This was a comfortable as the scorline suggests for City against a Carmarthen side whose selection owed much to Monday's Loosemores Cup encounter with Rhyl and their guaranteed survival in the Welsh Premiership. City boss Peter Davenport was without Paul Friel who has a calf strain and so reverted to a 4-4-2 formation with Paul Gedman alongside Paul Roberts and Ross Jefferies on the bench alongside Frank Mottram and Mark Connolly.

Both wingers Kenny Burgess and Les Davies went close in the opening stages as City set the pace against a largely youthful looking home side. Midway through the half first Alan Goodall and then Paul Gedman fired off target from outside the box before Kenny Burgess tested Rob Thomas with a low shot from the edge of the box. City's right winger was running amok on the flank and attracting some harsh treatment from Hayward and his team mates.

Paul Roberts also fired off target and the City faithful started to fear a frustrating afternoon when referee Ceri Richards finally put a stop to some crude defending by showing his yellow card to Leigh De Vulgt. When the dust had settled Steve Hitchen centred for Paul Roberts to head home from twelve yards to give City a deserved advantage as the interval loomed. There was time for Clayton Blackmore to pick out Paul Gedman on the edge of the Carmarthen box but his shot flew narrowly wide.

The one paced Adam Moore was the first player into the referee's notebook after the interval for a badly timed challenge on Alan Goodall. Five minutes after the restart left winger Les Davies roasted replacement right back Owen Thomas and delivered an inviting cross for Paul Gedman but his header flew wide. Midfielder Moore advised Thomas to "push him into the stand" but there seemed little likelihood of the runaway truck being derailed!

On 54 mins it was 2-0 as Kenny Burgess ran infield from the right and - with players moving off in all directions - wrong footed Thomas from 18 yards with a left footed finish. The home side then went for a double susbtitution with Steffan Davies and Luke Sayers making way for Dale Price and Nicky Burke. However it was City who continued to dominate and a deep freekick by Alan Goodall was given up by everyone but Paul Gedman whose late lunge nearly clipped the ball goalwards. Moments later Captain Goodall saw his shot saved by the hardworking Thomas before the home side won a corner which Moore failed to convert at the back post.

Les Davies then supplied Paul Gedman but he was crowded out but the clearance was returned by the inrushing Alan Goodall for Thomas to smother. City won their fifth corner of the afternoon as Thomas fumbled a 30 yarder from Alan Goodall and from the kick Eifion Jones header over the bar. With just over a quarter of an hour remaining the industrious Paul Gedman chased a through ball which he attempted to flick over the home keeper but the youngster held cleanly.

With 75 mins on the clock Bangor made a triple substitution as Paul Roberts, Les Davies and Clayton Blackmore made way for Frank Mottram, Ross Jefferies and Mark Connolly to great effect. On 80 mins it was 3-0 when Mark Connolly swept on a lose ball on the edge of the box to drive home with the aid of a slight deflection. Bangor fans were rubbing their hands in expectation of a late rally. However the immediate result was a goal for Carmarthen as substitute Nicky Burke lofted into an unguarded net from 35 yards after a mix up in the City defence for 3-1.

City forced a seventh corner and moments later on 87 mins Ross Jefferies crossed from the right for Frank Mottram to head home from six yards to complete an impressive contribution from the trio of substitutes. So the final match of the season won 4-1 and an enjoyable afternoon at a sunny Richmond Park.

Bangor City: Phil Priestley, Peter Hoy, Alan Goodall, Eifion Jones, Steve Hitchen, Gareth Evans, Kenny Burgess, Clayton Blackmore, Paul Gedman, Paul Roberts, Les Davies Subs: Ross Jefferies, Frank Mottram, Mark Connolly,

Carmarthen Town: Thomas, Evans, Hayward, De Vulgt, Barnhouse, Price, Davies, Davies, Jones, Fayers, Moore Subs: Thomas, Price, Burke, Ried

Report by: Mike Smith