Tonight’s fixtures in the Novira Cymru Premier – plus report on Colwyn Bay v Connah’s Quay Nomads

NOVIRA CYMRU PREMIER FIXTURES PHASE ONE – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 (7.45 pm)

Barry Town United v Ammanford
Connah’s Quay Nomads v Airbus UK Broughton
Holywell Town v Colwyn Bay
Llandudno v Caernarfon Town
Penybont v Briton Ferry Llansawel
The New Saints v Flint Town United
Trefelin BGC v Cambrian United

NOVIRA CYMRU PREMIER – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Colwyn Bay 2 (Davies 53, Forde 66)
Connah’s Quay Nomads 1 (West pen 9)

Colwyn Bay came from behind to maintain their perfect home record in the Cymru Premier with a 2-1 win over Connah’s Quay Nomads at the Blue Turtle Arena on Saturday.

It was Bay’s first top-flight victory over the Nomads, who dropped to fifth place, while the Seagulls rose to eighth.

Quay opened the scoring after just eight minutes as Ethan Roberts’ foul on Callum West inside the area resulted in a penalty, which West calmly converted into the bottom corner to bag his fifth goal of the season.

Darren Stephenson, who was making his first competitive start for the Nomads, had the ball in the back of the net shortly after West’s opener, but the goal was quickly ruled out as Mark Halstead was deemed to have two hands on the ball when the Colwyn Bay goalkeeper was dispossessed by the Jamaican forward.

The Nomads defended well for the remainder of the first half, but Bay were back on level terms just eight minutes after the restart thanks to Jordan Davies’ powerful strike into the roof of the net from an extremely tight angle, which brought a loud cheer from most of the 1,102 fans in attendance.

Michael Wilde’s side completed the turnaround with 66 minutes on the clock as Nathan Peate knocked Josh Williams’ corner down for Sol Forde, who slammed into the net from close range to score his first goal since November.

Bay saw out the fiery closing stages to secure their fourth straight home win and end Connah’s Quay’s six-match unbeaten run.