The Cons 1st Team kicked off their Premier Division campaign with a tough trip to Champions, Fairwater FC on a very hot afternoon with a dry and firm pitch.

Fairwater took an early lead after 7 minutes when a ball was switched across from the left to a midfielder 20 yards out and he was allowed time and space to shoot well into the top right corner, giving keeper, Tom Mouncher, no chance of saving it.

Undeterred from this setback the Cons continued to play with a lot of energy and gave the home side no time on the ball to try and build any meaningful play. When they were in possession, the Cons tried to feed the front players, Jon Counsell, Nicky Wood and James Gollop, who did a lot of very hard running, but they were all to often found to be isolated and limited on options in the final third. They were able to force a number of corners through the half and on the stroke of half time, from one of these corners centre back, Harry Jones, had a glorious chance to level the scores with a powerful header which flew just wide.

The second half saw the Cons come more into the game but, unlike their opponents, were unable to build any sort of pressure by keeping hold of the ball. The midfield of Sion Morris, James Hinder and Chris Walsh continued with their very impressive hard work, which they kept up for the whole game, in trying to slow up the home's side play, and the back line of Rickie Jones, Harry Jones, Gaz Lloyd and Matthew Perry, led by the vocal Lloyd, were able to snuff out most of the play by the front two, limiting any real chances on goal to a handful, although the home side did waste a couple of good chances of doubling their lead.

Some good running by second half substitute, Rob Condliffe, continued to give the Fairwater defence a lot of problems, as they were uncomfortable with the pace being shown by all of the front runners.

The game ended with the home side holding on to the 1-0 win, which on the balance of play they just about deserved. The Cons can be very pleased with their performance which should give them confidence for the rest of the season, because similar energetic performances will surely bring more positive results than losses.

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