North Wales Coast East: Dramatic decider keeps Amateurs on course for title, six for Kinmel Bay, Rhuddlan hit eight

NORTH WALES COAST EAST LEAGUE – REPORTS APRIL 18

PREMIER DIVISION

CPD Cerrigydrudion 1 Llandudno Amateurs 2

Three points from their home game against Mochdre Sports this Saturday will clinch the North Wales Coast East Premier Division title for Llandudno Amateurs.
Any other outcome and the title race will go down to the final game when second-place Kinmel Bay entertain the Amateurs on May 2.
Llandudno Amateurs earned their strong position the hard way last weekend when they triumphed 2-1 at Cerrigydrudion – with a winning goal from the last kick of the match.
In the first half, Amateurs had a goal disallowed, missed decent chances, but then found the breakthrough in the 43rd minute after some outstanding one-touch football between Ant Tidswell and Joe Jones led to captain Danny Hughes putting away his 16th goal of the campaign.
Cerrig were not lying down and equalised in the 50th minute with an excellent finish from striker Tomos Jones.
As the game went on it became more stretched and tense.
Amateurs were then reduced to 10 men with a 10-minute sin bin for Azz Rogers with 81 gone.
With time ticking and seven minutes of injury time still to play Rogers was allowed back on to even the numbers back up.
Chris Smyth and Hughes forced Cerrig keeper Morgan Edmunds into two great saves as the tension rose..
Then in the 98th minute, Smyth turned and found Lee Thomas who superbly passed the ball calmly into the Cerrig net for his 21st goal this term.
Next up for Amateurs this Saturday is Mochdre Sports, the only team to defeat the Llandudno side in the league this season.

Kinmel Bay 6 Conwy Borough Swifts 0

Promoted Kinmel Bay kept their title hopes alive with a six-goal caning of Conwy at Y Morfa.
Bay have now won five league games in a row in which they have netted 25 goals and not conceded a single one.
To be crowned champions, Kinmel have to hope leaders Llandudno Amateurs either draw with or lose to Mochdre Sports this weekend and then beat the table-toppers at Y Morfa on May 2.
Bay led Swifts 3-0 at the break, Sean Sheridan scoring twice, including a penalty, and Matty Rees also finding the target.
Sheridan was red-carded in the 61st minute, but the home side continued to dominate, Steve Kirk adding a pair before Jacob Jones completed the rout with a penalty.

Rhos United 1 Mochdre Sports 3

Sports made sure of at least fourth place in the Premier with a victory at Eirias Park, Leon Hender, sub Paddy Hold and Rees Brown their marksmen, Adam Williams replying for third-from-bottom Rhos.

DIVISION ONE

Llysfaen 3 Crozzy 4

Crozzy made it back-to-back wins for the first time after taking maximum spoils at the Bananabeu,
Mike Chapman’s double made it 2-0 to the hosts at half time, but the visitors rallied after the break, Joshua Baxter, Sam Rogerson and Aiden McBride putting them 3-2 up.
Crozzy had Baxter red-carded on 83, then Chapman completed another hat-trick with 86 on the clock to make it 26 goals in 14 matches for the club he joined in January.
Still there was a final twist. In the 93rd minute, sub Allan Davies won it for the away side from a McBride assist.

Rhuddlan Town 8 Prestatyn Wanderers 1

Hat-tricks from captain Liam Bowers and Riley Patterson guided Rhuddlan to a thumping home win.
Bowers made it 34 goals for the season and Patterson shot up to 13, while subs Macauley Pollitt and Matthew Parsonage also struck for Town, Dougie Lonsdale replying.