Bangor City 0 Port Talbot Town 0
STEVE BLEASDALE admitted this was a goal-less bore, saying: “It was one of those games to forget and so let us think about the next one.”
City, supposedly upbeat after four straight wins which had earned their boss the league’s February accolade and a £100 cheque from sponsors Principality, flopped.
And Port Talbot, who had every incentive to recoil after experiencing two damaging cup knockouts during the previous week, were no better.
Between them, the lacklustre teams hardly tested the rival keepers and it was only late on that Bangor’s Ian Havard had to stretch to turn a Richard French threat for a corner.
Otherwise, Havard and counterpart Kristian Rogers merely collected speculative crosses and innocuous long-range offerings.
Bleasdale said: “It was a scrappy game, although the strong wind was a major spoiling factor.
“Port Talbot came with a defensive approach, adopting a 5-3-2 formation, and were difficult to breakdown.
“But we did not perform and our tempo was not the best.
“After four wins and this draw, we cannot really complain, though.
“With the games running out, I reckon we are short of five or six players of the right quality and that will be sorted out ahead of next season.”
Bleasdale had one specific incident to focus on – the 35th-minute disallowed goal by central defender Peter Hoy, following Mike Walsh’s corner from the left.
He said: “The lads insisted there was nothing wrong with the goal, which puzzled us, because the linesman who flagged was 30 yards away.”
