The Youth cup tie against Caldicot Town was won in the first 18 minutes when Jay Thomas netted our fourth goal. Patrick Finneral had opened the scoring with goals in the 10th and 11th minutes with Morgan Freeman adding a third on 13. Caldicot had actually started quite well forcing us into a couple of defensive mistakes but once the goals started flowing there was no doubting the winner. Several chances went begging before on 45 minutes full back Myles Perkins crossed from the left touchline, the Caldicot keeper misjudged it and it sailed into the back of the net for his first goal at this level.

Toby Link-Jones bundled in a corner on 51 minutes to make it 6-0 and Morgan Freeman made it seven with a right footed shot from just inside the area. There were no more goals but we kept a clean sheet and introduced some more players to this level of football.

The Reserves beat Llantwit Major by the only goal of the game scored by Adam Llewellyn for their first home win of the season.

A win against the odds at STM Sports with everyone playing their part in the performance. We had a dreadful start, Steve Cann went down having collected the ball from a corner after 2 minutes and dislocated his shoulder. There was a 25 minute delay while he was being attended to and eventually he was able to walk to a dugout. Gareth Couch took over between the sticks. STM Officials phoned for an ambulance but as it wasn’t deemed life threatening an ambulance wasn’t sent.

When the game restarted Jack Hurley won the ball and played a good through ball for Noah Daley but a defender just beat Noah to the ball and clear the danger. Brad Flay won the ball on the byeline and we played the ball wide to Sean Hanbury but his cross went over the crossbar but there were encouraging signs that the team had settled. STM were awarded a free kick 25 yards out, they took a short one and fired in a shot which Gareth Couch confidently held. STM took the lead on 35 minutes when we were clearing our lines but the ball was not controlled and it was played back into the box. Gareth Couch made the initial save but we couldn’t clear the ball and in the resulting goal mouth scramble an STM player forced the ball over the line. We didn’t deserve to be behind and 5 minutes later we were back on level terms. Following a good build up Sean Hanbury passed the ball forward for Noah Daley wide left. Noah took on his defender and beat him got into the penalty area and shot past the keeper giving him no chance. Sacha Walters then picked up a loose ball and tried a shot which went just wide. Gareth Couch again held a STM free kick and on the stroke of half time Alex Gammond put his body on the line and brilliantly blocked an incoming cross.

STM started the second half looking to regain the lead but could only head a corner over the bar. Sean Hanbury then set up a chance for Noah Daley but his shot was saved by the keeper, Sean then went on a fine 30 yard run got into the box but again the keeper saved his shot. We took the lead on 56 minutes after their keeper had again made a save off Sacha Walters turning the ball behind for a corner. We took the corner short crossed it in low for Sean Hanbury to turn the ball in from 8 yards. Liam McCreesh showed great composure just after the hour when he calmly headed a STM free kick back to Gareth Couch. It just showed the confidence that we were now playing with. Ben Symons having had a few knocks was replaced on 65 minutes by Patrick Finneral with Sacha Walters filling in at full back. STM now had a lot of possession but lacked a finishing touch, some of their finishing left a lot to be desired. On 70 minutes Gareth Couch made another save turning the ball away for a corner which was again headed wide.  Brad Flay was unlucky not to make it 3-1 on 76 minutes, he picked up a loose ball and fired in a great shot but again the STM keeper dived full length to his left to turn the ball away for a corner. The corner found its way to Noah Daley and his shot was tipped onto the crossbar and out for another corner by the keeper. STM again pushed forward looking for an equaliser but they were unable to find a way through the defence with Gareth Couch standing firm. In added time having weathered the STM storm we pushed forward and passed the ball around keeping possession for some time. Eventually Patrick Finneral shot and again the keeper saved only this time Liam McCreesh followed up and turned the ball into the net from a couple of yards with the keeper still on the ground. We comfortably saw out the closing minutes to earn 3 valuable points.

All the excitement for this game came in the last 10 minutes. The scores were level  before 4 late goals saw the match end all square.

Llwydcoed took the lead in 90 seconds in their first meaningful attack. Despite several good openings we were unable to equalise before the interval.

The second half was a repeat with several good chances squandered before Morgan Freeman got his head to an Adam Llewellyn cross from the right to level the scores on 68 minutes. Morgan then put us in front on 83 minutes when he netted again from a right wing cross. Thoughts of a win went out of the window when Llwydcoed forced their way through the centre of our defence and their player lobbed Richard Cooling in goal. Almost from the restart we played the ball forward for Morgan Freeman to complete his hat trick with the best goal of the day to again set up the win. However there was still time for Llwydcoed to kick off and again power their way into our penalty area and go down under a challenge to earn a penalty which they converted. We kicked off and the final whistle went, probably both sides felt this was 2 points lost not 1 gained.

2-1 down with 5 minutes to go we turned the match around with an Alex Gammond header and a Liam McCreesh strike from 30 yards deep into added on time. Lido had the first real chance of the game on 8 minutes when Noah Daley set up an opportunity  for Liam McCreesh but Dan Bradley in the Cambrian goal was down to his right to make a smart save. There were few chances being created, one of the few was when Dan Bradley dropped a corner but recovered before a Lido player could take advantage. Then on 31 minutes Steve Cann made a fine save but the ball rebounded to a Cambrian player who from 10 yards fired over the bar.  Cambrian attacked down the right with a low cross across the face of the goal but no visiting player attacked the ball and it went out for a goal kick. The game burst into life in the 44th minute, firstly Cambrian took the lead, again they attacked down their right and a low cross into the 6 yard box was turned in by Cameron Keetch. Cambrian had hardly finished celebrating when Lido equalised with a 25 yard shot from Jack Hurley.

For the second successive home game we conceded a penalty early in the second half, Liam Edwards netted although Steve Cann guessed the right way. Cambrian looked to add a third but somehow from close range hit the post then Cann saved a long range shot. Brad Flay replaced Neil Thomas and Cann again excelled tipping over another blockbuster of a shot. Lido were pushing forward looking for an equaliser and it came on 85 minutes following a free kick. For once our delivery was spot on and Alex Gammond headed in from just outside the 6 yard box. Lido celebrations were even louder in added time when Dan Bradley came out to try and clear the ball but with Noah Daley closing him down he miskicked the ball which went straight to Liam McCreesh 30 yards out. Liam took one look and shot into the empty net amid wild celebrations.