ABERGAVENNY Town had their new signing and former fans’ favourite, Jamie Laurent returning to the side for their trip to Gorseinon and got the boost of an early goal from Dane Griffiths after 12 minutes.

Garden Village struck back after 22 minutes but Town restored their advantage when a Lewis Jones free kick evaded everybody including the host’s goalkeeper.

But Garden Village were not behind for long as on the half hour they unleashed a screamer to send both sides into the interval on level pegging.

It was 10 minutes into the second half when Garden Village took the lead for the first time, scoring from a goalmouth scramble from a corner, and just after the hour Town’s fate was sealed when Garden Village scored on the break.

Town face another tough test on Saturday entertaining Pontypridd Town, who like Aber were promoted from Division Three last season. Kick-off at Pen-y-Pound is 2pm.

Meanwhile the draw has been made for the quarter final of the League Cup with Town travelling to face Llanelli Town, on Saturday, January 14, 2017.

Town v Garden Village: 1 Tom Indge, 2 Brett Alderson, 3 Ben jones, 4 Dafydd Brewer, 5 Jamie Summers, 6 Lewis Jones, 7 Brett Morgan, 8 Jamie Laurent, 9 Dane Griffiths, 10 Sean Feeley, 11 Aaron Norman.