Monmouth Town 2 AFC Llwydcoed 3

It was case a case of after the Lord Mayor's show for Monmouth 's Kingfishers as last Wednesday's brave performance against Cwmbran Town was rendered null and void with a second half horror show against title challengers Llwydcoed.

Two nil up at the break courtesy of goals by Rogers and Palmer and facing the second half against a ten man Llwydcoed, who had seen their 'keeper dismissed as early as the twenty fifth minute, the home supporters could have been forgiven for expecting a mature performance to see off spirited by limited opponents.

What they got was a send half performance so lacking in discipline and heart that Llwydcoed simply blew them away with two goals in the final five minutes, the winner with the last kick of the game.

For almost the entire second half Llwydcoed showed the necessary desire and commitment, constantly outnumbering a labouring midfield and overlapping at will to create panic every time they reached the Monmouth Town penalty area.

The Kingfishers simply had no answer to the barrage despite manful performances by Davies and Alderdice at the heart of the back four and plenty of attitude by Smith and Wookey.

Town Chairman Lee Robson didn't mince his words afterwards "To say I'm not happy at the moment is an understatement. We played well against Cwmbran midweek and agreed that we have set a standard for ourselves. Then we just go through the motions.

"We simply cannot expect to compete at this level if we have no game plan and if we're happy for players to do as they please. Good as they are individually, too many went missing today and will shrug it off and expect to play next week. I hope that's not the case." This Saturday Town are at home to fellow strugglers Seven Sisters

Cwmbran Town 4 Monmouth Town 3 (aet)

Monmouth Town's brave Kingfishers came within inches of a famous victory at Cwmbran Stadium last Wednesday having fought back from a goal and 2-1 down.

Against the run of play the Crows struck first when a long throw was flicked in by the home striker. The second half was much the same pattern with both sides keen to keep the ball on the floor and on 62 minutes Bowen caught the keeper in possession, kept his composure to round him and roll the ball home.

Just five minutes later Town were undone as they lost possession in midfield and the long ball caught Harris on the wrong side and the ball was tucked past Williams. Cue new signing Sam McCoy. His horrible first touch in Town's colours belied his second as he latched on to the ball on the edge of the area and clipped the ball home for the equaliser.

Town had much the better of the late exchanges but were nervous in front of goal when with the last kick of the normal time McCoy eased past his marker and sent in a dangerous cross that somehow failed to go in. Extra time saw McCoy go close again and Palmer and Rogers forcing saves but a hopeful cross to the back post was headed back across the Town goal and Cwmbran took the lead. Moments later Williams flapped at a cross and in the ensuing melee Cwmbran made it four. Town did have time to launch a late rally as again good work by McCoy set up Rogers to finish smartly and at the death Palmer had a goal bound effort well saved by the keeper.