West Wales Intermediate Cup – Quarter Finals

 

Leahy brace earns Wizards semi-final spot

 

Merlins Bridge 3 – Kilgetty 1

 
Joe Leahy grabbed two well taken second half goals to earn Merlins Bridge a hard fought victory against arch rivals Kilgetty to progress to the West Wales Intermediate Cup semi-finals.
 
The striker proved the star, but he blotted his copy book  in the 87^th minute as he picked up his second yellow of the tie and was duly sent off as the Wizards finished with ten men.
 
Kilgetty have proved a bit of a bogey side for the Wizards of late before the tie Bridge manager Paul Thomas knew it wasn’t going to be handed to them on a plate.
 
Alex Thomas gave the Wizards an early lead as he got on the end of a neat Gino Dragone assist, but on the half hour mark the visitors equalised when Lloyd Hughes’ excellent cross was met by a powerful Richard Cope header inside the box.
 
The second half was nip and tuck before Leahy added his side’s second on the hour mark with Jamie Palmer accredited with the assist.
 
As the visitors searched for an equaliser the Wizards added a third to kill the tie when Henry Thomas teed-up Leahy as he added a crucial third that has put his team in the hat for the last four of this prestigious competition that they won back in 2019.
 
Merlins Bridge: Daniel Devine, Kian Lee, Gino Dragone, Jordan Thomas, Nick Squire (Captain), Jamie Palmer, Tom Jago, Dai Davies, Alex Thomas, Joe Leahy, Tomos Gwilliam.
Substitutes: Steffan Williams, Harrison Goddard, Henry Thomas, Will Evans, Ryan Evans.
 
Kilgetty: Richard Webb, Jake Proctor, Callum Proctor, Richard Hurst, Brett Evans, Phil Horsley, Richard Cope (Captain), Rhys Hewson, Lloyd Hughes, Henry Lawrence, Jordan Jones.
Substitutes: Sam Lewis, Ben Evans, Steve Thomas, Max James, Josh Bevan.
 
Referee: Paul Jones.





 
 

Good (wick) cup day at the Seaside

 

Seaside 1 – Goodwick United 5

 
Goodwick United put on a five-star display as they comfortably reached the last four of the competition at the expense of stunned Seaside at Penrhos 3G pitch.
 
Seaside are currently top of the Carmarthenshire Premier League and must have felt quietly confident of giving the Pheonix Lads a tough tie.
 
However, Goodwick proved too strong in every department as they led 3-1 at the break, plus added two further goals for a comfortable victory.
 
Scott Delaney struck an early opener with a bullet of a header provided by a well weighted Luke Hayward corner.
 
Midfielder Rhy Jones set-up the second for Rhys Jones to score with a tap-in, the hosts hit  back with a Robert Jones penalty as the score read 2-1 to Goodwick.
 
Chris O’Sullivan’s Goodwick outfit controlled matters and were rewarded when Hayward found Will Haworth struck a wicked 16 yard effort allowing for the angle into the top stanchion as they led 3-1 at half time.
 
Jake Smith drilled an effort into the far corner for his side’s fourth, the midfielder profited from a neat Rhys Dalling cut back.
 
In the 64^th minute they added a fifth, when Rhys Jones struck with a routine 25 yard free kick which beat Seaside keeper Matthew Smith in the bottom left hand corner as the visitors eased into the semi-finals in a competition, they last won in 2018.
 
Seaside: Matthew Smith, Steffan Nunes, Jordan Finnegan, Lee Stone, Robert Thomas, Jordan Cooper, Ben Honeybun, Callum Thomas (Captain), Joel Andrews, Keiran Dawe, Pearce Jones.
Substitutes: Cory Martin, Will Mills, Alfie Lloyd.
 
Goodwick United: Kyle Marsh, Steff Hayes, Ben Adams, James Bryan, Scott Delaney (Captain), Luke Hayward, Rhys Jones, Jake Smith, Rhys Dalling, Will Haworth, Daniel James.
Substitutes: Jonny Horgan, Nathan Greene, Sion O’Sullivan, Steven Dockerty, Kyle O’Sullivan.
 
Referee: Chris Neal.
 
 
 

POSTPONED

Milford United v Penlan - (Marble Hall)
Referee: Sion Jenkins.


 

WWIC - QF - Result and Scorers

Llangyfelach          3-0             West End
Ben Scannell
Arnold Ncube
Kieran Burder