Maesteg Park 1-1 Caerleon

MAESTEG Park dropped valuable points against Caerleon during a topsy-turvy encounter with Caerleon in the Macron Welsh League Division One.

Mediocre during the opening half and par for the course during the second, the Old Parish side rode a rollercoaster of emotions against the Cold Bathers.

Caerleon took a sixth-minute lead when Craig Joliffe fired past goalkeeper Gary Wager, and they stretched Park during the remainder of the half.

Maesteg were relieved to reach half time only a goal in arrears, but they

perked up on the restart.

Hotshot Robbie Walters and Paul Jones both went close while Caerleon defender Chris Pritchard spooned a Jones effort off the goal line.

Pressure eventually told with Park clawing their way back on terms in the 72nd minute.

From an Andrew Davies flag kick, Lee Michael headed home to record a first goal of the season.

Soon after Caerleon were reduced to 10 men - Chris Pierce seeing red - and that led to a home onslaught.

Jones clipped the cross bar on 76 minutes, and a minute later he was again just wide of the mark.

And in the final minute, substitute Gareth Davies saw a header drift just wide.