Match Report

CAPTAIN Tom McCready scored in stoppage time to earn Colwyn Bay a dramatic 3-2 win at Prestatyn Town in the JD Cymru North.

McCready’s winner secured a 16th successive league victory for the Seagulls and extended their lead at the top of the table to nine points.

Cai Owen had earlier scored twice to give the Bay a 2-0 interval lead at Bastion Gardens.

His first was a first time finish from a tight angle and his second, a left footed finish, came following good  work by Craig Lindfield.

Bay could have been three goals up at the break but Lindfield had a penalty well saved by Josh Cooke.

Prestatyn responded after the break and Tom Hilditch pulled a goal back three minutes into the second half before Dan Atkins levelled with 16 minutes remaining.

But McCready secured a dramatic winner in injury time when he ran onto a flick on and slotted past Cooke and maintain Bay’s winning run.

Bay manager Steve Evans said:

“Massive three points. They are the games that win you the league.

“First half we were the dominant team and we could have gone 3-0 up with the penalty but didn’t and to be fair to them they came out second half and really had a go at us and caused us all kinds of problems.

“They’ll be gutted but we believe in the process and we keep going – we’ve done it two or three times this season and it just shows the belief and the character within the squad.”

COLWYN BAY: Cameron Darling, Joe Williams, Steff Edwards, Cai Owen, Lewis Sirrell, Sam Downey, Tom McCready (C), Craig Lindfield, Guto Williams, Kristian Platt, Tommy Creamer (Dylan Allshorn 72)

Subs not used: Joel Giblin, Mike Jones, Sam Hart, William McKinley, Kieran Jones, Samuel Duffy