01/11/2025

Ardal North West

Lleoliad / Venue:Stadium Glannau Dyfrdwy / Deeside Stadium

k.o 2.00pm

A highly enjoyable afternoon at the Deeside Stadium in which Port secured their 9th win in the Ardal N. West league.

Played on a heavy pitch after recent torrential rain, both sets of players took a while to adapt to the conditions.

Josh Cooke was the first to be tested after a freekick was given out on the left wing, but he managed to push it to safety, only for Harris Thomas’s header from a Lewis Williams cross after only 6 minutes gave Town the lead.

Port stepped up and Danny Brookwell’s effort from outside the box took a deflection just over the bar, but in the 15th minute a clearance from Josh Cooke found Dan Atkins who ran through and slotted the ball past the Town goalkeeper Elliott Jones to make it 1-1. On 17′ Port’s Jonny Bravo’s effort was blocked by Jones and cleared to safety and a quick break away by Town’s Pascal Gomez was dealt with by Cooke.

On 20′ Brookwell’s inswinging corner was met by Sam Reynolds who headed Port into a 2-1 lead.

It was Town who nearly equalised on 34′ but Cooke saved superbly to deny their forward. Port quickly broke away and Brookwell found his way into the box only to be clipped from behind, up stepped Cai Jones to take the penalty, but the 18 year old Town goalkeeper pulled off a great save only for Cai to slot in the rebound to make it 3-1 to Port. Town’s Jonathan Taylor was shown a 2nd yellow card for dissent after been shown a yellow card just 10 minutes earlier for kicking the ball away after commiting another foul. Caio Evans had an effort just wide of the post on the stroke of half time.

Half time 1-3

Town’s 10 men started the 2nd half brightly and had plenty of posession without creating clear cut chances, but on 53′ Harris Thomas collected the ball from Lewis Williams and from the half way line his audacious wind assisted attempt caught Cooke out and found itself in the back of the net to make it 2-3.

Game on or so we thought, but Brookwell had other ideas as he broke into the box after a pass from Caio Evans and from the byline he manged to squeeze the ball between Jones and the post to make it 2-4 much to the relief of the Port contingent.

On 67′ Town’s Pascal Gomez found himself in space only for his effort to go wide of the Port goal.

Danny Brookwell scored his 2nd goal for Port after 69′ as he broke into the Town box past 3 players and blasted it past Jones to make it 5-2 to Port.

Port were now in total control and on 77′ Dan Atkins ran down the left wing and a perfect cross was met by Sam Reynolds who made no mistake, to make it 6-2 for Port. On 84′ Sam Reynolds cross into the box was finished off by Dan Atkins at the far post to make it 7-2.

In the final minutes Josh Cooke pulled off a spectacular save by the right post to deny Town a third goal.

Port are in 7th heaven this evening and back on top of the league with 27 points having played one more than Bangor City 1876.

Thanks to the travelling support.

Next up home to NFA next Saturday k.o.2.30pm

Connahs Quay Town: Elliot Jones, Jonathan Taylor, Leon Bennett, Ross Sinclair, Lewis Williams (N Raby 77′), James johnson, Alister Randles (T Lemon 81′), Pascal Gomez, Daniel Horton, Harris Thomas (J Dempsey 82′), Raynor Gray (J Hancock 77′)
Red: Jonathan Taylor (25′ & 35′). Yellow: Lewis Williams 11′, Raynor Gray 22′,

Porthmadog: Josh Cooke, Jake Jones, Jack Rimmer, Gruff John, Ryan Williams, Caio Evans (Sam Carrier 78′), Dan Atkins, Sam Reynolds Jonni Bravo (Rhys Alun 69′), Cai Jones ( Cai Griffith 84′), Danny Brookwell (Sion Williams 69′). Unused sub Meilir Ellis (gk)
Yellow: Jake Jones 5′, Danny Brookwell 24′, Sam Reynolds 48′, Caio Evans 54′,

Dyfarnwr / Referee :- Jason Jenkins
Cynorthwywyr / Assistants :- Finley Walley, N/A
Torf/Attendance: 100

Adroddiad / Match Report: Dylan Rees