A Boxing Day nightmare for Port as they crashed to one of their heaviest defeats ever in the Welsh Premier.

They had plenty of possession for most of the game but failed to create any real problems for the Rhyl defenders and were broken down too easily.

Most of the first half followed the same pattern. Port worked to create chances and although they succeeded to some extent, they failed to create any real goal chances of note. As Rhyl broke swiftly, Port were put on the back foot and it only took 7 minutes for these tactics to pay off, as the hosts took the lead, after Mark Powell scored from a cross by Chris Adamson.

Although Tony Williams, Lee Webber and Carl Owen all had chances at goal during the first half, they were from a fair distance and didn't give Paul Smith too much to keep him warm on a cold and extremely wet afternoon.

At the other end it was Andy Moran and new signing Lee Hunt who were the danger men as they combined down the right, and Hunt came close on a few occasions. But it was on the break that Rhyl's second goal came after a corner at the other end for Port. As most of the Port players had pushed up, it was three against two for Rhyl at the back and it was no surprise when Chris Adamson drove home on 33 minutes following a slick build-up, leaving McGuigan with no chance.

Rhyl's third goal that put them out of sight couldn't have come at a worse time for Port as the cliché goes - just on the stroke of half time. Steve Walters was given too much time and space in the box and netted from close range.

The second half started more promisingly for the visitors, and until the 72 minute it seemed that they could prevent a further deficit and they managed to create some openings - most notably after 5 minutes when Carl Owen had Port's best chance of the afternoon, but failed to get the better of Rhyl's goalie, Paul Smith. From the resultant corner Gareth Parry also came close as his header from Dafydd Evans' corner went just over the bar. Dafydd Evans then had a chance after a failed clearance. But after a sloppy fourth goal for Andy Moran on 72 minutes when McGuigan dropped a cross, things went sharply down hill for Port.

Port's heads went down after this and an avalanche was imminent as Steve Walters netted his second after some slack defending once again on 77 minutes. Five minutes later the rout was complete as Rhyl scored their sixth goal, on the break once again, as McGuigan raced out to clear only to see his shot cannon off the advancing Chris McGinn and come to rest in front of goal, leaving McGinn with the simplest of taps into the net.

Port's goal came from a last minute penalty after substitute Ceri Roberts - making his Welsh Premier debut - was pulled down in the box. Dafydd Evans was dependable as ever from the spot, but this was scant consolation after such a capitulation.

Rhyl: Smith, Walters (Wilson 81'), Wood, Atherton, Edwards, M.Powell, Hunt(McGinn 72'), Brewerton, Moran, G.Powell (Hogg 60'), Adamson.