Megan Jones netted a hat trick with Holly Vowles and Natalie Williams also on target in a 5-2 win over Bridgend Street at the Marstons Stadium this afternoon. This was their first win since winning promotion last season.

Port Talbot actually started well and created the first chance of the game on 6 minutes. It fell to Adam Llewellyn who hit a volley off a well worked cross but Cirotto got behind it and held the ball.

A minute later the Lido took the lead, Patrick Finneral made inroads down the right and his low cross evaded the home defence and Ioan Evans tucked it into the empty net from a couple of yards.

Lido created another chance on 15 minutes when Jack Underwood shot from just outside the area and though his shot is on target, it was well held by the keeper. Lido were now getting well on top and the chances were flying thick and fast. Jay Thomas tried his luck with a curling shot that narrowly missed the far post. On the half hour Jack Underwood with a pinpoint cross found the head of Jay Thomas and he headed goalwards. The keeper made an excellent save to keep it out and parry it wide.  On 39 minutes Whalley went into the book for Port Talbot for a foul on the edge of the box. Jay Thomas lined up the free kick, he hit the target but the keeper smothered it well. A minute later Lido created another chance as Ioan Evans was released on goal but a pitch bobble beat him and he fired over the bar. The second goal which had been threatening arrived on 44 minutes from the penalty spot. Jay Thomas was fouled by the keeper, he got up and tucked it away.

Lido caught Port Talbot cold at the start of the second half scoring after only 25 seconds. Again, Patrick Finneral crossed low for Jay Thomas to slide it home.  Home keeper Wilson made an exceptional double save from Underwood, firstly pushing away a right footed shot which rebounded back onto the head of Underwood but Wilson collected. Jay Thomas completed his hat trick with a superb shot into the top corner following a throw in on the right. Then on 61 minutes he netted his fourth, a thirty yard shot which squirmed underneath the keeper. Lido made a double substitution after this with Jordan Edwards and Josh Webber replacing Underwood and Finneral. Almost immediately Edwards turned his defender and got his shot away but Wilson again did well to keep it out. Ioan Evans then won a header and it rattled the crossbar before Wilson collected. Wilson was again in action as Edwards raced clear and took a shot at goal which Wilson tipped over the bar. On 75 minutes Port Talbot changed keepers and within a minute Jordan Edwards met a cross with his head and tucked it away. Ioan Evans broke free and took a shot at goal which Hopkins parried clear into the path of Edwards but his follow up shot was blocked. Lido continued attacking and Edwards was clear on goal and released a shot away which Hopkins was forced to parry wide.

Lido should have been ahead in the first minute when Jay Thomas released Jordan Edwards with a long ball. He bore down on goal and was one on one with the keeper but he shot wide. That was a chance to settle some early nerves. However, we didn’t have to wait long for the opener, Josh Webber was through on goal and lifted his shot over the keeper into the empty net on 5 minutes to give the Lido a deserved lead. Jay Thomas was unlucky, he turned and shot from distance and he just missed the near post. Lido are completely dominating this game so far, creating all of the chances and keeping any Undy attack subdued. On 26 minutes Lido deservedly went two up, a short free kick was played to Jay Thomas who chipped the keeper from the edge of the box for his first league goal. Typically, two minutes later Undy reduced the arrears, Sam Thomas tucking it away from close range. Undy brightened up after the goal and started to regain territory in the Lido half. It was turning into a more open game. Lido restored their two goal advantage in the forty first minute, it followed a period of possession down the left and the ball was fed into the near post where Jordan Edwards met the cross and despite being under some heavy pressure, he poked home from close range. Just before the interval Ben Keen was unlucky when his free kick deflected just wide.

Undy were fired up in the early stages of the second half and were helped by a penalty in the 49th minute. Keeper Louie Cirotto claimed the ball but a defender was adjudged to have pushed an Undy striker. This fired up Undy and they were causing some problems for Lido in the middle of the park but Lido’s wide play continued to trouble the visiting defence. On 61 minutes there was an incredible double save from Cirotto to deny a certain equaliser, firstly from Cullimore with his hands and then secondly with an ankle stop from the rebound. Undy were piling on the pressure now and had a series of corners which troubled the home defence. On 67 minutes Lido made a  double substitution, Ioan Evans and Jack Underwood replaced Josh Webber and Jordan Edwards and the substitution paid off as Ioan Evans played the ball to Jay Thomas who slotted Evans back through and he coolly half volleyed it home to again restore the two goal advantage. Late on Undy pushed forward looking to reduce the deficit  without success. Lido can be thankful for a dominant first half display and add a fourth through Ioan Evans to seal three points in the face of some stern Undy resistance.