The Corries marked their first home game of the season with a dominant 9-0 victory against a very decent Builth Wells Reserves. Expectations amongst the Corries spectators was high after the 16-0 win just 3 days before, but from the off it was clear that Builth were going to provide a much tougher test for the Corries.

After a slightly nervy start, the Corries broke the deadlock after 10 minutes with a well taken goal from Luke Roughley, and he soon doubled his tally 5 minutes later to make it 2-0 to the home team. Despite the Corries’ dominance, Builth battled hard and made it difficult for the Corries to build on their early lead, but on 40 minutes, Roughley completed his hat-trick followed just seconds later when Paul Keddle scored his first goal of the season to take the Corries into halftime at 4-0.

The 2nd half started much like the 1st; Builth making it difficult for the Corries to break them down. However, 3 goals in 2 minutes took the sting out of the young Builth team. Roughley scored his 4th of the night, Captain Dale Evans drove home a 20 yard free kick, and Joel Evans picked up where he left off in Presteigne with his first of the evening. As the light faded, Joel Evans shone bright and completed yet another hat-trick, scoring his 11th and 12th goal of the season to make the final score 9-0 to the Corries.

Various comments have been made on social media surrounding Brecon Corries’ early dominance and how it’s making a mockery of the league. Brecon Corries AFC Chairman, Adam Jones, had this to say;

“Brecon Corries coming into the Central Wales FA (CWFA) Mid Wales (South) league (Tier 5) was always going to raise eyebrows but it is just the first step of a 5-year strategic plan for the club. We currently have a very healthy Junior setup with 9 teams playing in the CWFA South Powys Junior Football League, and with the ongoing restructuring of the FAW Pyramid and CWFA leagues, it made strategic sense for the Senior team to move across from the South Wales FA (SWFA) Alliance League Premier Division (Tier 5) to the CWFA and align the whole club.”

“Coming into the Mid Wales League (South) is a step that we have to take. Coming from Tier 5 in the SWFA we had to start in Tier 5 in the CWFA. We have total respect for the Mid Wales (South) League and all the teams within it, but we are ambitious and will be respectfully ruthless in our quest to be successful. We have very high standards, in terms of footballing ability and professionalism, that we will continue to maintain this season and set the benchmark for other teams to aspire to.”

Brecon Corries AFC

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