Report | Swansea City Women 10 Pontypridd United Women 1

It was a perfect 10 for Swansea City Women as they thrashed Pontypridd United to become the first side to reach double figures in a fixture in the Welsh top-flight since 2018.

A brace from Steph Turner, along with goals from Stacey John, Emily Richards, Chloe Chivers, and Aimee Deacon, saw the Swans take a commanding 6-0 lead into half-time. 

They added four more in the second half through Emily Thomas, a second from John, and a debut brace off the bench from 17-year-old Lowri Jones.

The emphatic result leaves the Swans in third place in the Genero Adran Premier but now just one point behind joint leaders Cardiff City and Wrexham.

This fixture was being replayed having been abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch and with the game being goalless.

But any suggestions of this being a close contest were banished when the Swans swept into a 4-0 lead inside 30 minutes.

The Swans started strongly and nearly opened the scoring within five minutes. A short corner from Chivers found John, who delivered a dangerous ball into the box. Caitlin Williams met it with a powerful header, but Ponty goalkeeper Anna Phelps made an impressive save.

The Swans continued their bright start carving out another opportunity, this time for John who was released by Sammy Wynne but her effort was saved by Phelps.

John managed to open the scoring just minutes later though, after a pin-point pass from Chivers sent her in on goal to slot the ball past Phelps.

Richards doubled the Swans' lead three minutes later, meeting a Thomas delivery at the back post and tapping in from close range.

The momentum was fully in the Swans’ favour, and Turner added a third in the 22nd minute after the Dragons failed to clear a corner, with the defender reacting first to divert the ball past home.

Turner scored her second just seven minutes later, capitalising on another goalmouth scramble that Pontypridd failed to clear as the ball fell kindly for the defender to once again convert from close range.

The Swans continued to press for more goals in the latter stages of the half, with Deacon driving forward before slipping John through on goal, but her effort flashed just wide of the post as she looked to find the bottom corner.

Phelps was called into action once again when Thomas unleashed a powerful effort on goal, but the goalkeeper reacted well to make a clean catch to gather the ball.

The Swans weren’t finished though, scoring their fifth goal in the 43rd minute. A delivery into the box was cleared to the feet of Chivers, who cleverly dummied her marker before unleashing a powerful shot that flew past the keeper.

Just when it seemed the first-half scoring was done, Deacon won a penalty and calmly sentPhelps the wrong way to cap off a dominant opening 45 minutes.

The Swans picked up where they left off, scoring their seventh goal just two minutes into the second half as Deacon played Thomas through on goal, and she made no mistake in firing past Phelps.

John added the eighth when Taite Trivett advanced down the right flank and delivered an excellent cross that the forward met to calmly convert.

The only blemish on the Swans’ performance came nine minutes from time when Nicole Fenton received the ball from Madison Lloyd and unleashed a 25-yard strike that sailed past Amelia Forkings and into the bottom corner, denying the hosts a clean sheet in the process.

The Swans responded ruthlessly, and it was a special moment for Jones, who netted twice in three minutes on her debut. 

Her first was a well-taken effort from distance that looped over Phelps and into the goal, before a brilliant solo run from Trivett saw the winger round the goalkeeper and unselfishly square the ball for Jones to tap in from close range, rounding off a superb team performance. 
 

Swansea City Women: Amelia Forkings, Steph Turner (Caitlin Seaborne 60’), Emily Richards (Taite Trivett 60’), Sammy Wynne, Aimee Deacon (Lowri Jones 74’), Chloe Chivers (Maddy Murray 60’), Stacey John, Ellie Lake, Caitlin Williams, Emily Thomas, Jessica Williams.  
 

Substitutes not used: Opal Rayner, Lauren Davies.