Krislyn Summer Cup Final
Friday 22nd August 2025
Kick Off 18.15 On Time!
Pontlliw 2 Killay 1, attendance 96
2’ 1-0
7’ 2-0
74’ 2-1
@ Loughor Rovers A.F.C.
The Lodge
Alexandra Road
Gorseinon
SA4 4PE
£2 Admission
No Programme.
The Krislyn Summer Cup is contested by eight teams, split into two groups of four, with the top two from each group then advancing to the semi finals. These two qualified from the same group, with Pontlliw then beating cup final hosts Loughor Rovers in their semi and Killay edging out Kingsbridge Colts in theirs. The Lodge ground is at the rear of New Lodge Gorseinon Independent Social Club (which was open throughout), off Alexandra Road, heading west out of Gorseinon towards Loughor. There’s plenty of car parking at the rear of the building, with the pitch running widthways as you enter. A cut away shipping container, with a few ‘school chairs’, acts as a stand, whilst there’s also overhang on the changing room building, giving additional cover. Most of the stand side was roped off, as was the far side, which also has a permanent rail running the width of the centre circle. The left hand goal end was out of bounds, with the pitch sloping up towards the other goal end, which had raised viewing from a grass bank.
Pontlliw got off to a flyer. They were ahead after just two minutes, when a long ball over the top was finished left footed into the far corner. Five minutes later they added a second, this time with a 20 yarder into the bottom corner. Sadly, from a neutral point of view, it was pretty much game over from here. Killay did pull a goal back with sixteen minutes left, with a free kick from just outside the centre circle catching the Pontlliw ‘keeper out and it went in off the underside off the crossbar. They never really looked like grabbing an equaliser, despite having an extra man for what turned out to be seven minutes of added time at the end of the ninety, after Pontlliw had a man sin binned right at the end of regulation time.
I was glad to be doing an overnight stop afterwards, as the journey down to Carmarthenshire was horrendous, due to the Bank Holiday weekend getaway. Having left home at 11 o’clock, I certainly didn’t envisage only arriving at the ground 40 minutes before kick off.
