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Welsh Football League Division One
Aberaman Athletic v Pontardawe Town
Date Friday 12th March 2010
Venue - Aberaman Park, Aberaman

                               Weather - Dry / Cold
                                Pitch - Very Uneven

Aberaman have excellent facilities and they deserve to be in the Welsh Premier league based on those alone but unfortunately the only comment that could be made about the pitch is that it should be on the front of Farmers Weekly !!!

The surface was the poorest one that Pontardawe have seen this season and needs some real attention if it is to provide a base for good flowing football.

It was Aberaman's direct approach, cutting out most of the pitch, that was the difference between the two sides. The constant long ball attack, remember Wimbledon?, meant a very busy night for the Pontardawe Town back 5 and 3 goals in the first 30 minutes for the home team showed that the visitors weren't coping with very well with the surface and the attack. All 3 goals were sloppy ones to give away and were scored by Mark Greedy (8m), Liam Beattie (14m) and Alun Hughes (30m).

In truth, the only light relief for Pontardawe was the announcer's early attempt at saying Nappieralla !!

In the latter part of the first half and all of the second half Pontardawe made a better fist of things and were the better side. They were denied by the woodwork, the keeper and some desperate defence on many occasions. In the 84th minute Steffan Davies did break through and beat the keeper but it was merely a consolation on a night to forget for the Pontardawe lads.

Congratulations and thanks to Dilwyn Pritchard and his team for their hospitality and if you do want check out that pitch just tune into the next episode of BBC's Lambing Live (only joking!!)

Watch match highlights and all of the goals here

Pontardawe Town : B Hopkins, G Govier, D Otten, S Hoskins, A Lewis, R Penny, A James, C, Allen, S Davies, C Owen, J Coates / M Nappieralla (Sub for C Allen), R South (Sub for J Coates) , A Stokes (Sub for R Penny)

Ponty Scorers : S Davies (84 m)
Aberaman Athletic Scorers : M Greedy (8m), L Beattie (14m), A Hughes (30m)

Officials :  C. Cambell, T Lewis, C Harry
 
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