WE may be suffering the cold snap of a prolonged winter, but it was a Summers' day at Cwmbran Stadium on Saturday.
Crows hitman Chris Summers has now scored in ten successive games as Cwmbran put third-placed Aberystwyth to the sword in a 2-1 win.
Eifion Williams had nine scoring games in a row with Barry in 1998, but Summers now owns the record as his form has risen in tandem with Cwmbran's revival up to eighth place in the JT Hughes Mitsubishi Welsh Premier Division.
Cwmbran started the match in quick fashion and Summers almost opened the scoring inside two minutes, but he couldn't make a clean contact with his volley.
But the Seasiders are a quality outfit and they responded by firing a couple of long-range testers at 'keeper Gareth Wesson, which he dealt with comfortably.
Cwmbran were on the offensive and enjoying most of the possession, and the pressure told on 25 minutes. Michael Fowler saw his shot deflected, and from the resultant corner by Richard Hurlin, Jason Welsh outjumped the Aber defence and bulleted home a header from six yards.
The Crows continued to push the visitors onto the back foot and Hurlin went close when his 30-yard free kick was tipped over the bar by John Worsnop in the Aber goal, and Summers, chasing the elusive record goal, was inches away from connecting with a Fowler cross from inside the six-yard box.
The Seasiders started the second half on the offensive, but it was Summers, again, who almost scored, but he could not steer the ball into the net under pressure from Aneurin Williams.Just as they were beginning to dominate, defender Aneurin Williams was red-carded after ploughing into Crows winger Jamie Edwards.
The left back received his second yellow card and had to walk, and Cwmbran took advantage of their numerical superiority when they doubled the lead after 65 minutes, inevitably through Summers.
A quick break by the Crows freed Jamie Edwards down the left flank and he delivered a pin-point cross that enticed Worsnop, but Summers got to the ball first, side-stepped the 'keeper, and took what seemed like an age to create space against two defenders and slot the ball into the back of the net.
With 16 minutes to go, ten-men Aber were thrown a lifeline when substitute Anthony Wright curled an exquisite shot into the net.
It set up a nervous closing spell for Cwmbran, with Wright almost hitting a carbon-copy of his goal, but they held out for all three points and their fifth successive league win.
Teams - Cwmbran Town: Wesson, A James, Perry, Welsh, Fowler, Summers (Mohamed), Jones, Dimond, Hurlin, Edwards (K James 87). Subs not used: Wallace. Booked: Welsh (foul).
Aberystwyth Town: Worsnop, Burrows, Baker, Short, Lewis (Wright 70), Morgan (c), Lawless, Lloyd-Williams, Spike, Jones, Thomas. Subs not used: Spane, Griffiths. Booked: Baker, Burrows, Lewis, Morgan, Thomas, Worsnop. Sent off: Williams (second yellow card).
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