The Dinas Powys defence failed all day to cope with the ball being played over the top for our runners to pick up, on another day we might have been close to double figures, yet we should have been behind after 6 minutes when we struggled to clear the ball and a Dinas midfielder shot at the empty goal only to put his shot the wrong side of the post. From the goal kick Scott McCoubrey played a diagonal ball wide to Adam Carpenter but instead of shooting he cut inside and was crowded out. On the quarter hour another ball over the top was picked up by Shaun Best but his shot went over the bar. Luke Borrelli played the ball to Adam Carpenter but with players waiting for a square ball in the box his delivery was poor and the ball was cut out by a defender. Scott McCoubrey had a shot saved by the keeper then on 40 minutes we finally took the lead. Rory McCreesh took a goal kick which found its way to Scott McCoubrey wide right, he cut inside and shot across the keeper into the far corner of the net. Just before the interval we had a free kick 35 yards out in a central position but unlike Wednesday's effort Adam Carpenter's shot hit the wall and was cleared.

We went two up after 48 minutes when the ball was played wide left to Scott McCoubrey who made ground towards the corner flag cut inside and rolled the ball in for Mika Chunuonsee to tap in from a couple of yards. Luke Borrelli picked up a loose ball 35 yards from our goal and played the ball forward for Scott McCoubrey who lobbed the keeper as he came out to net his second of the game. On 67 minutes Craig Langdon replaced Shaun Best and scored with his first touch, again Scott McCoubrey had the ball wide right and crossed low into the area both the keeper and a defender made a hash of clearing the ball and Craig stabbed the ball home from two yards for his first senior goal. It was now only a case of how many we'd score, Mika Chunuonsee took a free kick from 25 yards which from the dug out looked in and Karl Reynolds picked up a loose ball and shot from 25 yards, the keeper made a fine save turning the ball away for a corner. James McEvoy and Craig Langdon combined well down the right wing before Craig crossed the ball but no-one was in the area to take advantage. We made it five on 86 minutes following another sweeping move, the keeper made a save but it rebounded to Scott McCoubrey who drilled in his third of the day. Disappointingly within a minute some sloppy defending allowed Dinas to score and spoil what should have been a clean sheet.

Lido side:
Rory McCreesh, Aaron Keefe, Corey Thomas, Rhys Williams, Shaun Morgan, Karl Reynolds, Luke Borrelli, Mika Chunuonsee, Shaun Best, Scott McCoubrey, Adam Carpenter.

Subs:
12 James McEvoy for Luke Borrelli 74
14 Craig Langdon for Shaun Best 67
15 Vince Lewis for Mika Chunuonsee 87

Match Report by Peter Reynolds

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