Mid Wales League

East Division

Wednesday 4th August 2021

Kick Off 19.00 Actual 18.58

Builth Wells 2 Hay St. Mary’s 0, attendance 96

63’ 1-0

90’ + 3, 2-0

@ Thomas Lant Playing Fields

Love Lane

Builth Wells

LD2 3DG

No Admission or Programme.

I had visited this ground before, when I saw Builth Wells lose 1-7 to Barry Town in a friendly, on 16th July 1994, but the game was played on Pitch 2, which runs parallel to the now enclosed main pitch. I always planned on coming back one day to tick off the main ground, but never thought it would take more than 27 years to do so! It certainly helped that it was on the way home, even if it was still three and a half hours drive from there.

The game was hard fought from the off and could have gone either way. Builth certainly faced better opposition than they had on Saturday, when they beat Llanfyllin Town 15-0 here, and were certainly made to work hard for the three points. Builth finally broke the deadlock just after the hour mark, when a cross from the left was swept in at the far post. With fourteen minutes left Hay had their No.9 sent off, when he picked up a second yellow card and minutes later they were down to nine men, losing a player to injury, having already used all their substitutes. Builth finally made the game safe in stoppage time, with a deflected shot from 25 yards that wrong footed the ‘keeper.