loosemores Cup First Round
CARMARTHEN TOWN 0 ABERYSTWYTH TOWN 0
In a re-run of the season's opening fixture both sides maintained a clean sheet in this Loosemores First Round stalemate.
Town: M Lewis T Hicks © (Dale Griffiths 46’) S Evans G Bansor L Bevan K Howard C Thomas G Passmore C Frater (Facciuto 87’) Darren Griffiths (Davies (Y) 88’) S Walters Sub not used G Rees (Y)
Aberystwyth Town : S Cann G Hughes M Howard (Edwards 87’) A Thomas J McCarten C Murtagh R Marriott B Morgan © ( Filsinbach 51’) L Powell (Codling 44’) L Sherbon C Williams Sub not used: S James
27.08.10 PORT TALBOT TOWN 1 CARMARTHEN TOWN 2
Tim Hicks' 29th minute penalty set up a well deserved first win of the season for Town at the Genquip Stadium on Friday night. Substitute Geraint Passmore doubled the advantage with a debut goal eight minutes after the break, but with Martin Rose halving the deficit from the spot with a quarter hour remaining Town saw out a late surge from the hosts to take all three points and dent the Steelmen's positive start to the season.
Manager Tomi Morgan told ‘Y Dre ar Y We’, “I thought we fully deserved the win. Some might have written us off already but I thought we showed considerable effort and team spirit tonight.
“Defensively we were far better and tighter and importantly we did not make mistakes. When you are building a new side it takes more time to gel than when you have an established team ”.
“Both lads took their goals well. We had to change a little with the early substitution but I thought there were some good performances out there tonight. We played as a team”.
With Morgn having promised changes Darren Griffiths, up front, and Gary Bansor, in defence, both made starts for Town and when Passmore replaced the injured Lee Jenkins on eighteen minutes Steve Evans dropped into left back to accommodate the debutant in mid-field in this competitive encounter.
Lee Phillips headed narrowly over following Evans’ free kick and Town maintained plenty of early possession playing mainly in the opposition's half. Following the twenty-minute mark Lloyd Grist began to push forward for the hosts and with Lee John sending in some dangerous crosses and corners Town defended well.
Passmore got in a covering tackle to keep out Drew Fahiya but when Grist handled the ball in the box having brought down Sacha Walters the ‘Steelmen’ conceded their first goal of the season from the penalty spot. Town came close to extending the lead with a superb move that ran the length of the field but with half time approaching were made to defend in numbers with Bansor making a couple of crucial interventions.
Following the break Evans’ well placed shot was denied by the bar before the ‘Steelmen’ made a double substitution and Town doubled the advantage. A flowing move saw Walters play out to the overlapping Phillips who steered the ball back in for Passmore to strike low past the keeper from the edge of the box giving Town some daylight.
On the hour Grist’s weaving run rang the alarm bells and Mike Lewis made a superb point blank save to deny Martin Rose. But when Passmore was adjudged to have fouled Matthew Thompson just inside the box there was no denying Rose who converted the spot kick to put the hosts back in contention with a quarter hour remaining.
Kendall launched a series of long balls for the ‘Steelmen’ and having been played in Luke Bowen made ground but under pressure from Lewis could only fire into the side netting. But Town saw-out the added time with determination to record a confidence boosting win which will give the Richmond Park outfit some belief ahead of fixtures against the Welsh Cup winners and League Champions.
Port Talbot Town: L Kendall, L De-Vulgt (N Cotterrall 54'), L Grist, G Phillips (L Surman 66'), M Rees, K Edwards, L John, L Bowen, M Rose, L McCreesh, D Fahiya (M Thompson 54')
Town: M Lewis, L Phillips, L Jenkins (G Passmore 18'), D Griffiths, G Bansor, K Howard, C Thomas, T Hicks (C Frater 86'), S Evans, D Griffiths (A Evans 68'), S Walters. Referee: Kevin Morgan
CARMARTHEN TOWN SHOW RACISM THE RED CARD
TOWN TO HOST UEFA MINI TOURNAMENT
Dates for the UEFA Under-19 Championship Qualifying Round Group 1 (Mini Tournament) to be hosted in Wales have now been confirmed.
Town’s Richmond Park ground will host the Turkey v Wales and Iceland v Turkey ties.
Match Day 1 - 20th October 2010
18.00hrs - Richmond Park - Turkey v. Wales
18.00hrs - Stebonheath Park - Iceland v. Kazakhstan
Match Day 2 - 22nd October 2010
18.00hrs - Brewery Field - Turkey v. Kazakhstan
18.00hrs - Stebonheath Park - Wales v. Iceland Match
Day 3 - 25th October 2010
18.00hrs - Richmond Park - Iceland v. Turkey
18.00hrs - Brewery Field - Kazakhstan v. Wales
