West Wales Premier League

Saturday 21st September 2024

Kick Off 17.30 On Time!

Mumbles Rangers 7 Bryn Rovers 0, attendance 160

22’ 1-0

23’ 2-0

41’ 3-0

50’ 4-0

56’ 5-0

68’ 6-0

88’ 7-0

@ Swansea University Sports Park, 3G Pitch

Sketty Lane

Swansea

SA2 8QB

£3 Admission

£2 Programme available, but I won’t buy one at any event organised by Groundhop U.K.

When I visited Mumbles Rangers previously they were in the Swansea Senior League, where I saw them lose 1-5 to Brynawel in a Premier Division match, which was a 6pm midweek kick off on 17th September 2019. They played at Underhill Park back then, in Mumbles itself. That ground has had a total revamp, including the installation of a 3G pitch, so it seems rather odd that they are now playing at a 3G pitch in Swansea, rather than using their own ground. The stadium pitch here at Swansea University was visited for a Welsh League game in December 2017, but tonight’s game was played on the 3G pitch that runs parallel to that, to the south. You still enter through the stadium and the tea bar and toilets were available there, as the caged set up has no facilities of its own, although it does have the benefit of spectator access along the whole of one side, as well as grass banking along the entirety, which offered a good view from the top, making it a much better match day experience, even with a decent crowd present.

The match was 9th versus 16th (bottom). As expected, it was a comfortable home win. Mumbles were coasting after two goals in as many minutes saw them go 2-0 up midway through the first half, before adding a third goal just before halftime. They even missed a penalty too, although most people present thought that the ball had come back off the wheel inside the goal frame, rather than hitting the post, which is how the Referee seemed to think it stayed out. Anyway, it wasn’t going to affect the outcome. It only took five minutes of the second half before goal number four did arrive. Two more goals soon followed, before the scoring was rounded off with two minutes left, giving the hosts a resounding 7-0 win, leaving Bryn rooted to the bottom of the table, having now lost all eight games they’ve played.

Luckily for me, I’d already visited the two scheduled games for tomorrow, so headed straight home after the final whistle, where a clear run meant arriving back just before 11 pm.