League

Neath Stadium
Spectators: 6786 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1786, VIP seats: 0) Llwydeu Flanagan started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd minute, Vaughn Edington hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Llwydeu Flanagan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Llwydeu Flanagan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Caradawg Connery tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Kenyon Keyes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gwalchmei Hamm in the 12th minute of play forced Cardiff Utd's goalkeeper Brathach Browning to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Bogart Foster managed to get in a good position for a shot. Neath's supporters rose to their feet, but Bogart Foster was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Brathach Browning breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Bogart Foster fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Brathach Browning having to interfere. Kenyon Keyes hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bogart Foster got free with Brathach Browning in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Cardiff Utd's Meical Kirby got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Gwalchmei Hamm did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Brathach Browning 33 minutes into the match. Caradawg Connery took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gwyddno Earnshaw, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Caradawg Connery showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gwyddno Earnshaw in the 40th minute of the match. After 41 played minutes, Cardiff Utd's Powell Lett shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Caradawg Connery came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Cardiff Utd reached it. Llwyd Hazel's late challenge caught a Cardiff Utd's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Llwyd Hazel helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Neath's Llwyd Hazel got a free kick in the 42nd minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gwalchmei Hamm made a kick off. Brathach Browning showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gwalchmei Hamm, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Bogart Foster sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bogart Foster fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Brathach Browning having to interfere. A collision led to Neath getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Pwyll Cordwainer hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Llwydeu Flanagan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Caradawg Connery was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Caradawg Connery made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gwyddno Earnshaw in the 67th minute. Caradawg Connery was out of position in the 72 minute of play, and Llwydeu Flanagan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Llwydeu Flanagan really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. In the 77th minute, Bogart Foster got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 78 played minutes Cardiff Utd got a freekick which was hit by Cadfan Biddwell. In the 81st minute Bogart Foster shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brathach Browning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kenyon Keyes charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kenyon Keyes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 85 played minutes Cardiff Utd got a freekick which was hit by Kenyon Keyes. If Bogart Foster had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Caradawg Connery showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cadfan Biddwell, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Cardiff Utd's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.