DIVISION 1 CWMBRAN CELTIC THE NEW SAINTS League Form Guide: DLWWWWDWLLWL League Form Guide: WLWWWWDLWWWDLLWD Home Squad Away Squad Lewis Watkins (GK) 1 Paul Harrison (GK) Alex McDowell 2 Simon Spender Dominic Connor 3 Chris Marriott Luke Jones 4 Tom Holland Niall Yeates 5 Ben Cabango Rhys Williams © 6 Jon Routledge Louis Feeley 7 Christian Seargeant Lewis Ellis 8 Ryan Brobbel Rakesh Patel 9 Greg Draper Josh Bull 10 Danny Redmond Chris Ham 11 Adrian Cieslewicz Kazeem Kareem 12 Blaine Hudson Tom Haggett 14 Jamie Mullan Callum Wakeham 17 Dean Ebbe Isaac Powell 18 Josh Hmami Josh Hinwood 19 Ben Clark Andrew Larcombe 20 Joash Nembhard Rhys Picton (GK) 21 Kurtis Byrne 22 Kane Lewis 25 Connor Roberts (GK) Manager: Lee Challenger Manager: Scott Ruscoe Assistant: Nana Baah Assistant: Steve Evans Coach/First Aider: Michael Davies Coach: Ed Harper Therapist: Wayne Peter Colours: Yellow Blue Yellow Colours: White/Green Hoops MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Gavin Townsend Assistants: Ashley Davis & Ewan Reed 4th Official: Alex McInch Acve & Passive Safety Technology Proud Sponsors Of The Match Day Programme Prinng WELSH FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES )ELCOME TO CELTIC PARK Today Cwmbran Celc play The New Saints in the biggest day in the club’s history. TNS, as DIVISION ONE P W D L F A GD Pts they are popularly known, are the current Welsh Premier eague champions, a tle which 1 Afan Lido 13 8 2 3 26 18 8 26 they have won for the past 7 successive years. In the Welsh Cup TNS have won 4 mes 2 Penybont 9 8 1 0 26 9 17 25 including 3 successive victories between 2014 and 2016. TNS are a full-me ou,it based in 3 Haverfordwest County 10 7 0 3 28 11 17 21 Oswestry in Shropshire. 4 Cambrian & Clydach 11 6 2 3 15 11 4 20 5 Cwmbran Celtic 12 6 2 4 21 18 3 20 6 Cwmamman United 9 6 1 2 17 12 5 19 7 Goytre United 12 4 4 4 18 13 5 16 8 Llantwit Major 11 4 3 4 12 12 0 15 9 Briton Ferry Llansawel 9 4 2 3 13 13 0 14 10 Undy Athletic 9 3 4 2 22 16 6 13 11 Goytre 12 4 1 7 13 19 -6 13 12 Ammanford 11 3 3 5 19 21 -2 12 TNS v )ELSH LEAGUE SIDES IN )ELSH CUP & )ELSH LEAGUE CUP , LAST 1. SEASONS 13 Ton Pentre 12 2 2 8 10 28 -18 8 TNS had a 100. record in cup games in the last 10 season against Welsh eague opposion 14 Port Talbot Town 11 1 4 6 10 20 -10 7 with 7 wins unl last month when they lost 1-2 in e/tra me to Cambrian 0 Clydach in the 15 Pontypridd Town 10 2 1 7 12 27 -15 7 Welsh eague cup semi-1nal. 16 Taffs Well 11 1 2 8 9 23 -14 5 RESERVE (EAST) P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Cwmbran Celtic 10 7 1 2 29 14 15 22 2 Croesyceiliog 10 7 1 2 24 12 12 22 3 Bridgend Street 10 7 0 3 23 10 13 21 4 Pontyclun 8 6 0 2 28 15 13 18 5 Dinas Powys 8 5 0 3 22 20 2 15 6 Abergavenny Town 8 4 2 2 18 13 5 14 7 Caldicot Town 7 4 1 2 14 14 0 13 8 Panteg 9 4 0 5 21 22 -1 12 Louis Feele0 is the only current Celc player who has appeared against TNS in the cups. 2e 9 Undy Athletic 7 2 1 4 13 17 -4 7 played for 3arry Town 4nited in their 2015616 5-2 defeat. hean 10 Goytre 9 2 1 6 17 22 -5 7 C)MBRAN CELTIC v )ELSH PREMIER SIDES IN )ELSH CUP 11 Treharris Athletic 7 1 1 5 14 20 -6 4 This is Celc’s 4 th Welsh Cup game against Welsh Premier opposion. ast season we lost to 12 Risca United 10 1 1 8 17 45 -28 4 Connah’s 7uay Nomads who beat TNS 2-1 in the 7uarter 1nals and won the 1nal 4-1 versus 13 Chepstow Town 7 0 1 6 8 24 -16 1 Aberystwyth Town. A BIG THANKYOU TO TODAY’S SPONSORS Match Sponsor: A ONDALE MOTOR PARK Ball Sponsor: TORFAEN GLASS O%cials Sponsor: ACE ELECTRICAL 2 3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF TNS TNS PEN PICTURES 2.18/19 The New Saints of Oswestry Town play in the Welsh specialist owned by entrepreneur Iike 2arris. The Tom Holland: Central mid1elder 2olland Iiddlesbrough Academy. 2e played for York Premier eague, the naonal football league of Wales. partnership was working B in 1EEE600 the club 1nally Loined TNS in the summer of 2017, from City and 2artlepool 4nited before his move to reached the pinnacle of Welsh Football when, in an The club is the product of a merger between English Premier eague side, Swansea City. A the WP and can play on either wing or as a lansan,fraid and Oswestry Town football clubs and e/cing 1nale, TNS beat 3arry Town to the league tle immortalised on Sky T9, when presenter :e; Stelling and Muali1ed for the European Cup. Iore success Yorkshireman by birth, he spent me at number ten behind the striker. commented: “They’ll be dancing in the streets of Total followed, with Muali1caon in European compeon 3radford City, then eeds 4nited before a 1ve Chrisan Seargeant: Chris is a former Everton Network Soluons tonight>? becoming an annual event, including glamour es with -year spell at Ianchester City. 2e made his :D Academy player who has converted himself A2out Os3estr0 To3n: Founded in 1A60, making them Ianchester City (2002603) and iverpool (2004605). In Welsh Premier eague debut in August 2017 into a deep lying playmaker. Seargeant Loined 2003 the club’s phenomenal success meant the ground one of the world’s oldest football clubs, Oswestry at Park 2all in the game against 3ala Town. TNS in 200E having spent me at fellow WP Town FC were also founder members of the Football at lansan,fraid was no longer 1t for purpose and Associaon of Wales in 1A76 B a rare achievement for there were no other suitable sites in the village that Jon Routledge: 3orn in iverpool, the 26-year- rivals Connah’s 7uay Nomads and 3angor an English club. In their long history, they’ve competed would sustain a full-me football club. The Chairman old featured in the 3arclays Premier eague City. 2e is the son of former Everton player in the Northern Premier eague, Cheshire eague and was forced to look for an alternave site to develop for Wigan Athlec against Portsmouth back in Steve Seargeant. Cymru Alliance. Despite several successes including the club facilies. 200E, having began his football career at Josh Hmami: 3eginning his career as a Merger: On 7 :une 2003, it was announced that reaching the FA Cup 1rst round and winning the iverpool’s famous academy. In 2010, he youngster with 3olton Wanderers’ Academy, Cheshire eague, the club went into 1nancial decline. Oswestry Town was to merge with Total Network In the late 1EA0s, Oswestry Town were forced to sell Soluons, with the aim of playing at a new stadium in Loined ScoRsh Premier eague side 2amilton :osh 2mami crossed the Pennines where he their 9ictoria Road ground to pay mounng debts and Oswestry from 2005606. The troubled Oswestry Town Academical on loan, before signing a spent a season with 3arnsley FC’s 4nder-16 the club folded completely. The re-formed club opted was saved from 3ankruptcy by Iike 2arris, who permanent deal with The Accies, aGer sMuad. Then it was back to ancashire, where for Welsh football and played in the Cymru Alliance6 cleared the debts of Oswestry Town, 1nanced the impressing at New Douglas Park. A short spell a two-year scholarship with Accrington merger and made both teams part of his plan for Welsh Premier from 1EE566 to 2003. AGer being at Stockport County followed before a move Stanley saw :osh go on to become the captain inially refused entry to the eague of Wales on Welsh football dominaon. 3oth sides brought ground criteria, Oswestry moved to the Park 2all something uniMue to the newly formed club. back to 2amilton si/ months later where he of the 4-1As at The Club That Wouldn’t Die. athlecs stadium and considerable improvements lansan,fraid’s success in Wales and its reputaon for once again linked up with current Norwich Training regularly with the 1rst team and were carried out to reach Welsh Premier standards, playing in European compeon and Oswestry Town’s City manager Ale/ Neil. In :uly 2015, featuring in several behind-closed-doors although the ground was sll a long way from meeng rich history both in England and Wales. Oswestry’s Routledge signed a one-year contract with friendlies, 2mami’s big break came in 2017. A Park 2all ground could be redeveloped into a facility the modern standards of the Welsh Premier. ScoRsh Championship side Dumbarton and belated Christmas present saw the then was a recipe for further success for Chairman Iike A2out Llansan4fraid: From the small Welsh village of went onto make 3A appearances for The seventeen-year-old make his senior debut on lansan,fraid, and nicknamed the HSaints’, the 2arris and his vision for the future of the united team. unassuming team began life playing in the The newly-formed team connued to play in both the Sons, before signing for TNS in Iay 2016.