Three in a row as Llan continue their fightback

Llanrhaeadr thrashed rock-bottom Carno on Friday night as they continue to repair the damage of their opening-day defeat in the Lock Stock Ardal North East League.

A 6-1 hammering at the hands of Kerry did not bode well for this season, but since then Llanrhaedar have been unstoppable.

After bouncing back with a 4-1 victory over Llanfair United and then following that up with a 2-0 home win against Penycae, they found another gear to dismantle Carno on Friday.

Will Howard fired them into a second-minute advantage - and then doubled his own tally in the 34th minute.

Max Evans and Evan Roberts put the result beyond doubt inside four second-half minutes before Roberts completed the rout just past the hour-mark.

They remain three points behind FC Queens Park, who overcame Builth Wells 4-2 to maintain their perfect start to the season with a fourth win from four matches.

An understrength Built found themselves 3-0 down inside 20 minutes before managing to make a game of it against the early leaders.

Manager Brad Rollinson said: “We travelled yesterday with 13 players unavailable through holidays and injuries. With the ground being so hard, we’ve also picked up a few more injuries over the last week.

“The lads just got on with it and were unlucky to come away with a 4-2 loss. They put in a hell of a shift, which we can’t fault.”

Kerry have been unable to build on that opening-night thrashing of Llanrhaedar - failing to win any of their three league games since.

Their latest result was a 2-1 defeat at Knighton Town, decided in the closing minutes by Tom Dwyer’s strike.

Earlier, Kerry’s Matthew Mumford had cancelled out Callum Stead’s opener.

Unbeaten Knighton moved up to fourth as a result, with a game in hand on the three sides above them.

Elsewhere, Bow Street went down 1-0 at the hands of Penycae as they suffered their first defeat of the season.

Fifth-placed Dolgellau left it late to snatch three points at Rhos Aelwyd - with Paul Lewis grabbing the win with a strike five minutes into stoppage time,.

Llanfair United were unable to pick up their second win of the season as they blew a two-goal lead at home to Corwen.

Karl Seliaerts and Oliver Morris appeared to have Llanfair in control at half-time, but Ben Davies, Michael-Jay Ashworth and Tomos Williams all scored as Corwen came roaring back to win 3-2 at Mount Field.