Midweek football round-up: Reports from Ardal Northern, North East Wales, North Wales Coast West and reserve leagues
THURSDAY, APRIL 30
NORTH WALES COAST WEST LEAGUE
Division One
Bethesda Rovers 3 Llanfairpwll 3
Six goals shared between two well-matched teams at Treborth on Thursday night.
Ywain McQuire-Jones put Llanfairpwll ahead on nine minutes, Michael Lewis-Williams levelled after 18 and Morgan Jones made it 2-1 Rovers with 42 on the clock.
Ryan Heyeood struck twice on 48 and 54 to put ‘Pwll back in front, but a 77th minute equaliser from Bethesda captain Harry Pritchard Jones ensured it ended honours even.
NORTH EAST WALES LEAGUE
Reserve Division 1
Mynydd Isa Reserves 3 Brickfield Rangers Reserves 6
With the title already won, champions Mynydd Isa could afford to lose this one to second-place Brickfield Rangers, who ran out 6-3 victors at Argoed.
Jay Richardson scored twice and provided three assists for Brickie, Kian Davies added a pair and there were singles from Edward Pridding and Harvey O’Sullivan.
Micheal Murray, captain Jordan Foster and Jacob Williams replied for the hosts.
Brickfield’s second string strengthened their grip on second. Top scorer Davies knocked in league goals 18 and 19.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
LOCK STOCK ARDAL NORTH WEST
CPD Dinas Bangor City 1876 2 Penmaenmawr Phoenix 0
Seventeen-year-old sensation Connor John – 38 goals for the Development side this season – found the net on his full first-team debut on a night where 1876 were presented with the Ardal North West League championship trophy.
In the 28th minute, John was played through by Dion Jones, held off his marker and raced into the box to apply a great finish.
Carl Jones produced a fantastic save to keep City ahead and the icing on the cake arrived in the fourth minute of added time when Jamie Reed made it 2-0 with his 20th senior goal this season.
Llanrwst United 2 CPD Llannefydd 0
Llannefydd’s run of 12 successive league wins finally came to an end at Parc Gwydir on Wednesday evening.
Callum Parry scored both home goals after 16 and 35 minutes respectively to boost his season’s total to 31 in all competitions. He is the ANW’s third-highest scorer on 25 goals.
CPD Pwllheli 3 CPD Y Felinheli 2
A close fought battle saw Pwllheli emerge victorious with goals from Marcus Banks, Hari Lambe and Sion Roberts, Byron Davis and Ryan Cain replying for Felinheli.
LOCK STOCK ARDAL NORTH EAST
Cefn Albion 1 Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant 1
Billy Clarke’s 39th minute strike gave Llanrhaeadr a half time lead, but a Torne Samuels penalty after 71 rescued a point for Albion.
Kerry 2 Knighton Town 2
Knighton suffered a setback to their hopes of finishing second and attaining a promotion play-off as they were held 2-2 at Kerry.
Luke Mumford and captain Barry Bellis struck for the hosts, Adam Farmer and Callum Stead on the mark for the visitors.
FAW NATIONAL RESERVE LEAGUE NORTH
Championship Conference
Mynydd Isa Under-21s 3 NFA Under-23s 2
An exciting evening at Argoed as NFA’s title hopes were crushed by a Mynydd Isa outfit who will finish champions themselves if they win their final two games against Llanrwst United Reserves (away) and Bala Town Under-21s (home).
NFA led twice through David Wallis and Lucas Edwards, but Isa turned the tables, sealing three points through a Kieran Jones double and James Sparrow’s dramatic winner on 92 minutes.
NORTH EAST WALES LEAGUE
Division 1
Castell Alun Colts 4 Chirk AAA 1
Joshua Stennett, Ethan Cooke, Luca Nardo and Nathan Davies split the goals as Castell Alun whipped relegated Chirk, whose reply came via Nathan Tombs.
Reserve Division 2
Greenfield Reserves 1 Penyffordd Lions Reserves 0
Morgan Evans scored the only goal of the game on 37 minutes to clinch the points for Greenfield.
Penyffordd manager Richard Davies was sent off for dissent.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28
ARDAL NORTH WEST
Trearddur Bay 0 Prestatyn Town 2
Prestatyn made it 12 league games without defeat and clinched fourth place in their first season under manager Aden Shannon.
Town completed a double over Trearddur Bay on Tuesday night, Jake Walker on target in the first half and Antonio Jacovelli doubling the advantage on 51 minutes.
NORTH WALES COAST LEAGUE WEST
Division One
CPD Cefni 2 Llangoed and District 0
Kieran Owen and Tyler Mapp knocked in the first half goals which won the day for Cefni, who ended a sequence of nine matches without a victory.
Cefni had lost their last five meetings with the Puffins but gained revenge at Plas Arthur.