Boro need cup tonic

CONWY Borough will need to put aside their league woes when they entertain lower level Cefn Albion in the first round of the Welsh Cup at Y Morfa this Saturday.

Boro remain next-bottom of the Huws Gray Alliance after last weekend’s very disappointing 3-2 home loss to basement boys Buckley Town.

Welsh Cup opponents Cefn Albion, who won four trophies at tier-five level last season, now operate in Welsh National League Division One.

The Wrexham area outfit have won all five league matches so far, having netted 26 goals, and could provide a tricky test for the Tangerines.

Conwy led Buckley 2-0 at half time last Saturday, but then threw the points away by conceding three in the second period.

Former Tangerine Lee Davey was the main architect of the comeback with two well-taken goals for the visitors after the interval.

The home side thought they were on course for a much-needed three points at half time.

Firstly, substitute Tom Rowlands, reacted well to a deflected Luke Douglas shot saved by the Buckley keeper on the half-hour to make it 1-0.

Then two minutes later skipper Leigh Craven jinked past two Buckley players inside the box and placed his shot superbly in the corner.

However, the early warning signs were there as home keeper Christian Wright was forced into action on a number of occasions in the first half.

Conwy just could not get going in a disjointed second half display and apart from a Jordan Wells header which hit the top of the bar in injury time, the home side rarely troubled Ben Jones in the Buckley goal.

Bucks’ winner came in the 76th minute from Dan Sullivan who was give acres of space as his long range shot found the corner of the net to jubilant scenes from the away side.