27/4/07 W

Mold continued their march to Cymru Alliance football with a hard fought 3-2 win over Chirk at Holyhead Road. Mold attacked the home side from the first minute with both their wide men getting behind the Chirk defence to deliver cross's into the box. Chirk struggled to match Mold's fluent passing and went behind on 10 minutes to a Lee Stevens goal. Mold continued to press but were soon knocked out of their stride when Chirk hit them on the break, Derek Lloyds long upfield clearance fell to the feet of youngster Joe Roberts who sprinted towards goal before coolly lobbing Molds keeper from 20 yards out to level the score. This instilled new confidence in the home side and Mold soon found themselves in a hard battle. Sloppy marking gifted Mold their second on 40 minutes when captain Wes Brereton headed in from close range off a Martin Phillips cross. Second half saw more chances for both teams with the goal of the game coming courtesy of Chirk's Jon Paul Wood. The home side were awarded a free-kick on 70 minutes with Wood curling the ball into the top corner from 25 yards out leaving the keeper routed to the spot. A touch of desperation crept in Mold's play now with them pushing forward in search of the winner, this came on 75 minutes after Brereton found striker Stuart Rain unmarked in front of goal with the former Connah's Quay Nomads striker heading home past Valentine to put his side back in front. Chirk were determined to salvage a point which saw Mold hanging on for the last 10 minutes with some hard and furious tackles coming in from both sides before the referee blew for full time. Mold have now gone eight games unbeaten and continue to put pressure on Cefn Utd in second spot. Chirk look forward to May with them having lost four of their last five games in April.