TWO goals from striker George Colven helped to steer holders Crannog into the final of the Costcutter Ceredigion League Cup, with a 3-1 win over Cardgian Town.

Already through to the semi-finals of the Cwpan Coffa Dai ‘Dynamo’ Davies, Crannog dug deep to eventually beat the Magpies at Lampeter last Wednesday night.

Cardigan, with quality delivery by Steve Blackford and powerful men in the air like Ben Davies and Iestyn Evans, had put Crannog under pressure for long periods.

Skipper Evans went close with a powerful free kick that keeper Rhydian Morgan tipped over, and the same player should have scored when his header hit the post.

Tomos Toft, who was superb all night, also went close when forcing Morgan into a smart save, but it was the Llangrannog outfit who made the breakthrough.

Colven nipped in behind the defence and beat the Cardigan keeper to the ball, and make it 1-0 at the half-time interval.

Crannog went 2-0 up after the beak when Colven netted his second goal, after tireless work by veteran Gary Davies, who was also excellent, and Chris Welch.

The Magpies did pull a goal back when midfielder James Evans fired home, but as they threw everything at their opponents Crannog dug in and with time running out they were able to break away to score.

Chris Welch rounded the keeper to score from a very tight angle to seal a superb 3-1 win, and they will now play the winners of the match between Newcastle Emlyn and St Dogmaels on Wednesday night.

Llandysul moved to within five points of securing the Costcutter division one title after they comfortably disposed of Dewi Stars 8-1 at Parc Tir Y Dref last weekend.

Still unbeaten in the league, the Swallows need to win just two of their last four games to capture a prize that has eluded this Riverside club for the last 68 years.

Dean Jones blasted home from the penalty spot two minutes into the game, after Lewis Jones was upended, but the Stars equalised, before Jones scored again and Adrian Hazelby made it 4-1 at the break.

The second half was one-way traffic as goals from Hazelby and skipper Ian Barrett, with a bullet header, made it 5-1.

Two more goals by Hazelby, taking his tally of the season to 23, further increased the lead and Matthew Newbold rounded the keeper to make it 8-1, and take Llandysul to 99 league goals for the season.

At the other end, keeper Jon Durbridge made a top draw save to save a penalty.

Cardigan Town bounced back from their League Cup semi-final defeat to beat Bargod Rangers by 4-1 at the King George, with Ewan Jones netting twice, along with goals from Neil Evans and Tom Gardner.

Rhydian Davies fired home from the penalty spot to claim a consolation goal.

Aberaeron Reserves pulled seven points clear of the relegation zone with a 2-1 win over Cilgerran Rovers at Cae Sgwar, with Ianto Evans netting their winning goals.

Lampeter’s hopes of finishing second behind champions-elect Llandysul received a blow as they were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Felinfach, with Kieron Boyes and Eilir Evans netting for the Milkmen.

In division two Aberporth were unable to raise a side to take on leaders Ffostrasol whilst the only scheduled between Pencader and Llanboidy was also postponed.

In the first round of the South Cards Cup Maesglas inflicted another heavy defeat on division two strugglers SDUC by 11-1.

Regular keeper Graham Keen had a rare opportunity to play out, and he managed to poach a perfect hat-trick, whilst Dan Jones, Billy Myers and Keiran Harman, all with two each and Sion Lewis and Aaron Hopkins also scored. David Clark replied.