Division 1 - Ffostrasol 1 v 4 Maesglas

Maesglas produced their best performance of the season to date with a thumping of the hosts in the first half of this league encounter. The slick football played was at a tempo that Ffostrasol could not manage with, and considering the Blues were under strength it shows  that the players who needed to come in did a fantastic job.

The Blues were without regulars Wyn Morgan, Matthew Smith, David Kirk and Emlyn bound Steffan Davies. But the players who came in, Mark James, Robert James, Llyr Jones and first team debutant Luke Jamieson certainly showed their qualities and will give manager Paul Hope a headache on team selection for next week’s Cwpan Ceredigion cup tie with Aberdyfi. There was a new centre half and centre midfield partnerships with Richard Charles Evans lined up alongside Dafydd George at the back with 21 year old Luke Jamieson and 16 year old Rhys Davies teaming up together for the 1st time in the middle of the park and looked as if they had played together for years, the pair excelling over their more experienced hosts.

The Blues were ahead after 10 minutes with the opener from Llifon Howell, and the goals followed at regular spells with Dai Cole grabbing a brace and his strike partner Johnny James bagging another header to wrap up the first half with the Blues 4 goals up and cruising, and as expected the second half was not like the opening 45, with the Maesglas relaxing and letting Ffostrasol back into the game at times, but the homesters grabbed a hard worked goal that gave them a little hope, but the Blues were resilient and defended well and could have managed to add to their total. Always a tough place to play at but this time there was only one winner in this contest and if Maesglas can carry that 1st half performance over the 90 then the results can only get better.

Next up Aberdyfi in the second round of the Cwpan Ceredigion at Maes Radley.