Big game analysis: Kinmel Bay v Llangefni Town – North Wales Coast Women’s League 2.11.2025

MATCH ANALYSIS

KIA LLANDUDNO NORTH WALES COAST WOMEN’S LEAGUE

Kinmel Bay 0
Llangefni Town 3 (Brown 10, Lowe 32 & 64)

Watching the way Llangefni Town defended on Sunday, it is not difficult to understand why they have conceded so few goals this season.

However, at the other end of the field there has been a major development which could hold the key to Cefni’s chances of being crowned champions of the North Wales Coast League.

The twin strike force the Ynys Môn side employed at fellow undefeated outfit Kinmel Bay have a combined age of 35.

Milly Lowe, aged 17, scored twice at Y Morfa, while 18-year-old Amber Brown made it 10 goals in six games by also finding the net in the 3-0 victory.

It was about as emphatic a three-nil win as you could get. The visitors had umpteen chances to add to their tally with only the heroics of keeper Shelby Wild denying them.

The pace and power of Lowe and Brown caused endless headaches for a defence which has been performing pretty well themselves this season.

Llangefni’s leading all-time goalscorers, Jess Jones (83 goals) and Jen Cox (55) have been unavailable for a considerable period and this left the manager Dan Gregg with a potential problem this term.

Good strikers don’t grow on trees, but Cefni’s chief has managed to find a pair of gold nuggets in Lowe and Brown, another excellent young prospect in Elin Roberts, as well as retaining the ever-reliable Ellie Coulson, a virtual ever-present since the start in 2021-22 with 54 goals recorded.

With Jess Jones’ fitness after knee surgery improving all the time, that goals unit has the potential to become even more dynamic.

So at the back and up front, Llangefni look very much like title contenders, but how about the centre of the park?

While youth leads the way in attack, it is largely experience which makes the midfield so potent.

Ffion Owen, winner of endless domestic honours in her career, was outstanding on Sunday, playing with all the zest and craft of a female Iniesta.

Cerys Gadd too, an Ynys Môn legend and another with a crammed medals cabinet, was so assured and decisive, while Lowri Thomas and Llinos Hughes produced great shifts.

Some of those players not in the squad on Sunday, such as Nia Ginnelly, keeper Mia Gleave, defender Carys Lock, all have the ability to play key roles in the months ahead.

In defence, the ever-dependable keeper Katie Spruce, Marissa George, Beth Jones, Mared Roberts and the amazingly hard-working Catrin Roberts (defence/midfield) hardly allowed a very capable home side a sight of goal.

Llangefni really looked the part on Sunday, sharp, non-stop energy, determination, and if anyone does manage to finish above them this season they will surely win the title.

As for Kinmel Bay, it is rare to be writing so little about them and much more about the opposition.

They came strong during last season, have been outstanding in the current campaign overall, although second best in the Welsh Cup at Flint and on Sunday versus Llangefni.

Yet in their latest game, they just didn’t get going.

No doubt the absence of midfield general Seren Williams through what appears to have been an unfortunate suspension, played a part.

Williams would surely have made life tougher for Owen, Gadd and Thomas in the centre and given Bay more of the impetus they lacked going forward.

But it is far from all gloom and doom for the Morfa side.

They have lost one league game, that is all. Bay are still right in the mix, along with NFA and Pwllheli, both of whom they have beaten this season.

One off-colour performance does not make them a poor side. They have young talent up front too, who will have better days.

And the goalkeeper Wild is always going to earn them points.

I was expecting there to be only one goal in it on Sunday, the game didn’t map out as I thought it would.

Llangefni launched like a rocket and never stopped zooming. They laid down a serious marker for the rest of the season, but no matter how good a win might be, the reward is always the same – three points.

Town will know there’s a long way to go, the management will ensure heads stay focused and feet are kept on the ground.

As I said in another article recently, Tier 3 in North Wales is on the up. We saw major evidence of that on Sunday.