Inside This Issue

 2015-16 1st Team Fixtures / Results

 U19 Result / Report

 League tables

 History of the Part 5 1993-94

 Academy News / Reports / Results

Rnd 1 draw

 Welsh Youth Cup Draw

2 HOME DRAW IN WELSH CUP Druids have been drawn at home in the first round of the Welsh Cup against local Huws Gray Alliance rivals Gresford Athletic on Saturday October 3rd. Normally this would have attracted a decent sized crowd if it had been played on Friday night October 2nd but Gresford have refused to play the night before. With Chester at home to Wrexham on Saturday October 3rd and other local matches on that date, the chances of a good attendance are slim. I have constantly campaigned for a rule change so that the home club in league and cup fixtures fall into line with the Welsh rules where the home club can opt to move the fixture (within reason) to maximise it’s income potential. At the Rock we have probably got the best floodlights in the league but apart from the last half hour of league matches in the Winter, they are rarely used yet the league insist we use them (at considerable cost) for that half hour. I think it is grossly unfair that the league can dictate when we use our floodlights but won’t allow us to decide when we can use them to our best advantage. We have in the past had to travel places like Aberystwyth, Bangor, Port Talbot and Caernarfon for night matches and have come here this season on a Friday night yet Gresford, less than 10 miles away, can’t be made to do so. The Huws Gray Alliance, the 2nd tier of Welsh football, is an extremely competitive league and could be even better if run with a more professional approach. With live football saturating TV coverage nearly every day of the week, it is extremely difficult to maximise the club’s income potential and it is even more difficult with our hands tied behind our back! Comments welcome. Email me at [email protected] Full draw below.

NORTHERN SECTION SOUTHERN SECTION Conwy Borough v Cefn Albion Ton Pentre v STM Sports Hawarden Rangers v Llanfair Afan Lido v AFC Butetown Town v Holywell Town Briton Ferry Llansawel v Barry T Rhostyllen v Berriew Risca United v Aberbargoed Buds Aberffraw v Penrhyncoch Goytre United v Monmouth Town Llanrug Utd v Caernarfon Town Llanelli Town v Panteg FC Nomads v Denbigh Town Cambrian & C v AFC Llwydcoed Guilsfield Athletic v Glantraeth Caerau Ely v Undy Athletic Cefn Druids v Gresford Athletic Llantwit Fardre v Cardiff Met Chirk AAA v Sports Dinas Powys v Cwmbran Town Waterloo Rovers v Trearddur Bay Llandrindod Wells v Cwmbran Celtic Gwalchmai v Mold Alexandra Treowen Stars v West End Caersws v Llandudno Junction Goytre v Llantwit Major Carno v Flint Town Utd Cwmbach Royal Stars v Aberdare T CPD v Bow Street Garden Village v Rhayader Town Hotspurs v Pentraeth RTB Ebbw Vale v Caldicot Town Dyffryn Nanttle Vale v Knighton Aberaeron v Brecon Corries Penmaenmawr Phoenix v Buckley Pontypridd Town v Penybont Penrhyndeudraeth v Queens Park Caerleon v Treharris Athletic W Corwen v Prestatyn Town Cwmamman United v Taffs Well

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HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE HGA Results P W D L F A GD Pts 18/19th September Cefn Druids 6 5 0 1 13 6 7 15 Buckley Town 1-4 Holywell Town Holywell 6 3 2 1 11 6 5 11 Denbigh Town 1-0 Conwy Borough Holyhead 6 3 2 1 10 5 5 11 Gresford 5-0 Caersws Guilsfield 6 3 2 1 9 7 2 11 Caernarfon 0-1 Druids Denbigh 6 3 1 2 13 8 5 10 Llanfair 5-1 Porthmadog Prestatyn 6 3 0 2 11 11 0 10 Mold Alex 1-1 Guilsfield Caernarfon 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10 Prestatyn 2-2 Flint Porthmadog 6 3 1 2 10 11 -1 10 Llanfair 6 3 0 3 14 11 3 9 Rhayader 0-4 Holyhead Gresford 6 2 2 2 16 10 6 8 HGA Next Fixtures Mold Alex 6 2 1 3 8 9 -1 7 Friday 25th September Caersws 6 2 0 4 7 13 -6 6 Flint 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 5 Druids v Denbigh Town Conwy 6 1 1 4 3 8 -5 4 Saturday 26th September Buckley 6 1 1 4 8 15 -7 4 Caersws v Holywell Rhayader 6 1 1 4 5 16 -11 4 Conwy Borough v Buckley OTHER HGA MATCHES ROUND UP Flint Town Utd v Rhayader Gresford took the lead through Jamir Price. Gresford v Porthmadog Owen Roberts doubled the lead two minutes into Guilsfield v Caernarfon the second half. Further goals came from Mike Lat- Holyhead v Prestatyn ham, Cory Smart and the best of the game from Llanfair Utd v Mold Alex Nathan Peate. Caersws had Jack Parr red carded. CAERNARFON 0 DRUIDS 1 Porthmadog scored 1st through Julian Williams but Andrew Hughes levelled for Llanfair a minute Craig Whitfield scored the only goal of the game to before the break. Llanfair added 4 further second send Druids 4 points clear at the top of the league half goals through a Paul Hughes double, Chris and end a run of 3 straight defeats. Druids had Dave Gethin and a second for Hughes Forbes and Robbie James missing with Naim Arsan Holyhead Hotspur scored four without reply at making his 1st start of the season. Rhayader Town. A Jamie Roberts goal gave In a tight game where both keepers dealt comforta- Hotspur the half time lead and further second half bly with what they had to do Caernarfon were even- strikes from Roberts again and a Damian Ketley tually undone by Naim Arsan’s through ball to double secured the points Whitfield who beat the offside trap and the advanc- Tom Murray opened the scoring after four minutes ing Pritchard to score the winner. for Mold Alex at home to Guilsfield. Arron Ed- wards scored an eighty fifth minute equaliser to Caernarfon upped their game in an attempt to get give the Guils a share of the spoils. back into the game with their best chance falling to Prestatyn Town took the lead through Jordon ex-Druid Gareth Edwards who headed wide. Druids Davies after twenty minutes at home to Flint but coped admirably with the added pressure and could Flint had turned the game round by the break have added to their lead but were able to comforta- through Lee Healey and Jamie Petrie. Davies lev- bly see out time to extend their lead at the top of the elled the game after sixty five minutes. Flint hung table. on for a point finishing the game with nine men after the dismissals of Healey and Russ Courtney

3 ACADEMY, RESERVE, U19 FIXTURES & RESULTS & TABLES 4

Welsh Premier U19 Development League (North) 2015/16 Goal scorers Sunday 23/08/2015 1 V Cefn Druids L 3-0 Sunday 30/08/2015 2 Cefn Druids V Bala W 4-1 Sanchez (3), J. Williams Sunday 20/09/2015 4 Cefn Druids V Prestatyn W 3-0 Gareth, J. Williams, Gould

RESERVES DIVISION WNL Reserves September 26th fixtures Chirk AAA Res 2-1 Corwen Res Druids Reserves v FC Nomads Holywell Town Res 0-2 Mold Alex Res Ruthin Town Res 2-0 Queens Park Res

WELSH PREMIER U19 DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE

P W D L F A GD Pts DRUIDS U19’s 3 PRESTATYN U19’S 0 Bangor 3 3 0 0 18 0 18 9 Llandudno 3 3 0 0 20 3 17 9 Druids development squad secured their second TNS 3 3 0 0 14 3 11 9 win in a row against Prestatyn Town at the Rock. Druids 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 6 Druids again had nine 16 year olds in their line up and led through an Owen Gareth goal at half Gap CQ 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 6 time. Further goals in the second half came from Bala 3 2 0 1 4 5 -1 6 Jordan Williams and Hari Gould to seal the win. Airbus UK 3 1 0 2 6 9 -3 3 Rhyl FC 3 1 0 1 4 7 -3 3 BANGOR CITY U12’S 6 DRUIDS U12’S 1 Newtown 3 1 0 2 6 11 -5 3 Flint 3 0 0 3 4 10 -6 0 An evenly matched first half had lots of positives Prestatyn 3 0 0 3 0 12 -12 0 for Druids but they found themselves 2-1 down at Conwy 3 0 0 3 3 24 -21 0 the break. Great build up play by Wil Scott and Callum Foster allowed Dan Smith to finish at the BANGOR CITY U14’s 4 DRUIDS U14’S 0 back post for Druids goal. The second half started brightly for Druids but they could not capitalise on Druids U14’s travelled to Bangor with a depleted several excellent chances. The game finished with squad and only had 1 sub. Druids played well for the first 30 mins and were moving the ball and a flurry of goals for Bangor which did not reflect keeping possession well. Bangor scored with last on the overall performance of the team. kick of first half which was very unlucky for the boys to be one down as it was a punt forward that DRUIDS U13’S 7 NEWTOWN U13’S 1 went over the keeper. Second half Bangor controlled the game and Dru- Following their midweek week’s 1-1 draw with ids failed to press the ball quickly, win posses- sion or keep possession in any area of the pitch. Shrewsbury Town it was important to keep the Only having 1 substitute took its toll half way level of performance high. Druids started slowly through the half and the team visibly looked but the longer the game went on Druids improved tired. Without options to freshen up with fresh to dominate the latter stages of the game. legs the team made mistakes and holes appeared and the boys had to battle to the end under a lot Druids goal scorers were Ben Davies (2), Lewis of pressure which was in good character for the boys that they did. Clutton (2), Jack Turnbull (2) and Jack Leech- Owen.

4 5 HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE HISTORY Part 5 1994-95 (Continued from previous issue) The first half of the 1994/95 campaign saw Wrexham Reserves lead the table, but Brymbo, Cemaes Bay, Lex XI and Llandudno all had games in hand on a Racecourse team that did not participate in the two national cup competitions. Cemaes Bay, despite their fixture backlog, secured the title with three games to spare, ahead of Brymbo, Wrexham Reserves and Llandudno. The Anglesey club gained promotion to the League of following the erection of a new stand and covered accommodation, as well as renewing the floodlights at their School Lane headquarters. Penrhyncoch finished bottom of the table, when it had once appeared that they would end in a mid-table position, after hav- ing 39 points deducted for fielding a player registered with two other clubs. At the league AGM, clubs voted to save Penrhyncoch from the drop and instead relegate , who sub- sequently appealed to the F.A.W. over the decision. The F.A.W. upheld the Maes Pennant club's appeal, which seemed to have relegated the Cae Baker club on the eve of the new season, but the Cymru Alliance decided that both clubs could retain their membership. Wrexham Reserves, in their final campaign in the league, com- pleted a double by defeating newcomers Llandrindod Wells in the League Cup final, and Lex XI in the North East Wales Challenge Cup final. Llandudno lifted the Coast Challenge Cup, when they beat League of Wales club Flint Town United on penalties, and reached the last eight of the Welsh Cup before bowing out to Cardiff City at Maesdu Park by the only goal of the game. Welshpool Town were una- ble to retain the Central Wales Senior Cup, losing to Newtown in the final, whilst champions Cemaes Bay reached the FAW Trophy semi-finals, before being eliminated by , the eventual winners of the competition

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5 PICTURES FROM CAERNARFON v DRUIDS 6

PICTURES COURTESY OF MARK McKEAN

WELSH YOUTH CUP DID YOU KNOW……….? NORTHERN AREA DRAW  Ipswich goalkeeper Paul Cooper saved 8 out of the 10 penalties he faced in Division 1 matches in 1979/80. Prestatyn Town v Porthmadog  At the halfway stage of the 1973/74 League season (21 Denbigh Town v Caernarfon Town Colwyn Bay v Llanystumdwy matches) goalkeeper Alex Stepney was equal top of Bangor City v Cefn Druids Manchester United's goalscorers with 2 goals - both Conwy Borough v Llanberis from the penalty spot. Holywell Town v MBi Llandudno Airbus UK Broughton v Flint Town  The record away victory in the top flight ) is jointly held Rhyl v Gap Connah’s Quay by Wolves who won 9-1 at Cardiff City on Saturday Bye to Round 2: Brickfield Rangers September 3rd 1955 & Sunderland who won 9-1 at Newcastle on Saturday December 5th 1908 (believe it or not it was 1-1 at half time & Newcastle went on to win the League that season)

EVERY MONDAY NIGHT IS BINGO NIGHT IN THE SOCIAL CLUB. THERE ARE 12 HOUSES INCLUDING FLIERS, all with cash prizes . ADMISSION IS FREE AND PRIZES RANGE FROM £3 TO £85+. THERE IS ALSO “OPEN THE BOX” WITH A GUARANTEED CASH PRIZE WHICH COULD BE WORTH IN EXCESS OF £100. FULL BAR FACILITIES. TEA AND COFFEE ALSO AVAILABLE 6 7

7 8 August 14 Fri Gresford Athletic A 6.45 W 2-1 22 Sat Holywell Town H 2.30 W 2-1 28 Fri Rhayader Town H 8.00 W 4-1 September 2 Wed Prestatyn A 7.30 W 2-0 5 Sat Porthmadog H 2.00 L 3-2 8 Tue Airbus (Word Cup) H 7.30 L 2-0 12 Sat Conwy Borough (LC) H 2.30 L 2-1 19 Sat Caernarfon Town A 2.30 W 1-0 25 Fri Denbigh Town H 7.30 October 3 Sat Gresford Welsh Cup (Rnd 1) H 2.30 7 Wed Buckley H 7.30 10 Sat Caersws H 2.30 17 Sat Holyhead Hotspur A 2.30 24 Sat Guilsfield H 2.30 November 7 Sat Conwy (Also Welsh Cup 2) H 2.30 14 Sat Mold Alexandra A 2.00 21 Sat Llanfair United H 2.30 28 Sat Flint Town Utd (Also W Cup 3) A 2.30 December 4 Fri Gresford Athletic H 7.30 12 Sat Holywell Town A 2.30 19 Sat Rhayader Town A 2.30 28 Mon Prestatyn H 2.30 January 9 Sat Porthmadog A 2.30 16 Sat Caernarfon Town H 2.30 22 Fri Denbigh Town A 7.30 30 Sat Buckley A 2.30 February 6 Sat Caersws A 2.30 13 Sat Holyhead Hotspur H 2.30 20 Sat Guilsfield A 2.30 27 Sat Conwy Borough A 2.30 March 5 Sat Mold Alexandra H 2.30 12 Sat Llanfair United A 2.30 19 Sat Flint Town United H 2.30

ALL FIXTURES SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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