BARRY TOWN VS CAERAU ELY 23/02/08
23 Feb 2008

BARRY TOWN..(0)..1 CAERAU ELY..(0)..1

WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN A POINT BEFORE KICK OFF BUT WERE DISSAPOINTED NOT TO TAKE ALL THREE AT JENNER PARK.
THE GAME STARTED WITH BARRY TAKING CONTROL, BUT THEY DID NOT CREATE MANY CHANCES,AS THE FIRST HALF WENT ON CAERAU GOT THEMSELVES INTO THE GAME AND STARTED TO CREATE A FEW CHANCES, COTTERILL, JONES, BEATTIE AND HARRINGTON GOING CLOSE. AS THE HALF TIME WHISTLE APPROACHED BARRY HAD THE LAST ATTACK OF THE HALF THAT BROUGHT A GOOD SAVE FROM BURNETT IN GOAL.

H-T 0-0

THE SECOND HALF STARTED LIKE THE FIRST BARRY HAVING A LOT OF POSSESION AND AFTER THE HOUR MARK TOOK THE LEAD, A NEAT ONE TWO BY THE TWO BARRY STRIKERS SAW THE BALL IN THE BACK OF THE NET.
THAT GOAL SPURNED THE BOYS ON, AND THREW EVERYTHING AT BARRY, AND GOT THERE REWARD FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM TIME WHEN A FAR POST BALL BY BRIDGEMAN WAS KNOCKED BACK ACROSS GOAL BY COTTERILL FOR CHRISSY JONES TO BURY FROM CLOSE RANGE.
THERE WERE A FEW CHANCES FOR BOTH SIDES IN THE LAST TEN MINUTES BUT THE GAME ENDED ONE APIECE.

JEFF PIKE 1ST TEAM MANAGER:
"WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN A POINT BUT I'M DISSAPOINTED NOT TO HAVE TAKEN ALL THREE, WE HAD MORE CLEAR CUT CHANCES THAN THEM(BARRY) BUT COULD'NT FINISH."

CAERAU ELY VS TROEDYRHIW
01 Mar 2008

01/03/2008

CAERAU ELY..(0)..0 TROEDYRHIW..(0)..0

A MATCH BOTH TEAMS WERE DETERMINED TO WIN. A WIN WOULD PULL CAERAU CLEAR OF THE RELEGATION ZONE, BUT IT WAS A DRAB AFFAIR WITH BOTH SIDES NOT REGISTERING A SINGLE SHOT TO TROUBLE EITHER KEEPER.
THE GAME WAS PLAYED IN GALE FORCE CONDITIONS, MOST OF THE PLAY WAS IN THE CENTRE OF THE PARK WITH BOTH SIDES NOT USING THE CONDITIONS TO THERE ADVANTAGE, THE ODD COUPLE OF ATTACKS FIZZELED OUT WITH UNDER HIT OR OVER HIT BALLS RUNNING OUT OF PLAY.
BY THE END BOTH TEAMS SETTLED FOR A POINT EACH.

DUBBA RICHARDS (TRAINER)
'I WAS HAPPY WE KEPT A CLEAN SHEET, BUT DISSAPOINTED WE DID'NT GET A RESULT'

BETTWS VS CAERAU ELY
08 Mar 2008

8/3/08
BETTWS.(0)..1 CAERAU ELY.(1)..1

IN WET AND WINDY CONDITIONS THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE A SPECTICAL. WITH A HEAVY PITCH BOTH SIDES STARTED TO TRY AND PLAY FOOTBALL, BUT IT WAS PROVING DIFFICULT IN THE WINTERY CONDITIONS. BOTH SIDES STARTED TO CREATE A FEW HALF CHANCES, BUT WERE DENIED BY SOME RESOLUTE DEFENDING AT BOTH ENDS. THE BREAK THROUGH CAME 15 MINS BEFORE HALF TIME WHEN JORDAN COTTERILL GLIDED PAST THE LAST BETTWS DEFENDER TO COOLY SLOT THE BALL PAST THE KEEPER.
H-T 0-1

BETTWS STARTED THE SECOND HALF DETERMINED TO GET BACK ON LEVEL TERMS,
THEY BOMBARDED THE CAERAU GOAL AND MISSED A COUPLE OF SITTERS, ONE BEING FROM ONLY 6YARDS WHICH RORY MACDOUGAL
CLEARED OFF THE LINE. MORE PRESSURE SEEN BETTWS HIT THE POST AND THIS TIME DAVE VINCENT CLEARED THE DANGER, THE PRESSURE FINALLY PAYED OFF WHEN A SWEETLY STRUCK SHOT FROM JUST OUTSIDE THE BOX FOUND THE CORNER OF THE NET.
BETTWS'S TAILS WERE UP AS THEY PUSHED FOR A WINNER, THINGS GOT UGLY WHEN LIAM BEATTIE WAS SHOWN A RED CARD FOR A FRACAS WITH ONE OF THE BETTWS PLAYERS WHO SOME HOW ONLY GOT A YELLOW CARD. BETTWS PRESSED FORWARD AND A SHOT FROM THE RIGHT BROUGHT A GOOD SAVE FROM DAVID BURNETT IN THE CAERAU GOAL, THINGS GOT WORSE FOR CAERAU WHEN A MISUNDERSTANDING SAW MATT MILLER SENT OFF AFTER PICKING UP A SECOND YELLOW. THE GAME FINISHED ALL SQUARE WITH BETTWS DISSAPOINTED AT DROPPING 2 POINTS AT HOME, BUT CAERAU WERE HAPPY TO CAME AWAY WITH A WELL EARNED POINT FROM WHAT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT FIXTURE
F-T 1-1

CAERAU ELY VS CARDIFF CORRIES
22 Mar 2008

22/03/2008

CAERAU ELY.1 CARDIFF CORRIES..3

A DISAPPOINTING RESULT AGAINST OUR NEIGHBOURS FROM THE NORTH OF CARDIFF.
THE GAME STARTED WITH BOTH SIDES NOT CREATING MANY CHANCES, THE SWIRLING WIND CAUSING PROBLEMS AT BOTH ENDS, AND IT WAS THE WIND THAT WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE CORRIES FIRST GOAL, A HIGH BALL INTO THE BOX CAUSED A MIX UP BETWEEN KEEPER DAVE BURNETT AND RORY MACDOUGALL WHICH SAW THE BALL DROP TO A CORRIES STRIKER WHO HAMMERED THE BALL HOME. THERE WERE NO MORE CLEAR CUT CHANCES IN THE FIRST HALF, THE MAIN TALKING POINT BEING WERE THE REF GOT THE 10+ MINS INJURY TIME FROM.
H-T 0-1

THE SECOND HALF STARTED WITH A BIT MORE URGENTCY FROM CAERAU, AS THEY PRESSED FOR AN EQUALISER THE CORRIES KEEPER MADE THREE GREAT SAVES TO DENY THE CAERAU STRKERS, AS IN MOST GAMES CAERAU WERE CAUGHT WITH A SUCKER PUNCH, A LONG THROUGH BALL SPLIT THE DEFENCE AND WE WERE 2 NIL DOWN. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE IT WAS 3 NIL, THE BALL NOT BEING CLEARED OUT OF THE BOX RESULTING IN CORRIES THIRD. PRESSING FOR A CONSOLATION WE WERE AWARDED A PENALTY FOR A PUSH ON PETER HARRINGTON,
CURTIS BENSKIN BURYING THE BALL FROM THE SPOT. AS IN THE FIRST HALF WE PLAYED OUT ANOTHER 10+ MINUTES INJURY TIME, I THINK THE REF NEEDS A NEW WATCH.
F-T 1-3