WELSH CUP: Colwyn Bay win as expected but Kinmel Bay have much to be pleased about

JD WELSH CUP SECOND ROUND

Colwyn Bay 5 (Williams 34, Davies pen 45, Rpbles 45+2, Cumming 71, McGoona 89)
Kinmel Bay 0

Kinmel Bay were winners even before a ball was kicked at the Blue Turtle Arena tonight.

Regardless of the result in this David v Goliath Welsh Cup tie, the Tier 4 club had already been promised the gate receipts after agreeing to switch the game from Y Morfa to the Cymru Premier club’s home ground. Amazing gesture from Colwyn Bay.

The fact an outstanding attendance of 1,152, including a large following from Kinmel Bay, were present at the second round tussle already meant good news financially for the North Wales Coast East Premier Division underdogs.

Kinmel Bay were also winners for having reached this point in the national knockout, eliminating tier 3 sides Llangollen Town and Llanfair United along the way to the last 64.

Testing themselves against the might of the Cymru Premier’s fifth-placed club was always going to be a bridge too far, but nonetheless, the rank outsiders gave a good account of themselves versus Mike Wilde’s Seagulls.

Colwyn Bay pretty much dominated throughout, as expected, defender Sol Forde nodding against the bar and seeing another header brilliantly tipped away by James Roberts, but it was 33 minutes before the hosts opened the scoring with an Aaron Williams lethal finish from Aron Williams’ cross via the right.

Two goals in two minutes right on half-time gave the hosts a comfortable lead at the break with Jordan Davies scoring from the penalty spot after being brought down in the area, moments after a Kinmel attack, and then Uniss Kargbo put in a great run on the left before pulling the ball back for Louis Robles to net number three with a firm left-foot strike.

Numerous chances came and went in the second half with Robles hitting the post and being denied by a double save from Kinmel Bay keeper Roberts. Then 17-year-old ace Max McGoona came on for an mpressive late cameo.

His lovely ball into the area from the right fell perfectly for Jamie Cumming to twist sharply and volley in his first goal of the season to make it 4-0 on 71 minutes.

McGoona then linked up nicely with fellow substitute Issa Kargbo before cutting inside to fire a cracking right foot shot in from the edge of the area.

COLWYN BAY: Seb Osment, Sam Hart (c), Sol Forde (Ben Hoban 77), Jay Owen, Jordan Davies (Max McGoona 57), Louis Robles (Jamie Cumming 57), Ethan Roberts (Igbosa Kargbo 72), Aaron Williams, Rhys Nash, Aron Williams, Uniss Karbo.

KINMEL BAY: James Roberts, Anthony Jones, Ben Cawley, Liam Jones, Mason Richards, Mckenzie Slaven, Josh Williams, Ryan Roberts, Connor Morris, Matty Beach (c), Matty Rees. Subs used: Paul Brady, Jacob Jones, Josh Parry, Tate Walker, Dom Holland.