PRESTATYN TOWN 0GAP CONNAH’S QUAY 1WELSH PREMIER LEAGUE CUP GROUP 6 NOT the start Prestatyn were looking for to their League Cup campaign but again they could take positives from the performance. For long spells the Seasiders more than matched their experienced WPL opponents but ultimately were unable to hurt them where it mattered most. As early as the third minute Neil Gibson’s side served notice of their intentions when Andy Davies set Ian Griffiths free, his neat pass found Dan Evans who took off on a run and saw his well-struck shot touched away to safety by Gap keeper Chris Maxwell, currently on loan from Wrexham. It was not until the 21st minute that the Deesiders mustered an attack when Craig Garside’s shot was tipped away by a backpedalling Jon Dunt. Maxwell denied Griffiths on 28 minutes when he stretched to hold the Town man’s crisp snapshot at the second attempt. But on 35 minutes the Quay went ahead when ex-Rhyl man Garside’s quickly taken free-kick caught the Town defence unawares and Andy Alston breezed in totally unmarked to bundle the ball past Dunt. Seven minutes after the restart disaster almost struck. Dunt gathered a tame shot from Peter Doran and rolled the ball out to the usually rock solid Dave Hayes who hesitated a moment too long and was dispossessed by a returning Doran but the Quay midfielder blew his good fortune with a poor finish. Dunt then produced a good save from Liam Loughlin’s shot but in the 63rd minute Gap’s Aden Shannon had the ball in the net after the keeper had parried Phil Clarke’s stinging drive but the referee ruled Shannon was in an offside position. With the rain driving down, both teams made substitutions but no-one on either side could change the course of the game. Steve Bowes was unlucky not to open his goal account for the season in the 81st minute when his beautifully struck shot brought a magnificent save from Maxwell who, unsighted at first, recovered his position to tip the ball over the crossbar. PRESTATYN: Dunt, A Davies, J Lewis, Hayes, Duffy, Parker, Evans (Hoult 60), Hannen (Gibson 60), Griffiths, Harris, Bowes (G Davies 85). Att: 187 | 
