Neyland hit Solva for six in thriller

11:41am Wednesday 19th November 2008

Neyland 6.

Solva 2.

A first half brace from midfielder Wayne Parry helped Neyland win a dynamic encounter at home to Solva.

Visiting striker Luke Jones set the tone for an action-packed game when he acrobatically scored from David Price’s knockdown after two minutes.

Solva’s joy was short lived however, when moments later Eric Rees equalised from Rhys Blain’s long throw.

Both Peter Appleby and Parry went close for the home side before striker Phillips collected a poor clearance and finished coolly from 12 yards. Only a minute later Phillips was denied a second when his stinging shot was tipped round the post by keeper Chris Davies.

Neyland’s momentum was checked after 20 minutes when Solva midfielder Ben Jones was brought down outside the area and Gareth Thomas curled a superb free kick into the top left hand corner.

Ultimately though, it was a blitz by Parry before half time that turned the game on its head. After hitting the bar from close range, the influential midfielder went one better after 44 minutes when he got on the end of Paul Hannon’s free kick to loop a superb header into the far corner.

Then just seconds before the whistle Parry was on the score sheet again, poking home after the away side failed to deal with another Blain long throw.

The second period was never going to live up to the fireworks of the first and after Ben Jones was denied a penalty following a surging run, the game was all but ended as a contest when Solva right back Sean Ellison deflected Phillips’ miscued shot into his own net.

Keeper Davies was on red alert to twice deny the big striker his second goal but Solva’s misery was complete when Gavin Joyce was red carded for a professional foul and centre back Hannon made no mistake with the penalty.

Neyland: Gareth Lawlor, Sean Hannon, Mark Edwards, Adam La Rosa, Rhys Blain, Nathan Warlow, Eric Rees, Wayne Parry, Paul Hannon, Shane Phillips (Craig Power), Peter Appleby Solva: Chris Davies, Sean Ellison, Gavin Joyce, Stuart Jackson, Ali Davies (Mark Evans), Craig Challonder (Shane Morrissey), Gareth Thomas, Ben Jones, Nathan Davies (Fraser Watson), Luke Jones, David Price.

Referee: Rob Blowes.