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23.8.97 Cemaes Ynys Môn 2-2 Aberystwyth Town
Cemaes Ynys Môn is as far away from the glitz of the Premiership as it is possible to imagine. Right on the tip of Anglesey, the final leg of the journey across the island removes one from any possibility of hurry and, thus, we arrived ten minutes late following our decision to take the Amlwch rather than Llangefni roads. But, the first ten minutes of this match were obviously
meaningless as the game was scoreless when we walked in, but Gavin Allen had made it 1- 0 by the time we got comfortable. Typically, he was in the right place in the box and made the chance look easy. Aber dominated for a short time after that before the scouse boys of Cemaes asserted themselves and gradually took control. At half time, with the score at 2-1
to Cemaes it was diificult to imagine that Aber would come back into the match after they had let it slip through sloppy defending and a general lethargy in the other areas of the
pitch. After the break, Cemaes continued the pressure but Aber started creating themselves and were rewarded via another simple chance for Gavin "Right time, right place, right guy" Allen, who still manages to support a sizeable band of critics. The final flurry of activity saw the majority of chances fall to Aber, with Cemaes falling back on their old soak up and launch forward tactic that worked well for a half at Park Avenue last season but proved their downfall later on. So, the match ended in a draw, with Tomsky still working on the words to "The boy they called Ryan" and most people thinking that the Green and Blacks were still top of the league. How little we all knew as Carmarthen now lead the League of Wales on goal difference. Still, what does it matter as England won the final test and Grosse Point Blank more than matched expectations in Coventry. And, as the rain belted down on the M6 and Crowded House played on the stereo, we were there smoking our Castellas thinking "perfection".
