1876 maintain record with rout of Tigers
AT a wet and windy Treborth, Bangor 1876 achieved their 14th consecutive win in the Gwynedd League and maintained their one hundred per cent record in the competition as they swept aside Ogwen Tigers 7-0, writes JONATHAN ERVINE.
In challenging conditions, 1876 were quickly on the attack against their opponents.
Dylan Summers-Jones twice hit the post with headers before the opening goal finally arrived in the 16th minute.
Sion Parry netted from close range in his first start, scoring after Shane Owen had saved another header from Summers-Jones.
Five minutes later, Parry doubled 1876’s advantage with a well-struck shot after finding space on the right side of the penalty area. The scoreline could have been even more flattering if a Luke Steele shot from over 20 yards had dropped over the line after it struck the crossbar.
A third goal for 1876 did arrive in the 36th minute after a well-placed downward header from Benn Lundstram found the back of the net after a cross from the right wing by Jamie Petrie.
There were some rumours that Marti Pellow was spotted in the clubhouse at half-time.
While we can’t confirm this, it certainly remained wet, wet, wet in the second half.
Indeed several spectators mentioned that they couldn’t feel anything in their fingertips, and couldn’t feel anything in their toes.
1876’s young side, of whom only three were alive when Wet Wet Wet were at number one in the charts with Love is All Around, continued where they had left off in the second period.
A three goal half-time advantage swiftly became a four-goal lead after Parry completed his hat-trick with a calm finish two minutes into the second half.
Three minutes later, Parry added his fifth and 1876’s fifth with a shot from the edge of the area.
A further two minutes after this, Summers-Jones made the score 6-0 after breaking into the left side of the penalty area and beating the visiting goalkeeper with a leftfooted shot.
Second half substitute Dafydd Thomas looked to have headed in a seventh for 1876 but his goal was disallowed due to offside.
However, Summers-Jones ensured that the final score was a 7-0 victory for 1876 after he scored from close range six minutes before the full-time whistle.
Next up for Bangor 1876 is a trip to Parc Meurig to face Bethesda Athletic on Saturday, January 18 (2pm kick-off ) before a match away to Menai Bridge Tigers in the Bob Owen Shield the following Saturday (1.30pm kick-off ).
● It was announced last week that former player Iwan Williams will be the club’s first director of football in a move designed to implement a five-year plan which will act as a blueprint for developing community-based competitive football in the Bangor area and working with other organisations to enhance the quality of life and well-being in the community through football related activities.
“I am incredibly humbled and overwhelmed, not only to be asked to remain as part of this fantastic project, but to be given the role of director of football,” he told the club’s official website.