Saturday December 1st Welsh Alliance League
Junction 2-3 Holywell Town

Following the awful weather it was very wet underfoot at a windswept flyover, Junction playing the first half against the wind.
First chance to Junction in the 4th minute, a well-struck free kick was headed clear for a corner. From the corner Holywell counter attacked, a good effort well saved by Joey who also safely collected the resulting corner. It was end-to-end stuff in the first ten minutes with chances to both sides but it was Junction who took the lead in the 13th minute. A good ball into the box was met by the Holywell keeper who made a real hash of it, allowing John Paul to nip in and make it 1-0. In the 19th minute, a corner to Holywell that was met by Jamie Morris – a powerful header with a cracking save by Joey.
Another chance to Junction in the 25th minute, a free kick taken by Natty but easily gathered by Wayne Edwards in the Holywell goal, a counter attack from the visitors saw Shaun Pritchard one on one with the keeper but, as Joey came off his line, he put his shot wide.
In the 32 mins the visitors deservedly drew level thanks to a defensive cock up, with Joey calling for the ball and coming out to collect Tony Priestley inexplicably headed the ball past the stranded Junction keeper.
Junction regained the lead in the 43rd minute thanks to an angled drive from John Paul for his second of the game.
Half time: 2-1

In the second half Junction were unable to take advantage of playing with the wind and it was the visitors who drew level after 52 minutes, Joey pulling off a fine save only to see the ball dropping to Shaun Pritchard. In the 60th minute Junction had strong appeals for a penalty turned down as Natty went down in the box and in the 67th minute a “goal” was disallowed for offside.
In the 88th minute Joey capped a MOM performance with yet another save in a one on one situation and for most of us we thought that was it but how wrong we were. The referee somehow found an extra five minutes of added time during which Junction should have scored with Neil Poynton and John Paul both missing chances. We witnessed Holywell score the winner with virtually the last kick of the game in controversial circumstances, as it appeared that their player was in an offside position, a very disappointing result that sees us hovering above the drop zone.
Final Score 2-3

A devastating result with Holywell scoring with virtually the last kick of the game, how many times will I have to repeat myself that missed chances cost us dearly?
Team: J Welsh, T Priestley, D Williams, B Thomas, D Jones
N Jones, N Poynton, S Priestley, J P Colville, T Roberts, J Hobson
Subs Used: S Magill & P Lloyd