Pontypridd Reserves fell to a third defeat of the season, denied a point by an 88th minute strike in an entertaining contest against Nelson Cavaliers Reserves at The Wern Field.
Nelson went in front in the first-half through a penalty but Charlie Hobby quickly equalised for the visitors. At 16 years and 138 days old, Hobby is the youngest player to score a goal in senior football for the club.
After Nelson re-took the lead in the second-half, Hywel Patterson equalised for Ponty with Evan Sienczyk, another 16 year old, making a fine assist. It looked like that would be enough to earn the reserves their first point of the season but Nelson’s late goal meant an empty-handed journey back down the A470.
FULL-TIME | Nelson Cavaliers Reserves 3-2 Pontypridd FC Reserves
Pontypridd FC Reserves: Dylan Greedy [gk], Rhys Mumford, Jack Davies (Josh Jones 51), Dan Outing [c] (Karwan Jawad 75), Hywel Patterson, Louis Foyster (Justice Igwe Ebi 31), Emmanuel Onyekonwu, Evan Sienczyk (Michal Krawcow 78), Charlie Hobby, Sam Kjeseth (Isaac Oguejiofor 46), Liam Griffiths
Goals: C. Hobby (34), H. Patterson (70)
Yellow card: D. Greedy
Referee: R. Hillman
