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Match
Report By Huwsi
Pen
Lleyn side prove too strong for Aled Owen's men once again!!!
A
bad day at the office for United boss Aled Owen as he
puts his hands up and take the blame by admiting that
both of Pwllheli's goals were down to a couple of minutes
lapse in concentration by him.
A
bitter blow for United was the addition of David Noel
Williams to the list of 'unavailables' not due to his
previous weekend's exploits in Cardiff on his 'Stag Do'
I hasten to add, but the medics have ruled him out until
he undergoes further tests (By the way, did anyone see
Barry John in Cardiff?!!) Richie Evans has officially
retired, preferring the banks of the Dyfi estuary and
the company of salmon and trout to his United team-mates,
very fishy!! Some good news for Aled Owen was the return
of influential midfielder, and much missed Carl Wayne
Jones.
Pwllheli
had a golden opportunity to take an early lead on 5 minutes
however Gwyn Jones one-on-one effort was tipped over the
bar by United's goalkeeper Luke Hughes. But from that
point, United upped the ante, and made the Pwllheli defence
look very average, but shot after shot lacked power, which
resulted in easy pick-ups for Kevin Davies. On 25 minutes,
Davies pulled of a great save denying United's Gavin Edwards'
fine effort from around 18 yards, at full stretch he tipped
the ball over the bar, and got rewarded by the referee
with a Goal kick, not the first nor the last time the
referee made bad decisions I hasten to add!
The
reminder of the half continued in much of a similar fashion,
but on 42 minutes Pwllheli once again had a chance to
take an interval lead, however United's keeper Luke Hughes
had other ideas when he pulled of a double save from ex-Llanrug
duo Chris Griffiths and Gwyn Jones. Another ex-Llanrug
player Goalie and Centre Forward Kevin Davies in-between
the visitors posts was by far the busier of the two keepers
during the first 45 minutes, however the lack of venom
in United's finishing proved to be decisive once again,
HT & 0-0.
It
didn't take long for Pwllheli to take advantage of United's
inability to score, a Pwllheli right sided corner on 52
minutes, saw Ian Williams score with a free header, the
United defence opening like the Red Sea. A minute later,
United had a free kick just within their own half, Chris
Joyce found the left side corner flag, however no one
from United saw his vision, but Kevin Davies kicked up
field, and found Gwyn Jones who beat the offside trap
some 40 yards out, and left one-to-one with Luke and this
time made no mistake by rounding the advancing United
keeper to coolly slot home, 0 - 2.
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A
bazaar incident occurred four minutes later, when the
referee pointed to the spot without looking at his assistant,
when Pwllheli's John Paul Roberts was adjudged to have
been pulled down by United's Carl Wayne Jones, which saw
Carl booked for trying to proclaim his innocence, only
after booking Carl did the ref decide to talk to his assistant,
and change his mind and awarded a corner - what about
the booking?
United
had a couple of chances to salvage a point, Andy Williams
heading inches over the bar after a 68 minute corner,
and Carl Griffiths broke down the left flank on 72 minutes,
skipping past a couple of defenders, but could not get
the better of Kevin Davies. A disappointing result, the
overall feeling was that United deserved something from
the game, but Pwllheli's pace and fitness proved too much
for the third time this season, which saw the extend their
unbeaten league record to played five, won five.
There's
no doubt the finishing will have to be much better next
week when United travel to Llandudno Junction for United's
favourite cup competition of late, the Normac Precision
Cookson Cup, having reached the final in both the previous
seasons.
A
match report without mentioning Dan Pyrs, couldn't let
it happen, not quite up to his usual form of late, had
a few chances, but earlier to bed next Friday night Mr
Pyrs! At least the chairman's wallet didn't suffer!
LLANRUG
UTD:
Luke Hughes, Christian Jarvis, Chris Joyce, Eifion Williams,
Aled Owen, Carl Wayne Jones (Gwyn P Jones - 75mins), Dan
Pyrs, Andrew Williams, Carl Griffiths, Gavin Edwards,
Robert H Williams (Gareth Eifion Jones - 75mins).
SUBS
NOT USED: Martin Bohana & Marvin Pritchard
MOTM:
Luke Hughes
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