Denbigh Town brought back down to earth at Porthmadog

It was a disappointing end to what has been an encouraging recent resurgence from Matthew Jones and Dewi Llion’s side, and the management duo will be hoping this performance was a one-off as they aim for improvement during Saturday’s daunting clash with runaway second tier leaders Airbus Broughton at Central Park in the Huws Gray Cup (2.30pm).

Llion, said: “Obviously this was a poor result to take. The lads all put in the effort today, but we just weren’t able to put away the chances we created and then lapses led to us conceding goals at vital times of the game.

“We will regroup in training this week ready for our League Cup tie next week at home to Airbus Broughton.”

The home side wasted no time in making an impact on proceedings and went ahead on 15 minutes when Rob Evans took advantage of some hesitant defending to fire past Craig Vernon.

Former St Asaph City hotshot Jake Walker almost levelled matters soon after when his effort sailed narrowly over after good work from Sam Jones and Rhys Llwyd, and they were dealt another blow a minute before the break when Shaun Cavanagh intercepted an wayward pass before teeing up Dale Davis for a simple finish to double their advantage.

Jones forced Paul Pritchard into action in first half stoppage time with what turned out to be Town’s best chance of the contest, with Llwyd despatching a shot over shortly after the interval.

Port all-but sealed the points on 62 minutes when Davies notched his second of the afternoon when he headed home a Sion Edwards delivery, and Cavanagh rounded off a sensational individual display with a goal of his own with 82 gone.

This was swiftly followed by a fifth which arrived courtesy of a Rob Edwards effort a minute from time, and Town’s misery was compounded immediately following the restart when Ryan Taylor completed the rout.

The result leaves Jones and Llion’s side in 13th spot in the standings, five points clear of the bottom two and six adrift of the top four.