Beat Southport 2-0 this afternoon and a crowd of close on 1800.

On the balance of play I’d say they were a little bit fortunate with the Merthyr keeper Cogman looking like man of the match up to 80 minutes, but two late goals gave Merthyr the 3 points. Our old youngster Twamley scored a good goal late on to give them the lead. So 3 points to start the season is the start they wanted but already it’s obvious to see it’s a big step up.