Tranter's Treble Trouble Trumps Bowen's Brace (and other such alliterations)

Briton Ferry Llansawel 3 Monmouth Town 5

A blistering hat trick by Phil Tranter and two goals from the unplayable Matthew Bowen secured all three points at second placed Briton Ferry as Town came back from 2- 0 down to win at a canter. And yet after twenty minutes it looked like being a long old journey home as a free kick sailed though a rice paper wall to make it 2 -0 to the hosts after going in front in the fifth minute with another free kick taking a wicked deflection passed Campbell.

For the rest of the game it was a rampant Kingfishers' comeback with Alderdice and Kennedy once again dominating proceedings in midfield and Tranter and Bowen looking as threatening this week as they were toothless the previous week at Pontyclun. Indeed a great run and strike by Bowen was parried onto the post in thirty minutes and Tranter pounced on the rebound to claim his sixth of the season. His seventh soon followed latching on to a superb through ball by Lewis and stroking in at the near post. Bowen put Town in front on the stroke of half time.

It was more of the same for the second half although the game was getting increasingly fractious with Smith in the wars and Davies often called into last gasp action. Campbell also had to save smartly from another decent free kick before Tranter got his hat trick with another trade mark run and finish. The referee sought to make more of a game of it harshly awarding Davies his first ever red card and Ferry responded by  sending on taller and taller substitutes to capitalise on higher and higher balls pumped 'into the mixer'. Bowen however had other ideas and applied the coup de grace outpacing three defenders before making it five for Monmouth.

Briton Ferry do get a nicely taken third goal but in truth it was too little too late for the West Glamorgan side.

Town boss Barry Burns was delighted with the team performance "What a game! I was really proud of everyone out there today. At 2 - 0 down we could have folded but we not only fought back well we took the game to them in every sense. At times we were unplayable but we've played well all season and got 10 points from five away games".

Town's reserves kept their 100% start to life in the Welsh Leagues ending Caldicot Town's unblemished start with a  3 -2 home win. Neville Harris, Edie Murphy and Matthew Tabb got the goals.

This week Town are back home to table topping Corus Steel 2pm kick off while the Under 19's make their home Welsh League debut against Cwmbran Celtic on Sunday (kick off 2pm).