LAST GASP EQUALISER DENIES LILYWHITES VICTORY

ABERYSTWYTH TOWN 2 (Doran og 32, Evans 90)
RHYL 2 (Leah 35, Hunt 75)
WELSH PREMIER LEAGUE - DEC 5, 2009
TWO points dropped or one gained?
Over the 90 minutes, 2-2 was probably a fair result at Park Avenue, but Rhyl will have left feeling a little deflated after a 90th minute equaliser from Aber denied them the maximum spoils.
The visitors posed the first threat when Gareth Owen's goalbound 20-yarder was blocked by Aber defender Sion James, then the hosts went close when a Cledan Davies free-kick skidded just wide.
Rhyl keeper Paul Pritchard's poor clearance fell to Davies who tricked his way into the box but his left-foot piledriver missed by inches.
Luke Bowen then should have done better for the mid-Walians, but dragged his close range shot off target following slick build-up.
The champions were left kicking themselves when Chris Williams' neat ball put Lee Hunt in on goal, but he agonisingly drilled past the far post.
When Aber grabbed a 32nd minute lead they benefited from a huge piece of luck as defender Phil Doran sliced Davies' poorly-struck low corner into his own net.
Three minutes later Rhyl were level with an absolute stunner when John Leah's daisy-cutter from all of 40 yards proved too good for home custodian Stephen Cann.
Chances fell at both ends before the interval, Pritchard producing a superb reaction stop from a header by Bowen, who completely miskicked from the rebound, then Leah's cracking free-kick forced a fine tip-over from Cann.
After the break Luke Sherbon, facing his old club, lashed a fraction wide before in worsening conditions the visitors took the lead on 75 minutes.
From a swift counter attack, Owen broke over the halfway line and fed substitute Matthew Williams on the left.
Williams then played a slick one-two with Chris Williams before his pinpoint left-foot cross was converted by a Hunt diving header.
Owen slammed one just wide before a double-stop by Pritchard from Bowen looked to have been a lifesaver for the Lilies.
But in the 90th minute the visitors failed to clear a corner and from the left byeline Adam James' deep cross was headed in by substitute Evans, Pritchard beating the ball out, but from behind the goal-line.

Rhyl: Pritchard, Dowling, Doran, Horan, Strong, Leah, Stones, Owen, Hunt, C Williams, Kirk (M Williams 63). Subs: Ballard, Heenan, Coates. Att: 358.

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)
Sep 22 - Airbus (LC - h) 4-0 (Connolly 2, Kirk, Doran)
Sep 26 - Porthmadog (WPL - h) 4-0 (Connolly 3, Kirk)
Oct 3 - Llanfairpwll (WC-a) 3-1 (Connolly 2, Smith)
Oct 6 - Prestatyn Town (LC-a) 3-0 (Connolly, Hunt, C Williams)
Oct 9 - Bala Town (WPL-a) 4-0 (Smith, Doran, Horan, Hunt)
Oct 17 - Neath (WPL-a) 0-2
Oct 23 - Elements Cefn Druids (WPL-a) 1-1 (M Williams)
Oct 27 - Porthmadog (LCQF-a) 4-1 (Connolly 2, M Williams 2)
Oct 31 - Bridgend Town (WC-h) 4-2 (Connolly, M Williams, Strong, C Williams)
Nov 7 - Llanelli (WPL-h) 0-0
Nov 10 - Gap Connah's Quay (a-LCSF 1st leg) 1-2 (Connolly)
Nov 14 - Caersws (WPL-h) 3-1 (Connolly, Hunt 2)
Nov 17 - Gap Connah's Quay (h-LCSF 2nd leg) 4-0 (Connolly, Hunt, Smith 2)
Nov 22 - The New Saints (a-WPL) 0-4
Nov 29 - Haverfordwest County (a-WPL) 1-2 (Strong)
Dec 5 - Aberystwyth Town (a-WPL) 2-2 (Leah, Hunt)

GOALS (59): 18 - Mark Connolly; 12 - Lee Hunt; 10 - Matthew Williams; 4 - Paul Smith, Greg Strong; 3 - Chris Williams; 2 - Tyrone Kirk, Phil Doran; 1 - Gareth Owen, Martyn Naylor, George Horan, John Leah.