Lloyd denied (From Barry And District News)

Lloyd denied

HAD GARY Lloyd's seemingly perfectly good goal not been denied by referee Steve Homes, Barry would have come away with all three points.

Apart from that, Barry had few goal attempts as Newtown packed their defence as if they were the away team.

As has been well documented, every side that plays Barry knows what to expect. They know that they cannot match Barry for football, so they try and stop them playing. It is a fact of life for Kenny Brown's men.

Chris Morgan, Newtown centre-back said: "We knew they were quality so we decided to let them keep the ball and defend the final third. It worked and we are delighted to have stopped them scoring. We kept our shape so well."

Barry plugged away for 90 minutes but didn't change anything, and it was noticeable that the players became irritated with one another.

Too often Barry failed to use the width of the pitch and when they did, crosses fell comfortably into the hands of tall keeper Hughes.

Right from the kick off, Town were on the attack and within four minutes Nicky Burke had a couple of goal attempts. Barry were building up nicely and it seemed a goal was likely, but somehow nothing seemed to work.

Scott Morgan and Jamie Moralee both had headers, one saved and one over the bar, while Jon French hit a fierce shot just past the upright.

Scoreless at half-time Barry went relentlessly on with keeper Simon Rayner having little to do.

Gary Lloyd received a ball from Nathan Cotterill and his strong shot was fumbled by Hughes. The ball came off the inside of the upright into the keeper's hands, but although the ball seemed clearly over the line the referee waved play on to the horror of the Barry players.

Despite the visitors' complete superiority and possession, they could not get the all important goal, the keeper capping a solid display with a great diving save from Jon French in the last minute.

This weekend Barry travel to Flexsys Cefn Druids and the coach will leave on Saturday at 9.30am. The cost is £8 for adults and £4 for children. Ring Tim Johnson to book, and also for Aberystwyth next Tuesday when the bus leaves at 4pm.

The following Saturday Barry are back at Jenner Park for a home match with Port Talbot who have gone three games unbeaten so far this season. They have yet to concede a goal even, so a tough game is in prospect.

During the interval Bob Nash will commemorate his 60th birthday by running as many laps of the track as possible to a maximum of ten.

Sponsors required

He is looking for sponsors at the game, and half of the proceeds will go to Barry Town AFC and the other half to Crisis Africa, to help alleviate a severe food and water shortage.

If you would like to offer support, call him on 746517 or Barry Town AFC on 735858. Barry Town still have a long way to go to be financially stable and your support is urgently needed to keep the club running as a full-time professional outfit. You can play your part by supporting the players at home and away.