Ton Pentre 6 Croesyceiliog 1

Croesyceiliog produced their worst forty-five minute display of the season as they were thrashed away to the league leaders Ton Pentre.
Although there is a big gap in the league between the two sides it seemed Croesy may have came into the game with a bit of confidence gained with the way they performed against Bryntirion in midweek,however all hope of getting anything was quickly dashed as they were five nil down after just thirty-eight minutes.Although matters weren't helped with a number of players unavailable and the weather conditions were awful,the way Croesy defended in the first period was nothing short of dreadful and at one stage it seemed that the hosts could score at anytime they liked.
Ton Pentre have a very good chance of winning the league but have not applied to step up to the premier division while Croesy are very much involved in a relegation fight and the hosts wasted no time in taking a quick lead as they were two up within thirteen minutes following goals from Alun Jones and Ryan Sugar,and even though it took them another twenty five minutes to extend their lead,in truth apart from good goalkeeper by John Bailey and some poor finishing they could of added to their goal tally sooner.Ton Pentre then scored two goals within eight minutes,firstly on twenty eight minutes then on thirty six minutes both through Andy Pearson.Croesy conceded a fifth seven minutes before the break when John Kift gave Bailey no chance.Croesy had a rare shot on the stroke of half time but Ricky Coffe dragged his shot wide after good play by Chris Watkins and Lee Mason.As usually happens when a team is so far adrift they seem to have the better of the second half and this was the case in this game as chances came and went for Croesy,but they got their reward for not giving up and a much better second half showing,on sixty one minutes when Watkins was upended in the penalty area and Dan Jenkins stepped up to slot home.Both teams had a number of chances to score but it was Ton Pentre who completed the scoring three minutes before the end when Jones netted his second.
However if there was ever a time to have such a bad display perhaps in reflection it is away to the league leaders rather than the games ahead against the fellow strugglers,as the next few games are probably going to shape the remainder of the season for Croesy.