Gwent Premier League

Premier Division

Monday 26th August 2019

Kick Off 11.00 Actual 11.01

Abertillery Excelsiors 2 Villa Dino Christchurch 0, attendance 236

18’ 1-0

53’ 2-0 (pen)

@ Jim Owen Field

Brookside Row

Cwmtillery

NP13 1LW

£3 Admission

Programme available, but I won’t buy one at any event organised by Groundhop U.K.

So, for the first match of the day of the hop schedule , it was into the Premier Division. Excelsiors are the early league leaders, having only just been promoted and it didn’t require much for them to add another three points. It was a pretty poor match. When Excelsiors went 2-0 up early in the second half, courtesy of a penalty, it was job done as far as winning the match went. Villa Dino did have a chance to reduce the deficit with a penalty of their own, but the spot kick was well saved by the home ‘keeper.

As with most grounds in this league, it was fairly basic, but with a few advert boards, dugouts, and the fact there were also floodlights, meant it had the feel of a ‘proper’ ground.