Students slip up and Haverfordwest take advantage to move to the top

CARDIFF Met slid form first to fourth in the JD Cymru Premier Play-off Conference as they were beaten 2-0 at the Deeside Stadium by Connah’s Quay Nomads.

Goals from Paulo Mendes and Byron Harrison earned the Nomads a victory that puts them in with a chance of topping the table with two games to go.

That opened the door for Haverfordwest who re now on top thanks to a 2-0 home win over

Barry Town United. Jordan Davies scored both goals to take them back to the top.

Meanwhile, Aberystwyth Town hit Cefn Druids for six as they triumphed 6-0. There were six different scorers for the home side.

In the Championship Conference it was cometh the hour, cometh the man! And in the case of Bala Town there is no bigger or better man than skipper Chris Venables.

In the high stakes game against

Newtown it was the strikers cool head that earned the Lakesiders a 61st minute goal to beat their biggest rivals for the second Euro football slot next season 1-0.

It was the fifth time this season Newtown had failed to win against Bala and allowed their hosts to build up a clear three-point lead in the battle for second place.

Venables struck with an overhead kick after a Deann Ebbe cross from the left had caused problems in the

Newtown defence.

With two games to go, Bala now lead Newtown by three points and a game at Caernarfon on Monday to come and then a home clash with Penybont in round 32. Newtown host The New Saints on Monday and finish off with a trip to Flint.

Anthony Limbrick’s TNS side, crowned champions weeks ago, turned on the style for their home fans with a 7-0 thrashing of Flint. There were one more goal for top scorer Declan Mcmanus to take his tally to 22, a hat-trick for Jordan Wiliams and further goals from Ryan Brobbel, Blaine Hudson and struck a hat-trick, Adrian Cieslewicz helped himself to two and Ben Clark.

In the other game in the Championship Conference, Caernarfon Town heaped more misery on JD Welsh Cup finalist Penybont as they beat them 1-0 thanks to an own goal n the 90th minute from Kostya Georguevsky.