Elite Stands UK Ardal South East League
Brecon Corries 2 - 2 Caldicot Town
Saturday 17th January 2026 - KO 2.00pm

Caldicot Town came away from Brecon's Richfield ground with a point after playing with just 10 men for more than 70 minutes after the controversial dismissal of captain, Matt James. On an undulating surface blighted by a small army of moles, Town struggled at first to get to grips with the game as Brecon scored a sensational goal after just 8 minutes when Jay Hughes hit a dipping shot from 25 yards out that beat Sandiford in the Caldicot goal.

Then on 20 minutes, the sending off of James was another hammer blow as the captain came across to clear a through ball where the player connected with ball and man simultaneously or so its seemed, but the match official saw things differently and issued James with his red card. Sandiford collected a yellow for dissent as he remonstrated the innocence of his captain. Although now down to ten men, Caldicot showed superb resilience and started to get on top of Corries showing grit and determination having felt aggrieved at the decisions going against them.

Town were creating chances but were coming up against more decisions that were not in their favour as a goal was ruled out for an offside even though the ball had been squared from the right hand side and finished only for the flag to go up. Brecon came close to scoring a second before the break but Town battled through Chris Parry who refused to back down from the physical encounter that ensured Town went in just one down at the break.

The second half started well for Caldicot who equalised on the 49th minute through Ben Burns after latching on to a Lewis Grant pass. Town continued to create chances with Greenhaf coming close on a couple of occasions before the home side went back in front when Brecon countered and played a ball to the right to Craig Evans who had a free route to goal, finishing well passed Sandiford on 73 minutes.

Caldicot manager, Ryan Morley needed to react and did so, when he sent on Ngunjoh to replace Donoghue on 75 minutes and then replaced holding midfielder, Alex Edwards with attack minded Niro Gowran on 81 minutes. The changes paid dividends as Town created several chances from down the left side and after some good link-up play, Cole Greenhaf smashed in the equaliser on 86 minutes to make it 2 - 2. Now it was about sticking with a point of going for the win. Momentum was with Town and true to form, they went close right at the death with Greenhaf seeing his effort saved in what was the last kick of the game.

So in summary, a point earnt but it felt that the win was certainly there for the taking although, it must be said that you hardly noticed that Town had played most of the match with just 10 men. Credit to the lads for that and the energy they showed throughout the 90 minutes. 

Next up for Caldicot is a visit from Croesyceiliog on the 24th January, 2pm kick-off