Airbus UK — Flint Town United: 4:1, Premier League
Premier League
Airbus UKW31 Aug · Home Holywell · 6:2W4 Sep · Away Briton Ferry · 2:0L11 Sep · Home The New Saints · 0:2L15 Sep · Away GAP Connah S Quay FC · 0:3W18 Sep · Home Flint Town United · 4:1L26 Sep · Away Penybont · 1:2
4:1
Finished
Kick-off was
BST
Flint Town UnitedL31 Aug · Home GAP Connah S Quay FC · 1:2L4 Sep · Away Caernarfon Town · 0:3D11 Sep · Home Cardiff Met · 1:1L15 Sep · Away The New Saints · 0:5L18 Sep · Away Airbus UK · 1:4W26 Sep · Home Ammanford AFC · 3:0
In the Premier League game on 18 September 2026, Airbus UK beat Flint Town United 4:1. Match numbers: shots on target 9:4, corners 6:1.
Match report
Airbus United saw their losing streak halted with a 4-1 victory over Flint Town United in the Premier League's tenth round of matches. The hosts finished a winning run of three games, while Flint remained rooted to the bottom of the table after ten fixtures. We had backed the visitors for their away win at 53% confidence, but the match took a different path entirely.
G. Peers opened the scoring in the second minute, catching Flint off guard before they could settle. T. McManus doubled the advantage twelve minutes in, and Peers added his second before the break at forty-four. By then, Flint were chasing the game, and the momentum had shifted decisively. The academy graduate marked his first start of the season with three goals.
The turning point arrived at sixty-two minutes when L. Jonas received his second yellow card and was sent off. Flint were reduced to ten men and had to park the bus for the remainder of the match. B. Hughes was substituted off for the visitors, while Airbus brought on J. Evans and J. Roberts to see out the game.
Airbus United registered nine shots on target compared to Flint's four, though both sides had similar possession figures. The hosts recorded seven attacks against sixty-six for the visitors, suggesting Flint tried to compensate with volume. Peers completed his hat-trick in the eighty-third minute, and a fifth goal followed at eighty-eight, though the scorer was not recorded in the data.
The result leaves Airbus United eighth on fifteen points, while Flint Town United sit fifteenth with just two points from ten games. The visitors have now lost eight of ten matches and have no room for error going forward. One mistake ends it when you are this far behind, and Jonas's dismissal was the moment Flint could not recover from.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %49–51
Shots on target9–4
Shots off target6–0
Attacks75–76
HT⚽2' G. Peers — Goal🟨7' B. Hughes — Yellow card⚽12' T. McManus — Goal🟨18' L. Jonas — Yellow card🟨35' T. McManus — Yellow card⚽44' G. Peers — Goal🟨62' L. Jonas — Yellow card🟥62' L. Jonas — Red card⇄65' B. Hughes — Substitution⇄71' J. Evans — Substitution⇄72' J. Roberts — Substitution⇄74' T. Owolabi — Substitution⇄74' I. Modi — Substitution⇄79' K. Cooke — Substitution⇄82' N. Kane — Substitution⚽83' G. Peers — Goal⇄84' S. Rickett — Substitution⇄85' T. McManus — Substitution⚽88' Goal
W31 Aug · Home Holywell · 6:2W4 Sep · Away Briton Ferry · 2:0L11 Sep · Home The New Saints · 0:2L15 Sep · Away GAP Connah S Quay FC · 0:3W18 Sep · Home Flint Town United · 4:1L26 Sep · Away Penybont · 1:2
L31 Aug · Home GAP Connah S Quay FC · 1:2L4 Sep · Away Caernarfon Town · 0:3D11 Sep · Home Cardiff Met · 1:1L15 Sep · Away The New Saints · 0:5L18 Sep · Away Airbus UK · 1:4W26 Sep · Home Ammanford AFC · 3:0
