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6th November 2007 - www.welsh-premier.com
Cotterrall inspires the Old Gold
Carmarthen gained some compensation for Saturday's Welsh Cup exit at Newport YMCA by claiming a guaranteed £15,000 and a place in the last eight. It signalled the end of Port Talbot manager Tony Pennock's reign as the former Football League keeper quit after the final whistle. But the Steelmen were within seconds of marching into the quarter-finals courtesy of a Martin Rose goal on 33 minutes. The striker had come already come close to opening the visitors' account before converting a Dylain Blain flick-on from 16 yards. Talbot were forced onto the back foot for much of the game, with Sacha Walters bringing a good save from Kristian Rogers and then firing wide from a Nathan Cotterrall cross. But the Old Gold deservedly levelled in the final minute when Cotterrall provided for Jamal Easter, before playing a superb one-two with Danny Thomas in extra-time to claim the winner himself.
6th November 2007 - www.welshpremier.com
Pennock steps down at Port Talbot
Port Talbot Town manager Tony Pennock has stepped down as the Manager of the Steelmen. The popular goalkeeper, who is also the Manager of the Wales Semi Professional side, made up his mind before this evening's Premier Cup Extra-Time defeat to his former club Carmarthen Town and would have made the same decison had his side progressed. Pennock said in the recent Principality Welsh Premier Podcast Interview that he "had not been enjoying the pressures of management" and that he was "finding it difficult" and he had told friends that he had been considering his position for some time - It was not as a result of the club's exit from the Welsh Cup, League Cup or Premier Cup, and not the 8-0 defeat to Llanelli either. Pennock, who recently quit his post as the Swansea City goalkeeper coach to focus on his job with Talbot, took the job in the summer following the departure of Wayne Davies. The 'A' Licence Coach will now concentrate all of his immediate efforts on next week's first ever Wales Under 23 Semi Professional International match in Varese, Milan. Carmarthen Town who were dumped out of the Welsh Cup on Saturday by Newport YMCA, made amends in this competition by overcoming Port Talbot Town after extra time at Richmond Park. It looked as though the Steelmen were going to win after Martin Rose opened the scoring on 33 minutes with a confident strike following a clever Dylan Blain flick. The lead lasted until injury time in the second-half when sub striker Jamal Easter became the Old Gold hero by equalising at the death after Nathan Cotterrall's cross. The game went to the extra thirty minutes and the Town skipper Cotterrall struck after 12 minutes of the 1st period after Danny Thomas' clever assist, which proved to be the Town winner.
6th November 2007 - www.carmarthentownafc.net
Match Report
Jamal Easter's goal in the second minute of injury time saw Town cancel out Port Talbot’s first half strike to take the tie into extra time. Martin Rose had put the Steelmen ahead on 33 minutes when he squeezed between two defenders to fire home Dylan Blain’s deft flick-on. Earlier Gregg Coombes and Sasha Walters had seen efforts turned over by Port Talbot keeper Kristian Rogers but the Steelmen retained their slim lead to the end of normal time despite considerable second half pressure with Danny Thomas and Walters both putting efforts wide of the target when well placed. Then in the second minute of injury time Cotterrall’s diagonal run to the right outflanked the defence and with Town’s captain pulling the ball back through the crowded area Easter side footed home to give Town just reward for their second half endeavour. With the game into extra time Danny Thomas played in Easter but the young forward’s effort was blocked by Rogers with the rebound fired wide. And it was Thomas who was the provider for the all important winner when having received the ball from Cotterall played it back into his captain’s path for the wing man to fire home from an angle. At the death Danny Thomas came close when his deft lob hit the upright and Chad Bond almost took the tie to penalties with the last kick of the game when his low strike was well saved by Thomas.
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