Welsh League fixture between Port Talbot Town and Taff’s Well is halted after an earthquake shakes the stadium
Port Talbot may have taken the lead during the latter stages of the match, but it took the earthquake, measuring 4.4 magnitude, to shake up their form
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FOOTBALL matches in the winter months are often subject to the elements, but not many are halted for an earthquake.
But for Welsh League sides Port Talbot and Taff's Well that's exactly what delayed play, for several minutes, just before the half-time whistle.
Action from the Welsh sides was temporarily stopped after the biggest quake in a decade shook parts of the UK on Saturday.
The minor earthquake shook at 2.41pm with a 4.4 magnitude, the epicentre was recorded 12 miles north of Swansea.
Port Talbot is just ten miles from Swansea so the stadium, with 188 fans in attendance, felt tremors and the officials felt the match should be halted.
Locals have reported that the ground moved 'alarmingly', while others have said the experience was scary.
It was perhaps the earthquake that shook the Port Talbot side into shape, as they equalised just minutes into the second half.
The home side managed to take the lead in the dying minutes of the game, before their player-manager was sent off for unsporting conduct.
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Fans were quick to heap praise on their side with many claiming their side's performance shook their world.
Some even claim their cheering was so raucous that they caused the earth to move, while others said it was Taff's Well quaking in their boots that caused the ground to shake.
The internet was, of course, awash with jokes about people surviving the minor earthquake.
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