Llanwrin put four past Holyhead Hotspurs in the Welsh Championship's North section on Saturday. The hosts took all three points at home, moving further clear of the bottom half. It was their seventh game of the campaign and they came away with a convincing win.
Before the match Llanwrin sat eighth with ten points from seven games. Three wins, one draw, three losses — not a bad start and not a great one either. They held their nerve against a side that had managed just one victory so far.
Holyhead Hotspurs were thirteen and four points adrift after six matches. One win, one draw, four defeats and they needed a reaction. By then they had played one game fewer than the hosts, which made the gap feel larger than it might have been.
The visitors had drawn 2-2 with Portmadog on their last outing but lost 2-3 to Bangor 1876 before that. Llanwrin's recent form was mixed — a 2-0 win over Gresford Athletic followed a heavy 4-0 defeat at Newtown. Neither side had found a rhythm, but one found more of it than the other.
The result keeps Llanwrin in the upper half while Holyhead remain in the lower reaches. It was not a spectacle, but it was a statement — the hosts took what they needed and saw the game out.