BROOKS INJURY ADDS TO SEAGULLS’ WOES

A FIRST half injury to goalkeeper Alfie Brooks added to the Seagulls woes as they lost 5-0 away to Haverfordwest County and dropped to bottom place in the JD Cymru Premier table.

Defender Sam Hart had to take over in goal with Bay already 0-2 down and although he did very well as stand-in keeper, he couldn’t prevent the home side adding a further three goals.

Bay, in fact, made a really bright start with home keeper Zac Jones saving from Tom McCready and Sam Turner, and Alex Downes heading a chance over the bar from Tom McCready’s cross.

But Haverforwest scored from their first real attack on 14 minutes and added a second four minutes later when Rio Dyer scored following a scramble in the area.

Alfie Brooks then had to go off injured after a collision with the home side’s Aiden MacNamara, who also had to go off, and the home side added their third just before half-time, despite shouts for offside and Sam Hart saving the first effort, while Bay’s only threat was a shot from Alex Downes which was narrowly wide.

Jamie Cumming had a shot from 25 yards saved early in the second half, but Haverfordwest made it 4-0 on 56 minutes with Martell completing his hat-trick.

Zac Jones made a great save from Alex Downes and Tom McCready had a close range header blocked on the line before Dan John added the home side’s fifth on 85 minutes

Keeper Jones then denied Bay a consolation goal with two more fine saves from Alex Downes Creamer.

COLWYN BAY: Alfie Brooks (Sam Downey 32), Alex Downes, Brandon Diau (Dylan Allshorn 67), Sam Hart, Tom McCready, Cai Owen, Dan Jones, Sam Turner (Tom Creamer 66), Jamie Cumming (Nick Rushton 74), Stef Edwards, Udoyen Akpan.

Attendance: 450.