LATE GOALS SEAL IT FOR LILYWHITES

NEWTOWN 2 (Ward 38 pen, Anoruo 55)
RHYL 4 (M Williams 5 & 16; Strong 85, Connolly 90)
WELSH PREMIER LEAGUE - SEP 19, 2009
TWO goals in the last five minutes sealed champions Rhyl an eighth successive win at Latham Park and ensured they remain top of the league.
The Lilywhites also made it 24 Welsh Premier matches unbeaten and 20 games without an away league defeat.
Striker Matthew Williams repeated last season's feat of scoring twice for the Lilies at Newtown.
In the fifth minute he was on hand to roll the ball over the line after Mark Connolly's header from a Tyrone Kirk cross was only partially saved by Robins keeper David Maguire.
Then in the 16th minute, a Martyn Naylor throw from the right was flicked on and Williams fired an instinctive volley into the left-hand corner of the net.
Rhyl looked comfortable but handed Newtown a lifeline after 38 minutes when George Horan brought down Ross Stephens in the box and Nicky Ward's resultant penalty could only be palmed into the roof of the net by keeper James Coates.
The hosts came out firing after the break and on 55 minutes substitute Adam Worton delivered a high ball from the right and Stephens' sublime touch gave Obi Anoruo space to drill low past Coates for 2-2.
It could have got worse for the champions when Neil Mitchell's header from a Worton cross came back off the bar.
Rhyl striker Lee Hunt's troubled past with referees in the Welsh Premier then returned to haunt him when a dangerous challenge on Andrew Williams resulted in a red card.
Undeterred, the 10-man Lilywhites kept on battling and five minutes from time Strong was left free at the back post to head home a Gareth Owen corner.
Substitute Paul Smith smacked the bar before in injury time Owen released Connolly who was initially denied by the advancing Maguire, but then on the turn curled a left foot beauty into the net to score for the fourth successive match.

RHYL: Coates, Naylor (Smith 80), Stones, Horan, Strong, Leah, Connolly, Owen, Hunt, M Williams, Kirk (Doran 89). Subs: Cameron, Dowling, Pritchard.

RHYL FC RESULTS 2009/10

Aug 15 - Carmarthen Town (WPL - home) 2-1 (Strong, M Williams)
Aug 21 - Airbus UK Broughton (WPL - away) 2-2 (Hunt 2)
Aug 25 - Airbus UK Broughton (LC - a) 2-1 (Hunt, Owen)
Aug 29 - Port Talbot (WPL - h) 2-0 (M Williams, Hunt)
Sep 1 - Prestatyn Town (LC - h) 2-1 (Naylor, Connolly)
Sep 5 - Gap Connah's Quay (WPL - a) 2-0 (M Williams, Connolly)
Sep 11 - Bangor City (WPL - h) 5-1 (Hunt 2, M Williams pen, C Williams, Connolly)
Sep 19 - Newtown (WPL - a) 4-2 (M Williams 2, Strong, Connolly)

GOALS: 6 - Lee Hunt, Matthew Williams; 4 - Mark Connolly; 2 - Greg Strong; 1 - Gareth Owen; Martyn Naylor, Chris Williams.