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Weekend Review

Saturday 30th January

Welsh League Division One

Garden Village 0 v 2 Caldicot Town

Caldicot Town first team made the long trip west to play mid table Garden Village whom they had already faced twice so far this season when Caldicot triumphed 6-2 in the Welsh Cup away only to lose the following week 1-0 at home in the league. With sides behind Caldicot in the league pushing hard to close the gap, it was important for Pritchard & Wetters men to maintain the good form they have shown of late and close the gap on leaders Goytre who were not in action. Caldicot battled hard against a physical Village side and the scores remained 0-0 at the break. Caldicot through Dan "Razza" Rowberry scored the first goal from a corner and proceedings were wrapped up through prolific striker Gareth Cullimore who is showing the league what he is all about in scoring a belting 21 goal of the season to ensure Caldicot firmly remain in 2nd place in the table. Caldicot will now face another stern test when they face in form Taffs Well who beat Caldicot earlier in the season and have also been in good form to date.

Welsh League Reserve Division East

Caldicot Town 5 v 2 Aberbargoed Buds

Caldicot Reserves produced an unconvincing performance in beating their opponents but still remain top of the league. With several players unavailable for various reasons Caldicot went into the match off the back of two draws and needed a win against the buds who currently prop up the table. Having won 9-0 away against their opponents earlier in the season you could have forgiven a degree of complacency although this was warned against before the match. Buds flew out of the blocks and took an early lead after 3 minutes when the Buds forward struck a volley over Nick Hardy in the Caldicot goal. Within two minutes of the restart Buds had hit the crossbar and Caldicot were rocking. Eventually Caldicot settled and pulled a goal back through the awesome Dave Jenkins. Caldicot's central midfield pairing of Ben Miles and Wayne Morley looked a threat and both would find the net before halftime with well worked goals. The second half was started brighter by the Buds but it was Rob Baileys turn to get on the score sheet with a well taken left foot shot. Buds scored their second through a blistering drive by the busy number 9 before Wayne Morley won a penalty which he converted to end the scoring for the day. Caldicot face Risca away next week away and will have to improve on this performance to ensure another win. One blip on the day was a red card shown to a Buds player and Alex Watkins after a swap of headbutts in a minor altercation. 

East Gwent -

Steve Brights men cruised to victory over a poor Sudbrook team. Simon Hathaway rattled in 4 goals with Mitchell Slape bagging a brace. John McGinty won the man of the match award for Caldicot who will now face a much sterner test when they face Chepstow Town "B" next week.

With bad press surrounding top footballers at the moment it was good to see that Caldicot "B" star Andrew "5 bellies" Edwards was back in the fold for the weekend game against the Cricket Club even though it was only on the bench. Steve Bright commented "He is such a bubbly character to have around the boys and with the chance of silverware on the horizon I didn't expect the big man to walk away from the team. If he keeps asking me how long is left though I may be forced to buy him a watch!"

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CALDICOT TOWN AFC.............Probably the best team in the world!!