RAGING BULLS BOUNCE BACK

The Anglesey League, first won by Menai Bridge in season 1897/8, kicked off 16/17, ONE HUNDRED and NINETEEN YEARS later, with four ‘new’ clubs. Two clashed on the opening day, Mynydd LLandegai Re., playing hosts to `returning’ Holyhead Town who were runners-up in season 2010/11.

GAME REPORTS:-
Bryngwran Bulls 2 v 1 Llangoed & District
Andrew Bailey [47] Mitchell Jones [17]
Nathan Lewis [70]

Bryngwran Bulls, fresh from the Sunday League, faced a tough opening day baptism as they welcomed a Llangoed & District team strengthened by a number of astute signings by manager Vinny Walker, The game started brightly with both teams having good spells of possession without really creating chances, but on 11 minutes the ball broke to Mitchell Jones to fire into the top corner from 25 yards out to put the visitors ahead. Llangoed upped their game and poured the pressure on the Bryngwran defence, Wayne Thomas making the keeper pull off a good save from 6 yards out then Craig Jones rounded the keeper only to roll his shot into the side netting.
Bryngwran where limited to shots from 30 yards which never really troubled the goalkeeper and Half time finished 0-1
Within 2 minutes Bryngwran where level when Andrew Bailey found some space out on the left and his cross come shot from 30 yards sailed into the far corner.
Bryngwran were now the aggressors and were pinning Llangoed back in their own half and a sharp turn from Nathan Lewis saw him get goal side of the Llangoed right back to fire home to make the score 2-1 and the way the visitors were now playing they were never going to get back into the game.
Llangoed came close to levelling in the 89th minute when Llion Roberts shot hit the outside of the post , but it was the Bulls who took all three points for a perfect start.

AT lLANDEGAI
Mynydd Llandegai 1 v 3 Holyhead Town Res.
Mark Williams [85] Barry HAIGH [55]
Tom Hedley [65]
Tom Roberts [68]

The first half proved to be a scrappy affair with neither side able to dominate or convert a chance and the half ended goal-less.
The host began the second half well and thought they had broken the dead-lock when Liam Owen tucked the ball away only to be disappointed when the match official ruled it out for offside. This made Holyhead up their game and it came as no surprise when Hot-shot Barry Haigh put them in front [55] and ten minutes later sixteen year old Tom Hadley showed maturity with a classic strike from some 30 yards. Three minutes later Tom Roberts – a right footer, struck a powerful left foot volley into the roof of the net from outside the box.
With the visitors reduced to ten men following `a second yellow’ the hosts pulled one back through Mark Williams [85].

AT VALLEY
Valley 1 v 1 Pentraeth Res.
Jerome Silence [29] Jamie Loftus [84]

Valley entertained Pentraeth Res., in a tight but entertaining contest. Jerome Silence lobbed the keeper to edge Valley ahead and he looked to have doubled the advantage until keeper Cox produced an amazing stop. With time ticking away Valley thought they had done enough for the three points, but with six minutes remaining, Pentraeth were awarded a free-kick some eight yards outside the box and JAMIE LOFTUS levelled with a brilliant strike. lf they were disappointed at that, they were even more so when on ninety minutes Justin Williams struck the `winner’ – or so he thought, only for the match official to rule it out and the points were shared.

The fourth new team Bethesda Res. along with Bodorgan Juniors were without a fixture or their opening day fixture,