Bangor 1876 make it 11 wins on the bounce – but Llanberis give them good battle

Bangor 1876 3 (Davies, Barry, C Jones)
Llanberis 0

Report: Dr Jonathan Ervine

An 11th straight win in all competitions for 1876 on Friday evening put them temporarily top of the North Wales Coast West Premier Division on goal difference.

However, wins for Pwllheli and Nefyn United on Saturday edged them ahead of Bangor by three points, albeit the Llyn pair have played more games.

Three goals under the floodlights at Treborth secured a seventh league victory on the bounce for the fan-owned hosts.

The first goal arrived shortly after the quarter-hour mark Cameron Barry played in a cross from the left wing. It was controlled at the back post by top-scorer Les Davies, who then unleashed a powerful left-footed shot that visiting goalkeeper Ben Jones got a hand to but couldn’t keep out.

Shortly afterwards, Jamie Petrie thought he had added a second but his effort was disallowed as he was adjudged offside.

Llanberis made a determined start to the second period and around the hour there were chances at both ends.

Barry stung the palms of the visiting keeper with a powerful shot before the Darans went close to an equaliser when a ball from the left eluded the Bangor defence but no-one from the visiting side could turn it home.

As the midpoint approached, Bangor doubled their lead. Chris Jones played the ball into the box to Davies, who held it up before playing it into the path of on-rushing midfielder Barry, who scored with a composed finish.

Chris Jones made it three when he found the net with a powerful half-volley.

Llanberis didn’t lose heart and continued to press. With 15 minutes left Tomos Saynor fired off a powerful effort from the edge of the penalty area that rattled the crossbar.

Bangor 1876 results – 2021-22 season

July 3: Pentraeth (home – North Wales Coast West Premier Division) 9-0 (Les Davies 3, Gethin Thomas 2, Chris Jones 2, Jamie Petrie, Cameron Barry)
July 7: Pwllheli (home – NWCWPD) 3-2 (Gethin Thomas, Joe Culshaw, Tomos Clarke)
July 10: Menai Bridge Tigers (home – Welsh Cup R1) 8-2 (Chris Jones 4, Cameron Barry 2, Les Davies, Gethin Thomas)
July 17: Blaenau Amateurs (away – FAW Trophy) 4-0 (Les Davies, Gethin Thomas, Chris Jones 2)
July 21: Aberffraw (home – NWCWPD) 6-0 (Gethin Thomas, Tomos Clarke, Chris Jones, Les Davies 2, 1 pen, Sam Roberts)
Aug 7: Amlwch Town (home – FAW Trophy) 9-2 ( (Aaron Heald 2, Tomos Clarke, Chris Jones, Sam Roberts, Les Davies, Dylan Williams, Luke Steele, Jamie Petrie)
Aug 11: Amlwch Town (away – NWCWPD) 9-0 (Sam Ashworth, Les Davies 2, Jamie Petrie 2, 1 pen, Joe Culshaw, Gethin Thomas 2, Harry Galeotti)
Aug 18: Gaerwen (away – NWCWPD) 9-1 (Tom Clarke 2, Cameron Barry 3, Harry Galeotti, Joe Culshaw, Les Davies, Ben Owen)
Aug 21: Halkyn & Flint Mountain (home – FAW Amateur Trophy) 5-2 (Harry Galeotti 2, Chris Jones pen, Les Davies 2)
Aug 28: Gwalchmai (away – NWCWPD) 4-0 (Les Davies 3, Jamie Petrie)
Sep 3: Llanberis (home – NWCWPD) 3-0 (Les Davies, Cameron Barry, Chris Jones)