Saturday October6th     Welsh Alliance League

Junction 2-1 Pwllheli

Following the disappointing results in the FAW Trophy and Cookson Cup it was back to league action against Pwllheli. It was a beautiful afternoon at the flyover that brought out a large crowd.
First chance of the game fell to Pwllheli’s Dave Farr after only 90 secs, his effort saved thanks to Rob Jones’ outstretched leg. The first real chance for Junction came in the 4th minute with a header from John Paul that was easily collected by Carwyn Thompson in the Pwllheli goal. Three minutes later the visitors were on the attack and gained a corner following a poor attempted back pass by Neil Picton, Rob Jones once again saved the day for Junction. It was a half with chances falling to both sides but it was Junction that took the lead in the 24th minute, good build up play saw a near perfect cross from Tony Priestley that was met Callum Vernon for a good headed goal. The visitors nearly levelled in the 43rd minute – a shot rebounded off the cross bar with Dave Farr foiled when his goal bound effort was cleared off the line.
Half time: 1-0
The worst possible start to the half for Junction that saw the defence go to sleep following an injury to Neil Picton, this allowed the ball to be crossed into the box with Neil Jones on hand to slot home – a goal that was predicted by Bootsy during the build up play. Junction played their part in an end to end second half, a corner in the 50th was cleared for another corner with the Pwllheli defence working overtime to clear the ball three times, incl one off the line. Another chance in the 58th minute with Callum just beaten to the ball by the Pwllheli keeper, the loose ball out to Darrel Jones who shot just wide.
In the 68th Pwllheli danger man Farr had another good chance, his headed effort just over the bar, Junction also continued to have chances with a good shot from Callum palmed away by the Pwllheli keeper in the 75th minute. One minute later John Paul came off and was replaced by Gary John and what an inspired substitution this turned out to be. Almost immediately following a throw in there was a goalmouth scramble with the ball falling to none other than the Junction player manager who blasted the ball home to put Junction 2-1 in the lead, a lead that they managed to hold on to.
Final Score 2-1
A vital win, well deserved with a battling performance from the Junction. Let’s hope that this will go some way to silencing the critics. Unbeaten at home in the league!

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