Altrincham fielded a different eleven in each half of this pre-season friendly at Llanelian Road's Blue Turtle Arena.

The hosts took an early lead through Jordan Davies (5 mins) from a freekick.

It was also directly from a freekick that Anthony Forde equalised for Alty six minutes later, netting from the edge of the "D" in a central position.

Alty's new team for the second half made it 2-1 in the 58th minute when Jimmy Knowles converted with a tap-in from a Kirk cross.

The referee awarded the Bay a late penalty for handball which Davies converted to leave the game a draw (88 mins).

SCORERS:

• 5 mins: Anthony FORDE (Colwyn Bay 0 ALTRINCHAM 1)
• 11 mins: Jordan DAVIES (Colwyn Bay 1 ALTRINCHAM 1)
• 58 mins: Jimmy KNOWLES (Colwyn Bay 1 ALTRINCHAM 2)
• 88 mins: Jordan DAVIES (penalty) (Colwyn Bay 2 ALTRINCHAM 2)

REFEREE: TBC

ATTENDANCE: TBC

TEAM NEWS:

Altrincham deployed two separate teams for wach half, with three of the 25-man squad therefore not involved. They were Academy graduates Beddow, Raymond and German

So all six new signings were deployed durig the afternoon

LINE-UP:

ALTRINCHAM (Yellow shirts with black band, black shorts and yellow socks) (First Half): 1. Owen Evans, 2. Lewis Banks (c), 3. Eddy Jones, 5. Jake Cooper, 25. Joel Bailey, 26.Anthony Forde, 7. Otis Khan, 8. Liam Humbles, 9. Kristian Dennis, 10. Aidan Barlow, 17. Lucas Weaver

(Second Half): 27. Louie Fallon, 14. Matty Kosylo, 6. Charlie Olson, 24. Sam Barnes, 12. Kian Breckin, 22. Tom Crawford (c), 4. Jack Hinchy, 20. Kahrel Reddin, 23. Charlie Kirk, 11. Jimmy Knowles, 15. Sam Taylor.

COLWYN BAY (Claret) 1. Mark Halstead, 6. Sol Forde, 21. Ryan Astles, 5. Lewis Sirrell, 12. Declan Poole, 19. Matty Hill, 23. Aaron Edwards, 8. Callum Bratley, 11. Jordan Davies, 9. Adam Davies, 10. Louis Robles. Subs: 13. Seb Osment, 2. Dan Roberts, 4. Nathan Peate, 3. Sam Hart, 20. Aron Williams, 14. Uniss Kargbo, 12. Issa Kargbo, 24. George Hughes, 25. Alex Downes, 7. Jack Kenney

BACKGROUND:

This was Altrincham's first outing of the summer, but it was the hosts' fourth pre-season match.

REPORT:

Bay won the game's first corner (2 mins) and it was to be The Bay who opened the scoring shortly afterwards. It was Jordan Davies who curled a freekick past Evans (5 mins).

It was also directly from a freekick that Altrincham levelled in the 11th minute. The scorer was Anthony Forde with a shot from the edge of the "D" in a central position, which beat Halstead's dive to his left.

Colwyn Bay won two corners, the second arising from a good save by Evans (15 mins).

A hydration break was needed on a warm afternoon and the match tempo was lowered after the resumption in play.

Despite winning a few corners, Altrincham were unable to gain the lead before the interval.

Altrincham changed all eleven players for the second half.

The visitors took the lead shortly before the hour mark when a cross from Kirk gave Knowles little more tha a tap in (58 mins).

It looked as if the visitors would leave with a win under their belt before the referee decreed a penalty for hand ball in the closing stages. Davies converte the penalty to make the result 2-2.