Match report: Ardal North West – Llangefni Town v Trearddur Bay

Callum Parry (all yellow strip) on the ball for Trearddur Bay. ALL PICTURES: SEAN CHADWICK

ARDAL NORTH WEST LEAGUE – AUGUST 4, 2026

Llangefni Town 2 (Mansoor pen 45, C Williams 82)
Trearddur Bay 4 (O Hughes 29, 80, McCaffery 70, Gibbs 75)

Trearddur Bay’s first game of the campaign was a short drive up to Llangefni for the first Anglesey derby of the season.

With both teams eager to get their season off to a winning start, it only took until the 19th minute for the first meaningful incident, with Llangefni’s Dion Jones shown a straight red card for a reckless challenge on Bay’s Tomos Hughes.

With the man advantage, it was a chance for Trearddur to take control of the game, and 10 minutes later the deadlock was broken when Osian Hughes swept home a cross from Joe Todd.

Chances were few and far between from then on, and although Bay had a lot of the possession, Llangefni equalised on the stroke of half time. Dan Williams adjudged to have brought down Llangefni’s Ifan Mansoor in the box, who stepped up to score the penalty.

Trearddur Bay new signing Ashley Ainsworth battles for the ball

It took until the 70th minute for the next goal, with Todd picking up his second assist of the game, when he controlled the ball and fed it through to Sean McCaffery on the edge of the box who scored in the bottom corner.

Bay were firmly in control of the game 5 minutes later, when Jay Gibbs, who had only been on the pitch a matter of minutes, curled home a free kick into the bottom corner from just outside the box to make it 3-1.

It was 4-1 five minutes later, with good work on the right from debutant Ashley Ainsworth against his former club, his shot ricocheting of both posts before being tapped in by Osian Hughes for his second of the evening.

Llangefni claimed a consolation with 2 minutes to go. Former Trearddur Bay player Clive Williams headed in from a corner to make it 4-2 but Bay held on to take the points.

Llangefni keeper Oliver Rhys Jones collects a cross

Roedd gêm gyntaf Bae Trearddur y tymor yn daith fer i Langefni ar gyfer gêm ddarbi gyntaf Môn y tymor hon.

Gyda’r ddau dîm yn awyddus i gychwyn y tymor gyda buddugoliaeth, dim ond tan y bedwaredd funud ar bymtheg y bu’n rhaid aros am y digwyddiad sylweddol cyntaf; dangoswyd cerdyn coch uniongyrchol i Dion Jones o Llangefni am daclo’n fyrbwyll ar Tomos Hughes o’r Bae.

Gyda mantais o un dyn yn fwy, roedd yn gyfle i Trearddur gymryd rheolaeth o’r gêm, a deg munud yn ddiweddarach, sgoriodd Osian Hughes o groesiad gan Joe Todd. Prin oedd y cyfleoedd wedi hynny, ac er bod y Bay yn meddu ar y bêl am gyfnodau hir, llwyddodd Llangefni i gyfartalu’n yn amser ychwanegol yr hannar cynta. Barnwyd bod Dan Williams wedi tynnu Ifan Mansoor o Llangefni i lawr yn y blwch cosbi, ac fe sgoriodd Ifan y gic gosb ei hun.

Bu’n rhaid aros tan y seithfed funud ar hugain arall (y 70fed funud) am y gôl nesaf; cofnodwyd yr ail gymorth o’r gêm i Joe Todd wrth iddo reoli’r bêl a’i phasio ymlaen i Sean McCaffery ar ymyl y blwch, a sgoriodd hwnnw yn y gornel isaf.

Two-goal hero Osian Hughes (10) gets a shot off for Trearddur Bay

Roedd y Bae mewn rheolaeth lwyr o’r gêm bum munud yn ddiweddarach pan sgoriodd Jay Gibbs – a oedd newydd ddod i’r cae – gic rydd hyfryd i’r gornel isaf o’r tu allan i’r blwch i wneud y sgôr yn 3-1.

Newidiodd y sgôr i 4-1 bum munud yn ddiweddarach yn dilyn gwaith da ar yr asgell dde gan Ashley Ainsworth – a oedd yn gwneud ei ymddangosiad cyntaf yn erbyn ei gyn-glwb – wrth i’w ergyd daro’r ddau bostyn cyn i Osian Hughes ei gwthio i’r rhwyd am ei ail gôl o’r noson.

Llwyddodd Llangefni i gael gôl gysur gyda dau funud yn weddill; peniodd y cyn-chwaraewr Bae Trearddur Clive Williams, y bêl i’r rhwyd o gic gornel i wneud y sgôr yn 4-2, ond llwyddodd y Bae i ddal eu gafael a sicrhau’r pwyntiau.

TEAMS/TIMAU

Llangefni Town
Oliver Rhys Jones, Gari Owen (c), Clive Williams, Caio Inch, Osian Jones, Harry Hughes, Dion Jones, Mo El-Arab, Ifan Mansoor, Dafydd Jones, Iwan Davies. Subs used: Sammy Bzeu, Gwion Parry.
Manager: Sion Eifion Jones

Trearddur Bay
Dan Williams, Joe Williams, Joe Todd, Noa Hughes, Tomos Hughes, Sean McCaffery, Callum Parry, Osian Hughes, Harri Jones, Ashley Ainsworth, Iolo Hughes. Subs used: T C Lennon, Liam Morris, James Leatherbarrow, Sebastian Samuel, Jay Gibbs.
Manager: Paul Pritchard

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