Carmarthen Town 2 Cardiff City 1
It's a familiar story ... City go away to a Welsh League side with a weakened side who should still be good enough to win and go out of the most worthless, pointless football competiton with a whimper.
The FAW Premier Trophy rolls away from City once more
Who bloody cares?
The pitch was poor and so was the weather but poorest of all was the game itself.
As well as blooding youngsters like Curtis McDonald and Joe Jacobson as well as local sqaud players who never seem to get any nearer the first team sqaud (I'm talking Danny Parslow, Byron Anthony and Stuart Fleetwood), City included the likes of Phil Mulryne, Andrea Ferretti and Jermaine Darlington. Also in attack was new signing, the Congolese Ndumbu-Nsungo.
Carmarthen were more Kairdiff than Cardiff. Managed by by ex-schoolpal and good old Grangetown boy Mark Jones, their side included three ex-City players in Martyn Giles, Danny Thomas and Kevin Evans while others like Nathan Cotterill hail from the area.
For the reocrd, City were ahead in 5 minutes through Byron Anthony turning home a corner amd they crusied for half-hour missing further chances through Ferretti and Nsumbu-Ndungu especially but were behind by the interval as poor defence allowed Thomas to turn home from close range after a corss was lost and then Cotterill lobbed from 15 yards.
Second half was desparate but City missed half chances and were denied a penalty but never really threatened to recover. The competition I couldn't care less about but it's disappointing to see nobody take their opportunity. It affirms City have the flimisest of squads with nobody outside the main body of 16 or so players. The kids showed promise, Curtis McDonald particularly caught they eye, the older young pros must be wondering if they have a future and the older pros should realise they haven't. Phil Mulryne is set to join Millwall, I hope they didn't watch him.
The best desision I made all season was not to bother going to the game, a rare wise choice by myself as TV highlights alone were cringey enough.
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