Cerai (Ely) secured a comfortable 4-2 victory over Trethomas Bluebirds in the South - 3 stage of the Welsh Championship on Friday evening. The result moves the visitors away from the bottom of the table while leaving the hosts in seventh place with nine points from seven games.
Trethomas started brighter, taking the lead through T. Parker in the tenth minute. Cerai responded well, with O. Rees finding the net in the twenty-eighth minute to level matters. The hosts regained the advantage just four minutes later when Parker struck again, but Cerai refused to fold.
J. Hood pulled Cerai back into contention in the thirty-second minute, and the momentum shifted decisively after the break. L. Bishop restored parity in the sixtieth minute before Parker completed his hat-trick in the sixty-fifth minute. Cerai held firm and added a fourth through an unnamed scorer to seal the win.
Trethomas now sit seventh with two wins, three draws and two defeats. Cerai move up to eleventh place with seven points from six matches, having lost only three times this season. Both sides showed they can be vulnerable at the back, but Cerai were sharper in front of goal when it mattered.
The result ends Trethomas' run of two consecutive draws and extends Cerai's recent inconsistency. The visitors have drawn two and lost three of their last six outings, but this performance suggests they are finding their feet. The table goes out of the window in these games, and Cerai proved that on the day.