Another four goals and three points and being greedy we should have scored more but we produced another fine performance which on times had them bewildered.

In the first couple of minutes Tomos Wellington picked up a loose ball in midfield played it forward to Sam Wade who in turn found Scott McCoubrey, Scott shot wide of goal with Mark Jones closing in at the far post. Corries had a free kick some 35 yards out which hit a player and Leon Cosker did well to save the shot at the expense of a corner. 

Around 20 minutes we finally started to play and a corner was cleared to Sam Wade who laid it off for Carl Payne who shot just wide from the edge of the box. From the goal kick the ball was played to Mark Jones who powered his way into the box but as he shot one of the Corries players managed to get in a block and the ball ran away for a corner. Corries should have taken the lead on 25 minutes when we lost the ball just outside our area, they played a 1-2 but Leon Cosker stood up and blocked the shot. Three minutes later good defending stopped us from taking the lead, Michael Waters knocked in a free kick which was headed out to Mika Chunuonsee who shot first time and a defender suddenly appeared to headed it off the line. 

We did take the lead on 33 minutes and the pressure had been building, we had a free kick 22 yards out in a central position, the keeper failed to hold Michael Waters shot which had bounced just in front of him, the ball was half cleared to Mika Chunuonsee, he shot and again it was blocked but came out to Karl Lewis who fired an unstoppable right footed shot into the net from 12 yards. Just before the interval Mark Jones made it two when Mika Chunuonsee broke up a Corries attack, carried the ball forward about 10 yards then played a long ball forward which caught out the central defence and Mark buried his shot from the edge of the area.

We should have been three up on 47 minutes when Carl Payne split the defence and Mark Jones and Scott McCoubrey both went through on the keeper. Scott went around the keeper to score, problem was he was offside when the ball was played, if Mark had scored it would have stood as he was onside. It didn't come back to haunt us though as we then scored 2 goals in a minute to wrap up the 3 points. After 55 minutes Ian Turner wide right crossed to Mark Jones who headed down, the keeper couldn't hold it and Carl Payne from a couple of yards headed his first league goal at the Marston's Stadium. His previous league goals were at Pontardawe and Garw last season. Almost straight from the kick off we won the ball back and Carl Payne got to the byeline and crossed to Mark Jones who headed down for Sam Wade to shoot, Sam's shot was blocked but Scott McCoubrey reacted first to score. Michael Waters won the ball just inside our half and made ground at speed and crossed into Mark Jones but the keeper made a save. 

With 6 minutes to go Mika Chunuonsee took a free kick from 22 yards but lifted it just over the crossbar and with 2 minutes to go Luke Borrelli picked up a loose ball and passed to Scott McCoubrey, his shot was blocked and fell nicely to Carl Payne but his shot was cleared off the line and away for a corner. In the last seconds of the game Michael Waters passed to Mark Jones on half way, Mark was fouled but the ref played a great advantage and Mark found Scott McCoubrey who made ground and returned the ball to Mark who beat a couple of defenders and from a couple of yards rolled the ball wide of the far post!

Lido Team:
L Cosker - C Payne - S McCourbrey - J Williams - K Lewis - T Wellington - M Waters - I Turner
M Jones - M Chunuonsee - S Wade.

Subs:
12 Luke Borrelli for Sam Wade 70
14 Corey Thomas for Karl Lewis 46
15 Shaun Morgan for Tomos Wellington 65
16  Rory McCreesh

one booking Tomos Wellington 40

Attendance: 39

Match Report by Peter Reynolds

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