Amazingly, writes Dwight Fry, Barry Town put out a near full strength side (or ex-full strength after the Barry Town diaspra were brought together for a mini reunion) tonight against a very disappointing Aber. The boys played for free after flying in from as far as Scotland (Molloy) or driving up prior to the match from London (Akinfenwa) which is fairly incredible seeing as most are no longer associated with the club - apart from tonight.

Barry were kitted out in a non-sponsored circa 1995-96 UEFA Cup dream-team strip (left) which also made it a particularly bizarre evening. 

I like Aberystwyth a lot, I really do, but the play acting of rolling around injured and bad sportsmanship of kicking the ball away time and time again (unpunished by Southall) was disheartening to see in the circumstances. It wasn't like this throughout the whole match though, only in the last 20 minutes when Aber visibly tired and decided to shut up shop. On this performance by Aber, the rest of the league has really nothing to fear.

Despite us ultimately losing 1-2 (several goal posts AGAIN! ) it was a case of 'thank you very much for the training session, thank you very very much' yet Aber greeted the full time whistle like they'd won, er, something - anything!

Funnily enough, they may not yet get to keep the points, so it was a shallow victory - and particularly sour on their behalf.

A bit disappointed they didn't bring more fans down, but I guess the threat of us possibly not playing put many people off and several of the coaches stayed away.

I'm being a bit harsh on Aber. It was their first time together in a competitive match, and individually they've got some very handy players. They've also got a bunch of whingers. But credit Aber for travelling away from home and getting the win.

However they got it.

Match Report by Dwight Fry

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