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Saturday 22nd October 2011
North Wales Reserve Premier League
Prestatyn Town Res 6 Rhyl Res 0
Derby days are normally tight, tense affairs with the odd goal splitting
the teams but this weeks mini derby was anything but, with both
teams admirably playing younger players and football as it should
be, however Rhyl found Towns youngster really on top form. As early
as the 2nd minute, Towns classy Ben Hoult opened the scoring with
a half volley in the box then 15 mins later came the customary Daz
Hughes goal and just before the break an excellent strike from midfielder
Rhys Lewis sent town in 3.0 to the good. All credit to Rhyl who
came out heads high after the break and for long periods gave as
good as they got with efforts for Jordan Taylor and Danny Jarratt
matching Towns Carl Murray and Rhys Owen's but it was that man Hughes
again on 63 mins who really finished the game as a contest. Both
teams continued to pass the ball and kept going right to the death
when on 88 mins, Nathan Smith battled through to score against his
old club with the icing on the cake added by the outstanding Murray
in injury time. A good win for Town in Morrell's final game in charge
but a great performance by both teams who were a credit to their
clubs.
Central Wales FA Under 18's v North Wales Coast FA Under 18's
Central Wales FA 1 North Wales Coast FA 4
An emphatic display for the visitors in last nights representative
RAM trophy match ended with a comfortable win with the only complaint
being it should have been more! Chris Morrell's youngsters tore
into their Central counterparts from the off with the outstanding
Jamie Mcdaid a constant threat. Within the first ten minutes Josh
Davies, Ben Hoult, Rhys Lewis and Mcdaid all had chances and this
theme continued for the half with only Central keeper Adam Hopley
keeping the score at 0.0 at the break. It looked like it may be
one of those days as Coast failed to break the deadlock however
they started the second half just as well and the pressure finally
deservedly paid off when in the 48th minute, Mcdaid beat his marker
on the wing, drove into the area and smashed across goal for the
opener. A second wasnt far behind with Mcdaid again supplying the
finish from the edge of the box after great work from Caernarfons
Alex Jones & Prestatyns Hoult. With 17 minutes on the clock
Central pulled one back despite two great blocks from Costs Bryn
Jones, Ryan Clemson pounced on a rebound to give hope of an edgy
finish, however on after a scramble in the Central Area on 82 mins,
the excellent Davies grabbed a deserved goal. To cap it off man
of the match Alex Jones of Abergele reacted first in the final minute
to stab home a forth and make the long journey home from Newtown
a happy one for the Coast team.
Tuesday 27th September 2011
Normac Precision Presidents Cup Round 1
Prestatyn Town Res 6 Holyhead Hotspur Res 2
A five goal salvo from super striker Darren Hughes put paid to a
strong Hotspurs team on Tuesday night. Town, again fielding just
4 players over 19 started well and Hughes opened his account on
just 9 mins with a crisp side foot finish. 4 minutes later towns
Ross Hannon finished a sweeping move to go 2 up however Holyhead
had other ideas and a spirited fight back in which they found 2
goals in 8 minutes put them right back in the contest. The pendulum
swung the other way minutes before the half when Hughes scored his
second to send town off in front. The second half became a blitz
with chances falling to Ben Hoult, Rhys Lewis and Ash New but it
was Hughes who continued to finish, with a tap in for his third,
a stunning turn and shot for his fourth and a neat one on one finish
to complete his scoring in the 74th min. Although the scoreline
looked comfortable, Hotspurs never gave up and there gung-ho attitude
would of have them scored again but for good defending from the
excellent Alex Natrass.
Friday 16th September 2011
N.W. Reserve Premier League
Prestatyn Town Res 4 Llandudno Junction Res 1
Town got back to winning ways with an impressive display on Friday
night which really should of seen a bigger scoreline. With only
three players oldover 19 in the team, Towns youngsters dominated
the game with a great passing display and scored the goals they
deserved to in previous games. Chances fell early for Ben Hoult,
Carl Murray and Ashley New but it took until the 22nd min for Ian
Griffith to open the scoring for the only goal of the half. The
second half was a similar story with town starting well and within
2 mins of the restart for Griffith to get his second. A Chris Owens
strike for Junction gave them a little hope but then the outstanding
Rhys Lewis then took over the scoring with two fantastic strikes
to seal the game.
Saturday 10th September 2011
Vale of Clwyd & Conwy Premier Division
Y Glannau 1 Mochdre Sports 7
Mochdre started the game slowly as usual and paid the price, slack
marking by Mochdre gave Glan a chance to have a shot on goal with
dom
donelly curling a shot around the defence , Glan 1-0 up, Mochdre
then
started to play football, heapo beating the offside trap to put
Mochdre
level, from then on the goals just piled up, Danny Jones bagging
one,
with heapo getting his second, josh Jones getting a deserved goal,
half
time 4-1 to Mochdre.
Second half Mochdre put another three past a plucky Glan with,
an own
goal, Danny getting his second and steffan's great dipping header
to
beat the keeper,martin the manager then made 3 subs to give him
a
chance to look at a couple of new players, peter played some nice
touches and nearly scored on his debut.
Saturday 3rd September 2011
Clwyd East Premier League
Sychdyn 2 Caerwys 3
After a humiliating defeat the previous weekend, Caerwys turned
things around boosted by the return of Nick Voyle, Neil Greenough
and veteran defender Jimmy Griffith. Andy Swann scored one of the
quickest goals for Caerwys just after 20 seconds when he dispossessed
a slack back pass to a defender and beat the keeper in off the post
from 18yds. Playing down the slope, the visitors used their pace
against a vulnerable back four and it was no surprise when Neil
Greenough burst through to put his side further ahead on 20 mins.
Greenough then saw another effort on goal disallowed as the ball
looked to be well over the line but the ref was a good distance
away. A Greenough corner just before the break was headed home at
the far post by Nick Voyle to give his team a well deserved lead.
Visiting keeper Sam Gedd making only his second first team appearance
in goal in two seasons didn't let his side down and certainly had
his work cut out in the second half with a couple of brave saves.
Two hotly disputed offside goals put Sychdyn back in the picture
but Caerwys held on for the last quarter of the match with Jimmy
Griffith commanding everything at the back and at the age of 47
the former League of Wales stalwart showed he is still a class player.
Friday 26th August 2011
N.W. Reserve Premier League
Prestatyn Town Res 2 Holywell Town res 2
The points were shared tonight in the season opener for both teams
at bastion gardens, in what was a fair result with both teams not
really doing enough to be worthy of the win. Early uncertainty in
the Prestatyn defence led to the dangerous Callum Pierce capitalising
with an excellent finish to put Holywell one up in 5 minutes. This
however seemed to shake Prestatyn awake and they began to create
numerous chances for Ben Hoult, Ian Griffiths and Alec Williams
with a smart equaliser eventually coming through Jack Roberts on
16 minutes. Just two minutes later Griffiths put the seasiders in
front as Prestatyn bossed the rest of the half. The second half
however was a different story as Holywell started stronger, worked
harder and were the better team resulting in a somewhat fortuitous
but deserved equaliser, when a clearance hit the back of Ryan Petruzzi
and looped into the net. For the last twenty minutes however Prestatyn
threw the book at Holywell and really should have taken the points,
with three guilt edged chances being missed, however overall a point
each was a fair result and with the hard work that newly promoted
Holywell showed, they'll cause a few upsets this year.
Monday 22nd August 2011
Pre-Season Friendly
Prestatyn Town Res 5 Penmaenmawr Phoenix 0
The goals flowed tonight in towns final pre-season game before the
Friday night league kick off against Holywell in what will certainly
be a much tougher test. The speed of the Town forwards caused problems
all night for Pen and after only 8 minutes, Alec Williams opened
the scoring with an excellent finish which was closely followed
by Joe Price heading in from the back post. Town created plenty
of chances but had to wait until the 41th minute when the outstanding
Rhys Lewis started and finished a move to put town 3 up at the break.
Welsh alliance Phoenix continued to work hard but had no real answer
for towns constant attacks, the only surprise being the score was
not more however just after the break Darren Hughes got his customary
goal on 46 minutes and followed that up with his second on 78 to
complete the scoring. Chances continued to fall to town with Ben
Hoult, Nathan Smith and Carl Murray going close but over all a good
run out for town who now start the hard work of trying to emulate
Mark Boultons outstanding league record over the past five years
with town.
Tuesday 16th August 2011
Pre-Season Friendly
Conwy United 4 Prestatyn Town Res 1
An unexpected Conwy Utd first team proved just to strong for a young
Town reserve side and ran out deserved winners at the Morfa tonight.
With an average age of just 18, Town worked hard and at times played
some good football but Conwy played some really good stuff too and
their strength, experience and power saw them run out comfortable
winners in the end although the game was in the balance until the
last twenty minutes. The Musslemen started well and on 6 mins Paul
Cassidy smashed an 'edge of the box' stunning volley to give them
the lead however over the next 10 mins, Town grew in confidence
which resulted in James Cairns equalising with a classy strike on
22 mins. The match was a good contest with both sides creating chances
but town got hit with a killer blow when with 2 mins of the half
remaining Jack Higgins went through to finish in really fine style.
The second hard proved difficult for the young town side as Conwy's
strength began to show however on 64 mins, after Ben Rowley made
several good stops in the Town net, a disallowed goal from Towns
Daz Hughes was strongly debated and would of levelled the tie. Within
6 minutes Conwy put the game out of reach with a great strike from
Chris Quinn and the excellent Ricky Jones completed the scoring
with a well deserved goal on 86. Overall a good run out for both
teams with the physically stronger Conwy continuing their excellent
pre-season.
Saturday 13th August 2011
Pre-Season Friendly
Prestatyn Town Res 3 Rhos Utd 2
An early Daz Hughes goal for Prestatyn seemed to ironically have
the wrong effect on town in what was a poor quality match at Bastion
Gardens. The goal after only 4 minutes, after great work from full
back Ben Cawley, made town over confident at times and a hard working
Rhos side took full advantage. In what was a scrappy game of few
chances, Rhos possibly created the better with two or three efforts
going close before Steve Chegwin powered in an excellent far post
header on 24mins, after good work on the left from Neil Brown. Town
then rallied a little and with the pace of towns front three leading
to several debatable off-side calls, Carl Murray eventually went
through to put town back in front 5 mins before the half. The second
half was more of the same with Rhos dogged in their hard work and
effort but good work from the excellent Rhys Lewis freed sub Joe
Pardoe, who after a great first touch, finished to put the game
seemingly beyond doubt. Rhos though weren't finished yet though
and the goal of the day came after an excellent team move ending
with Brown finishing from six yards on 86 mins.
Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Pre-Season Friendly
Prestatyn Town Res 6 Castell Alyn 1
A second half blitz from town saw them run away with this game against
their Welsh National Premier League counterparts on weds night,
however Castell could have lead from the 6th minute but town keeper
Ben Rowley saved a penalty he had initially given away.From that
point Town created chance after chance and found Castell keeper
Billingsley in amazing form pulling off four or five stunning saves,
this coupled with some wayward finishing took the team in at half
time with no score. Town moved the ball a little quicker in the
second half and within a minute Darren Hughes finished the rebound
from his own shot after another good Billingsley save and thus opened
the flood gates. A second followed for Hughes in the 48th min, then
the game turned into the Darz Hughes show as he completed his hat-trick
with a fantastic chip just five minutes later. A forth was to follow
when Hughes stepped up to smash home a penalty after he was fouled
when through on goal and he completed his scoring for the night
by hitting his fifth in the 77th minute. To their credit Castell
kept going and an excellent finish from their centre half gave them
some consolation but the goal of the night belonged to Rhys Lewis
who then hit a 25 yard stunner in the 81st minute. Some good performances
from Town including 16 year old Tom Kemp and Danny Birtles and overall
a decent pre-season run out for both teams.
Saturday 30th July 2011
Pre-Season Friendly
Llandyrnog United 3 Prestatyn Town res 2
With six 17 year olds featuring in this game, it was always going
to be a big ask for town to compete with Dyrnog's Welsh Alliance
first team but the game was in the balance right up to the final
whistle to their credit. Dyrny are a strong team and in the first
half played some excellent stuff with the dangerous Josh Taylor
up front always a threat, indeed he opened the scoring in the 28th
min with Phil Parry adding a second 3 minutes later for a 2.0 at
half time lead. The 2nd half saw town dominate the ball far more
and eventually their pressure told after a 4th goal in 2 games from
Daz Hughes brought them back into the game. Taylor then scored Dyrny's
third with a brilliant chipped goal but town weren't done and Ash
New smashed home from 25yrds to set up a close finish. Chances did
fall towns way to equalise but it wasn't to be and Durny held on
for an overall deserved win and will be ones to watch for the Alliance
two title this year.
Sunday 24th July 2011
Pre-Season Friendly
MELIDEN PUSH WELSH PREMIER OUTFIT ALL THE WAY
Prestatyn Town 3 – 0 Meliden
Meliden travelled the short distance down to Bastion Road on Sunday
to take on a very strong Prestatyn Town outfit. Meliden started
the game as huge underdogs against a line up boasting 6 regular
welsh premier starters and including goalkeeper Dave Roberts who
won two FA Youth Cup winner’s medals with Liverpool in 2006
and 2007 as well as their player/manager Neil Gibson.
As you would expect Prestatyn came out of the blocks strongly and
got their passing game going from the first minute they moved the
ball around the park nicely. Meliden had their work cut out to win
the ball back at times during the opening spell but their determination
to prove their ability began to shine and they gradually began to
get a foothold in the game. Meliden are known for their flowing
football themselves and their moves started piercing small cracks
in the Prestatyn back line. The seasiders movement and neat ball
play was a pleasure to watch at times and this created the first
chance of the game with a quick move down the left and a fantastic
whipped ball across the box narrowly missing Steve Harris’
lunging leg at the far post whose momentum clattered into the ever
impressive Shaun Williams in goal. It was time for Melidens first
real goal opportunity and Martin Halewood who has made a summer
move from Rhuddlan Town made a strong run down the left to the Prestatyn
touch line then sharply cut inside squaring up the Prestatyn defender
who made a small grab of his shirt outside the box, Halewood shrugged
this off and continued his run into the box approaching the keeper
one on one he appeared to be brought down from behind, there were
huge claims for a penalty from the large crowd behind the goal however
the referee pulled it back for the initial foul outside the box
when surely the penalty was the decision to make. This rattled Prestatyn
and soon after James Harper hit the crossbar with a right footed
effort! Prestatyn then calmed and finished the half strongly but
everything they attempted kept being rebuffed by Meliden’s
solid defensive unit, particularly the centre back pairing of John
Atherton and Danny Marshall who held the line well in a very intense
match, the only chance falling to Fisher-Cooke who whistled one
narrowly wide.
0-0 Half Time.
This set alarm bells ringing in the Prestatyn dressing room, surely
Meliden couldn’t pull off the giant killing! Neil Gibson decided
to bring more cavallery into the game for the 2nd half by bringing
on Ross Stephens, David Hayes & club Prestatyn’s WPL record
scorer Ian Griffiths, this bringing the amount of first team players
in the line up to 9.
The class began to show as Prestatyn pushed for a breakthrough,
which came controversially in the 55th minute as Ian Griffiths’
Rooney like runs pieced a hole in the Meliden defence for Neil Gibson
to be put though unmarked, he coolly rounded the keeper to score.
But Meliden’s defence were aggrieved as it did appear they
stepped out in time but no offside was given. The second came not
long after with good lead up play resulting in Griffiths getting
on the score sheet, further appeals were made for an obstruction
but the referee gave the goal.
Meliden then seemed to get over the controversial goals quickly
and pressed to get back in the game, this was their most effective
period possession wise as they started putting together 10-15 pass
moves that were fantastic on the eye, club captain Mark Hughes was
becoming a thorn in Prestatyn’s side down the left. They just
could not find that killer pass to unlock a chance and they were
then hit on the break by welsh U18 international Ben Hoult, his
trickery took on 3 players down the right then cut in side and hit
a fantastic left footed effort in off the post for the goal of the
game. There was time for one more chance for Meliden who put one
millimetres wide before the referee blew for full time but on the
evidence here Meliden’s manager Gaz Jones will be rubbing his
hands together as they more than held there own against a team that
lost in the Europa League play off final to Lee Trundle’s Neath
last year, off the back of this performance his team will start
favourites to take the Clwyd and Vale of Conwy premier title and
with the improvements being made at their spiritual home at Ffordd
Ty Newydd the future looks extremely bright for Meliden FC.
3-0 Full Time
Saturday 16th July 2011
Pre-Season Friendly
Prestatyn Town Res 6 Glan Conwy 1
Facing Glan Conwy's first team was always going to be difficult
for Towns young reserve team, however goals at the right time made
the game look easier than what it was. Town got off to a flier when
after only 2 minutes, Alec Williams finished smartly and Darren
Hughes continued where he left off last year by adding three more
before the half. The second half saw 8 changes for Town with Ashley
New and Tom Kemp both scoring spectacular long range efforts. A
well worked late set piece goal from a Glan corner gave them some
reward for their hard work and no doubt they'll be ready to compete
strongly again when the season starts. All in all a good run out
for town in Chris Morrell's first game in charge, with certainly
stronger tests to come.
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