Caernarfon Town 1 Haverfordwest County 1

JD Cymru Premier Championship Conference

HAVERFORDWEST County AFC continued their unbeaten start to the JD Cymru Premier Championship Conference with a 1-1 draw away at Caernarfon Town.

Both teams were in good form and it was no surprise that the match was a tight affair, with plenty of good football on display but scarce goalmouth action.

The visitors went ahead in the ninth minute when Town’s defence failed to deal with a run by Iori Humphreys who slid the ball to Ben Fawcett and his powerful low shot was too good for Ben Hughes in goal.

The opener was a little against the run of play and it meant that County could tuck into a solid shape that proved, for the most part, to be effective.

However, Caernarfon’s top scorer, Louis Lloyd, had other ideas and when Josh Lock put him through in the 25th minute there wasl ittle doubting the striker, as he raced clear and dinked the ball over the advancing Zac Jones and into his net.

Fawcett went close to restoring the visitors’ lead just before the break but this time Hughes denied him with an excellent save, and it needed Gruff John to complete the job, as he cleared the ball with Ben Ahmun looking to reach the ball.

Lloyd will be disappointed not to have put Town ahead on the hour mark when Jake Canavan found him with a pinpoint delivery, but the ball bounced awkwardly as Lloyd reached it and he could only lift the ball over the target.

Hughes pulled off a super stop on 70 minutes after Luke Tabone got on the end of a Lee Jenkins header and volleyed goalwards, but Town’s number one got his left hand to the ball to tip it away from the target.