o40s (West) Workwear Supermarket.com Leagues

26th October
In Division 1 of the o40s (West) Workwear Supermarket.com League, Rockspur defeated Abercwmboi 9-1 with goals by Silitoe (2), James (2), Chapman, Phillips, Matwychuk, Smith and Johnson.

In a thunderous battle between the two Llanelli over 40s sides, Llanelli Town edged Llanelli Reds 3-1 at a wet and windy Penrhos...writes Neil Bryant...Despite both squads training together and being best of friends off the pitch, there was no inch given over 90 minutes in a blood and thunder encounter. Llanelli Reds had an early chance when they tried their luck from distance with a speculative effort which fell agonisingly wide of an empty goal and then had a further opportunity to score but shot straight into the keeper’s arms in the Llanelli Town goal when off his line. The deadlock was broken on 20 minutes when Sam Brown (who else) drilled a direct free kick into the bottom corner of the Reds goal to give Town the lead. A huge 50/50 collision mid half between Paul Davey and Damien Daniels saw the latter leave the pitch as he learned just why his opponent is called ‘The Wall’. Brown doubled his tally just after the hour mark converting a superb assist from Angel Rangel. The Reds deservedly grabbed a goal back with 10 minutes to go when a fantastic free kick from Jamie Harries, destined for the top corner, was met with an equally impressive save from Alex Davies in goal however Paul Davey was on hand to tap in the rebound and set up a thrilling finale. Any hope the Reds had of salvaging a point were extinguished when Steve Devonald added a third goal for Llanelli Town to make sure of the 3 points and maintain their 100% record at the top of the 40s west division 1.

In Division 2, Burry Port secured a fine 1-4 victory away to Pontyclun with goals by Stone (2), Ian Williams and Wayne Williams. Dalton got a consolation for the hosts.....Andrew writes...A well deserved 4-1 win For Burry Port. But a game played with good spirit and both teams had chances with Pontyclun hitting the bar when 0-1

Swansea secured a convincing 6-2 home win against Cwmbach...writes Mark Stephen...The weather was not great, but the football was very competitive. Swansea coming from behind with a strong second half performance to win 6-2. Lots of passion on show from both teams. Scorers for the hosts were Sandford (2), Thomas, Anyadike, Jenkins and a Blakemore OG. Williams and Moulds scored for Cwmbach.

17th October
Llanelli Town hammered Penlan 18-2 with an
unbelievable performance...writes Gotrel...Llanelli moved the ball so quickly from back to front that the Penlan boys couldn’t cope. Llanlli also took their chances with some lovely team goals, including, Sam Brown with, Bartley with 6, Keddle with 2 and O'Sullivan. Credit to Penlan players who never gave in and played to the final whistle and scored two of their own through Maunder and Shannon.

12th October
In Division 1 of the o40s (West) Workwear Supermarket.com League, Upper Rhondda beat Abercwmboi handsomely 10-1 with Sweet (4), Morris (2), Howells, Llewellyn, Taylor and a Hinksman OG. Welch scored a consolation for the visitors. Rockspur secured a fine 5-1 victory at home to Briton Ferry Llansawel. Connochie, Edwards, Stone, Smith and Matwychuk on target. Parry got ‘Ferry’s’ consolation.

In Division 2, Pontyclun secured an emphatic 4-0 victory at home to Swansea with goals by Gav Davies (2), Rogers and Craig Jones. The match between Cwmbach and Burry Port was abandoned, with Cwmbach leading 3-0, when Burry Port player, Darren Mahoney, was badly injured...we wish him a speedy recovery!

5th October
In this Division 1 match Abercwmboi suffered their second big defeat in a fortnight at the hands of Llanelli...writes Paul Davey....A competitive game that was closer than the scoreline suggests. Llanelli Reds opened the scoring with Paul Davey heading in from a corner. A few minutes later Jon Gill doubled the lead with Jamie Harries providing a second assist. Abercwmboi pulled a goal back after good work down the right side resulting in a cross that was headed onto the crossbar before hitting the back of goalkeeper Gary Evans and ending up in the net. Abercwmboi then equalised from a free kick crossed to the far post for Darren Blandon to head in. Llanelli Reds managed to regain the lead before half time with Jon Gill running onto a through ball to slide it passed the keeper. Second half Llanelli Reds managed to increase their lead early on with Dean Davies finding the net. After 60 minutes with the game becoming a bit more stretched Llanelli took control and added a further 6 goals with Dean Davies taking his tally to 5 and John Gill 4. Abercwmboi also grabbed a third late on through Craig Howells.

28th September
In the second round of matches in Division 1 of the o40s (West) Workwear Supermarket.com League, a hat-trick by Mal Jones secured Upper Rhondda a fine 1-3 away win against Briton Ferry Llansawel, who scored through Gowen. Llanelli Town thumped Abercwmboi 14-2.......Williams put Aber ahead, but 8 goals by Brown, 4 by Bartley and a further 2 by Thomas secured a handsome victory for Last seasons champions. Howells got a further consolation for the hosts. Llanelli Reds didn’t fare so well, going down 2-0 to Penlan who scored through Jenkins and Eames in a game described by....Toddy...as a cracking battle, played in great spirit!

Plenty of goals in the second round of matches in Division 2 of the o40s (West) Workwear Supermarket.com League, where Burry Port secured a fine 5-2 win over Pontyclun through Williams (2), Stone, Ceri Evans and Dylan Evans. Davies and Jones scored for the visitors. Tata Steel won by the same score-line at Swansea with goals Williams (2), Lobo, Jenkins and Johnson. Anyadike and Sandford were on target for the Swans. A goal-fest at Cwmbach Rec with the visitors, Afan Lido, securing a 6-3 victory with goals by Reynolds (3), Kinsey, Barness and Watkins. Moulds, Price and Sexton were on target for Cwmbach.

15th September
Division 1
Llanelli Town got off to a fine start in the o40s WEST League division 1 with a 6-1 win against Briton Ferry Llansawel through a hat-trick a-piece for Brown and Keddle. Jones got Ferry’s consolation.

Division 2
The o40s WEST League division 2 got underway with Pontyclun recording a fine 7-2 win over Cwmbach with goals Rogers (2), Jones (2), Ackland, Hughes and Lewis. Pitt and Price were on target for the visitors.