South Wales Alliance League

Division 1 East

Wednesday 8th May 2024

Kick Off 18.15 On Time!

Tongwynlais 0 Cwmbach Royal Stars S.C. 3, attendance 82

52’ 0-1

81’ 0-2

88’ 0-3

@ Iron Bridge Road

Tongwynlais

CF15 7NJ

No Admission or Programme.

Tonight’s game was 5th versus 1st in the league table, with Tongwynlais able to finish fourth with a win tonight, whilst Cwmbach Royal Stars had wrapped up the title on Saturday, having beaten their nearest challengers Cardiff Cosmopolitan 5-2 away. They still had something to play for tonight though….avoid defeat and they would have gone unbeaten all season in the league, having won 15 and drawn 4 of their games so far.

The first half had been quite even, although little in the way of goalmouth action, so no surprise it was still goalless at the break. Seven minutes into the second half Cwmbach broke the deadlock, when a ball in from the right was finished into the bottom corner from the angle of the six yard box. They never looked like being pegged back, let alone actually lose it and they rounded off a comfortable win with two goals in the last nine minutes, both angled finishes into the far corner.

The ground here at Iron Bridge Road is enclosed by a triangle of the M4, the A470 towards Merthyr Tydfil and the River Taff. The pitch is in front of the changing room building and is fully railed off and has a dugout on each side, with the car park behind the goal as you enter. There is a second railed pitch, running at right angles to the main one, about 20 yards beyond the far touchline.