We claimed our first away win of the season in the Boxing Day derby at Goytre United and in the process claimed the double over our local rivals. Liam Thomas opened the scoring on 9 minutes with a close range header off a Travis James cross. He doubled the lead on 21 minutes following a Jonathan Hood free kick which the Goytre keeper could only parry, the ball was played to Liam who netted with a right footed shot. Two minutes later a Sean Hanbury free kick from long range went into the goal but the referee adjudged that the keeper was fouled. Goytre’s chances were few and far between in the first half with Ben Haines not being troubled. Goytre started the second half the better of the two sides and Ben Haines made a fine save on 52 minutes clearing the ball with his legs. We defended well and in a rare Lido attack a Ben Keen header was cleared off the line with a quarter of an hour to go. The latter stages of the game was stop-start with both trainers seeing to injured players so it was no surprise that there was 9 minutes added on. The result was confirmed on 93 minutes when a Callum Leworthy corner was turned into his own net by a Goytre defender. There was however still time for further Goytre pressure and Ben Keen brilliantly cleared a goalbound effort off the line to preserve the clean sheet.

Having won our previous 2 cup ties on penalties today we lost by the same method. Skipper Liam McCreesh Scored the first penalty but the Cambrian keeper saved the next two and we missed the fourth to go out of the competition.

For long periods of our game against Penrhiwceiber it looked as though we were heading for a goalless draw. Neither side looked capable of scoring. With the visitors just above us in the league it was vital we secured the three points. After a drab first half we made a couple of changes with Travis James starting the second half. His runs down the right caused problems for Penrhiwceiber and it looked a possibility we might snatch the lead. However it wasn’t until Sean Hanbury came on after 63 minutes and supplied crosses from the left that it became more likely. We eventually took the lead on 84 minutes and it was a Hanbury cross from the left beyond the far post to James who headed it into the six yard box for Liam Thomas to net to scenes of great delight. Four minutes later the three points were secured when Connah Troy bundled in a Sean Hanbury free kick. Other results meant we moved out of the bottom three.

After last week’s disappointing defeat a Goytre United the youth produced a fine performance to defeat previously unbeaten Swansea University. Kieran Jenkins opened the Lido account on the half hour to equalise after the Uni opened the scoring on 22 minutes. The Uni regained the lead on 53 minutes only for Zak Phillips to level matters on 59 minutes. Callum Leworthy with his first goal for the youth put Lido ahead on 81 minutes and Zak Phillips sealed the win with his second in added on time.

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Our Welsh Cup tie against Morriston Town will be played on Friday November 15th kicking off at 19.30

We were drawn at home last night to Morriston Town in round 3 of the Welsh Cup. Date to be confirmed.

We overcame a determined Cardiff Corries side in the Welsh Cup but only after winning a penalty shootout. We found ourselves a goal down in 11 minutes but two Travis James goals in the space of a minute put us ahead. Not to be denied Corries equalised on 40 minutes to send the teams in all square at the interval. Connah Troy restored our lead on 55 minutes only for Corries top equalise on 78. With no further goals the match went into penalties with Jonathan Hood, Corey Woods, Liam Thomas and Travis James netting from the spot to secure a 4-2 win on penalties.