Football: Bangor left with a real mountain to get over; LOOSEMORES CUP SF.

Bangor City 1

Aberystwyth Town 2

BANGOR City have a mountain to climb in the Loosemores' Cup semi-final second leg at Aberystwyth Town next Tuesday, after falling behind 2-1 at home to a pair of Luke Sherbon strikes.

Aberystwyth even managed to cling on for victory with 10 men, after Andy Evans was sent off for a second bookable offence.

In a rousing cup-tie, played in heavy conditions, Aberystwyth's uncompromising tactics got them into a lot of trouble and six other players were given yellow cards.

The Farrar Road hosts had got off to a dream start, taking the lead inside two minutes when Chris Sharp converted a penalty after he had been tripped by keeper Dave Roberts.

Seconds before that, Aberystwyth's stopper had reacted brilliantly to fend away a Sion Edwards rocket.

In the next half hour, it was all Bangor, and Jamie Brewerton hit a post from 20 yards, followed by team-mates having other near misses.

Les Davies had a pile-driver blocked and another shot deflected for a corner, Chris Seargeant blazed over and, in a scramble after a corner, Peter Hoy and Sharp were both denied.

Aberystwyth's equaliser on 35 minutes came out of the blue, as Sherbon netted from 10 yards after latching on to Gareth Hughes' pass.

Bangor agonised over more wasted chances just before and after half time, when Davies fired past the angle and Edwards had the ball snatched off his feet by the keeper.

Although City had looked the likely winners for so long, Aberystwyth had not read the script and a second Sherbon goal on 63 minutes from a free-kick out on the left confirmed the shock score line.

Meanwhile, The New Saints reached the final of the Loosemores Cup after beating Neath 3-0.