Sammy stuck with the same eleven from a fortnight ago, just Owen Spar Roberts coming in for Jonny Taylor on the bench

It shows what a shambolic first half it was because without doubt, the most positive piece of action to take place at Clappers Lane between 2pm and 2:45pm was the arrival of the Chairman Mayor Juliano with a Tesco bag under his arm, the thrifty club stalwart went on to sell 34 new hats. Now that is what you call a star performance !!

HALF TIME
GRESFORD ATHLETIIC 0 BODEDERN 0

In fact, the younger members of our club could learn a lesson or two from our Jules who sweated blood every time he wore a Gresford shirt. So did the watching Evo and Ady who wore the shirt with immense pride. There is no suggestion for one minute we had players out there on Saturday who didn't care, on the contrary, but there was something sadly wrong.

We got what we deserved from this dour encounter and that is what Paul Daniels might say “Not a lot”. We were woeful in attack, lacked guile in midfield and were not exactly solid in defence either.

It just seemed a matter of time before Bodedern picked their moment to kill the game off and it came in the 78 th minute after a series of near misses for Corrie Sinnott and Craig Brodie. Sub Craig Tipton beat two defenders to send a curling shot over the head of Pricey to give Bodedern the points. Things might have been different had Danny Purdie, Ian Mathias and Kev Todd not have had great efforts thwarted by OJ Roberts. Things might have been different had the ref not booked eight Gresford players, above all else however, things might have been different had one or two of the players pulled their fingers out. I hope Sammy isn't panicked into making wholesale changes as the eleven who failed to deliver last week should ask themselves some

I hope Sammy isn't panicked into making wholesale changes as the eleven who failed to deliver last week should ask themselves some searching questions and show us their real potential. Pricey is the best shot stopper in the Cymru Alliance, Kev Todd has the knowledge how to marshall a tight defence, Slap is the most experienced midfielders in the league, Phil Jones has talent in abundance. When on fire, I would back Crags and Purdie as being amongst the best twin strike force around, Shaun can now play anywhere and will run all day and has a great engine, we have some new faces who are getting better week by week and I am referring to Ian, Kev and Gary. So I have every confidence with Wyn, Mike Gronnow, The Ratman and Matt Williams also coming into the frame, we will get out of this mess we are in !!

FINAL SCORE
Gresford Athletic 0 Bodedern 1

GRESFORD ATHLETIC
1. Mike Price (6) 2. Hugh Jones (6) 3. Kevin Hope (6) 4. Kevin Todd (6) 5. Gary Robinson (6) 6. Alan Williams (7) 7. Ian Matthias (5) 8. Shaun Williams (6) 9. Craig Williams (5)10. Danny Purdie(5) 11. Phil Jones (5) Subs: 12. Jon Ratcliffe (5) 14. Jon Ratcliffe (5) 15. Chris Newman (5)

MOM ALAN WILLIAMS

BODEDERN
1. Gareth Roberts 2. Mark Jones 3. Tomos Jones 4. Darren Hughes 5. Barry Jones 6. Trystan Owen 7. Gavin Jones 8. Paul Bryant 9. Andrew Roberts 10. Corey Sinnott 11. Craig Brodie Subs: 12. Gareth Roberts 14. Craig Tipton 14. Calvin owen

OFFICIALS Ref: MA Williams
Assistants E. Barnes & C. Jones