Great win for Wales o55s over England!

The Wales Veterans' Football Association welcomed an England squad to Cardiff to face a Wales o55s squad and the hosts secured a great win....writes Wales manager, John Jones...

The lads put in a tremendous shift full of hard work,determination, organisation and skill and beside a sloppy 20 mins in the 1st half when England took the lead after a sloppy back pass, the hosts dominated.

A great back post header from Darren Thompson drew us level in first half and a great run in second half by Nicky Francis saw him cut through the English defence to put us 2.1 up! Wales controlled the remainder to secure a deserved win.

John enthused "this was great team performance with some outstanding individual performances from captain, Andrew York, Steven Owen, Wayne Mathews and MoM Nicky Francis."

Congratulations to the following players (and their clubs)...

John Bailey - Merthyr Tydfil
Andrew York - Merthyr Tydfil
Paul Sims - Barry Town
Steve Owen - Merthyr Tydfil
Colin Bagley - Merthyr Tydfil
Nik Lukaris – The Continental
Paul Jones – Merthyr Tydfil
Huw Davies – Llanelli Town
Nick Romanello – Swansea
Nikki Francis - Merthyr Tydfil
Anthony Thomas - Merthyr Tydfil
Wayne Matthews – Barry Town
Steve John – Penybont
Mike Fredricksen - Newport
Warren Jones - Barry Town
Darren Thompson - The Continental

Manager: John Jones
Asst. Manager: Dave Murray