West End Reserves v Pontardawe Town Reserves

Welsh Football League Reserve Division West
West End v Pontardawe Town
Date Saturday 16th October 2010

Venue -Pri Deri Park, Townhill, Swansea

West End

Pontardawe Town
Luke Price
Rob Fulford
Tom Blizzard

Weather - Sunshine but cold wind
Pitch - Very bumpy

Ponty made the short journey to near rivals West End in this Reserve Division West encounter and got off to a very slow start and were 1-0 down after just 2 minutes. Ponty went 2-0 down just 2 minutes later when the stand in keeper Gazza "the cat" Lewis brought down the West End striker in the box for as clear cut penalty as you will ever see. Ponty were rocking and just could not contain the movement and pace of the west End side. Nerves were frayed as West End hit the bar and post before Luke Price settled Ponty nerves when he headed home on 20 minutes from a corner. Ponty's cause was not helped with Liam James leaving the pitch early on with a twisted ankle. Ponty started to settle and play but they were further rocked when West End got their third on 35 minutes direct from a corner. Ponty knew they they had to get a grip on the game if they were to get anything out of this game but went into the half time break grateful that they only trailed 3-1 as it could have been much, much worse.

Ponty made a change at half time with Trystan going off to be replaced with Tom Blackburn and went close to reducing the deficit when they also hit the bar and post. West End hit back and made it 4-1. Ponty now seemed to smell the coffee and some pride could be seen when Rob Fulford nodded in from a corner to make it 4-2. West End were now on the back foot with Ponty playing some great football. Tom Blizzard on as a substitute made it 4-3 and the game was all now Ponty. It could surely only be a matter of time before Ponty drew level as they were now far the better side. Ponty's chance came but the ball hit the bar and went to safety. Ponty continued to press until the final whistle but after a very poor start, the lads must be encouraged by the shock that they gave West End who will undoubtedly be at the top of the league challenging for the title come the end of the season.