Swansea Senior League

Premier Division

Saturday 22nd February 2025

Kick Off 14.30 Actual 14.29!

Ragged School 5 Clase Social 2, attendance 34

9’ 1-0

39’ 2-0

47’ 3-0

62’ 4-0 (pen)

85’ 4-1 (pen)

87’ 4-2 (pen)

90’ 5-2

@ Paradise Park

Powys Avenue

Townhill

Swansea

SA1 6PW

No Admission or Programme.

I’d seen Ragged School play home games twice before. In November 2005 I saw them beat Seven Sisters 3-1 in a West Wales F.A. Senior Cup tie, played at Plas Marl Sports & Social Club,in Beaufort Road, Swansea, then in September 2012 they beat Swansea Dockers 5-0 in a Swansea Senior League match played at Elba Playing Fields in Gowerton. They’re now based here at Paradise Park, in Townhill, which took just over two minutes to drive to from Rosehill Community and consists of two parallel pitches, today’s game being played on the furthest one from the changing rooms. The pitch runs alongside Townhill Road and is roped off along each side between the two 18 yard boxes. Both hot and cold refreshments are available from the cafe inside The Phoenix Centre, which also houses the changing rooms. Plenty of parking here, helped by the fact the player’s from the reserve game at noon were just leaving as I arrived.

The match was 11th (bottom) versus 8th, with Ragged School having won just one of their fourteen league games coming into this. It was far more evenly matched than I’d been expecting and the level of skill was a huge step up from this mornings game. A long ball over the top saw Ragged School break the deadlock after nine minutes, finishing one on one from the edge of the box. Seven minutes before halftime, the game turned hugely in their favour, when the Clase Social ‘keeper was red carded for a foul just outside the 18 yard box, followed by a second red card, issued for dissent, seeing the visitors reduced to nine men. From the resulting free kick Ragged School then scored to make it 2-0. Goal number three arrived two minutes into the second half, before a penalty just after the hour mark saw them make it 4-0. With five minutes left the nine men scored a penalty of their own, before then scoring from the penalty spot again a couple of minutes later, pulling it back 4-2, before Ragged School rounded off the scoring in the final minute, when a free kick from wide on the right was headed in at the near post to make it 5-2.