12th September 2015
Latham Park, Newtown
Ground Built:- 1951
Ground Capacity:- 3,000 (1,300 Seated)
Kick Off;- 17:15
Entry Fee:- £7
Programme:- £2
Ground:- # 65
NEWTOWN ... 1 RHYL ... 2
On the other side of the pitch is the main stand side which has two stands an old and a new. Both hold about 400 people although the new stand looks a lot bigger and is fully covered, it's situated leading on to the Park Lane end with the old stand straggling the half way line and is not so well covered for the people nearest the pitch will get wet in bad weather. Players descend from the top of the new stand from the changing rooms. Further on from the old stand is the clubhouse and the club offices, the toilets to the clubhouse are small but adequate as the average gate is around 200 to 300.
At the Park lane end there is a flat standing area with a car park and a housing estate to the rear this end is for away support but segregation doesn't seem to matter much as fans just settle where they please. At the other end of the ground there are two flat standing areas with an open seating area in between behind the goal. This end is called the Llanidloes Road end and has a beautiful welsh hillside land drop to it's rear.
Top of the table Newtown came unstuck this evening at Latham Park against a well drilled Rhyl
side who started the game second from bottom. Newtown having won all three of their first games of the campaign without conceding a goal were expected to win this game quite comfortably but came across a dogged Rhyl side inspired by a brilliant man of the match performance by Terry McCormick in goal.
In an evenly contested first half Newtown had the best chance to break the deadlock when Luke Boundford lobbed a ball over the Rhyl defence for Jason Oswell to find himself one on one with Terry McCormick the Rhyl goalkeeper, his first shot was blocked by the keeper and rebounded straight back to him but with the goal gaping the young striker fired the ball into the arms of the grateful goalkeeper.
With just four minutes left of the half the Robins got careless in defence and gave the ball away to Rhyl which resulted in Derek Taylor hitting the back of the Newtown net with a deflected shot.
With the sun setting casting long shadows over the newly laid 3G pitch and the floodlights flickering on around the ground the second half got on the way with no bright lights showing in the Newtown side who were now striking toward their home end with their fans egging them on totally dissing the poor linesmen and referee trying to fire some response into their team but ten minutes into the half the Robins woes were doubled when a long ball found Aaron Bowen on his own to flash the ball past a motionless David Jones in the Newport goal.
Five minutes later the deficit should have been halved when Matthew Hearsey was tripped in the
visitors six yard box and the ref awarded a penalty. McCormick to the annoyance of the home support employed the old delaying tac tic trying to intimidate Matty Owen the Newtown penalty taker and his antics paid off as Owen placed a poor penalty to the keeper's right who went the same way and pushed the ball wide of the post.
It seemed as though the Lilywhites keeper was keeping a charmed goal as effort after effort failed to cross the Rhyl goal line especially when McCormick fumbled the ball and Hearsey pounced but saw his chance ricochet of the post.
The home faithful were now predicting their first defeat of the season acknowledging that there was no way this keeper was going to be beaten until the 72nd minute when Owen swung the ball into the visitor's penalty area a flicked header saw the ball drop for Luke Boundford who swept the ball with his left foot into the net via deflection
This gave a little hope to the home support but Rhyl hung on till the final whistle and achieved their first win of the season and issued Newtown with their first defeat.
What a lovely, quiet and beautiful part of the world Newtown is as soon as you step off the train you just know that you're in Wales, what a fabulous country. It's only a ten minute walk from the station to the ground which is set out of the way although amidst a couple of housing estates and backing on to a police station. The people are friendly especially the stewards who went out of their way to make sure that my visit was a special one.
In an evenly contested first half Newtown had the best chance to break the deadlock when Luke Boundford lobbed a ball over the Rhyl defence for Jason Oswell to find himself one on one with Terry McCormick the Rhyl goalkeeper, his first shot was blocked by the keeper and rebounded straight back to him but with the goal gaping the young striker fired the ball into the arms of the grateful goalkeeper.
With the sun setting casting long shadows over the newly laid 3G pitch and the floodlights flickering on around the ground the second half got on the way with no bright lights showing in the Newtown side who were now striking toward their home end with their fans egging them on totally dissing the poor linesmen and referee trying to fire some response into their team but ten minutes into the half the Robins woes were doubled when a long ball found Aaron Bowen on his own to flash the ball past a motionless David Jones in the Newport goal.
Five minutes later the deficit should have been halved when Matthew Hearsey was tripped in the
It seemed as though the Lilywhites keeper was keeping a charmed goal as effort after effort failed to cross the Rhyl goal line especially when McCormick fumbled the ball and Hearsey pounced but saw his chance ricochet of the post.
The home faithful were now predicting their first defeat of the season acknowledging that there was no way this keeper was going to be beaten until the 72nd minute when Owen swung the ball into the visitor's penalty area a flicked header saw the ball drop for Luke Boundford who swept the ball with his left foot into the net via deflection
This gave a little hope to the home support but Rhyl hung on till the final whistle and achieved their first win of the season and issued Newtown with their first defeat.
Latham Park lies in a most picturesque setting as most of the Welsh Premier league grounds do. If
you enter by the Park Lane gate entrance to the left running along the touchline starting at the near side is a single tier of around 200 blue and red seats that leads on to a turnstile block and then another row of single tiered seats with a TV gantry in it's roof that straggles the half way line, the last third of this side consists of a flat standing area backed by a hedge. This side is known as the police station side as there is a police HQ situated at the back of it.
At the Park lane end there is a flat standing area with a car park and a housing estate to the rear this end is for away support but segregation doesn't seem to matter much as fans just settle where they please. At the other end of the ground there are two flat standing areas with an open seating area in between behind the goal. This end is called the Llanidloes Road end and has a beautiful welsh hillside land drop to it's rear.
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