With 90 minutes on the clock and Cwmbran Celtic 6-1 down to high-spending league leaders
Trethomas Bluebirds, a catastrophic end-result was on the cards for the home side.
However, in the 13 minutes of time added on they found the net 3 times to at least salvage
some pride in pulling the final score back to 6-4.
The game started so brightly for Celtic when, from an Isaac Powell free kick, Alfie Jones
rugby tackled Callum Hodges to the floor in the penalty box, skipper Andrew Larcombe
sending the keeper the wrong way with his spot kick. In the 26th minute Celtic gifted the
visitors the equaliser by allowing Tedstone to stride through the middle and head keeper
Irving’s long clearance past the outrushing Pring into the empty net. Six minutes later
Trethomas were in front when, from another long ball into the box, this time by Alfie Jones,
Huggins outbattled three Celtic defenders to stab the ball into the net. Again, poor
defending by Celtic. On the stroke of half time Trethomas were awarded a penalty when
Pring brought down the attacker. Pring dived to his left to save Huggins’s penalty but the
rebound fell kindly to Huggins to score.
After the break Trethomas added two more goals with some delightful approach play. Both
were set up by runs down the left bye-line. Leon Thomas converting the lay-back by
Edwards and Huggins completing his hat-trick from close range. Trethomas were now
running the Celtic defence ragged and added the 6 th goal when Huggins turned provider for
Tedstone to score in the 80th minute. Then came Celtic’s late fight-back. On the stroke of 90
minutes, Alex McDowell crossed from the right, the ball fell to Dominic Connor on the
opposite flank whose cross back into the box where Callum Hodges out-jumped Irving to
head home at the far post. Then came an astonishing goal by Oliver Berry who thumped the
ball from the right touchline just inside the opponent’s half and watched it sail high and
handsome over the keeper into the net. Celtic’s fourth goal came from Larcombe whose
header from a cross from the left bounced off the inside of the post to Irving who appeared
to fumble the ball over the line. However, the goal was credited to Larcombe. Celtic are now
bottom of the table at the halfway stage with a mountain to climb if they are to stay up.
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