Colwyn Bay saw off Barry Town 5:2 in the Premier League's Regular Season round ten on Thursday evening. The hosts ran out comfortable winners at home, with the result shifting the table dynamics considerably. To be fair, nobody saw this coming — least of all us, who had tipped the visitors for victory.
And here's the thing about the opening exchanges: Colwyn Bay went straight at them. Daley opened the scoring at thirty minutes, then George doubled the lead six minutes later. Poole made it three by the forty-minute mark, and honestly, that was already a statement. Three goals in ten minutes isn't how you build momentum — it's how you bury a team.
By then, the visitors had begun to panic. Peate added a fourth for the hosts at forty-eight, and the game was effectively over. Barry Town pulled one back through Davies at fifty-seven, but it felt like desperation rather than defiance. The substitution of Smith for Davies shortly after only underscored how desperately they were trying to find something.
Forde made it five at sixty-six, and the home crowd had every right to be singing. The visitors brought on Hart and Kenny together at sixty-one, a double change that should have galvanised them. Instead, they lost Davies again at seventy-seven and Bratley received a yellow card at eighty-two. By then, the match had become a formality.
The final goal came at ninety-plus-three, though the scorer wasn't recorded. Colwyn Bay dominated possession at sixty-one per cent, with eight attacks to the visitors' seven in the final third. They registered nine shots on target against three — efficiency, not volume, decided this contest.
Barry Town sit fifth with twenty-two points after ten games, while Colwyn Bay move up to sixth with nineteen. We had backed the visitors at forty per cent confidence, and well, that prediction has gone to seed. Sometimes the favourite hits a wall you don't see coming.
