The Swansea Valley has been the focus of the media for the last few weeks after the tragedies at the Gleision Mines and in Alltwen. The thoughts and prayers of everyone here at Pontardawe will be with the families and friends of all those affected by these sad events. Here at the club we are focussing on some fund raising activities including an eBay auction which is being championed by Steve Price our Manager.
That said, and after Saturday, I think Steve might want to put many of the first team squad up for auction !!!
The result at Taffs Well was disappointing especially as we had taken an early lead and had showed great promise. With Jack, Kieran and Scott making their debuts we were looking odds on for the win. The home side also went down to 10 men after 61 minutes but immediately after this they scored and then went on to win the game in injury time. By this time Arwel had been sent off for the second time this season much to the disappointed of us all as he should now know better …. Thank god I am not going to be at training on Monday ….
There was some good news though as all our other teams won over the weekend. The reserves beat Garden Village 5-2 whilst the Neath league guys overcame an experienced AFC Caewern team 3-0. On Sunday Jason’s Under 19s won 1-0 at Risca in the FAW Youth Cup and the Under 18s won up at Maesteg by 6 goals to nil.
This coming Saturday the only Saturday game is the FAW Welsh Cup game against 3rd Division Treowen Stars where we will be looking to go on a run such as the one we had in 2009 as opposed to last year when we went out at this stage !!
The Youth are home to Bryntirion Athletic on Sunday whilst on the same day the Under 18s try again in the Cup up at Penarth Town.
Finally …. Refereeing ….. and I won't mention Saturday's ref at Taffs Well or I'll be in trouble !!!
Was that really a penalty at Loftus Road yesterday against the Mighty Superhoops ?… Absolutely not … and how Hutton wasn’t penalised for handball I don’t know …. I thought Neil Warnock held back quite well cos I was blurting out all sorts of expletives at the telly !!
Nevertheless we remain the best of the 3 promoted sides and with Shaun Wright-Phillips looking as sharp as has ever been … Champions League here we come !!!!
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