{"id":34844,"date":"2025-08-10T16:32:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T16:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/cymru-premier-briton-ferry-thrash-reigning-champions-the-new-saints\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T16:32:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T16:32:48","slug":"cymru-premier-briton-ferry-thrash-reigning-champions-the-new-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/cymru-premier-briton-ferry-thrash-reigning-champions-the-new-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"Cymru Premier: Briton Ferry thrash reigning champions The New Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Friday, 8 August<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Bala Town 1-1 Flint Town United: <\/b>Bala and Flint picked up a point apiece in the season opener at Maes Tegid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hussein Mehasseb put Bala ahead on 20 minutes, netting from a corner but Flint were level 10 minutes later through Ben Wynne&#8217;s volley. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Visiting keeper Jack Flint made an important save to deny Louis Hall while his Bala opposite number Joel Torrance made a point blank save to deny Ben Hughes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Isaac Lee featured for Flint but manager Lee Fowler confirmed after the game that The Silkmen have accepted a bid from an unnamed club for the highly rated defender.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Haverfordwest County 0-1 Penybont: <\/b>Mael Davies scored the only the goal of the game as 10-man Penybont won away at fellow European qualifiers Haverfordwest County<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bont&#8217;s top scorer last season, James Crole, was shown a red card for an off the ball incident five minutes after the break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But despite being down to 10 men the visitors went ahead on the hour, Davies took advantage of uncertainty in the County defence from a free-kick to fire home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Llanelli Town 0-2 Barry Town United: <\/b>Llanelli&#8217;s first game back in the top flight for six years ended in defeat at Stebonheath Park as Barry sealed victory with two first half goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ben Margetson scored the opening goal of the game &#8211; and the first Cymru Premier goal of the season &#8211; to put Barry ahead on 17 minutes with Ieuan Owen getting a second in first half stoppage time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c209ww4303go?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, 8 August Bala Town 1-1 Flint Town United: Bala and Flint picked up a point apiece in the season opener at Maes Tegid. Hussein Mehasseb put Bala ahead on 20 minutes, netting from a corner but Flint were level 10 minutes later through Ben Wynne&#8217;s volley. 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