Following Friday’s defeat by Baglan Paul Evans has by mutual agreement decided to stand down as first team manager.

16 year old Zak Phillips came off the bench for his first team debut and netted twice to secure a 4-1 win over neighbours Goytre United. Zak replaced Liam Thomas on 55 minutes and took only 10 minutes to net his first goal. His second came on 76 minutes to ensure the 3 points. Earlier Chris Jones had come off the bench to replace Jonathan Hood on the half hour and netted directly from a corner on the stroke of half time. He doubled the lead with a penalty on 49 minutes to secure our best ever home win against Goytre United. The only down side were injuries to Jonathan Hood and Ioan Evans who join Liam Griffiths on the sidelines.

We picked up our first point of the season with a 1-1 draw with Newport City. Liam Griffiths headed us in front on 8 minutes but the visitors drew level on 15 when Luke Copper netted from a tight angle. Both sides had chances to lead but cancelled themselves out.

A poor performance in our opening home league fixture. We seldom looked like scoring and fell behind on 18 minutes when the ball was played low across the box for Tom Phillips to side-foot it into an empty net. Ieuan Owen equalised on 32 minutes when he cut in from the right to place the ball past the Tafs keeper. However within a minute a defensive mix up saw Sam Johnson beat Ben Haines to the loose ball and net with ease. In the second half we had several chances, Ieuan Owen seeing a shot saved and Liam Griffiths shooting over the bar from close range but all in all this was a deserved win for the visitors. Hopefully we can turn it around on Friday when promoted Newport City are the visitors.

We found ourselves two down in the opening 5 minutes, Damon Thomas reduced the arrears but a defensive mix up saw Pontypridd restore their two goal advantage at the interval. Travis James headed a goal in the second half but we couldn’t find an equaliser.

Our League Cup Tie against Cardiff City has been reversed and will now be played at the Marston Stadium. The match will be played on Friday July 19th at 7.30 pm.

The draw was made yesterday June 19th for the first round of the League Cup. We have been drawn away to Cardiff City. The tie will be played on a date to be agreed.