Ten-man Llantwit Major hold on to draw with Goytre United
LLANTWIT MAJOR, WALES - 5TH OCTOBER 2024: Ben Cripps of Goytre United in action against Ioan Emanuel of Llantwit Major. Llantwit Major v Goytre United in the JD Cymru South at Windmill Lane on the 5th of October 2024. (Pic by Lewis Mitchell/FAW)
Llantwit Major held on with nine players to gain a draw against Goytre United in the Cymru South.
Red cards for Joel Woodington and Josh Morgan left the home side with nine for the last ten minutes but they were able to grind things out for a point.
Former Major player Kyran Gardner gave Goytre the lead after 13 minutes when his corner went in at the near post. Sean Williams levelled the game on the hour mark with a towering header.
Joel Woodington was sent off for simulation and then in the 81st minute Llantwit were down to nine when Josh Morgan was shown a straight red for dissent.
Llantwit move to sixth in the table four points behind leaders Cambrian United. Goytre are ninth with 14 points.
Goytre started brightly and won an early free-kick out of the side of the Llantwit box. The visitors whipped the ball into the box and Jack Lansdown had to pushed the ball away.
The visitors continued to pressure the hosts early on and won a corner. Kyran Gardner took the corner and the former Llantwit player whipped the ball into the near post to put Goytre ahead.
Llantwit tried to get back into the game and sent a long ball forward to Joel Woodington. Woodington made his way towards goal and fired a shot from a tight angle that Lucas Cavalcante saved.
Goytre almost got a second when they sent a long ball into the path of Keane Watts. Watts under pressure pulled his shot just wide of the target.
Matty Kimmins then went close for Llantwit. Woodington sent Kimmins in on goal but Kimmins put his low shot wide of the post.
In the second half, Tom Tweedy tried a shot from the edge of the box but he fired his effort over.
Woodington then linked up with Kimmins again sending him in on goal. Kimmins struck a shot at goal but Cavalcante made a decent save to deny him and concede a corner.
Rob Jones sent the corner into a packed penalty box and Sean Williams rose above the crowd to send a bullet header into the net.
Llantwit started pushing for the winning goal and Woodington went over in the box. Woodington and the Llantwit players wanted a penalty but the ref didn’t give it. He then showed a second yellow to Woodington.
Llantwit were given another red shortly after when Josh Morgan went over and was shown a straight red for something said to the ref in the aftermath.
Despite two extra players Goytre failed to really threaten the Llantwit goal. Llantwit defended well and did their best to deny Goytre any space to see out the final minutes.
Llantwit Major
Jack Lansdown (G), Thomas Lillico, Jake Barrow, Jamie Miller, Rhys Llewelyn (C), Sean Williams, Ioan Emanuel, Rob Jones (Nathan Renfree 72), Joel Woodington, Matthew Kimmins (Josh Morgan 65), Tomos Tweedy (Jack Shaw 72).
Goals: Sean Williams 60.
Yellow Cards: Joel Woodington 69.
Red Cards: Joel Woodington 74, Josh Morgan 81.
Goytre United
Goytre United: Lucas Cavalcante (G), Dafydd Owen, Kyran Gardner, Daniel Paul, Connor Smith (Kyle Williams 83), Iwan Batcup, Keane Watts (C), Danny Hillman, Kyran Steadman, Isaac Davies (Ben Cripps 65), Brad Flay (Leon Flay 85).
Goals: Kyran Gardner 13.
Yellow Cards: Ben Cripps 90+4
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