Swansea Senior League

Division 1

Tuesday 17th September 2019

Kick Off 18.00 Actual 18.07

Mumbles Rangers 1 Brynawel 5, attendance 20

12’ 1-0

18’ 1-1

37’ 1-2

40’ 1-3

43’ 1-4

63’ 1-5

@ Underhill Park, Pitch 1

Newton Road

Mumbles

SA3 4SW

No Admission or Programme.

If you want a game without floodlights during this midweek, the only place you will still find games scheduled are in West Wales. There was a full programme of matches in the Swansea Senior League Divisions 1 and 2 tonight, so I went for the top division match that was 7th versus 11th (2nd bottom) in the league table.

Underhill Park is the main sporting hub in the town, hosting football, cricket and rugby. Mumbles Rangers play on Pitch 1 here, which is directly outside the changing rooms. It was roped along a section of each side, oddly done with each club roping off the side where they had their ‘bench’. What was more surprising was that they had a tea bar up and running from around half an hour before kick off.

Mumbles, who had won two of their opening five matches, took an early lead. As Brynawel had drawn three and lost three of their first six games, I expected this game was heading only one way, an easy win for the hosts, but it soon turned round. Brynawel levelled, then tore the hosts apart, and a three goal burst just before halftime sewed the game up. They added one more during the second half, but it could have been far worse for Mumbles and they should be thankful it was only 1-5 in the end.

Despite kicking off seven minutes late, there was an eight minute halftime, where Mumbles even went back into the changing rooms. Even when we finished at 19.47 the light was pretty reasonable.