o50s WorkwearSupermarket.com League

23rd March
Pontyclun 0, Merthyr Tydfil 7
An emphatic win for the visitors at Pontypridd’s Martime Field...writes Dave Keane.... A painful Friday night for Pontyclun as they were swept aside by an excellent Merthyr team. Powell opened the scoring for the hosts in the 5th minute and it was one way traffic from then on with a brace from both Davies and John as well as goals from Smith and Harrison.

16th March
Cwmbran Celtic 0, Nelson Cavaliers 1
The visitors secured a hard-fought win at the Avondale Arena with Troy Roberts grabbing the all-important winner.

Newport 0, Merthyr Tydfil 4
The visitors come out on top in a competitive match from start to finish...writes Ricky John... Merthyr started the match on the front foot and deservedly opened the scoring early on through a Ricky John goal. Newport defended well for the remaining half and the score-line was a tight 1 nil at half time. Merthyr were more clinical after the break and got their rewards with further goals from Ricky John, Robert Manning and Robbie Lew.

Penybont 6, Cardiff Academicals 1
The hosts claimed victory with a strong performance at Pencoed College...writes Chris Davies...Savage (2), Wells, powell, Griffiths and a Chandler OG were enough to secure the points. Cardiff academicals kept going on a windy, cold day and Lazarou got a late consolation.

The Continental 2, Llanelli Town 5
A win for the visitors in a hard-fought contest at Eastern High School...writes Neil Bryant.... A fantastic advert for o50s football with two excellent sides playing out a hard-fought contest and despite both sides missing some players there was still plenty of quality on the pitch.
The visitors started well and created chances only for Toop in the home goal making several good saves. The visitors broke the deadlock with the speedy Rogers getting in behind the defence after being put through by McClarnan and slotting home. The following period of play saw continental gain the upper hand and the home side levelled the score with an emphatic Wigley strike. Continental went ahead after a lapse of concentration by the Reds which allowed Burnham to slip through the defence and slot past the keeper. This then kick started the champions who deservedly equalised through ‘Willy’ from a square ball from Rogers. Continental had the chance to take the lead but their free kick from 20 yards was well saved by the visiting keeper, Bryant. The Reds then went in-front via a bullet header from Carl McClarnan off a corner. With their tails up, they upped their work rate and went further ahead when the ever dangerous ‘Willy’ Williams thumped home a first-time shot from a Steve Blackford cross.

Swansea 4, Pontyclun 2
The hosts secured a deserved win at Penyrheol Leisure Centre....writes Huw Davies...Swansea welcomed their friends from Pontyclun and although only 1-0 up at half time through Taneja, Swansea were dominant with possession and territory. Pontyclun started the second half with far more intent, but despite this Swansea went into a 3-0 lead with Evans and Kennedy on target. A chaotic last few minutes saw Pontyclun pull two goals back through Salmon and Murray, before Swansea Taneja netted again in the last minute.

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9th March
Llanelli Town 14, Cwmbran Celtic 0
Llanelli’s Neil ‘Willie’ Williams was, once again, the ‘star-man’ with 10 (ten) goals....writes Neil Bryant..... A ruthless Llanelli showed little mercy at Penrhos School to a Cwmbran side that travelled west with a bare 11. For the first 15 minutes, there was nothing much to separate the sides, but that changed when Neil Williams opened the scoring and the same player scored again within minutes. Cwmbran suffered a setback by losing a player through injury which truly was a turning point in the game. The Reds took advantage of the extra man and further goals from Williams, Rogers, Davies and a Williams hat-trick sent the Reds into the interval 6-0 up.
The second half carried on in the same fashion, though credit to Cwmbran for their never-say-die attitude. Cerison Davies got his second from the penalty spot then a further seven goals were scored by no other than Neil ‘Willy’ Williams taking his tally to 10 for the game!

2nd March
Nelson Cavaliers 1, The Continental 3
The visitors took the points in an evenly matched game at Wern Park...writes Rod Powell... This was a very close, end-to-end contest until the last 20 minutes when ‘Conti’s’ better fitness told. Thompson scored followed by a Wigley penalty before Manley secured the result minutes from time. Headon converted a late penalty for the hosts which gave a better reflection of the game.

Merthyr Tydfil 1, Penybont 5
A fine win for the visitors at Penydarren Park with a fabulous four from MoM Andrew Davies....writes Chris Davies....An even first half saw Merthyr take the lead after 25 minutes through Lynch. Penybont equalised minutes later through Davies to make the score 1-1 at the interval. Merthyr had chances in the first 10 minutes of the second half half but failed to capitalise. Penybont grew into the game and ran out worthy winners with 3 further goals from Davies and another for Powell, in a great advert for vets football.

Llanelli Town 7, Swansea 1
Llanelli’s Neil Williams was the ‘star-man’ even though the visitors should have taken the lead in first 20 minutes....writes Simon Rogers.....After an even first-quarter at Penrhos School the game was turned on its head in a 10 minute spell when the ever-clinical Williams scored four to give his team a comfortable half-time lead. Any hope of a comeback was put to bed within minutes of the restart when a pin-point strike from Davies found the bottom corner. Kennedy scored a deserved consolation from the penalty spot but 2 further goals from Williams, taking his tally 6, made the final score 7-1 and the Reds still sit comfortably on top of the O50s WorkwearSupermarket.com League.

Cardiff Academicals 1, Pontyclun 3
The visitors edged a close game between two well matched sides...writes Danny.... In a good game played in great spirit, the hosts took the lead midway through 1st half after some good play with Bell scoring from distance. The visitors pulled one back when Murray bundled in from close range and they took a lead into half-time when Griffiths reacted quickest after an initial save from keeper, Burton. Dryden extended Pontyclun’s lead from the penalty spot and credit to ‘Clun’ keeper, John who pulled off a string of good saves to prevent an Accies comeback.

Newport 1, Cwmbran Celtic
The visitors secured their first win of the season at Llanwern High.

16th February
Cardiff Academicals 1, Llanelli Town 12
The hosts received a thrashing by a rampant Llanelli Town at Cardiff University Fields....writes Simon Rogers...An open game of football in which the final score doesn’t reflect the effort put in by the Accies who had a good share of the ball. Accies thought they’d got off to the perfect start when awarded an early penalty however Neil Bryant showed his quality in goal once again with a fine save to keep the scores level early on. Llanelli took the lead when a fine header from debutant Patrick Lord squeezed in at the near post and further goals first half followed from Simon Rogers and Steve Blackford (x2) which included a sumptuous shot from outside the area into the top corner from the right boot of Blackford which was undoubtedly goal of the game.

The second half saw Accies pull a goal back after some excellent passing down the left to score a well worked goal through Patrick ‘Paddy’ Chichester however further goals from Rogers who was now stretching the Accies defence with his pace, a 3rd for Blackford to complete a hat-trick all from his ‘weaker’ right boot, Vaughan Jones and five from Neil ‘Willy’ Williams, who finally found his scoring boots ensured the win for Llanelli Town to remain top of the league. Great welcome as always from a hugely respected Accies who kept going to the final whistle and are a credit to the league...

Cwmbran Celtic v The Continental
Match postponed – pitch unplayable

Penybont 5, Newport 1
The hosts claimed victory in a competitive game at Pencoed College...writes Chris Davies...A competitive game from start to finish with Newport competing well against a younger Penybont squad. Andrew Davies put Penybont ahead after 20 minutes capitalizing on a defensive mistake to slot home. A Ceri Thomas header saw Penybont 2-0 up at the break. Ben Griffiths scored a great header to put Penybont 3 up early in the 2nd half before some great saves from keeper Jodi Harris frustrated Newport at the other end. Further goals from Lewis and Miller killed the game before Fredrickson scored a deserved consolation for the visitors. Great game played in the right spirit from start to finish.

Pontyclun v Merthyr Tydfil
Match postponed – pitch unplayable

Swansea 0, Nelson Cavaliers 1
The visitors took the points in an evenly matched game at Penyrheol Leisure Centre...writes Huw Davies...A tenacious Nelson team set up well and were dogged in defence. Burksfield ruthlessly put away their one chance half way through the first half and they defended solidly for the remainder of the game. Swansea huffed and puffed dominating possession and any chances created were saved by Nelson goalkeeper, Chris Williams, in a man of the match performance.

2nd February
Penybont 17, Cwmbran Celtic 0
A one-sided affair from start to finish at Pencoed College...writes Chris Davies...’Elvis’ put through his own net to start the scoring and left the building half way through the 2nd half after picking up an injury. Cwmbran kept at it all game but Penybont had a younger, fitter, full strength squad on the day. Goals from Vince Lewis (5) Dean Taylor (3), Steve Powell (2), Phil Wells (2), Ben Griffiths (making his 50s debut), Karl Miller, Andrew Davies and Chris Davies with the goal of the game right at the death!! Star of the show was ‘Elvis’ as always

The Continental 2, Swansea 0
A hard-fought win for the hosts at Eastern High School...writes Andrew Kempton.... A very evenly balanced game played in a great manner but Continental had a bit more going forward than Swansea and claimed the points with goals from Manley and Wigley.

Newport 3, Pontyclun 5
Pontyclun took the spoils in a closely fought encounter at Cardiff University Fields...writes Dave Keane... Newport took a 2-1 lead into the interval with goals from Watkins and Willis, with Grant scoring for the visitors. Pontyclun raised their game in the second half with 3 more from Murray, Griffiths and Grant (with his second). A third goal for a spirited Newport from Powell made for a nervy last 20 until a well-taken Dryden goal sealed the deal for Pontyclun.

Nelson Cavaliers 1, Cardiff Academicals 3
The visitors took the points in an evenly matched game at Wern Park...writes Stuart Hitchings... Accies broke the deadlock just before half time with a goal from Dave Evans, slotting home from an Andrew Lazarou cross. In the 2nd half it was Lazarou's turn and a run from a Gary Pinkard through ball, to get inside the defence and slide in to score past the Nelson keeper. The home-side pressed forward and were unlucky not to get one back early in the 2nd half after creating some good chances. Nelson did get back into the game from a Clive Headon penalty 5 minutes from time, but Accies secured the 3 points when Paddy Chichester slotted home on 80 minutes from a Steve Maidment pass.

Merthyr Tydfil 2, Llanelli Town 3
A fine win for the visitors at Penydarren Park...writes Ricky John... in a fantastic advert not just for vets football but football in general!
Llanelli took the lead through Simon Rogers but Merthyr got themselves deservedly level through Robert Manning. Highlight of the half was a world class save from ‘mad monk’ Boulton in goal.
The 2nd half followed a similar pattern, with end to end football and both teams missing chances. Manning scored a 2nd for Merthyr but they couldn't add a 3rd and Llanelli made them pay with an Andy Legg equaliser. A draw looked on the cards but Simon Rogers pounced on a loose ball to pinch it for Llanelli with just minutes remaining.

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19th January
Cardiff Accies 2, The Continental 7
A comfortable win for the visitors at Cardiff University Fields...writes Stuart Hitchings.... The visitors took an early lead through Wigley, followed by a flurry of goals from Reilly, Summers and Manley to go in 4-0 at half time. 2 more from Summers to complete his hat-trick and a 2nd from Manley before the Accies got 2 back late on from Bell.

Cwmbran Celtic 2, Swansea 2
A tight game finished all-square at Celtic Park...writes Huw Davies...A This was a very hard contest with both teams trying to play in difficult conditions. Yapp and Andrews scored for the hosts but the visitors came back twice to draw level with goals by Romanello including a penalty.

Llanelli Town 4, Newport 0
A deserved win for the hosts at Penrhos School...writes Neil Bryant.... The home side had the majority of possession throughout the game but Newport put 11 behind the ball which Llanelli found difficult to break down. Mom McClarnan was the hat-trick hero with all three goals coming from his head. Williams scored the 4th with a side footed volley from an Andy Legg cross.

Merthyr Tydfil 7, Nelson Cavaliers 3
An fine win for the hosts at Penydarren Park...writes Ricky John... Merthyr raced into a 3 nil lead early in the first half through Manning, John and Paul Jones but Nelson refused to give in and got themselves back into the match through 2 well taken goals from Richards and Headon.
Merthyr stretched their lead early in the 2nd half through John again, before Phil Jones got one back for Nelson. John completed his hat-trick on the hour with Manning and Smith completing the scoring to give Merthyr the win.

Pontyclun 1, Penybont 6
An emphatic win for the visitors at Brynmawr School...writes Chris Davies.... A close first half saw Penybont go in at the break 2-1 up thanks to goals from Davies and Wells with Pontyclun scoring through a Scott Dryden penalty. Penybont bossed the 2nd half and added further goals from Wells (2), Davies and a Jordan penalty. Pontyclun competed throughout but Penybont kept the ball better in the 2nd half to secure the points and stay in second in the O50s WorkwearSupermarket.com League table.

10th January
Newport 1, Cardiff Accies 2
A good win for the visitors at Cardiff University Fields...writes Stuart Hitchings....The Accies took a 2 goal lead into half time with goals from Allsopp and Butt. In the second half the hosts got back into the game, troubling the Accies defence, before Watkins deservedly scored to make it a tense last quarter of an hour, but Accies held on to take the 3 points

5th January
Llanelli Town 4, Pontyclun 0
In the only o50s League match played today, the hosts sealed a comfortable win....writes Simon Rogers.... Although Pontyclun defended doggedly with a bare 11 and their goalkeeper, Chick, made several excellent saves Neil Williams finally broke the resistance on the hour. Fresh legs from the ‘Reds’ bench added quality and a further 3 late goals from McClarnan, Rogers and Williams to make sure of the 3 points.

22nd December
Pontyclun 6, Cwmbran Celtics 0
A convincing win for the hosts at Leckwith Campus...writes Dave Keane...Flood gave the home team a first half lead but a succession of injuries for a depleted Cwmbran took their toll in the second half with Pontyclun hitting a further 5 goals from Neill, Griffiths, Galliers, John plus an own goal. Respect to Cwmbran for never giving up despite ending with a bare 11 including an injured keeper.

Swansea 0, Cardiff Academicals 0
A well balanced and contested game played in difficult conditions at Penyrheol...writes Huw Davies... A draw was a fair result and congratulations to both teams for a putting on a competitive match, in the right spirit despite availability issues.

Penybont 0, Llanelli Town 2
A competitive game could have gone either way with both sides giving good performances with depleted squads...writes Chris Davies...Two second half goals by Rogers and Griffiths secured the points for the Reds who leap-frogged today's hosts and moved a point clear in the table.

Newport 2, Nelson Cavaliers 1
A close game at the University Fields ended with the hosts claiming the points. Vest put the visitors ahead but goals either side of half time by Willis sealed the win for Newport

24th November
The Continental 3, Pontyclun 0
The hosts claimed the 3 points after a very competitive game played in awful conditions at Eastern High School. Redding, Thompson and Manley got the goals to earn a win that moved The Continental into third place in the O50s WorkwearSupermarket.com League table.

Penybont 4, Swansea 0
A win for the hosts against old friends at Pencoed College...writes Chris Davies....A good competitive game saw Penybont go 3-0 up by half time with goals from Taylor, Andrew Davies and Vince Lewis. Lewis added to his tally with a free kick late in the 2nd half and Penybont were good value for the win against a spirited Swansea side that never stopped competing.

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15th November
Pontyclun 2, Cardiff Accies 0
Pontyclun edged this closely fought match at the University Fields with a goal in each half...writes Dave Keane.... Kennard opened the scoring for the hosts early in the first half, with Hatch making sure of the 3 points with 5 minutes to go. Both teams just about made it to the final whistle with 11 on the pitch, due to numerous second-half injuries. These cold nights don't do any favours for creaking limbs:(

10th November
Cwmbran Celtics 1, Newport 0
A narrow win for the hosts at the Avondale Motor Park Arena.....writes Darren ‘Elvis’ Jones...... An excellent game which could have gone either way as both teams had their chances. Lee Strange broke the deadlock with a fabulous curling effort in a match that was played in a great, friendly spirit......considering it was a local Derby!

The Continental 6, Nelson Cavaliers 3
A nine-goal thriller at the Cardiff University Fields with the hosts claiming the 3 points with goals from Summers (3), Wigley, Thompson and Morris. Vest, Hunt and Pope were on target for the Cavaliers in an entertaining game.

Penybont 0, Merthyr Tydfil 6
An emphatic win for the visitors at Pencoed College against a high-flying Penybont team. Goals by Manning (2), John, Lewis, Francis and Davies secured the win for Merthyr which keeps them on the same points as top of the table Llanelli.

Swansea 0, Llanelli Town 7
A comfortable win for the visitors in this local derby at Penyrheol Leisure Centre....writes Neil Bryant... An early strike by Rocke got the Reds off to a great start and a sweet-strike from Legg put them 2up. Richards then scored 2 in quick succession to make it 4-0 halftime.
Although Llanelli started slowly in the second half Legg got them back on track with his second. A game rarely goes without ‘Willy’ Williams scoring and he duly obliged by netting the last two goals and keeping his side on top of the O50s WorkwearSupermarket.com League, on goal difference.

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27th October
Cardiff Academicals 0, Penybont 8
The ‘younger’ Penybont squad dominated most of the game and ran out worthy winners....writes Chris Davies. Andy Davies took centre stage at Cardiff University Fields with a superb double-hat-trick. Chris Davies and Wells completed the scoring, but credit to the Accies who kept on competing throughout the 80 minutes.

Llanelli Town 3, The Continental 1
The League holders recorded a fine win against last season’s runners-up at Penrhos School.....writes Neil Bryant. Both teams played good football but Llanelli opening the scoring through a sublime 25 yard free-kick by Andy Legg. The visitors made it 1-1 at the interval through an excellent Thompson diving header. Llanelli went ahead again with a bullet header scored by McClarnan and then inevitably, Williams made the result safe with an angled shot that found the roof of the net giving the keeper no chance.

Merthyr Tydfil 9, Newport 0
An emphatic win for the hosts at Penydarren Park against a resolute Newport who travelled with just a bare 11...writes Ricky John. Manning (4), Needs (2), John (2) and Evans on target. Unbeaten Merthyr are now joint top with Llanelli Town.

Nelson Cavaliers 3, Cwmbran Celtics 0
The hosts took the 3 points in a great game played in a good spirit at Lewis Boys School...writes Rod Powell. Although Richards scored early for the Cavaliers the game was nip ‘n’ tuck all the way through, until two late goals by Headon and McDonald secured the win.

Pontyclun 1, Swansea 4
The visitors flew out of the blocks in the first half, leading to a comfortable win at Talbot Park...writes Dave Keane. Kennedy (2) and Huw Davies gave the Swans a 3-0 half-time lead. Although Murray scored for the hosts in a much better second half performance, it was all too little, too late as Kennedy completed his hat-trick and the visitors ran out worthy winners.

13th October
The Continental 10, Cwmbran Celtics 2
An emphatic win for the hosts at Eastern High who made it 3 wins from 3 with Summers grabbing a super 7! Thompson (2) and Wigley were also on target with Andrews grabbing a brace for Cwmbran.

Nelson Cavaliers 0, Swansea 1
A hard-fought win for the Swans at The Wern...writes Huw Davies. Nelson. The hosts only had 11 players but set up well and were dangerous on the break. They held on for over an hour until O’Neil finally broke the deadlock and the visitors closed the game out to grab the three points.

Newport 2, Penybont 3
A tightly fought game at Llanwern High saw Thomas put the ball through his own net in the first minute to put the hosts ahead! Powell equalised before Willis put Newport ahead again. Thomas made amends for his OG equalising for Penybont before Powell scored his second to secure the win for the visitors.

Merthyr Tydfil 8, Pontyclun 2
An emphatic win for the hosts after a good battle at Penydarren Park...writes Ricky John. Not much separated the sides after a very even first half, but a glut of second half goals settled the match in Merthyr’s favour, who scored through John (3), Lynch (2), Smith, White and Da Silva. Griffiths and Salmon were on target for the visitors.

Llanelli Town 11, Cardiff Academicals 0
A comfortable win for the hosts at Penrhos with ‘Willie’ taking centre stage once again.....writes Simon Roger. A battling Accies team who did well to keep the score down to 2-0 at half time but a couple of quickfire goals early in the second half killed off any hope they had of getting back into the game and the superior fitness of Llanelli showed in the end. The Reds scorers were Williams (7), Owen (2), Rogers (2) and McClarnan.

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29th September
Newport 2, Llanelli Town 9
Neil Williams scored the first of his SIX goals within 3 minutes to get the lively Reds got off to a perfect start at Llanwern...writes Simon Rogers!
Llanelli were 5 up inside 30 mins before Newport’s Wills scored the goal of the game with a wonder strike from outside the box.
Newport stuck to the task and when Watkins converted a free kick early in the second half they made a real game of it, however 4 further late goals from Llanelli saw them run out deserved winners. Llanelli Scorers: Williams 6, Rogers 1, Griffiths 1, Owen 1.

Penybont 2, Pontyclun 1
A hard-fought win for Penybont at Pencoed College. Griffiths gave the visitors an early lead but two goals by the ever-reliable Lewis earned the points for the hosts.

Swansea 4, Cwmbran Celtics 0
A convincing win for the hosts at Penyrheol against a resolute Cwmbran writes Huw Davies...Swansea managed to break-through eventually with a couple of first half goals from Davies and Romanello. Kennedy and Taneja scored late in the second half to secure the points in a game played in tremendous spirit.

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22nd September 2024
Cardiff Academicals 3, The Continental 4
A tight game at Cardiff University fields, which saw the visitors win by the odd goal in 7! Cook, Lane and Davis were on target for the hosts but Thompson, Constantinou and Lewis (2) secured the points for The Continental.

Merthyr Tydfil 2, Llanelli Town 0
Goals by Clive Evans and Guinane secured the points for the hosts at the Bont

Newport 5, Pontyclun 2
A convincing win by the hosts at Llanwern School. Conway got a brace for Pontyclun.

Swansea 2, Penybont 3
The visitors took a 3 goal lead at Penyrheol Leisure Centre, through Lewis, Rees and O’Connor. The hosts scored two late goals through Haskins and Andy Jones to make it a nervy last few minutes.

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15th September
Pontyclun 2, Newport 2
Classic game of '2 halves' that finished 2-2 writes Dave Keane.... Pontyclun went into a deserved 2 goal lead at half-time with goals from Jason Phillips and Mike Murray. Newport dug in and came back well in second half with goals from Tyrone Tucker and keeper turned poacher Darren Proctor, to share the spoils.

Cwmbran Celtic 1 (Oakley),
Penybont 5 (Andrew Davies (2), Vince Lewis (2) and Chris Davies)

Swansea 0, The Continental 3
Tough game against a very organised Continental team. Their scorers were Summers (2) and Manley.

Cardiff Academicals 2, Nelson Cavaliers 2
A well-contested match at Cardiff University Fields writes Stuart Hitchings... Nelson took an early lead after 6 minutes with a James Mcdonald goal. Accies equalised from Alex Vaskin 5 minutes later. Carl Allsopp put Accies in the lead just before half time. Nelson had a penalty saved by Dan Burton, but a second McDonald goal at 70 mins ensured a share the points.

Llanelli 0, Merthyr Tydfil 0
An entertaining 0-0 played out between two excellent footballing sides writes Simon Rogers.... Merthyr had the better of the first half however Llanelli came on strong second half and did everything but score, with Mark Boulton in the Merthyr goal undoubtedly man of the match. Great advert for the league.

1st September
Cardiff Academicals 2 (Rees, Nigliazzo), Cwmbran Celtic 2 (Andrews 2)

Penybont 3 (Lewis, Andrew Davies), Nelson Cavaliers 4 (Pope, Richards, McDonald 2)
A goal-fest at Bryntirion Park with both teams putting on a fine footballing display but the visitors (pictured) claiming the 3 points with two second half goals from McDonald.

Pontyclun 0, Llanelli Town 3 (Rogers 2, Williams)
A winning start for last year's champions who came away from Talbot Green with a 3-0 win in humid conditions thanks to goals from Simon Rogers (2) and Neil Williams. An entertaining game, played in great spirits, which was allowed to be free flowing thanks to excellent officiating from referee Mike Harris.

Swansea 1 (Mahon), Merthyr Tydfil 2 (Scorers not provided)
A tight game at Penyrheol saw the visitors edge the win.