Second keeper injured in Colwyn Bay draw: Llandudno beaten

COLWYN BAY gained an excellent point with a 0-0 draw at Durham City on Saturday (Aug 23), despite suffering another goalkeeping injury.
Defender Neil Coverley had to play in goal for almost 80 minutes after Chris Senna injured his back in a challenge with Durham's Gavin Cogden and had to come off.
It was the second game running the Seagulls have lost their keeper with a serious injury, following Farai Jackson's torn groin muscle last weekend.
"I just can't believe it," said manager Steve Pope afterwards. "I've never known anything like that in all my years in football.
"Considering everything we have to be delighted with a point and a clean sheet after playing without a recognised keeper for most of the game on a 3G surface which we have never even trained on before let alone played.
"I'm really chuffed with the players. They have worked their socks off to keep a clean sheet against a very good side and we've also created chances to have won it."
Senna looks like joining Farai Jackson on the sidelines for some time and it is fortunate that the club do have a third keeper in Matt Parry on the books with a home game to come against Woodley Sports on Monday.
"Trying to sign on another keeper over the bank holiday weekend would have been a nightmare," added the manager.
Senna's injury early in the game meant resuffling the line-up, but manager said: "We stuck to the game plan and it worked well."
In fact, Colwyn Bay, it seems, were unlucky not to take the lead when they twice hit the bar in a matter of seconds.
Matty Woods hit a shot from 25 yards which beat the keeper and came back off the bar to Karl Frost, whose header then hit the underside of the bar again and was cleared off the line.
Rob Hopley also went close with a header for Colwyn Bay, while Cogden missed the target with Durham's best chance just before half-time.
Colwyn Bay had to defend for much of the second half but I am told Coverley, apart from one save on the line from another Cogden shot, was never really tested.
Colwyn Bay then had chances to win in the last 10 minutes when Hopley, Dean Canning and substitute Andy Moran all missed the target from good scoring opportunities.
Colwyn Bay: Senna (Roberts 12mins), Hughes, Lycett, Coverley, Brandreth, Aspinall, Frost (Moran 45mins), Williams, Hopley, Canning, Wood; Subs not used: Cululo, Brown, O'Mahoney.

LLANDUDNO'S poor start to the season continued with a 4-2 defeat at Lex in the Cymru Alliance.
They were 3-0 down at half-time after a poor first half performance, but improved in the second half and got the score back to 3-2 with goals from Jason Sadler, who rounded the keeper to score in a one on one, and Jody Hamilton from Lee Thomas cross, before Lex secured the victory with a hat-trick goal from Keiron Jones five minutes from the end.
That leaves Llandudno with just one point form their first three games, and already eight points adrift of leaders Ruthin Town.