JD Cymru North: Llay climb off bottom, Bay hit six, Buckley make it four straight wins

JD CYMRU NORTH

Fixtures

Friday, December 6 (7.45 pm unless stated)

Colwyn Bay v Ruthin Town
Denbigh Town v Holywell Town
Gresford Athletic v Prestatyn Town (7.30 pm)
Llandudno v Mold Alexandra

Saturday, December 7 (2 pm)

Airbus UK Broughton v Caersws
Flint Mountain v Guilsfield
Llay Welfare v Bangor 1876
Penrhyncoch v Buckley Town

MATCH REPORTS – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30

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Buckley Town 2 Bangor 1876 1

All three goals arrived in a five-minute first half spell as fourth-place Buckley made it four straight league wins at the expense of 1876.
Asa Hamilton’s home side broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute.
Dan Holland’s corner created so much confusion in the area that Buckley’s Nick Grogan was able to force the ball home.
Liam Morris equalised two minutes later when he took advantage of a slight misjudgement by Town keeper Ryan Goldston.
Morris was able to retain his composure, keep the ball under control and pass into an unguarded goal.
However, the hosts regained the lead in the 37th minute. A Buckley attack had propelled the ball to the edge of the 1876 area and Connor Littler’s well-hit shot sped into the goal via the left hand post.
The visitors began the second half promisingly, Corrig McGonigle’s free kick fizzing wide.
There could have been an 1876 penalty in the 50th minute when Dale Davies found himself on the grass, but the play moved on.
Buckley ralied and forced the best out of visiting stopper Brad Farrar following a corner.
McGonigle threatened twice before Littler’s shot was well saved by Farrar.
Both sides created chances in the latter stages but the respective keepers were solid, especially home glovesman Goldston, who denied Davies late on.

Colwyn Bay 6 Gresford Athletic 0

Saturday’s six-goal special made 14 straight wins in all competitions and 17 games without defeat for the Colwyn Bay powerhouses.
Bay took just six minutes to break the deadlock as Gwion Dafydd’s low ball was turned home with ease by Craig Lindfield.
The scorer returned the favour two minutes later to set up Dafydd for his 10th league goal of the season.
Lindfield was the provider again for Bay’s third goal, this time for Jamie Cumming in the 36th minute as he tucked away a rebound from close range.
The in-form Lindfield completed his hat-trick midway through the second half with a thumping strike from the edge of the area and a simple finish from a long ball.
Dan Atkins came off the bench to make it six from Joe Williams’ low cross. Michael Wilde’s side have now won their last 11 league matches.

Flint Mountain 3 Prestatyn Town 2

Mountain climbed up to fifth spot with a win which sent Prestatyn to the bottom.
Nonetheless, there were a few positives for the Seasiders’ in their first game under new manager Gareth Thomas.
It was a frantic end to the first half at the Essity Stadium as Jack Parry opened the scoring for Mountain in stoppage time, only for Patrick Hamid to equalise almost immediately with a stunner.
Parry restored Mountain’s lead with a terrific curling effort from the edge of the area on 59, and things got even better for Aden Shannon’s side as a third goal arrived after 67 from Lloyd Ellams – plus a third assist for Mike Hayes.
An own goal from Mountain defender Jordan Williams deep into second half stoppage time was not enough to save Prestatyn from an eighth consecutive league defeat.

Holywell Town 2 Penrhyncoch 1

Jake Cooke scored a stoppage time winner to earn Holywell a dramatic 2-1 victory.
Jamie Breese continued his fine scoring form to put the Wellmen in front two minutes before half-time, tapping home from Danny Andrews’ cross for his seventh goal in five matches.
Penrhyncoch drew level on 75 minutes with a back-post finish from Geoff Kellaway.
That looked to be enough to earn the Roosters a point, until the second minute of stoppage time when Breese’s deflected cross was nodded home by Cooke.

Llandudno 2 Caersws 0

Adam Stephens’ double secured a 2-0 victory for Llandudno over Caersws.
Stephens put the Seasiders in front in the third minute of first half stoppage time as he planted an accurate header beyond Max Williams from Kieran Baker’s cross.
That was all that separated the two sides for the majority of the second half until the 90th minute when Stephens bagged his second of the day and sixth of the season to wrap up the win.

Llay Miners Welfare 3 Denbigh Town 2

Llay lifted themselves off the bottom with a crucial league victory over a Denbigh Town side they also beat 3-1 at The Ring in the Nathaniel MG Cup back in July.
Jon Collo set up Sam John for Llay’s opening goal after just seven minutes, before Collo had the chance to double the lead from the penalty spot on 15, but saw his effort saved by Aaron Jones.
The Welly were made to pay as Owen Davies equalised for Denbigh almost immediately before Iwan Roberts earned the visitors a 2-1 lead at the interval.
However, Collo would redeem himself four minutes into the second half as he headed home from Ruben Lima’s cross to level matters.
The hosts were awarded another penalty on 67 minutes and this time it was Harvey Ellis who stepped up and made no mistake, which proved enough to secure victory.

Mold Alexandra 0 Guilsfield 1

Mold suffered their third straight league defeat on home soil as Guilsfield picked up a 1-0 win at Alyn Park thanks to Iwan Matthews’ fourth league goal of the season.
Matthews put Guils ahead on the stroke of half-time and it was goalkeeper Luke Evans who ensured a clean sheet and all three points as he produced a stunning reaction save to keep out Owen Cordiner’s powerful effort in the second-half.

Ruthin Town 0 Airbus UK 1

George Peers’ fabulous free kick was enough for leaders Airbus to maintain their seven-point lead.
Despite a 37th-minute red card for Ruthin forward Sam Jones, the hosts managed to keep the Wingmakers before the deadlock was eventually broken courtesy of a moment of brilliance from Peers in the 72nd minute.
Peers stood over a free-kick from the edge of the area and curled beautifully past Dan Goldston for his ninth league goal of the campaign and 14th in all competitions.