Division 1 - Maesglas 2 v 0 Crannog

Maesglas went into the game without front runner Dai Cole, but a plus point was Matthew Smith making his first outing after an ankle injury saw him miss the opening league game win away to Llanboidy.

Crannog were without the influential Huw Reed, and without his presence the Crannog side may look a weaker outfit, but Crannog have strengthened pre - season with new signings and will rattle a few cages in the season ahead, even without Reed they caused the Blues some problems especially the first half, where a couple of times they managed to un-free themselves from some tight marking and a fitter Lee Davies may have made more of his opportunities, Davies and his new strike partner Tony Parry worked well together and will become a good pairing.

On the other hand the Blues have hardened themselves into a team difficult to break down and it may be just two game gone but two clean sheets is a vast improvement already. With the squad the strongest its been for a couple of years manager Paul Hope has good players at his disposal.

The Blues started quickly and should have been a goal up after just 30 seconds when a good move down the right saw Steffan Davies drill a sweet cross to the far post with Matthew Smith just inches away from connecting to put the home team ahead, soon after Darren Davies who unfortunately was voted worst player of the day by his team mates and made to pay a club fine had a couple of chances, one he may feel should have done better from.

In between this Crannog had a couple of long range efforts which hardly threatened the homeside keeper Graham Keen, who was not pressured into much for most of the afternoon. The only scare was Richard 'Charlie' Evans pulling off an excellent last ditch tackle to stop Lee Davies firing at goal.

The Blues deservedly took the lead on the half hour mark when after a number of corners, Steffan Davies whipped in a decent cross to find ex Crannog favorite Wyn Morgan with a thumping volley from 8 yards.
 
Maesglas ended the half on top and from the restart to the second half quietly began to take control of the game, some tackles on both sides were hard but ref Peter Wilson was having an excellent match and he kept control of the game along with keeping the game flowing,

The Blues were creating chances but not being clinical enough with the final ball. Second half saw Crannog have acouple of shots that came close but  wide of the target. Blues' Aled Rees and Ioan Price were introduced during the second half and both had an impact on the game, and twenty five minutes into the half saw Rees breaking down the left flank and he turned and crossed to give Llifon Howell a perfect pass and his side footed strike nestled in the bottom corner to put the game to bed.

Crannog pushed an extra player to try and get back into the game but the Blues defended well and may have added to their tally. Overall at the end of the 90 minutes the better side claimed the 3 points.