MATCH OF THE DAY – CPD Y Rhyl 1879 v Nantlle Vale: All the game highlights

Rhyl 1879 on the attack. Picture: RHYL 1879 SOCIAL MEDIA – with thanks

ARDAL NORTH WEST – DECEMBER 14

CPD Y RHYL 1879 6 (Foulkes 14 & 41, D Proctor 25 & 81, Fleming 59 & 73)
NANTLLE VALE 1 (Griffiths 43)

Results – Saturday, December 14

CPD Rhyl 1879 6-1 Nantlle Vale
Llangefni Town 9-1 Conwy Borough
Llannefydd 4-0 Porthmadog
Llanrwst United 2-0 Menai Bridge Tigers
Pwllheli 2-2 NFA FC
Trearddur Bay 0-3 St Asaph City

Six of the best from CPD Y Rhyl 1879 put them within three points of leaders Porthmadog, who suffered a stunning 4-0 defeat at Llannefydd.

Rhyl were dazzling from start to finish today and should have won more emphatically.

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

(Dave Jones reporting from the Hops and Barley Community Stadium)

2 min: Jason Foulkes corner to the back post reaches Dylan Proctor, who lashes against the frame of the goal

4 min: Foulkes corner, Jordan Worthington heads down but Proctor fires wide on the turn

7 min: Thumping Proctor volley pushed over the bar by keeper Oliver Rhys Jones

14 min – GOAL: FOULKES shows great sharpness to steal the ball, advance and score with a 20-yard beauty. RHYL 1879 1 NANTLLE VALE 0

16 min: Proctor heads wide from great Tom Kemp cross

18 min: Nantlle high ball into the box finds Danny Bell totally free, but his header is well saved by Adam Reid.

22 min: Slack defending frees Vale’s Llion Griffiths one-on-one with Reid, but the keeper triumphs again

24 min – GOAL: DYLAN PROCTOR gets in behind the away defence and applies a lethal finish past Jones. RHYL 1879 2 NANTLLE VALE 0

27 min: Moment of the game. Proctor breaks forward and hits a sensational left-footed curler which rattles the bar.

41 min – GOAL: FOULKES delivers a sublime finish from the left, finding the net when many probably expected a cross. RHYL 1879 3 NANTLLE VALE 0

43 min – GOAL: Almost instant response from the visitors. LLION GRIFFITHS beats offside trap, rounded Reid and finds the empty net. RHYL 1879 3 NANTLLE VALE 1

45 min: Worthington header from another pinpoint Foulkes corner is cleared off the goal-line by Dewi Cooke.

HALF TIME: Rhyl 1879 3 Nantlle Vale 1

52 min: Dylan Proctor IS human. He misses from close range after great build-up between Worthington and Billy Holmes.

61 min – GOAL: Reece Fairhurst sends a precision chip over the Vale defence into PAUL FLEMING, who finishes with ease. RHYL 1879 4 NANTLLE VALE 1

75 min – GOAL: FLEMING strikes again from short range, Dylan Proctor with the assist. RHYL 1879 5 NANTLLE VALE 1

76 min: Nantlle’s only goal threat of the second half sees Griffiths’ attempt deflected wide

82 min: Rhyl sub Chris Bennett is foiled by a goal-line clearance

83 min – GOAL: DYLAN PROCTOR makes it 15 goals in 11 games – and 14 in his last seven – from a Kemp assist. RHYL 6 NANTLLE VALE 1

87 min: Proctor denied a deserved hat-trick by the legs of excellent keeper Jones. On another day, the striker would have had six at least.

FULL-TIME: Rhyl 1879 6 Nantlle Vale 1

TEAMS

RHYL 1879
Adam Reaid, Calum Proctor (Dan Wright 69), William Holmes, Tom Kemp, Reece Fairhurst (c), Jordan Worthington (James Hay 56), Lewis Hodson (Chris Bennett 69), Jason Foulkes (James Stevens), Dylan Proctor, Paul Fleming, Jonny Bravo Pinto (Sam Reynolds 57).

NANTLLE VALE
Oliver Rhys Jones, Rob Daniels, Dewi Cooke, Mathew Davies, Dylan Williams, Osian Jones, Math Jones (c). Llion Griffiths, Elis Williams, Kevin Lloyd, Danny Bell. Subs: Cai Rowling, Osian Hughes-Jones, Ceirion Hall.

ATTENDANCE: 189