Football: Bangor's ambitions damaged; WELSH PREMIER.

Byline: By KEITH EVANS

Bangor City 1

Newtown 2

BANGOR City's ambitions to climb towards the top three were damaged by a shock home defeat to Newtown, who snatched two second-half goals.

Nicholas Ward curled in a corner from the right on 69 minutes and Shane Sutton killed off Nev Powell's side from close range four minutes later after a fumble by keeper Paul Smith.

Although City clawed a goal back through Chris Seargeant on 78 minutes, after a well worked move with Les Davies, it was too little too late.

Bangor had difficulty overcoming Newtown's game plan of leaving just one striker up field and deploying the rest behind the ball.

Home keeper Smith had more work than counterpart Dave Jones, although early on Seargeant struck a 20-yarder which Newtown's stopper did well to fend away.

Ward almost scored from a corner on the quarter-hour, when it took a headed intervention by Peter Hoy to turn the threat away.

Hoy was close to being a scorer just ahead of half time, with an angled drive from the left, and Jones did well to divert the ball over the top.

Kieran Killackey rescued Bangor with a goal-line block early in the second half, after Neil Mitchell's shot, and Smith made a double save from Sutton and Craig Williams.

Seargeant put in a superb 20-yarder for City but the ball flew just wide and then the tide turned in Newtown's favour as they landed their winning goal.

BANGOR CITY: Smith, Swanick, Beattie (A Mitchell 71), Johnston, Hoy, Killackey, Limbert, Walsh, Davies, Lloyd (McManus 66), Seargeant. Subs: Sargent, Richmond, Aston.

NEWTOWN: D Jones, Thomas, Lewis, Clarke, Jellicoe, James, C Williams, Sutton, N Mitchell, Moses (Ryan, 87), Ward. Subs: Breeze, Adams, Swanton.