Caerau Ely 2 – 2 Llantwit Major (12th October 2019)

Llantwit Major travelled to Caerau Ely who are currently lying at the bottom of the League Table hoping to continue their excellent away form which has seen them winning their last three away games. However, it was not to be as Llantwit struggled against their opponents and did not play that particularly well on the day and no doubt Caerau will have been disappointed to draw this game having led on two occasions.

Llantwit began the game on the attack and as early as the 2nd minute from a free kick into the Caerau goal area Rob Jones got ahead of his marker but his shot went over the cross bar. Llantwit had an early scare a few minutes later when a mix up between defender Kristian Evans and goalkeeper Jack Lansdown nearly resulted in the Caerau striker nipping in to score but luckily for Llantwit his shot went into the side netting. However, in the 9th minute Llantwit again conceded an early goal when from a Caerau throw in the ball was not cleared away from their own 6 yard box and the loose ball was put away by the Caerau striker David Lyons to open the scoring. Llantwit could not get to grips with the playing conditions and were very poor in their passing and distribution in the final third of the field and did not create any goalscoring opportunities to trouble the Caerau keeper apart from when the Caerau keeper had to make a fine save from a scramble that occurred in the 20th minute following a  Llantwit corner. Half time arrived with again Llantwit finding themselves a goal down at the interval.

The second half began and Caerau immediately went on the attack and were unlucky not to score within a minute of the restart when they hit the cross bar from a header by their striker Rameer Outlaw. Llantwit got back on level terms in the 51st minute when a pass through from Josh Morgan to Rob Jones inside the Caerau goal area saw Rob cross the ball back to Lee Jones who had a simple tap in to score from a yard out. Caerau however retook the lead in the 73rd minute when Llantwit conceded a needless free kick out wide on the touchline and from the resulting free kick did not clear the cross that came into their 6 yard area and  the ball landed at the feet of their striker Rameer Outlaw whose right footed shot from a few yards out restored Caerau’s lead.

In the 77th minute Llantwit suffered a blow when their central defender Kristian Evans had to leave the field with a knee injury which resulted in Llantwit playing the remaining 13 minutes with only 10 men as they had used all their substitutes before the injury to Kristian. Although they were down to 10 men Llantwit managed to equalise in the 85th minute from the penalty spot after centre forward Josh Morgan was fouled in the goal area by the Caerau keeper. Left back Kyran Gardner coolly converted the penalty.

The game therefore ended in a draw which still leaves Llantwit in a mid-table position in the League. Llantwit now take a break from League football as they are now enter the next round of the JD Welsh Cup and entertain mid Wales side Llandrindod Wells at Windmill Lane on Saturday 19th October 2019. Kick Off 2.30pm.

Llantwit’s next League game in the JD Cymru South Championship is home to Pontypridd at Windmill Lane on Saturday 26th October 2019. Kick Off 2.30 pm.

Llantwit Major: Jack Lansdown, Jamie Miller, Kristian Evans, Sean Williams, Kyran Gardner, Jonathan Fletcher (C), Jonathan Butler, Nathan Jones (Harry Davies 56), Rob Jones (Ben Cripps 63), Lee Jones (Nathan Renfree 63) Josh Morgan:

Goalscorers: Lee Jones & Kyran Gardner

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