3 Deeside Stadium, Connah’s Quay, Wales
26th July 2022
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SIX GOAL PRE-SEASON REPEAT AT DEESIDE Tuesday night saw Connah’s Quay Nomads and Nantwich Town play our a 3-3 draw at Deeside Stadium.
over the bar and Nantwich had a chance of their own as AJ Leitch-Smith found space and sent a cross flashing across the face of The Nomads’ goal, but in the 20th minute, The Nomads would double our lead as Aron Williams broke down the right wing and whipped a ball in - Aeron Edwards got to the ball first and his effort deflected off Jon Moran to squirm past Louis Gray in the Nantwich goal.
The scoreline was a carbon copy of the pre-season fixture from 2013 when the two sides last met with both games finishing 3-3. Back in 2013, it was The Nomads who came from behind to draw level and it was the other way around on Tuesday night as The Dabbers clawed back a two goal deficit in the second half to end the game level. In comparison to Saturday’s starting lineup, there were no trialists with just one on the bench and Michael Wilde returned to the starting eleven to lead the line up front. It took The Nomads no time at all to take the lead as Harry Franklin scored his second pre-season goal. His first was a somewhat “bundled home” effort against Llandudno, but this one would take some bettering in terms of the quality of the finish. An Aron Williams cross came all the way through to Franklin on the edge of the box who would cut in on to his right foot before sending a fantastic effort in to the top corner to send The Nomads ahead. Just three minutes later, Mike Wilde sent a looping effort just
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