Match Abandoned - Lights Go Out at Nantporth on JD WPL Matchday 5
Citizens thwarted by floodlight failure after 42 minutes while leading Connah's Quay Nomads 1-0 on JD WPL Matchday 5
Minute-by-minute:
2' First CK of the match goes to the Nomads on the near side but it comes to nothing;
5' First effort on goal by Wilde but the shot's tame & off target;
6' Referee Huw Jones spots an infringement & the Citizens win a FK halfway into the Nomads half;
Wilson swings in the set piece to the far post but the defender sees the ball out;
8' Another Connah's Quay CK on the near side - the ball is cleared upfield by
Gary Taylor-Fletcher;
10' Spell of Citizens possession ended with a FK decision awarded against
Luke Wall;
12'
Luke Wall &
Dean Rittenberg with some neat interplay make inroads into the box but it just evades
Danny Gosset;
14' GK Danby forced into a good save by
Danny Gosset's powerful shot inside the area;
16' Intelligent run by
Damien Allen finds
Dean Rittenberg but the cross is collected safely by Danby;
18' Claims for a foul on
Damien Allen as the Citizens break forward turned down by the match official;
19' FK to the Citizens midway into the opposing half -
Laurence Wilson's FK is punched clear by Danby &
Danny Gosset's shot is a couple of yards wide of goal;
23'
Luke Wall's diagonal pass finds
Laurence Wilson breaking into the box but the defender gets a block in;
26' Good forward movement by the Citizens ends with
Gary Taylor-Fletcher winning a CK on the far right hand side;
27' GOAL: Laurence Wilson with a thunderbolt from 25-yards after the intial CK is repelled - Bangor City 1-0 Connah's Quay Nomads;
30' Citizens with a FK near the Menai side corner flag which is cleared;
38' Nathan Woolfe with a shot from distance for the Nomads but it's off target by some distance;
40'
Brayden Shaw with a lofted pass from just inside halfway narrowly fails to find the marauding
Danny Gosset;
42' Stoppage as 3 of the floodlights at the Menai end of Nantporth go out;
Players return to the dressing rooms as work goes on behind-the-scenes to restore the lights;
After a lengthy delay & despite the efforts of the groundstaff, referee Huw Jones is left with no option but to abandon the match.
MATCH ABANDONED