Cwmamman United 3

Monmouth Town 3

Monmouth Town's Kingfishers made the long trek to Carmarthenshire and put their defeat at Llansawel behind them grabbing a point from an entertaining game at promotion chasing Cwmamman. The hosts had started the day in fourth place and had won their previous five fixtures and looked confident in the opening exchanges as Town struggled to recover from the 2 hour bus trip.  Matthew Bowen's strike on 18 minutes certainly warmed the travelling supporters as the drizzle and previous rainfall worsened the conditions for players and supporters alike.

 Just minutes later a mistake by Dan Spence led to a whipped shot that skimmed off Williams in the Town goal and was finished emphatically by the home striker. Williams may have done better on a drier day but he could still be pleased with two outstanding stops earlier in the half.

 On the half hour some dazzling footwork by Bowen took him through the home defence and his superb through ball was collected at pace by McCoy who prodded the ball home to make it 2 - 1 to Town. Moments later a superb effort from Dean Palmer cannoned off the cross bar and away to safety as Town  looked to increase their lead.

 After the break the home side were clearly responding to some harsh words from their management as they were altogether a snappier outfit hustling Town players backwards and into mistakes. Town however still looked dangerous on the break and on the hour Tranter's run was ended by a trip in the penalty area and he brushed himself down to take a penalty before departing to a wedding reception in Cardiff. The kick was well saved by the home goalkeeper but the rebound was bundled home by Alderdice allowing Tranter to dubiously claim another 'assist'.

 Simon Wookey's introduction and a reversion to a tighter 4- 5 -1 formation was designed to secure all three points for the Kingfishers but they were undone twice in almost identical fashion failing to adequately challenge for headers at consecutive corners, and ball watching as the knocked down headers were converted from close range.

 Both sides could have gone on to win the game as Bowen, Alderdice and Wookey had efforts thwarted and the Cwmamman strikers missed easier chances. Town boss Robin Pick was however pleased with a point "I'd have taken a point before the game and the performance was a massive improvement on last week. Our first team squad is a bit thin at the moment which is very worrying if we have any more injuries but we've competed really well and we can hopefully get back some of the form we were showing a month ago."

 This Saturday Town are away at Briton Ferry kick off 2.30 before returning to Monmouth on Saturday week for derby game against Aberbargoed

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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