Cymru Premier round-up: Saints thrash bottom side Airbus
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Ioan Evans scores Haverfordwest County's late equaliser against Pontypridd United.
JD Cymru Premier
Friday, 30 December
Newtown 6-1 Aberystwyth Town: Newtown boosted their top six ambitions with an impressive win at home over Aberystwyth. The hosts were ahead on 14 minutes when Niall Flint put the ball in his own net following good work by Nick Rushton. Aberystwyth's John Owen was denied by keeper Dave Jones three minutes into the second half before moments later Aaron Williams doubled Newtown's lead from the penalty spot after Nigel Aris was fouled by Jack Rimmer.
Two goals in the space of three minutes courtesy of an Aris header and a Rushton strike saw Newtown extend their lead. Aris hammered home his second from close range to make it 5-0 with Rushton getting his second to compound Aber's misery. Jonathan Evans pulled a goal back for the visitors, who remain just outside the bottom two.
Bala Town 3-0 Caernarfon Town: Bala secured their place in the Championship Conference for the second half of the season after completing a league double over Caernarfon Town. George Newell put the home side ahead on 27 minutes with Adam Roscrow scoring a second five minutes before the break. Chris V enables sealed victory with a minute remaining, scoring from the penalty spot after he was fouled.
Cardiff Met 0-0 Penybont: Cardiff Met and Penybont could not be separated at Cyncoed. Nathan Wood and Kostya Georgievsky both went close for Penybont early in the game while Harry Owen fired wide for Met late on. A point however was enough for Met to secure a place in the Championship Conference.
Saturday, 31 December
Airbus UK Broughton 0-8 The New Saints: Ryan Brobel scored a hat-trick as leaders The New Saints maintained their unbeaten record with an 8-0 win at bottom of the table Airbus UK.
Brobbel opened the scoring after only three minutes and went on to complete a first half hat-trick with Danny Davies, Ash Baker and Ben Clark also scoring during the opening 45 minutes.
Danny Redmond and Jake Canavan completed the rout in the second half for Saints, who are six points clear at the top while Airbus remain rooted to the bottom and still without a league win this season.
Flint Town United 0-0 Connah's Quay Nomads: Connah's Quay Nomads lost ground on leaders The New Saints after they were held to a goalless draw by neighbours Flint in front of over 1,000 at the Essity Stadium.
Flint keeper Harry Allen denied Callum Bratley in the first half while Ben Hughes had a goal disallowed for the hosts. Nomads extended their unbeaten run to 18 games in all competitions but found Flint's defence hard to unlock.
Haverfordwest County 1-1 Pontypridd United: Ioan Evans' late goal rescued a point for Haverfordwest County and denied Pontypridd United a crucial win in their battle at the bottom of the table. Captain Clayton Green gave the visitors the lead early in the second half but keeper Ashley Morris failed to hold on to Evans' last minute free-kick. County are secenth and five points off the top six while 10th placed Pontypridd are a point from safety.