Gresford Athletic were unable to capitalise on a midweek win and suffered a defeat away against Mold Alexandra on matchday 26 of the 2023/24 JD Cymru North on Saturday.

Charlie Mann created the first Gresford Athletic chance of the game in the seventh minute, dribbling well with the ball and putting in a good cross, but Jack Roberts' effort went over the crossbar.

In the 29th minute, Joe Chaplin did brilliantly to pick up the ball and play it to Charlie Mann, who hit it towards goal, but it was well blocked by the Mold Alexandra defence.

Mold Alexandra did have a couple of chances in the first half and in the 33rd minute, Nathan Williams was called upon to put in a fantastic sliding tackle to deny a dangerous attack from The Alex.

The whistle blew for half time in what was a decent first half performance from Gresford Athletic.

The second half began with Charlie Mann putting in a good corner, finding Paul Johnson in the box, but the eventual shot was deflected over the crossbar in the 50th minute.

However, unfortunately for Gresford Athletic, Mold Alexandra took the lead in the 55th minute, with Captain Rhys Nash bagging the goal after a goalmouth scramble following a corner.

Mold Alexandra defended well and held onto their 1-0 lead for the rest of the second half, with Gresford Athletic unable to find a way through to grab an equalising goal.

The game come to a close at 1-0 and Gresford Athletic were beaten on the road in what was a tight game of few clear-cut chances.

Charlie Mann was named as Gresford Athletic Man of the Match after putting in a good performance and creating many chances, despite the result.

Mold Alexandra

Starting XI: Swindell (GK), Watkin, Watkins, Coney (Davies - 81'), Duffy (Ormrod - 72'), Smith, Durnell (Farren - 81'), Roberts, R. Nash (C), Griffiths, H. Nash

Goalscorers: R. Nash

Subs not used: Reynolds, Rogers

Gresford Athletic

Starting XI: Dutton (GK), Roberts (Ellis - 57'), Hesp, Williams (C), Smith (Pownall - 57'), Johnson (Bennett - 67'), Edge, Mann, Gallagher-Keenan (Deacon - 67'), Mannion (Ozlu - 57'), Chaplin

Yellow cards: Roberts, Chaplin

Match Officials

Referee: Rhys Parry

Assistant Referees: Michael Owen, Katie Hannah