Llanfyllin’s awful start to the new years league campaign continued on Saturday. With them suffering defeat at the hands of Abermule Reserves, losing the game 5-1 and deservedly so.

After such a good team performance the week before against Llanfair the Magpies really struggled to start the game with mistkaes being made all over the pitch and many players decisions being poor. It took only 10 minutes for Llanfyllin to fall behind, a cheap free kick near the edge of the area which was taken quickly before a lofted cross come shot looped over goal keeper Gareth Jones who was caught out by the flight of the ball as it dropped over his head.

This did spark some life into the visitors who began carving out some good opportunities, with the best dropping to Charlie Cooper-Harding. A good touch by Lee Morris into the path of Zakh Ward allowed the chance for Ward to knock the ball over the top to Charlie whos first touch was very good and took him into the box sadly he couldn’t get his shot away and the defender managed to get a foot in to block his shot.

It wasn’t long after this chance that Llanfyllin did find an equaliser. A good delivery off a corner from Martin Phillips saw the ball met in the six yard box by the head of Zakh Ward, the ball beat the Abermule goal keeper before being cleared away from what looked to be a good 2 yards over the line. Luckily for the Magpies the Abermule linesman was honest and flagged signalling the ball had actually crossed the line bringing the score to 1-1.

This seemed to turn the games momentum in Llanfyllins favour with some more good chances being created. A quick free kick saw new singing Aaron Davies get in behind before unleashing a good strike which narrowly went wide, another chance for Cooper-Harding saw the ball over the top down the right hand side allowed Charlie to out pace the last defender before just putting his shot wide. The best chance however, dropped to Lee Morris. Again a ball over the top saw Morris race away from the chasing Abermule defence before getting a shot away that looked destined to give Llanfyllin the lead, but for a piece of heroics from the home teams goal keeper. Who somehow got a hand to the shot managing to just tip it onto the post.

The hosts had an amazing chance to take the lead seconds before the break, some good movement saw them get in behind the back three of Llanfyllin before squaring the ball to his strike partner for what seemed a tap in. However, a block on the line by Liam Jones saw the ball drop to the feet of the Abermule forward before a crunching tackle from Mostin allowed Llanfyllin to clear their lines.

The second half took a while for the game to get going with neither team exerting much pressure on the other, but it would have to of been Abermule who edged the possession. The only real chances Llanfyllin created were a long range shot from Zakh Ward that drifted harmlessly over the bar and a shot from Jack Morris that seemed to strike an arm but no penalty was given. After this it became one way traffic. The first two goal came from poorly defended set pieces allowing an attacker to head home, and the second dropped to a striker in the 6 yard box, who made no mistake in tucking the chance away to make it 3-1.

The last 15 minutes saw Llanfyllin all but give up, allowing another 2 goals to be gifted to the home side. With a poor throw in being gifted straight to the attacker in the box and a poor clearance landing again at the feet of an Abermule player it capped off a poor day at the office for the visiting magpies who now must pick themselves back up and prepare for the biggest game of the season next week away to Cardigan Bay in the Emrys Morgan Cup.

LLANFYLLIN TOWN F C

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