MacWhirter Welsh League Youth Cup Group B

Sunday, 13th September 2009

at The GenQuip Stadium, Port Talbot

Port Talbot Town U-19’s 1-2 Bryntirion U-19’s

Goalscorers

Port Talbot Town

Chris Silva (61)

Bryntirion Athletic

Davey Lavers (6)

John-Paul Budd (13)

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Port Talbot Town

Team - Ryan Dummer, Jordan Tomlinson, Adam Gaunt, Aaron Biddescombe, Josh Wannacott, Chris Thornton, Luc Jones, Chris Silva, Liam Pullen, Sam France, Jack Germain

Subs - Jordan Stock, Adam Clark, Oliver Bowen, Luke Paynton

Goalscorers - Chris Silva (61)

Bryntirion Athletic

Team - David Dames, James Thomas, Josef Hopkins, Nathan Wilkinson, John-Paul Budd, Ioan Emmanuel, Ricky Newman, Max Morgan, Davey Lavers, Craig Dames, Owain Emmanuel

Subs - Kristian Smith, Lewis Murray, Jamie Barker

Goalscorers - Davey Lavers (6), John-Paul Budd (13)

A number of new players made their Port Talbot Town debuts as manager Mark Pike took charge of his first competitive game since taking over the side during the summer. It was a nervous start for the side however against a physical Bryntirion team and after just six minutes the visitors had taken the lead through Davey Lavers who made no mistake with a good finish past goalkeeper Ryan Dummer. It was far from an ideal start for Port Talbot Town as Dummer became the far busier of the two goalkeepers in the opening exchanges as Port Talbot struggled to retain possession. On 13 minutes Bryntirion had doubled their lead when as John-Paul Budd drilled the ball through a crowded penalty area to extend their advantage. Despite being two goals behind Port Talbot settled into the game after 20 minutes and began asking questions themselves with striker Liam Pullen a concern for the visitors defence and he twice came close to bringing his team back into the match including an effort that hit the post from close range. The game swung in favour of the home side just before the break as the referee, having failed to take control of a number of hard challenges earlier in the match, sent off Bryntirion’s Davey Lavers for a stamp on Chris Thornton following consultation with his linesman. Having finished the opening half the better of the two sides, Port Talbot came right into the match in the second half and pulled back a deserved equaliser through Chris Silva on 61 minutes as he scored a with fine individual effort. The goal made the game very open but the play was constantly interrupted by a string of injuries although most of the fouls were missed by the referee. Port Talbot had two good chances with Liam Pullen twice finding himself in space in the area but could not score an equaliser as Bryntirion held on for the victory although Port Talbot will take plenty of positives from an encouraging performance.

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