The game started slowly with neither side able to gain an advantage but after 7 minutes Scott McCoubrey made ground down the right but his cross was just too high for Shaun Morgan in the area. From the goal kick the ball was played to Shaun Morgan who lay the ball for Scott McCoubrey who shot first time from 30 yards but it was straight at the keeper. After 10 minutes a free kick conceded by Shaun Morgan was played into our area and some slack marking allowed a snap shot which Rory McCreesh saved turning the ball behind for a corner. That was a good start for Rory and would hopefully give him confidence, we cleared the corner and knocked the ball wide to Daniel Lancey on the right, he cut in and shot across the keeper and was unlucky to his shot hit the post and rebound into play, Corey Thomas had followed in but was too far forward and the ball rebounded past him. 

We had a couple of throws in down the right side and Carl Payne fed Shaun Morgan but he was tackled and the ball cleared, it only went as far as Corey Thomas who played it wide left for Scott McCoubrey. Scott beat a couple of defenders and shot across the keeper and into the net to give us a lead we probably just deserved. This gave us some encouragement and we now picked up the pace of the game and started to control it. However on 21 minutes Rhys Williams in bringing the ball clear lost control and fouled a Croesyceiliog player, it was a clear booking but instead of the players allowing the referee to handle matters several got involved and as a result Shaun Morgan and Jody Jenkins also found themselves in the book. Reminiscent of last week we had a spell just before the half hour when we couldn't clear our lines, however they couldn't take advantage of it with a shot going wide to give us a goal kick. We almost went two up on 35 minutes when Scott McCoubrey and Carl Payne combined down the right and Carl's measured cross for Shaun Morgan was tipped over the crossbar by John Bailey in goal. 

The second goal duly arrived after 42 minutes, it followed a mazy run by Scott McCoubrey who cut in from the right and beat several players before being tripped in the D. Mica Chunuonsee repeated his feat in the Ton Pentre game placing the ball into the top right hand corner giving the keeper no chance. In the first minute of added time Scott McCoubrey made it 3-0, Mica Chunuonsee had the ball left side of the field and played a cross ball to Scott who again cut inside and shot from all of thirty yards giving the keeper no chance low to his right.

Croesyceiliog effectively were now playing for pride and started the second half quite well but they found themselves four down after 50 minutes. We were awarded a free kick which we played short to Carl Payne, he knocked it forward to Adam Carpenter who with his back to goal chested the ball down and turned to fire an unstoppable shot from 20 yards. The keeper got his hands to it but the shot packed too much power for him to save. Croesyceiliog were then awarded a free kick 20 yards out but Rory McCreesh again handled well and threw out to Remi Whitelock to start off another attack. Just before the hour Daniel Lancey again received the ball out wide, he cut in and shot, the keeper turned the ball over for a corner. Corey Thomas and Carl Payne combined well down the right but Carl strayed offside for the final pass. Scott bagged his hat trick on 73 minutes, Shaun Morgan wide right crossed in for Scott but his shot hit the post, he reacted quickest and turned the rebound in for his eleventh league goal of the season. 

The game was well and truly over and it was just a case of seeing if either side could score again, the nearest was in the final minute when James McEvoy combined with Craig Langdon to play the overlapping Carl Payne in but he shot just wide. This was an entertaining game well refereed by Teifion Cook who allowed some excellent advantages to keep the game flowing. The bookings were deserved and handled correctly with all three officials consulting before any cards were shown.

Lido side Rory McCreesh Carl Payne Remi Whitelock Justin Williams Rhys Williams Adam Carpenter Scott McCoubrey Mika Chunuonsee Shaun Morgan Corey Thomas Daniel Lancey

Subs: 
12 James McEvoy for Daniel Lancey 78
14 Craig Langdon for Shaun Morgan 83
15 Luke Borrelli for Adam Carpenter 86
16 Gareth Couch
17 Vince Lewis

Bookings: Rhys Williams and Shaun Morgan 21 mins

Att:51

Match Report by Peter Reynolds

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