Ammanford produced one of the shocks of the round with a well deserved victory against JD Cymru Premier outfit Aberystwyth Town at Park Avenue.

Callum Thomas’ early goal was enough to separate the sides as the Black and Whites secured progression to the third round of the JD Welsh Cup.

After Park Avenue erupted into rapturous applause to commemorate the lives of home supporters John Sandbrook and Carwyn Daniel, Town made the perfect start and found themselves ahead with less than ten minutes on the clock. A short freekick was played down the left flank before it was laid on a plate for Callum Thomas on the edge of the area. The attacking midfielder shot low into the bottom corner to give the visitors the lead.

Despite going behind early, the Seasiders entered the game full of confidence and enjoyed the ball for the remainder of the half. Their best opportunities came through Rhys Davies and Chris Azimale but Luke Martin was alert to all the danger and Ammanford went in ahead at the break.

The hosts had the better of the opening twenty minutes of the second half but could not muster clear chances against a well marshalled new look defence of Callum Jones and Nich Arnold.

In fact, it took over thirty minutes of play in the second stanza for either side to create a chance of note. Alex Darlington attempted to replicate his teammate Niall Flint in scoring a long range lob however, on this occasion, Martin was alert to stop the danger.

Whilst the hosts still provided a threat, Ammanford went close as Arnold headed just wide of the target from a corner.

As the game flowed towards its conclusion, Aber pushed for an equaliser, sending their goalkeeper forward for set pieces but aside from a Rico Patterson volley that landed just wide, Wyn Thomas’ men held on and secured just their third win against top tier opponents since the creation of the JD Cymru Premier in 1992.