Penarth beat Barry on penalties to win the Barry Cup

THE Barry Cup match between the two famous towns of Eastern Vale had no shortage of drama with a man-of-the-match hattrick hero and a thrilling come back.

David Shallis scored a hat-trick for Penarth to help them beat Barry to the cup.

Read the match report, below.

Report by Ian Johnson

Penarth Town won the Barry Cup for the second time in three years at Jenner Park on Sunday, defeating Barry Athletic on penalties after an end-to-end match which ended six apiece.

There was no shortage of entertainment as the Barry side, who last week beat the same opponents in the Supporters’ Cup final, took a ninth minute lead when Danny Hansen-Taylor headed home from an Alife Tipples corner.

Penarth equalised on the half-hour when Paul Beedell set up David Shallis at the near post.

They then took the lead when a Beedell shot took a wicked deflection to send the ‘keeper the wrong way, five minutes before the break and made it 3-1 at half-time when Beedell headed in Macauley Winton’s cross at the far post.

Cllr Ian Johnson, presenting the Brian Riseborough Memorial Trophy to Man of the Match David Shallis (Image: Supplied)

Mayor of Barry, Cllr Ian Johnson, presenting the Barry Cup to Penarth Town (Image: Supplied)

With Barry Athletic scoring through Alfie Tipples straight after the break to make it 3-2, nobody could have anticipated the pulsating second half that was to come.

Two goals in three minutes from Penarth’s Shallis earned him a hat-trick and the Brian Riseborough Man of the Match award, making it 5-2, and Beedell scored his second a few minutes later to make it 6-2.

It looked like game over, but Athletic had different ideas.

In the 67th minute, Oliver Tipples was left unmarked in the middle and lashed the ball home.

A few minutes later, substitute Tyler Bolton’s low shot from the right came off the post and into the net, and then Teejay Caton scored with a back post header to make it 6-5.

The comeback was complete in the 86th minute, when an Alfie Tipples free-kick levelled the scores, sending the game to penalties.

After such a game, it was unfair that one side had to lose – but that’s cup football, and Penarth scored all five of their penalties, with ‘keeper Ellis Davey pulled off a crucial save to win 5-4 on spot kicks.