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Barry Town United players celebrate scoring at Jennar Park
Barry Town United 7 – Haverfordwest County 1
Barry Town United played some quality football to reach the last four of the Nathanial MG Cup at the expense of sorry Haverfordwest County at Jennar Park’s impressive 3G surface on Tuesday evening.
Leading the rout was a brilliant second half hat-trick by James Dixon, and an excellent brace by Drew Fahiya, plus Luke Cooper and Jordan Cotterill scored one goal each. The only joy for the visitors was a goal by Kieran O’Brien that levelled matters, but Gavin Chesterfield’s Barry Town United outfit were just too good on the night for The Bluebirds to cope with.
Bluebirds’ central defender Nathan Banner did brilliantly to deny the homesters an early goal with a superb sliding goal line clearance that he put behind for a corner.
Fahiya strikes
Barry took the lead in the 12th minute when striker Drew Fahiya struck a vicious volley that flew past Bluebirds goalkeeper James Gwilt. They could have gone two up when Julian Cotterill smashed a rising shot inches over the crossbar.
Midway through the first period and the visitors had their first sight at goal, Rhys Dalling mis directing his low shot just wide of the goal.
The visitors were gifted an equaliser in the 25th minute, Steffan Davies challenged the Barry keeper and the ball fell kindly for Kieran O’Brien who stroked the ball into the empty net, this was O’Brien’s first goal for The Bluebirds since signing from Goodwick United.
Bluebirds skipper Sean Pemberton picked up a yellow card for a rash challenge.
On the stroke of half time and Barry took the lead, Luke Cooper making no mistake with a far post header, which was supplied by a delightful cross from the left by Luke Cooper.
Dixon bags hat-trick
Pemberton went close with a header for the visitors, but that’s as good as it got for the as the homesters took complete control. Fahiya scored through a forest of legs for the third, and Dixon bagged a stunning treble in quarter of an hour, matters got worse when Jordan Cotterill drilled in the seventh.
Haverfordwest County squad: James Gwilt; Matthew Broome; Jamie Evans; Nathan Banner, Spencer Williams; Sean Pemberton (Captain); Nicky Palmer; Lee Hudgell; Kieran O’Brien; Chris O’Sullivan; Steffan Williams; Steffan Davies; Rhys Dalling; Ashley Bevan; Rhydian Davies; Leon Luby.