A COMFORTABLE 3-0 home win over Afan Lido sent The New Saints joint-top of the Welsh Premier table as they notched their fifth straight win.

With the visitors clearly intent on defending in depth from the start, the result was never in doubt once Chris Seargeant had hammered an 18-yarder into the top corner after just 12 minutes.
The visitors spent most of the game on the back foot and camped in their own half, with a second-half Jonathan Hood shot which went wide of the target their only worthwhile effort as TNS keeper Paul Harrison enjoyed an untroubled afternoon.
Lido had already survived several scares before Aeron Edwards played a good pass out of defence to Greg Draper, who held the ball well before squaring to Seargeant, who unleashed an unstoppable shot past Chris Curtis.
The second goal arrived just past the half hour following a Simon Spender cross which was only cleared as far as Craig Jones, whose shot went in off the near post and the keeper's back.
Matty Williams fired over after a surging run and cross from the left by Jones while Nicky Ward shaved the side netting with a free-kick on the stroke of half-time.
Chances again went begging after the break with Williams grazing an upright from the edge of the box and Jones denied in a one-on-one with Curtis.
But, a quarter of an hour from time, the Lido defence was finally breached again following good work by Alex Darlington, when Scott Ruscoe laid the ball off for Williams to notch his fifth goal of the season from the edge of the 12-yard box.
Photo: Craig Jones fires the Saints' second goal.