Colwyn Bay 3 - 0 Accrington Stanley - 04/09/01 - League

An excellent performance from the Bay which secured their first home league win of the season at Llanelian Road.

It was Accrington who started the brightest of the two teams, Simon Garden going close twice in the opening three minutes but the Seagulls soon came back. After Craig Hogg and James McIlvogue went close with chances, they went ahead after 15 minutes when Alun
Evans won a free kick 25 yards out and Paul Jones teed the ball up for Marc Limbert to rifle it into the top corner.

The Bay could have gone further ahead on the half hour, when Hogg's through ball put McIlvogue clear only for Speare, who had a good game for the visitors, to make an excellent save.

In the second half Deiniol Graham went close with a chipped shot just over the bar but Graham grabbed his second goal in two games on 54 minutes when he received a pass from Stuart Scheuber to loop his shot over keeper Jamie Speare from the edge of the box.

Evans was denied by Speare and the excellent Jason Jones pulled a shot wide after he latched onto the ball. 

For Accrington, Russell Payne's drive was headed off the line by the Bay's impressive central defender Craig Hogg on 70 minutes and Paul Smith produced a fantastic save to deny Stanley substitute Robbie Williams.

The Bay's third goal came with three minutes left when Limbert latched onto a loose ball on the edge of the box, sold an outrageous dummy and hammered it into the bottom corner.

The Bay, especially in defence looked solid and Colin Caton was delighted with the win.


Colwyn Bay: Paul Smith, Owain Roberts, Paul Jones, Craig Hogg, Glen Graham, Jason Jones, Marc Limbert(Simon Richards 88), Stuart Scheuber(Dean Williams 88), Deiniol Graham, James McIlvogue (Craig Lawton 84), Alun Evans. Attendance 290.

 

Deiniol Graham watches on as Jason Jones (ahem!) controls the ball.

The Stanley defence thwarts a Bay attack

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