Barry earned their first home points of the season with a 5-2 win over newly promoted Abergavenny Town, leading 4-0 at the break.

Josh Graham scored Barry’s opener after 15 minutes, with Kayne McLaggon extending the lead after 25 minutes, Chris Hugh providing the assist for both goals.

McLaggon scored a second, and Barry’s third, before Jordan Cotterill burst through to score Barry’s fourth, just before half-time. That left both players level on 82 goals each for the club.

Abergavenny started the second half better, with Ben Watkins pulling back a goal after the hour.

With ten minutes left, Barry substitute Liam Warman scored his first competitive goal for Barry, ensuring there would be no heroic comeback from the visitors. Nevertheless, Drew Heffernan scored a late consolation to make it 5-2 on the night.

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Two second half headers from Kayne McLaggon earned Barry the three points away at newly promoted Pontardawe Town.

The home side took a tenth minute lead against the run of play when Gabriel Kircough took advantage of a lapse in the Barry defence on the half-way line and slotted the ball coolly past the ‘keeper.

Barry dominated possession throughout the game, but failed to turn that into clear-cut chances.

The equaliser came early in the second half, when a corner from the Barry right was headed in at the front post by Kayne McLaggon, celebrating the birth of his daughter Sienna the day before.

Barry’s match-winning second goal came with six minutes remaining, and was an almost carbon copy of the first. This time, though, McLaggon’s header was glanced across the goal into the far corner, securing three valuable points on the road.

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A first half goal from the visitors was the only goal of the match in front of 827 fans at Jenner Park.

After half an hour of play, a free-kick from the right caused chaos in the Barry defence, leading to an attempted clearance rebounding off Ferry’s Cullen Kinsella into the net.

From then on, the visitors adopted a defensive formation, with Barry pushing forward for an equaliser.

Callum Sainty hit the post twice for Barry, while Kayne McLaggon was unable to take advantage of a gilt-edged chance in the box. A shot from Jordan Cotterill flashed by the far post, while goalscorer Kinsella clipped the bar for Ferry on a rare counter-attack.

As time ticked away, Barry’s final chance was a Curtis McDonald shot headed off the line by Chris Evans, with the goalkeeper beaten. But it wasn’t to be Barry’s night.

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Barry travelled to Pembrokeshire to face JD Cymru Premier hosts in the shape of Bluebirds, Haverfordwest County.

The home side took the lead after half an hour, scoring from a corner through Lee Jenkins, but Barry equalised before the break when Josh Graham beat the defence and slid the ball round the keeper.

Barry faced a harder second half though. Haverfordwest again scored from a corner, Jack Wilson getting the vital header this time. Two more goals came through lapses at the back, former Barry player, Rhys Abbruzzese, scoring his first goal for his new club, and Wilson getting his second of the game.

Despite being 4-1 down, Barry continued to press and when substitute Mo Djalo was brought down in the box by goalkeeper Lewis Brass, Djalo stepped up to score the penalty – his first competitive first team goal for Barry.

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The Port Talbot side took an early lead against Barry from the penalty spot, Liam McCreesh scoring, but were unable to defend against the Barry attack in a weather-affected game, with high winds coming off the sea.

Barry had already equalised when McLaggon scored after half an hour, but bossed the second half.

Intricate work by Fahiya and McLaggon outside the box set up Callum Sainty to fire home after 54 minutes, while Barry’s third came when a shot from outside the box was deflected into his own net by Lido defender, Jackson Hall.

Barry’s fourth goal came from a corner. Kayne McLaggon had failed to get the ball over the line in a goalmouth melee, but was on hand to score direct from the resulting corner.

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Barry’s first game in the Cymru South was on a warm Friday night in Carmarthenshire in front of more than 600 fans at Ammanford.

The home team took the lead through former Rhyl and Swansea City striker, Lee Trundle, who beat his marker before firing a low shot past Mike Lewis in the Barry goal

Barry were level before half-time when Kayne McLaggon equalised, controlling in the box before beating the keeper.

Ammanford took the lead once again after 74 minutes, when Trundle set up Jordan Langley at the back post, but Barry equalised for a second time when McLaggon chased down a defender and the attempted clearance was diverted off McLaggon and into the goal past Ammanford ‘keeper, Joe Massaro.

However, in the 90th minute, man of the match Trundle scored his second of the game, and Barry had no time to get back in the match.

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