Clarbeston Road 0-6 Merlins Bridge (From Western Telegraph)

Clarbeston Road 0-6 Merlins Bridge

3:07pm Wednesday 15th February 2012 in Sport

MERLINS Bridge player boss Matthew Price bagged a hat-trick as his team hone in on the title.

The Wizards are 11 points clear with just seven games of the season left, after easily disposing of battling Clarbeston Road.

Price grabbed the opener on the ten-minute mark, but he blotted his copybook by missing a penalty as his side led one-nothing at half time.

Five minutes after the break and Peter Thomas nodded home the second from a corner. Price added the third from six-yards as the Road showed signs of cracking. Stephen McNabney lashed home the fourth. Price added the fifth to complete his treble and McNabney added his second, but his side’s sixth to complete the scoring.

Clarbeston Road: Lee Scott, Karl Streatfield, Dan Rees, Liam Woodford, Stephen Pugh, Emyr Griffiths, Raff Barnett, Beau Mogford, Nicky Hardman, Richard Bevan, Matthew Griffiths. Sub: Richard Mason.

Merlins Bridge: Gary Thomas, Nigel Delaney, Paul Thomas, Chris Ormond, Sean Jones, James Skudder, Matthew D’Ivry, Matthew Price, Mike Preddy, Nathan Thomas, Simon Thomas. Subs: Stephen McNabney, Simon Gilderdale, Peter Thomas.

Referee: Phil Gale.