Saturday October 13th
Welsh Alliance League Glan Conwy 5-0 Junction

Following the win against Pwllheli we travelled the short distance to Glan Conwy knowing that it would be tough against a very good young team. The first half was a scrappy affair with neither side really dominating as we saw more than our fair share of high balls on the “postage stamp”
First junction chance was in the 7th minute, a shot from Steve Priestley that was easily taken by Aaron Peel in the Glan Conwy goal, three minutes later Dwyfor Williams was cautioned for a “handbag” incident. The game was then held up following a collision between Tom Roberts and Mr E Williams the assistant referee who was floored and stayed down. As the home bench looked on it was left to Casper the Cockney to assist the elderly assistant who resumed his duties to the sound of applause from the spectators. Shortly after play resumed Glan Conwy were unlucky not to have taken the lead, with the Junction defenders standing off, Gavin Roberts had all the time in the world to shoot with his excellent effort glancing the crossbar.
Glan Conwy took the lead in the 32nd minute, a mistake by Darrel Jones saw the Junction defender robbed of the ball by Lee Hughes who beat the approaching Rob Jones to make it 1-0.
Towards the end of the half, Neil Picton suffered a painful injury and was replaced by Ben Thomas who had originally turned up to watch but was told to go home for his boots.
Following the drama of the incident involving the assistant referee we had our bit of comedy as the diminutive Ross Howcroft Jones decided to go in for a shoulder challenge on Rob Jones and hilariously bounced off the Junction keeper.
Half time: 1-0

Any Junction hopes that they could get back into the game were shattered as Glan Conwy turned the screw early on in the second half, Ashley Smith having a shot blocked in the 55th minute but the home fans did not have to wait long for their second. A free kick well taken by Shaun Shannon into the top corner of the net. This brought about the now customary Junction collapse that saw a lack of discipline with the Junction players arguing amongst themselves. In the 62nd minute a 50 yd punt landed at the feet of Ashley Smith who once again saw Rob Jones pull off a fine save only for Lewis Moroney to pick up the ball from the rebound and score with his first touch of the ball. One minute later it was 4-0 as Ashley beat the Junction offside calls to score. Four minutes later the home team were gifted number 5, Darrel Jones skying the ball goal bound, Rob Jones pulled off a cracking one handed save only for the ball to be picked up by Howcroft Jones to make it 5-0.
To compound matters late on in the game John Blundell was sent off for two senseless yellow cards.
Final Score 5-0

John Toshack said after the Wales vs Cyprus game that it was “a debacle, a shocking performance and that Wales didn’t compete and they were second best in everything”, well I can say the same about Junction and add a couple to that – humiliating and embarrassing, another game that saw the defence crumble, conceding 4 goals in the space of 11 minutes – Rhyl, Brymbo & Bethesda all over again. A very bad day for Junction FC.

Team: R Jones, T Priestley, D Williams, D Jones, N Picton,
S Priestley, J Blundell, P Lloyd, JP Colville, C Vernon, T Roberts
Subs Used: G J Jones & B Thomas