City through away two points with some careless play in the final minute of a game they should have won by a 3 or 4 clear goals. There was little to hint at the drama to come in a dour opening half hour, the highlight of which was a corner to Bangor and a "goal" disallowed when Moss netted but the linesman had long since flagged.

Things got better the half hour when Paul Roberts, enjoying a stroll in midfield, spread the ball out to right winger Kenny Burgess whose lofted cross was headed wide by Lee Hunt. However on 32 mins Kenny Burgess fed Les Davies back to goal on the edge of the box. The talented youngster turned and fed the ball into the box for Lee Hunt to finish calmly from ten yards. Carmarthen looked pretty poor and, driven on by a strong wind as they attacked the St Pauls End, Bangor assumed command. Les Davies dribbled past three Town defenders, delivered a short pass to Gareth Williams who in turn supplied Paul Roberts but his powerful drive crashed just wide.

With the industrious Paul Friel impressing alongside Gareth Williams in the engine room the departed No 10 was scarcely missed as his replacement Paul Roberts raced froward but fired over from 25 yards with some five minutes remaining. Tony Pennock then became involved in a scramble at the left hand post which saw Lee Hunt have a shot blocked, produced a second corner from which Peter Hoy headed over. On the stroke of half time Bangor forced two more corners but the end result was a high over the bar header from Eifion Jones.

Playing into the wind proved no real problem for Bangor, certainly Lee Williams still got good value for his clearances. Lee Hunt again went close in the opening minutes but his weak effort from the edge of the box was off target. On 50 mins Carmarthen were level as a left wing diagonal from David Moss sought out Dale Price whose first time effort left Lee Williams with no chance.

City had now switched Les Davies to run at the spiteful Leigh Pratt whose fiesty attitude seemed strangely out of place in tiny frame. The big winger ran him ragged on the right, lost possession to Paul Reid, but regained the ball with a goalline tackle to deliver an impressive near post cross which Pennock intercepted. On 55 mins referee Whitby - who had enjoyed a trouble free afternoon - yellow carded Eifion Jones for a late tackle on Fayers. The impressive Friel then sent Les Davies on another run but the ball ran away from him. On the hour Lee Hunt skipped past three defenders on the right before lifting his cross beyond the reach of Paul Roberts.

On 63 mins it was 2-1 but that does not tell the story. A run on the right, a dribble through three or four defenders as he set the ball onto his left foot and a thunderbolt finish into the top left hand corner, where the ball momentarily stopped in the stanction. Who by? Nineteen year old Les Davies who punched the air as the crowd rose to acclaim a goal which was if anything better than his strike at Connahs Quay a week earlier. The Town defence had now collapsed on the right, Gary Roberts ran into the space but delivered a wild cross with Lee Hunt unmarked but unable to convert. On 67 mins Huw Griffiths replaced Kenny Burgess before City forced a sisxth corner. Gareth Williams and Eifion Jones combined well to create an opening but Carmarthen nearly managed a counter but were denied by Alan Goodall's timely interception.

On 78 mins Ross Jefferies came on for Paul Roberts but it was Fayers who forced a save from Lee Williams. Then Gareth Williams sent a superb pass to Ross Jefferies but Pennock gathered. With 89 mins up City had the ball in the visitors half but lost possession, Eifion Jones was forced to conceded a corner from which Luke Fayers snatched an equaliser which stunned the home support which was contemplating a happy trip home.

Bangor City: Lee Williams, Peter Hoy, Alan Goodall, Eifion Jones, Gareth Williams,Paul Friel, Kenny Burgess, Lee Hunt, Paul Roberts, Gary Roberts
Subs: Peter Davenport, Ross Jefferies, Huw Griffiths

Carmarthen: Pennock, Pratt, Reid, Barnhouse, York, Moss, Thomas, Rossiter, Fayers Price, Davies
Subs: Chapple, Keaveney

Report by: Mike Smith