Penybont 8 St Harmon 1

Saturday 24th August 2012
Penybont 8 St Harmon 1
Watson Financial Services Mid Wales League (South)
At: Racecourse Ground
Kick-off: 11-00 am
Admission: ticket; Programme: £1 (4 pages)
Weather: sunny and showers
Attendance: 257
Duration: first-half: 46:04; second-half: 45:12

Today’s four-game marathon commenced with a groundhop first – the first time a game in the Mid Wales League (South) had ever featured. Penybont, a village on the A44 to the north-east of Llandrindrod Wells, had the honour and they ‘celebrated’ in style with an 8-1 victory over St Harmon. With a 6-0 lead and barely 30 minutes played, both groundhop and personal goalscoring records looked set to tumble but the plucky visitors responded and only lost the last hour by the odd goal in three. The stand was an unexpected and amazing bonus, as was the walk from the coach over the river bridge to a pitch inside a trotting track!

Penybont (blue/blue/blue): 1. Barry Evans, 2. James Morgan, 3. Alan Evans, 4. Eddie Hammond (capt), 5. Emrys Thomas, 6. Adam Stephens, 7. Phil Ruell, 8. Jimmy Goodwin, 9. Gavin Johnson, 10. Jake Bufton, 11. Dan Farmer. Subs: 12. Chris Kemp (for Johnson, 59), 14. Kevin Bufton (for Jake Bufton, 68), 15. James Thomas (not used), 16. Tom Evans (for Goodwin, 77), 17. Dave Corfield (not used).

St Harmon (amber/black/amber): 1. Liam Addison, 2. Brian Lewis, 3. Tom Evans, 4. Gareth Earp, 14. Mark Evans, 6. Alan Bates, 7. Nick Leaky (capt), 8. Liam McKie, 9. Edwin Powell, 16. Rowan Wilson, 11. Mike Fowlie. Subs: 5. Ben Evans (for Wilson, 49), 10. Adam Martin (for McKie, 30), 15. Matt Dwyer (not used), 17. Adam Jones (for Powell, 73).

Referee: Steve Fisher.
Assistants: Dave Bywater and Dai Evans.

Goals:
1-0 Phil Ruell (5)
2-0 Jake Bufton (10)
3-0 Adam Stevens (21)
4-0 Dan Farmer (22)
5-0 Dan Farmer (25)
6-0 Adam Stevens (29)
6-1 Adam Martin (45)
7-1 Kevin Bufton (76)
8-1 Kevin Bufton (79)

Cards: none