Looking Back Around This Time
29.03.1995 LEAGUE OF WALES
TON PENTRE 1 BARRY TOWN 1
P.Giles (p)
Despite the alternative attraction of Wales away match in Bulgaria, there was a large crowd at Ynys Park to see Barry visit Ton Pentre. The Rhondda Valley side were chasing a European place and so it was a surprise when Barry took the lead after only four minutes. Paul Giles was attempting to turn his marker on the left wing, but found himself upended. He took the penalty himself and put Barry a goal ahead. However, the lead didn�t last until half-time, with Ton Pentre equalising after 29 minutes. However, after half-time the game erupted with three players (two Barry and one Ton Pentre) being sent from the pitch. Despite that, the match ended as a draw.
30.03.1996 LEAGUE OF WALES
BARRY TOWN 1 CAERSWS 1
T.Bird (p)
Only a second half penalty earnt Barry a point in a match where the Dragons never looked like getting on the scoresheet. The mid-Wales outfit were well organised, and defended in depth against a Barry side which didn�t know how to break them down. Caersws took the lead in the 26th minute, counter attacking after clearing a Barry corner. The Barry defence had pushed up too far and a ball over the top left ? with a one-on-one from which he scored. Barry looked a better side in the second half, but it was only after a stupid tackle from keeper Matthew Griffiths that Barry took a point from the game. After being fouled in the 48th minute, Bird picked himself up and buried his penalty in the bottom right corner.
26.03.1997 LEAGUE OF WALES
BRITON FERRY ATHLETIC 0 BARRY TOWN 4
Jones 2, Pike, Bird
Barry took an early lead against a side doomed to relegation from the League of Wales. A fifth minute foul on Richard Jones saw the same player take the penalty and give Barry the lead. Barry had scored 95 League of Wales goals prior to this match, and many expected the Dragons not just to take all three points but also to score the magic �100�, the first time that Barry would achieved this feat. The Town scored two in both halves, but the Ferry refusing to cave in and concede late goals. Jones scored again for Barry�s second goal before half-time, while Chris Pike put away a simple chance to make it 3-0. Tony Bird�s 83rd minute goal finished the scoring at 4-0, and left Barry waiting for that 100th goal.
28.03.1998 LEAGUE OF WALES
BARRY TOWN 5 BANGOR CITY 0
C Evans 3, E.Williams, Ryan
Following a midweek victory over Rhayader, Barry needed three points against Bangor to clinch a third successive League of Wales Championship, and there was something symbolic about taking the trophy against the club who had won it on two previous occasions. Craig Evans was the Barry hero with a hat-trick, and scoring the first goal after just 2 minutes of the match. Evans made it 2-0 by half-time, with a 33rd minute goal effectively sealing the game. Two minutes into the second half, he scored his hat-trick, before both Darren Ryan, with a 57th minute strike, and Eifion Williams, who scored on the hour, got in on the act, making it 5-0 to the champions
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This article first published in the Barry Town Matchday Magazine, v Rhyl, League of Wales, 27.03.1999
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