Radnor Valley celebrate league win against Llangollen

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 07:47:30 +0000
Sports

RADNOR VALLEY returned to winning ways after recording a 2-0 victory over Llangollen Town in the Lock Stock Ardal North East at The Bypass.The Goats were looking to respond from a run of three winless outings.However, it was the Denbighshire visitors from who made the brighter start and Aaron Jones fired an effort wide of goal after a fourth minute free-kick was only partially cleared.The New Radnor club broke the deadlock eight minutes later when Henry Shipley's free-kick into the penalty area was converted by Ieuan Price at the far post.Radnor goalkeeper custodian Otto Jones was forced to make a smart save in the 28th minute to deny Iwan Hardy as his effort from the edge of the penalty area arrowed towards the bottom corner of the net.Price's rasping 30 yard drive was turned behind for a corner on the half-hour mark before Louie Middlehurst went close with his 25 yard strike at the opposite end six minutes later.Adam Jones' charges doubled their advantage in the penultimate minute of the opening half when Price's 25-yard free-kick thundered back off the crossbar and former Knighton Town forward Sam Sainsbury was on hand to turn the rebound past Lloyd from close-range. The Goats should have increased their advantage in the opening minute of the second-half when Clarke burst into the penalty area and was denied by Lloyd before Sainsbury directed the loose ball wide of the target. The visitors came close to halving the deficit four minutes later but Jones made a crucial save from Kevin Day after breaking into the penalty area.Jones was called into action again in the 69th minute when he blocked a close-range effort from Keiron Hughes prior to Hardy firing the rebound wide.The visitors came close to pulling a goal back in the 78th minute when Jones was unable to cleanly hold on to William Cooke's free-kick but the Goats' custodian was relieved to see the loose ball cleared to safety.Llangollen Town had an opportunity to halve the deficit but Daniel Smith's header was saved following a 90th minute corner.Goats' substitute Jamie Layton-Morris directed the ball over the crossbar following a swift counter-attack two minutes later, before Jones' header from a 95th minute free-kick into the penalty area clipped the top of the crossbar. However, the New Radnor outfit collected their first clean sheet since the opening day and secured three valuable points to move towards mid-table safety.