Before this match Caerleon had won only one and lost eight of their nine home games. A couple of weeks ago this would have been a banker away win but with changes that have taken place that was no longer a probability. But with four minutes left on the clock we were two ahead and looking good for a first win at Caerleon. They were pushing forward looking for some consolation but unfortunately they got a second bite of the cherry and earned an unlikely point.

We started the game well and took the lead after 4 minutes when Remi Whitelock perfectly delivered a right wing corner onto the head of Shaun Morgan who buried his header giving the keeper no chance. This was just what we needed and it's the first time we've been in the lead at Caerleon. Daniel Lancey cut in from the left and squared the ball to the waiting Shaun Morgan but the ball was cut out by a defender just before it reached Shaun who was well placed in the area. On the quarter hour Adam Carpenter played a diagonal ball into the box and found Corey Thomas in space but his first time shot lacked power and was easily saved by the keeper. A rare Caerleon attack was broken up but there was an element of panic in the defence, something that was going to come back and haunt us in the dying minutes. Having cleared the ball we again played Corey Thomas into the box but again his shot lacked power and the chance was lost. Another Remi Whitelock corner was headed out by the defence to Matthew Beynon who was lurking unmarked beyond the far post but his first time shot hit the side netting. Rory McCreesh wasn't called into action until the 28th minute and he comfortably held a 30 yard shot, the ball was played forward to Scott McCoubrey who cut in and shot from 30 yards. There was plenty of power in the shot and the ball was swerving but the keeper managed to keep it out. 5 minutes before the break Rhys Williams, Scott McCoubrey and Shaun Morgan combined and Shaun played the ball in for Adam Carpenter but the Caerleon defence once again just intercepted.

Straight from the restart Caerleon attacked and Rory McCreesh dived to his left to make a comfortable save. Scott McCoubrey tried his luck with a 30 yard free kick which went just over the bar. Caerleon responded with a free kick of their own but again their effort went over the bar. Daniel Lancey was having a good game on the left and after Matthew Beynon found him with a cross field pass he beat the defender but shot just wide. We should have gone two up after 64 minutes when their keeper fumbled a Scott McCoubrey free kick, Matthew Beynon followed up and shot from a couple of yards, the keeper was still on the floor but he stuck his leg out to divert the shot over the bar. Another fine passing movement saw Mika Chunuonsee lay the ball into Shaun Morgan's path and his shot from the edge of the box was inches wide. After 69 minutes we got the goal we deserved, Daniel Lancey again cut in from the left and he shot wide of the keeper and into the right hand side of the goal. Yet another free kick for us almost gave us a third goal, again we combined well and Shaun Morgan's shot was saved by the keeper at the expense of another corner. Out of the blue Caerleon pulled a goal back on 87 minutes when they played a free kick into the area, we struggled to clear it with a couple of players miskicking. The ball was played to the far post where Luke Cueto who had played full back all the game headed in. Straight from the kick off Matthew Beynon conceded a free kick 20 yards out but they fired it straight into the wall and we cleared it but Caerleon had their tails up now and kept pressing forward. We were unable to cope with this and it was no surprise that in the 93 minute Cueto was there to head in what 10 minutes earlier was an unlikely equaliser.

Lido side:
Rory McCreesh, Matthew Beynon,  Remi Whitelock,  Justin Williams, Rhys Williams,  Mika Chunuonsee,  Daniel Lance,  Adam Carpente,r  Shaun Morgan, Corey Thomas, Scott McCoubrey.

Subs:
12  James McEvoy for Scott McCoubrey 89
14  Craig Langdon for Daniel Lancey 91
15  Andrew Collins
16  Vince Lewis

Match Report by Peter Reynolds

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