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CARMARTHEN
TOWN 4
BANGOR CITY 0 Richard Parker had a hand
in all four goals that took Town to the top place of the in LOW table for the
first time this season following their comprehensive win over Bangor City at
wind swept Richmond Park. After heavy morning rain
that put the game in doubt it was credit to the hard work of the club in
recent months that ensured that the pitch was playable. Another sizeable
crowd was rewarded with some excellent goals. After an early period
where both defences dominated Carmarthen town took the lead in the 23' when
Richard Parker had a determined run down the right wing, despite the close
attention of Clive Brown, to put Ryan Nicholls clear. Nicholls' shot gave the
keeper no chance. Within 2 minutes Parker was again in the thick of the
action when, having a run into the box, he laid the ball back for Dean
Rossiter to blast the ball home from 18 yards. Bangor had a few forages
into the Carmarthen Town area and Clayton Blackmore had a good chance but
struck the ball well over the bar. Bangor was reduced to ten men just after
the half-hour when Clive Brown was sent off for a second bookable offence. Bangor's 10 men fought
back resolutely and Fitzgerald in the Town goal did well to save from Aled
Rowland as Bangor enjoyed a good spell just before half time. However, when
Paul Roberts fouled Parker in the box on 43' Ryan Nicholls buried the penalty
to give Town a comfortable lead at the break. The second half saw Town
on the defence in the early stages. However they soon regained control and
when Shaun Chapple's powerful strike flew past the post and Rossiter shooting
straight at Williams when well placed Bangor found themselves on the defence
as Town's mid-field took control of the game. Just after the hour Paul
Roberts missed a good chance to get on the score-sheet for the visitors. Just
after the hour Parker once again had a hand in the creation of Town's fourth
goal when his pass to Brace was volleyed past Williams on 67' minutes to put
the game beyond any doubt. Town were well in control
but all credit to Bangor they did not give up. Rhodri Giggs who looked sharp
and had some good touches. Late in the game he had a good opportunity for the
visitors but shot wide. In the dying moments of the game Williams in the
Bangor goal came to his side's rescue once again with a superb diving save
from Craig Evans. Today's win gave Town
their first League points against Bangor at Richmond Park. Carmarthen Town :
Fitzgerald, Paul Walker, D. Brace, G. Rees, N. O'Brien, D. Barnhouse, C.
Evans, D. Rossiter, R. Nicholls, S. Chapple, R. Parker. Subs : Siôn Meredith
(Parker), D. McPhee (Rossiter), S. Williams (Walker). Bangor City : Williams,
Cooper, Cross, Brown, E. Williams, S. Williams, Rowlands, Blackmore, Roberts,
Giggs, Comley-Excell. Subs : Hazelden, Lamkin, Jardine. Referee : Mark Whitby Crowd 464 __________________________________________________________________________________ CAERLEON
0
CARMARTHEN TOWN 4 From the outset
Carmarthen Town dominated proceedings and as early as the fourth minute Dean
Rossiter had a good chance, but his weak shot was saved by keeper Fitzroy
Hutchinson. Caerleon's best player
Simon Truman was very lively. He had an excellent early run into the penalty
area but his shot went just over the bar on about 10'. Continuous pressure by
Carmarthen Town finally paid dividends in the 16th. minute when
Fitzgerald's long clearance eluded the Caerleon defence and Ryan Nicholls
picked up the loose ball to fire a superb shot past Hutchinson to give Town
the comfort of an early lead. Whilst Simon Truman was
influential for Caerleon Carmarthen Town were well in control. On 42' a good
cross into the box from a long ball up-field saw O'Brian head down for
Rossiter to drive home from 12 yards to make it 2-0 at the break. The second half saw the
home side show more determination and the Carmarthen goal came under some
pressure but Town's back line ensured that Fitzgerald was rarely troubled. After regaining the
initiative Town increased the lead in the 64th. minute when
Parker, Craig Evans and Nicholls combined effectively for Evans to drive past
Hutchinson. The heads of the home
side went down when the lead was further increased in the 68th.
minute when Deryn Brace, who had seen his earlier effort glance off the
crossbar, volleyed home from a Craig Evan pass to put the game beyond doubt. Late in the game
Hutchinson in the Caerleon goal ensured that the scoreline remained
respectable with some excellent saves from two good efforts by Craig Evans
and Wayne Jones. A comfortable win at Cold Bath Road sees Town safely into
the next round of the cup for an away fixture at Rhayader Town. Caerleon : F. Hutchinson,
m. Wadden, J. Laister, B. Dowd, S. James, C. Perry, C. Goliffe, C. Evans, A.
Stewart, S. Truman, M. Tucker. Subs : K. Witcombe, R. Andrews, R. Surtees. Carmarthen Town :
Fitzgerald, G. Rees, D. Brace, W. Thomas, N. O'Brien, D. Barnhouse, C. Evans,
D. Rossiter, R. Nicholls, S. Chapple, R. Parker. Subs : W. Jones (Rees), D.
McPhee (Rossiter), S. Williams (Nicholls). __________________________________________________________________________________ ROBIN'S REVIEW Tuesday, October 3, 2000 FAW Premier Cup - Group A CARMARTHEN TOWN 0 WREXHAM 1 The Reds give another professional display in
their televised match with Carmarthen Town at Richmond Park. About a 1,000
supporters braved the wind and rain to watch both sides put up a spirited
display of football in very poor conditions. Local officials had been hoping for a crowd
of 1,500 - 2,000 and, no doubt, would have realised that figure on a better
night. But those that did show up seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves, in
this close fought encounter. The home side gained a corner in the
opening minute and it needed a clearing header to avert the danger, before
the Reds (or whites on the night) were soon up field and forcing a flag kick
themselves. Darren Ferguson's cross was caught by the wind and curled back
over the crossbar! On 13 minutes a dangerous run down the
right wing by Paul Walker saw his cross met by Ryan Nicholls, but the free
scoring forward was unable to control his effort and the ball flew wide of
the target. Walker then showed how to get on the end of
a cross, when a square ball presented him with the opportunity on 18 minutes.
From outside the area his rasping drive was only just the wrong side of the
far upright. The Reds were enjoying the greater
percentage of possession and on 27 minutes it finally told. A ball down the
left wing channel from Emad gave Paul Barrett space and he won a corner. As
the cross was played into Fergie, Craig Faulconbridge, standing in front of
goalkeeper Robert Fitzgerald, diverted the midfielder's shot into the net. There was no doubt that Craig deliberately
struck the ball and it ended a six week spell since his last goal for the
club. A minute later and the score might well
have been doubled. As two Fergie corners led to confusion in the home ranks
and the ball twice being cleared off the line, although the strong wind was
also a contributing factor. On 41 minutes, it was Ferguson's corner and
then cross from the rebound, which set up Dave Ridler at the back post, but
the centre- half watched on as his volley sailed over the cross bar from out
10 yards out. Within 60 seconds of the restart, Carmarthen
worked a neat passing move that gave Nicholls a shot from some distance out.
The bar arrowed to Dearden's right hand and struck the bottom of the post
before deflecting out again. From the far end of the pitch, it looked as if
Kevin did get a touch to the ball. Wrexham responded from this near miss, with
Chris Killen winning his personal battle out wide to cross for Barrett to
curl a shot inches over the cross bar. A 57th minute free kick on the edge of the
visitors' box saw Sion Meredith forced a fine save from Dearden. The Reds then lifted the pace and series of
chances fell for Killen, Faulconbridge and McGregor. None were successful,
but it pinned Carmarthen back in their own half for a period of time. A clever free kick on 76 minutes saw Fergie
find Faulconbridge and his lay off set up substitute Gareth Owen for a shot
that flew close to the far post. With the rain and wind coming in even
harder in the closing moments, Carmarthen broke quickly up field and Owen
received a 'good' yellow card for stopping the home side on the half way
line. The Reds will be happy with the win, the
points and the prize money, while Carmarthen won many friends with their
style of play. Manager Tomi Morgan should be looking for his team to go at
least one better this season having missed out on European football by just
on place in 1999/2000 and they could also be in the running for the title
come next May. Man of the Match was announced as local
goalkeeper Robert Fitzgerald. Only 21 years of age, this is the second time I
have seen him live and he has impressed on both occasions. Carmarthen Town: Robert Fitzgerald, Gavin Rees, Wayne Jones, Wyn
Thomas, Neil O'Brien, David Barnhouse, Paul Walker, Dean Rossiter (Richard
Parker 73), Ryan Nicholls, Sion Meredith (Stephen Williams 87), Craig Evans
(Cerison Davies 79). Subs: Stephen Evans, Tomi Morgan. Wrexham: Kevin Dearden, Mark McGregor, Emad Bouanane, Dave
Ridler, Adrian Moody, Darren Ferguson, Paul Barrett (Gareth Owen 61), Martyn
Chalk, Carlos Edwards, Craig Faulconbridge, Chris Killen. Subs: Paul
Whitfield, Dave Warren, Robin Gibson, Andy Morrell. Referee: D.C.Richards Attendance: 998 Away Support: 75 (and good to see so many
make their own way to west Wales) Bookings: Carmarthen - Rees (55 foul),
Jones (76 foul).Wrexham - Chalk (69 foul), Owen (89 foul). Acknowledgements to GARETH ROBINS
REVIEW 04/09/00 http://www.egroups.com/community/robinsreview _______________________________________________________________________ ABERYSTWYTH
TOWN 2
CARMARTHEN TOWN 2 Town came from behind
twice to earn an excellent point at Aberystwyth in what was a very tight and
at times highly charged derby game. Town applied the early
pressure with Dean Rossiter going very close after only 4 minutes. A couple
of minutes later Parker found himself clear but Matthews made a good save.
From an Aberystwyth break up field an excellent log ball across the goalmouth
was adjudged to have been handled by Barnhouse as he got up to challenge the
Aber forwards for the ball. Gavin Allen put the ball in the back of the net
from the spot on 13' to give Aber an early lead. As they did last week
against TNS Town responded immediately. Carmarthen picked up an Aberystwyth
sliced clearance / across field ball and Parker saw his shot well saved by
the keeper. The ball fell to Deryn Brace who also had his shot cleared off
the line but finally Ryan Nicholls put it in the back of the net to equalise
for Town. Both teams played some
good football at times. Aberystwyth making good use of cross-field balls that
enabled Glyndwr and Steve Mardenborough to get behind the Town defence.
Carmarthen tended to go through the middle with Chapple, Rossiter and Craig Evans
working well to release Ryan Nicholls and Parker up front and Brace and
Walker out wide. Following a good move by Aberystwyth, debutant Carmarthen
keeper Richard Williams (ex Aberystwyth) made an excellent save from Gavin
O'Tool on 23'. Following the break Tomi
brought on Wayne Jones for Gavin Rees who had suffered a knock and Dylan
McPhee came on for Shaun Chapple who had suffered a horrendous challenge just
before half time. Having soaked up the
pressure Carmarthen came back into the game. Steve Williams came on for
Walker and the game was end to end stuff. Town looking for the equaliser and
Aber needing another goal to make the three points safe. The equaliser came
in the 67 minute when Wayne Jones had a good run down the left and put in an
excellent cross for the unmarked Dylan McPhee to volley home. Tempers got a little
fraught and there were several altercations that saw Phillpot being booked on
69'. For Town Parker was booked on 72' and McPhee was booked for a tackle
from behind on 75'. For Town Aberystwyth are
always a difficult side to beat. Tomi will be pleased to have secured the
first ever point for Carmarthen at Park Avenue to keep Town three points
clear of Aber in the table. On a difficult night both sides had opportunities
to take the three points but a draw was a fair reflection of the game. A sizeable Town following
contributed to excellent crowd of 912. __________________________________________________________________________________ CARMARTHEN
4 TNS 3 In a thrilling encounter
at Richmond Park. Carmarthen finally overcame a resilient TNS side to clinch
the points to keep them in second place. The excellent crowd of
424 was treated to a feast of goals, none better than Craig Evans' diving
header in the 80th. minute to win the game for Town. Following an evenly balanced
initial period it was Town that was presented with the first good chance when
Richard Parker finding himself clear in the box shot straight at the TNS
keeper Paul Smith. At the other end when the
Carmarthen defence lost possession John Toner nearly capitalised on the
situation but his header narrowly went past the post with keeper Fitzgerald
well beaten. The visitors broke the
deadlock on 27 minutes. Following Carmarthen pressure on the TNS goal an
appeal for hand ball was rejected by referee Neil Morgan and TNS cleared
up-field. Tim Alexander picked up the lose ball unleashed a cracking shot
from 30 yards to find the top corner of the net giving Fitzgerald no chance
on 27'. Town responded superbly
and within the minute had redressed the balance. Dean Rositer broke up field
beating the TNS defence and found Parker on the edge of the penalty area.
Parker atoned for his earlier misses by forcing the ball home to equalise. Town kept up the pressure
and on the half-hour referee Neil Morgan adjudged a TNS defender to have
handled in the area. Ryan Nicholls converted from the spot to make it 2-1at
the break. Both sides were playing
'top draw' football. The first half was clearly the best period of football
seen at Richmond this season. Lee Coathup and Alexander were both having
excellent games for the champions and Shaun Chapple and Dean Rossiter were
outstanding for Town. The second half continued
at the same pace. Within two minutes of the restart Garry Powell outwitted
the Carmarthen defence to drive home from close range to equalise for the
visitors. Parker once again put
Town ahead with an excellently taken volley from a Dean Rossiter cross. The
excitement continued with the Champions pressing hard and taking the game to
Town. They were rewarded on 61' when substitute Maurice Doyle fired home from
15 yards, beyond Fitzgerald's reach. Following the goal Deryn
Brace was brought on to replace Wayne Jones at left back. He immediately
linked well with Nicholls and Evans down the left side to cause TNS problems
and keeper Smith was forced to produce two superb saves from Rossiter and
Craig Evans. Play was end to end with
both sides looking for the three points. The winner and highlight of the game
came with Chapple and Brace combined to take a short free kick out on the
left touchline. Brace's precise cross was superbly headed home on the dive by
Craig Evans from 12 yards to give Town the lead once again. TNS continued to press
for the equaliser. Town kept their heads and retained possession well though
Fitzgerald was forced to tip a difficult ball over the bar from Alexander in
the dying moments of the game. On a glorious afternoon
with the pitch in excellent condition we could not have wished for a better
more exciting game of football played by two excellent sides. Town's manager
Tomi Morgan will be very pleased with the way his team withstood the test of
an excellent TNS side ahead of an important period of Welsh Cup and Premier
Cup games, not to mention a league encounter with near neighbours Aberystwyth
Town next Friday evening. Alexander, Coathup, Doyle
and Edwards were booked for TNS. Chapple for Carmarthen. Town: Fitzgerald, Walker,
Jones, Rees, O'Brien, Barnhouse, Evans, Rossiter, Nicholls, Chapple, Parker.
Subs : Brace (Jones 61) Williams, McPhee (Parker 86'). TNS : Smith, Parry,
Coalthup, Holmes, Edwards, Alexander, Roberts, Webster, Toner, Welton,
Powell. Subs : Wilson (Webster 82'), Maloney (Holmes), Doyle (Roberts 12'). Referee : Neil Morgan Crowd 426 _________________________________________________________________________________ |