Saturday 5th December
Carmarthen travelled down the M4 for a very early push back at Swansea on a glorious rainy day in South Wales. Last year the match did not go Carmarthens way but they were confident that they could gain a result against a very good Swansea team.
The match started quickly, the first 5 minutes had Swansea and Carmarthen both having chances but it was the away team that struck first. A great pass from the midfield up to striker Gwynne led to a one on one chance with the goalkeeper. Gwynne ran the ball into the D and slotted it into the net through the goal keepers legs, 0-1 Carmathen.
The first worry of the game came when energetic midfielder Will tried to intercept a ball behind the Swansea line, unfortunately he stretched a little too far and had to be substituted off the field.
The second goal of the game came quickly thereafter, Carmarthen won a free hit deep in Swansea territory, the ball made its way to Jonti who was playing a deeper role than usual and he fired it at the goalkeeper and slotted it past him in the top corner. 0-2 Carmarthen.
The first half didn't all go the way of Carmarthen, the Swansea attacks came and they made inroads earning a few short corners. While the defence handled them for the most part, one slick move by the Swansea captain had the Carmarthen defence wondering where the ball had gone when it had indeed been slotted into the back of the net. 1-2 Carmarthen.
As the game went on, Swansea's defence crept further and further upfield, this gave striker Jack acres of space. The next goal of the day came from a Carmarthen hit out, the ball was played quickly up to the attack through the midfield to striker Jack on the left hand side, Carmarthen flooded the D and Jack picked out winger Adam who restored Carmarthens 2 goal lead. 1-3 Carmarthen.
Just as the Carmarthen defence were preparing to park the bus for the last 2 minutes of the half, the attack had different ideas. The ball was fired up again into space with Striker Gwynne pouncing on the ball and scoring his second of the game.
Half time score, 1-4 Carmarthen.
In the second half, the Swansea defence managed to frustrate the Carmarthem attack. The counter attacks kept going with Gwynne and Jack again finding acres of space but the Swansea goal keeper managed to keep the score down.
The first goal of the second half came from a Swansea attack down the right hand side. The winger broke infield and found an attacker in the D who slotted it past the goal keeper 2-4 Carmarthen.
With 5 minutes left in the game, the tensions rose even further when Swansea found the back of the net again reducing the Carmarthen lead to a single goal. 3-4 Carmarthen.
The last goal of the game came when Carmarthen defenders Wally and Brian were discussing whether they should send the defensive midfielder up to aid on the attack of the Swansea D. This reporter was advocating they they should keep the midfielder back which lead to him missing the last goal and addmitting he was incorrect 😅 Carmarthen attacked and sustained a bit of pressure on the Swansea D, the ball landed in Jontis lap and a magnificent strike put the ball into the back of the net ending any speculation of whether Swansea would level the game.
3-5 Carmarthen final score.
Every player on the pitch played out of their skin against a very good Swansea side - shoutout to Jonti for his MoM performance.
This is a huge result for Carmarthen and should give them plenty of confidence in the run up to Christmas. They currently sit 3rd in the Table.
Team:
Lee Jones
Ryan 'Jags' Carvey
Steffan 'Wally' Walters
Russel Horsey
Dave Fergusson
Brian Greartrick
Adam Poole
Cai Morgan
Will Heath
Jonti Merry
Josh Gwynne
Jack Brennan
Tom ferguson
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