LLANGOED SHOOTOUT SUCESS SECURES SEMI SPOT

In the two quarter-final cup ties, both home clubs booked a semi-final place leaving the visitors with a dejected return home.

In the KonX Wales Dargie Cup, Llangoed welcomed the holders Llangefni Town, who lifted the trophy after an exciting ninety minutes, an equally exciting period of Extra-time, and a nail-biting penalty shoot-out,
This tie proved to be an exciting affair with one side seemingly in control only then to be pegged back by the other. The visitors had taken an early lead when a corner had not been cleared and with the ball loose in the box was prodded home via a deflection off a defender, but on nineteen minutes, the hosts were level. Again a corner was not cleared and Jamie Roberts fired home from the 6 yard box, Llangefni restored the lead and went in at the break with a 2-1lead.

Llangoed were quick of the mark in the second half and so was Wayne Thomas in a chase for the ball with a defender he showed him a clean pair of heels and ran on to round the keeper [2-2] and so to extra-time where Mark Jones made it 3-2 to Llangoed, only for Cefni to hit two quick goals to lead 4-3 with time almost up. It looked like the holders had one foot in the semi-final as they waited for the final whistle, but as the saying goes.... cometh the hour, cometh the man...and when the referee blew, it was for a throw to Llangoed- NOT the final whistle and with the throw hurtling towards the penalty box amid all the commotion Tom Allen got a head to it to level at 4-4, and set up a penalty shoot out. The men from Llangefni , went on to score two of theirs, but Llangoed had already scored three when Tom Allen – the extra-time `saviour’ netted the fourth and book a semi-final spot.

William Hill Elias Cup
Gaerwen 4 v Llanfairpwll 0
These two sides have met each other in two cup ties already and were well aware of what the other side was capable of, so it was no surprise that the first half was quite even though Llanfair finished the stronger, with captain James McQuarrie heading narrowly over and Jamie Roberts tremendous run ended with him pulling the Ball back to the edge of the six yard box for Ian Hughes who somehow let the ball; run under his feet and the chance was gone and the half-time whistle blown.

If Llan’ had hoped to carry on where they left off they were quickly given a rude awakening, A Llanfair attack was broken down just inside the hosts half, three quick passes and it was in the visitors penalty box, two quick touches and it was in the visitors net put there by Greg Parry [46] . The visitors didn’t learn the lesson and minutes later again lost possession breaking out of dfence and two passes saw Shaun Morris double the Gaerwen lead [48]. That was the turning point and the two Gaerwen scorers each notched a second in the four goal victory