o40s (East) Workwear Supermarket.com League

22nd December
Thornhill 8, Cwmbran Celtic 1
A tough afternoon for the ‘depleted’ visitors in this ‘flipped’ fixture at Llanishen High School...writes Keiran Masterson...All credit to Celtic who still turned up with only 8 men available and picking at random to go in goals! Thornhill played well and took full advantage of their extra men and scored through Jones (3), Cole (2), Newbury, Gareth and Kirkpatrick. Parfitt scored a consolation for Cwmbran.

Abercarn 5, Ely Sports 0
A handsome win for the o40s (East) Workwear Supermarket.com League leaders at Abertillery Sports Centre with goals from Cegielski (2), Davies, Motsi and Lawrence.

Sifil 2, Canton Libs 3
An entertaining game at Newport Velodrome saw the visitors take a two-goal lead through Mountstephen and Stewart. Johnson made it all-square with a brace but Canton would not be denied and Murphy sealed the win late on.

Cwmcarn Athletic 8, Rogestone 1
An entertaining game at Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre finally went the way of high-flying hosts...writes Steve Pontin....Purnell put the visitors ahead early on but a goal by Hill and an OG by Cox gave the hosts a narrow 2-1 half-time lead. Cwmcarn eased away in the 2nd half with some great football and goals from Hill (his 2nd), McEwan, Aldridge, Perry and Pontin and they sit in second place going into Christmas.

9th December 2024
Ely Sports 4, Aber Valley 4
An entertaining game with a draw probably the right result at Fitzalan School...writes Marc Williams... The visitors took a 2-goal lead into half-time through Rees and Wood. A speedy hat-trick by Jago put the hosts ahead until Smith equalised with 15 remaining. Williams though he had won it for Ely but a last-gasp goal by Thornton ensured a share of the spoils.

*The game was stopped half way through second half when Ely centre half, Paul Lodo dislocated his elbow...we wish him a speedy recovery!

Penarth Wanderers 2, Cwmcarn Athletic 5,
Cwmcarn secured the 3 points at Leckwith Campus...writes Steve Pontin.... The visitors raced in to a 3-0 lead through McEwan (2) and Potter but Penarth kept playing and Richards nicked one back before half time. Penarth were then the better side for 30 mins in second half and pulled another back through Self. Cwmcarn then eased away late on, when McEwan completed his hat trick and Pontin got another with last kick of game and his team continue to put pressure on the League leaders.

Thornhill 0, Pontymister 2
A good win for the visitors at Llanishen High School with Donald and Thomas securing the points.

Dinas Powys 4, Cardiff Draconians 4
A frantic game with strong winds and low sun at St Cyres making it tricky to play in...writes Andrew Higgs....Dinas kept taking a lead and Dracs kept coming back...with the final equaliser coming in the dying seconds! The match was well-reffed and a draw was a fair result in the end! Goals for Dinas by Nash-Jones, Rodd, Blake and Messer. Dracs replied through Hartrey (2), Resfon and Strange.

24th November
Canton Libs 2, Aber Valley 2
All-square in a good game at Fitzalan School...writes Gareth Davies...The visitors took a 2-goal lead through Hughes and an OG by Holmes but goals by Noor and Jawad ensured a share of the spoils.

Ely Sports 1, Cascade 4
A win for the visitors in a good game in tough conditions at Cardiff West High School...writes Marc Williams... Harrington put the hosts ahead before Martin equalised to make it 1-1 at the break. Three quick goals in the second half by Martin, Hinder and Norris took the game away from the hosts and kept Cascade on ‘top of the table’.

Penarth Wanderers 1, Cardiff Draconians 2
A good win for the visitors in a superb match at Leckwith Stadium...writes Alan ‘Acker’ Robinson...Penarth thought they had ‘turned the corner’ against the Dracs but they were sunk by a Fowler brace in a hard-fought win. The hosts probably deserved more than a late Nathan Self consolation.

Thornhill 2, Cwmcarn Athletic 2
A good point for the visitors after coming back from 2 down at Llanishen School...writes Steve Pontin... The hosts took a 2 goal lead through Richard Jones and Stacey....but an OG gave Cwmcarn hope and they maintained their title challenge with a fine comeback and a late Llewellyn equaliser.

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10th November
Pontymister 3, Cwmbran Celtic 2
The hosts claimed victory in an entertaining game at Pontymister Recreation ground. Thomas, Williams and Kelso scored to give them a comfortable lead, but the visitors showed their fighting spirit with two late goals by Masterson and Parfitt.

Cwmcarn Athletic 4, Newport Corinthians 2
Cwmcarn (pictured) took the points in a tough and fair battle at Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre to put pressure on the League leaders...writes Steve Pontin.... The hosts led comfortably 3-0 on the hour mark through Tooze, McEwan and Alridge and the game should have been put to bed. The Corries scored through Evans just after the hour to make the game more interesting until Turner restored their 3-goal buffer with 15 minutes remaining. Hutchinson scored a second for the visitors late-on.

Cardiff Draconians 1, Thornhill 1
All-square in a good, competitive game at Cardiff University Fields...writes Nick Driscoll... Richard Jones put the visitors ahead, but Ashton equalised with 20 minutes to go. The Dracs thought they were going to pinch-it with a late one-on-one, but Thornhill gloveman, Eaves, saved well to ensure a share of the spoils.

Abercarn United 2, Rogerstone 0
Abercarn edged a competitive game played in the right spirit at Islwyn School and moved the to the top of the o40s (East) Workwear Supermarket.com League...writes Dean Phillips.... this game, between two well-organised teams, could have gone either way in the second half with the score still at 1-0 through a 35th minute strike by Gary Evans, but a late goal by Cegielski sealed the win in a match well-refereed by Ryan Gingell.

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27th October
Aber Valley 5 (De Souza, Wood, Thornton, Hanmer, Hunt)
Rogerstone 2 (Halford, James)

Abercarn United 3, (Lawrence, Evans, Bale)
Penarth Wanderers 0

Canton 3, (Camilleri, Bridgeman, Mountstephen)
Ely Sports 1 (Jago)

Cwmbran Celtic 2 (Behr, Surtees)
Cwmcarn Athletic 4 (Llewellyn, McEwan, Aldridge)

Dinas Powys 1, (Griffiths)
Cascade 3 (Martin, Hinder, Gould))

Newport Corinthians 3 (Myles, Hutchinson, Yhnell)
Cardiff Draconians 4, (Fowler (2), Kumbakisaka, Strange)

20th October
Thornhill 2 (Rich Jones, Newbury)
Sifil 3 (Whiskey, Lawrence, Pugh)

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13th October
Cwmcarn Athletic 2 (McEwan, James)
Pontymister 0

Ely Sports 2 (Lovell, Hill)
Dinas Powys 1 (Nash-Jones)

Cardiff Draconians (Pictured) 4, (Kumbakisaka (3), Hartrey)
Cwmbran Celtic 0

Cascade 5 (Gould (2), Edwards, Norris, Higgs)
Rogerstone 0

Sifil 2 (Sullivan, Whiskey
Newport Corinthians 2 (Halford, Morgan)

Aber Valley 7 (Thornton (2), De Souza (2), Hunt, Hughes, Matthew)
Penarth Wanderers 2 (Jepras, Abushal)

Abercarn United 3 (Phillips, Evans, Davies)
Thornhill 2 (Gareth, Baggett)

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29th September
Dinas Powys 4 (Cahill, Alexis, Messer, Davies)
Canton 1 (Vella)

Pontymister 3 (Williams (2), Donald)
Cardiff Draconians 2 (Gregory, Tresfon)

Rogerstone 2 (Purnell, Griffiths)
Ely Sports 1 (Lyons)

Cwmbran Celtic 2 (Parfitt, Surtees)
Sifil 5 (Palmer (2), Lawrence, Oshea, Whiskey)

Penarth Wanderers 2 (Turko, Maksimovic)
Cascade 7 (George (3), Greenway (2), Martin, Norris)

Newport Corinthians 2 (Rigby, Collins)
Abercarn United 3, (Howls, Matthews)

Thornhill 3 (Jones, Lewis, Baggett)
Aber Valley 2 (Ball, Wood)

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15th September
Cardiff Draconians 1, (Hartrey)
Cwmcarn Athletic 3, (McEwan, Llewellyn, Howe)

Canton 4, (Noor (3), Bridgeman)
Rogerstone 4 (Dan James (3), Griffiths)

Sifil 6, (Palmer (3), Andrew, Lawrence (2)
AFC Pontymister 4, (Donald, Williams, Bailey, Thomas)

Ely Sports 8, (Darlington (3), Cooper (2), Jago, Mansfield, Hooper)
Penarth Wanderers 3 (Richards (3)

Abercarn United 2, (Bale, Gary Evans)
Cwmbran Celtic 0

Cascade 11, (Gould (3), Greenway (3), Short (2), George (2), Norris
Thornhill 0

Aber Valley 4 (Matthew (3), Hughes)
Newport Corinthians 2 (Myles, Jeffries)

1st September

Dinas Powys 6 Payne, Cahill, Iyenoma (2), Alexis, Swarts,
Rogerstone 2 (Dan James, Matthews)

Cwmcarn Athletic 3 McEwan, Llewellyn, Aldridge
Sifil 4 No scorers given
An end to end game saw Cwmcarn coming from behind twice but newcomers, Sifil, just had a bit too much on the day.

Penarth Wanderers 0
Canton 8 Mountstephen (4), Noor (2), Bridgeman, Homp

Pontymister 1 Mathieson
Abercarn 2 Peter Thomas, Gary Evans

Thornhill 0, Ely Sports 1 Lyons
A well- balanced game could have gone either way. Loads of chances for both teams.

Cwmbran Celtic 1 Parfitt
Aber Valley 6 Thornton (3), Ball, Moore, Wood

Cascade 4 Gould, Mike Jones, George, Jenkins
Newport Corinthians 1, Myles
A good, entertaining game saw the hosts take the 3 points.