After three away games in a row Corwen returned to the War Memorial Park, where they hosted Trearddur Bay, who were also newly promoted to the third tier of Welsh football after finishing champions of the North Wales Coast West Premier League.

Early on in the game the home side were awarded a free kick in a promising positon, which Sam Henry took, but he sent the ball straight into the wall.

At the opposite end Harri Jones saw his shot saved by Tyler French.

Goal

With nine minutes on the clock some great play from Merion Williams allowed Tom Williams to be played in, who cut through the Bay defence before slotting the ball into the far bottom corner of the net to open the scoring.

The away side looked for a leveller, and they came agonisingly close to doing so in the fifteenth minute, when a shot bounced on the Corwen goal line before being cleared.

Seven minutes later the hosts failed to clear their lines, allowing the ball to be played down the wing and then across to Toby Jones, who wrapped his foot around the ball and saw his effort go narrowly wide of the target.

Goal

A twenty-fifth minute corner was collected by Dion Donohue, who whipped the ball back into the Corwen box, where a bullet header from Thomas Taylor levelled the scores.

The visitors looked to take the lead as Stevie Jones battled with Dafydd Evans, but the Trearddur Bay number eight could only the poke the ball narrowly over the bar from his header.

Goal

It looked as if the scores were going to be level going into the break, until the fifth minute of stoppage time, when Toby Jones played the ball across to Stevie Jones, who lashed the ball into the back of the Corwen net with the last kick of the half.

Half Time

After the interval Tom Williams played the ball to Sam Henry in the Bay Penalty area, where he held the play up before giving the ball to Henry Evans, who saw his shot go just wide of the target under pressure from the visitors defence.

Goal

As the clock ticked to the seventy-third minute substitute Shaun Cavanagh ran down the wing with the ball before cutting inside and going beyond a Corwen defender before blasting shot into the far corner of the net to give the away side a two goal cushion.

Goal

Corwen wasted no time in getting a foothold back into the game, as with two minutes Scott Evans powered a shot from distance into the back of the Bay net to half the deficit.

Ten minutes later Scott was looking for an equaliser, as a corner was cleared into his path, but he saw his first time shot blocked.

In the third minute of stoppage Trearddur Bay looked to seal victory from a free kick, but they could only send the ball over the bar and into the stand behind the goal.

Goal

A minute later Tom Mann crossed the ball into the visitor’s box, where Oliver Crimp was on hand to head the ball home to level the scores.

Goal

The late leveller did not deflate the visitors, who went in search of a ninety-sixth minute winner; however Tyler French produced a brilliant low save to deny Shaun Cavanagh from close range. After getting back to his feet Tyler launched the ball forward to Tom Mann, who played the ball onto debutant Calyn Spencer, who slotted the ball home to give Corwen a winner in the seventh minute of stoppage time.

Gavin Billington

Corwen FC

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