Welsh Premier League Football - Powell dedicates win to City's fans

DELIGHTED Bangor City boss Neville Powell dedicated Monday's Welsh Cup final victory over Aberystwyth Town to the hordes of loyal fans who made the long trip.
Powell continued his love affair with the competition as City won 2-0 to claim the trophy for the second year in succession thanks to goals from Les Davies and Christian Seargeant.
“Our fans were magnificent,” Powell told the Daily Post. “They travelled all the way here on a Bank Holiday Monday and did us proud.”
The undoubted hero of the win was striker Les Davies, who lived-up to his nickname of "The Truck" by overcoming a first minute knee injury to score one and make one.
Powell feared the worst when Davies, who suffered a dislocated knee-cap two weeks before the final, went down injured twice in the first three minutes.
“He insisted he could struggle on to half time which is typical Les. I fancied him to score the first goal and that’s exactly what he did,” added Powell.
“This was a magnificent day for the club – it’s great to be back in Europe. We were solid at the back, scored goals at crucial times and I thought the better side won on the day.”
Davies shrugged-off his injury: “I thought I’d dislocated it again,” he said.
“But I needed to stay on, it was a big game and it turned out to be only a little injury.”
Aberystwyth failed to end their 109-year wait for another success in the competition since beating Druids back in 1900 and manager Brian Coyne admitted mistakes were costly.
"From our point of view they were two terrible goals to lose," he said.
"If you give a good side like Bangor two goals you're going to struggle. Two minutes before half-time I thought we looked quite comfortable, but the first goal's a killer.
"I've got no complaints, they were a little bit too streetwise for us at times," he added.

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