Cardiff Combination League

Premier Division

Friday 3rd December 2021

Kick Off 19.00 Actual 19.01

Tiger Bay 7 Aberystwyth Exiles 2, attendance 126

1’ 1-0

9’ 2-0

14’ 2-1

24’ 3-1

29’ 4-1

44’ 5-1

60’ 6-1

75’ 7-1

83’ 7-2

@ Canal Park

Loudon Square

(Enter via Dumballs Road)

Cardiff

CF10 5UZ

No Admission or Programme.

This was the first time I had seen a game in the Cardiff Combination League. The ground here has been in place for years, but it has undergone a transformation from a grass pitch, into a 3G facility and is now fully enclosed and has two seated stands on one side, one emblazoned with the badge of Tiger Bay and the other with that of fellow ground sharers A.F.C. Butetown, who play one step higher, in the second division of the South Wales Alliance League. It was the first home game Tiger Bay have played this season, due to the alterations taking place.

The match was third bottom versus second bottom in the league table, but the two clubs results so far this season certainly indicated it would be entertaining, to say the least. There had been 48 goals scored in the six matches involving the hosts, whilst the ten games played by the visitors had produced 68 goals. The reverse fixture had seen Exiles beat Tiger Bay 6-5.

We didn’t have to wait long for the first goal, Tiger Bay scoring in the first minute, before making it 2-0 before we had played ten minutes. Exiles did pull it back to 2-1 five minutes later, but by halftime it was 5-1 and game over. The hosts added two more goals in the second half, before a cracking shot on the turn saw Exiles make it 7-2 with seven minutes left.