Barry Town hit the goalscoring trail again on Saturday with another brace from Portuguese striker'Owen' Ohene Na Quinhare.

But they were edged out in an all-action thrills and spills goal-fest, that left even the spectators gasping for breath!

The Dragons swept into a fourth-minute lead, thanks to a delightful move between Leon Jeanne and Owen.

Former Cardiff City midfielder Jeanne danced around two Maesteg players to slot a pass into the path of Owen, who calmly stroked the ball past the oncoming keeper into the far corner of the net.

Against the run of play, Maesteg levelled when Barry failed to clear a ball in the penalty box, and it fell to a Maesteg player whose shot was almost saved by Barry's goalkeeper, Billy Clarke.

Undaunted, Barry continued their assault on the Maesteg goal. Owen hit a powerful header just over the bar and a minute later Jeanne cut inside two defenders, but saw his shot rifle agonisingly past the Maesteg post.

In the 22nd minute, the away side took the lead when Barry failed to deal with a corner, which was flicked on to another striker whose header from six yards went in off the post.

Barry Town drew level a minute later, though, when a long ball downfield was feebly chested by a Maesteg defender towards his keeper, only for Owen to steal in and coolly slot it between the advancing keeper's legs.

Barry piled on the pressure for the best move of the match when seven or eight passes between the Barry midfield culminated in an Anthony Ferguson header that cruelly passed just wide of the Maesteg post.

The second half began with Barry launching attack after attack.

Hemmens came close when he charged down a defender, Owen had a blistering shot saved by the keeper, Ferguson followed with a power shot that smacked against the Maesteg upright, and a Ferguson cross across the box went unchallenged.

In the 58th minute, Maesteg were awarded a penalty following what looked like an innocuous challenge for a header.

But justice was done when Maesteg blasted the ball over the bar and out of the ground!

Following a tactical substitution of a Barry defender by another defender (making his debut after injury), Barry suddenly lost their defensive cohesion, and a mad three minutes saw Maesteg take advantage by sneaking two goals from nowhere.

Barry responded magnificently, laying siege to the Maesteg goal. A Christian Churcher shot was saved by the keeper, a Ferguson shot went wide of the post and a Leigh Vick half-volley was saved for a corner from which a Jeanne shot went narrowly wide.

In the 85th minute, Barry finally got the goal they deserved when Gareth Hem-mens started and finished a move that showed true grit to make it 3-4.

With Barry pushing men forward to try and grab the equaliser, a defensive header to a Maesteg player was cruelly punished when he lobbed the Barry keeper.

Barry Town had only conceded three goals all season, but on an afternoon when their strikers should have won the day, some uncharacteristic sloppy defending handed the match to Maesteg.

Barry have now proven in their opening five games that they can defend tightly and score plenty of goals - Barry Town fans can sense that it is only a matter of time before this new side clicks and punishes opponents with their undoubted talents.