Penybont staged a late comeback to earn a 4-3 victory away at Flint Town United in the JD Cymru Premier on Saturday.
The two sides went into the break level as Clayton Green’s instinctive volley into the top corner cancelled out Jack Thorn’s deflected header.
Noah Daley fired Bont ahead just five minutes into the second half with a low effort into the bottom corner, but Ben Wynne’s powerful first time strike and Mikey Burke’s tap in from Ben Hughes’ square ball saw Flint complete a quickfire turnaround to lead 3-2 after 67 minutes.
That was how it stayed until the final 10 minutes when Penybont flipped the game on its head again. James Crole neatly rounded Jack Flint and rolled into the net to make it all square, before Daley tapped home on the line after Nathan Wood’s effort was blocked. Victory ensured that Rhys Grifiths’ side remained second in the table.
Barry Town United climbed back into the top half as they triumphed 4-1 away at Colwyn Bay in Saturday’s late kick-off.
Bay took the lead after just 13 minutes as Aron Williams’ long throw sailed all the way through to Nathan Peate to tap in, but Barry were gifted an equaliser just seven minutes later as Ieuan Owen intercepted Lewis Sirrell’s tame pass and curled home into the bottom corner with Alex Brown off his line.
Owen completed a quickfire double in the 25th minute as he fired in the rebound from Mikey George’s saved effort, while Bay’s first half got worse soon after when Sirrell was shown a straight red card for a late challenge on Owen.
Ollie Hulbert added a third goal for Barry on 67 minutes when he finished coolly in the box after the hosts failed to deal with Robbie Willmott’s square ball, before Willmott sealed victory 10 minutes later with a deflected strike from the edge of the area. The result was Barry’s biggest top-flight away win since August 2021.
JD Cymru Premier
League leaders The New Saints survived a late scare to triumph 3-2 away at Haverfordwest County on Saturday and maintain their nine-point lead at the top of the table.
The Saints found the breakthrough in the 27th minute as Dan Williams retrieved the loose ball from Ryan Brobbel’s corner and slotted home at the near post, before Jordan Williams doubled the lead just three minutes later with a composed finish. The forward completed a brace for himself early in the second half with a close range header from Ben Clark’s cross.
However, Corey Shephard pulled a goal back for Haverfordwest just before the hour mark after playing a neat one-two with Owain Jones, while Ben Ahmun squeezed a 90th-minute effort underneath Nathan Shepperd to set up a tense finish at Ogi Bridge Meadow.
The Bluebirds almost found a stoppage time equaliser only for Shepperd to deny Dylan Rees, as TNS made it 10 consecutive league wins.
Third-place Caernarfon Town made it back-to-back wins by triumph 4-1 over Briton Ferry Llansawel at the Go Goodwins Stadium on Saturday.
Corey Hurford gave Ferry the lead midway through the first half as he tucked the ball away from a tight angle after his initial shot was saved, but Caernarfon were level just four minutes later when Dylan Packer’s foul on Phil Mooney inside the area allowed Sion Bradley to fire home from the penalty spot.
The Cofis had completed the turnaround three minutes later as Adam Davies capitalised on Dan Jefferies’ tame back pass and bundled the ball past Will Fuller, while Fuller’s foul on Josh Lock in the box shortly after the hour mark saw Bradley convert from 12 yards once again.
Bradley was agonisingly denied a hat-trick as his thunderous effort from just inside the area rattled the crossbar, but Caernarfon did find a fourth goal in stoppage time when Mooney thumped home a header from Matty Jones’ corner.
Fourth-place Connah’s Quay Nomads made it four wins from their last five league games with an impressive 3-0 victory over Cardiff Met at Cyncoed Stadium on Saturday.
Both sides headed into the contest after going unbeaten throughout October, but the Nomads led inside just two minutes as Rhys Hughes converted from the penalty spot following Matt Chubb’s foul on Harry Franklin inside the area.
Hughes turned provider midway through the first half, as his clever lofted pass played through Franklin who slotted home for his sixth goal in as many league games.
John Disney’s side sealed victory in the 75th minute in much the same way as they had opened the scoring. Franklin was fouled in the box, this time by Joel Edwards, allowing Hughes to score from 12 yards.
Bala Town ended their seven-match winless run with a narrow 1-0 victory over Llanelli Town at Maes Tegid on Friday night.
The decisive moment arrived with just 13 minutes on the clock as Harry Dean cleverly let Hussein Mehasseb’s threaded pass run through to Olamide Ibrahim, who produced a clinical first-time finish past Alex Pennock.
Weekend results in full:
Bala Town 1-0 Llanelli Town
Caernarfon Town 4-1 Briton Ferry Llansawel
Cardiff Met 0-3 Connah’s Quay Nomads
Flint Town United 3-4 Penybont
Haverfordwest County 2-3 The New Saints
Colwyn Bay 1-4 Barry Town United
