by Martin Townley, Impetus Cymru Correspondent (23/11/23).
Above: Katy Hosford celebrates her winning goal for Swansea City against Wrexham in front of a big crowd at the swansea.com Stadium. Photo: FAW.
Swansea City go level on points with Wrexham at the top after 2-1 win at the swansea.com Stadium. Cardiff City win the capital city derby with 3-0 win over Cardiff Met. Connah’s Quay Nomads return to the top of the Adran North, and Cascade take over the Adran South leadership. Briton Ferry Llansawel set up Welsh Cup quarter-final tie with Wrexham.
Adran Premier
Swansea City 2-1 Wrexham
Another fantastic crowd turned out at the club’s men’s venue, the swansea.com Stadium as 3,859 saw Swansea City beat Wrexham 2-1.
Wrexham took the lead as they took advantage of a Swansea mistake at the back. Jess Williams lost the ball allowing Amber Lightfoot to shoot, but Clair Skinner saved, only for Carra Jones to tap into the empty net.
Ellie Lake levelled for the Swans as her shot from 25 yards crept under the dive of Delyth Morgan in goal.
Swansea took the lead after 66 minutes when Nieve Jenkins sent captain Katy Hosford clear in the box to make a calmly taken finish past Morgan. Swansea take a much-needed win as they look to close the gap on league leaders and rivals Cardiff City.
Barry Town United 0-2 Aberystwyth Town
A quickfire Lleucu Mathias double got Aberystwyth Town three points on the road to in-form Barry Town United.
Gavin Allen’s side had lost their three previous matches in the Genero Adran Premier after a great start to the season.
With Impetus-sponsored teenager Modlen Gwynne in the starting squad and Ella Thomas on the bench, Aberystwyth gained an excellent win.
But a thumping 8-0 win away to Rhyl in the Bute Energy Welsh Cup last weekend got them back to winning ways ahead of Sunday’s trip to Jenner Park.
The victory was their first away from home in the league since March – when they beat Barry Town United by the same scoreline.
The day was only marred by a wrist injury in the first half to midfielder Bethan ‘Cheeks’ Roberts, who was treated on the pitch before going straight to hospital.
Cardiff City 3-0 Cardiff Met
Cardiff City remain top of the Ardan Premier and unbeaten as they beat cross-city rivals Cardiff Met 3-0.
Mackenzie Olden got the only goal of the first half to give the Bluebirds the lead at halftime.
Seren Watkins added the second shortly after the restart and added a third from the spot in the 89th minute.
The Bluebirds lead the table by six points from Wrexham and Swansea City who both have 16 points.
Adran North
Connah’s Quay Nomads 5-2 NFA FC
Nomads returned to the top of the Adran North after this win over NFA. A hat trick from Sophie Hodson and goals from Alisha Wright and Melanie Barlow helped Nomads to the win. Jessica Mills and Georgia Williams got on the scoresheet for NFA.
CPD Y Rhyl 1879 3-1 Airbus UK
Rhyl moved up to third in the Adran North as goals from Rebecca Bannister, Laura Williams, and Sade Benjamin helped them to a 3-1 win.
Adran South
Cascade YC 6-0 Llanelli Town
Cascade moved to the top of the Adran South after hammering Llanelli. The six goals all came from different scorers as Ellen Lunn, Lauren Boyd, Phoebe Ware, Melissa James and a penalty from Daisy Evan-Watkins gave them the win. Cascade sit three points ahead of Briton Ferry who have two games in hand.
Swansea Uni 1-2 Cwmbran Celtic
Cwmbran Celtic moved into third spot after this win as Swansea Uni dropped to fourth. Georgia Shwartz and Jade Crofts gave Celtic a two-goal lead, but Angelika Barris pulled one back for Swansea Uni. Cwmbran held on to gain a big away win.
Welsh Cup
Pontardawe Town 1-2 Briton Ferry Llansawel
Briton Ferry made it all the way to last season’s Welsh Cup final but had to fight back from behind against a well-organised and hardworking Pontardawe team. Catryn Cook gave the hosts the lead with a stunning free-kick after 16 minutes. They held the lead until the 44th minute when Lowri Ridings fired home at the far post following Alison Witts’ flick-on.
Pontardawe defended bravely in the second half as Briton Ferry pressed for the winner. The winning goal came in the 84th minute as super sub-Fleur Jenkins skilfully brought down Lucy Powell’s high ball and fired past Celyn Barnett in goal.
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