DIVISION 1 CWMBRAN CELTIC PONTARDAWE TOWN League Form Guide: DLLWLLWLLD League Form Guide: LDLDLLL Home Squad Away Squad Lewis Watkins (GK) Steven Reeve (GK) Rakesh Patel © Ben Webb Alex McDowell Danny Birch Niall Yeates Craig Davies © Dion Molyneux Josh Doyle Lewis Ellis Leon Croucher Louis Feeley Tom Grey Kristian Wharton Tyler Aylward Zac Osborne Callum Dolman Leo Ross Christian Evans Chris Ham Dan Briggs Scott James (GK) Joe Lloyd Andrew Larcombe Tim Georgievsky Tom Haggett Taylor Evans Jay Ellis Josh Dorward Richard Crees Callum Silcox Ben Jones Josh Roberts Jordan Clarke Darren Griffiths Dominic Connor Jordan Langley Jai -Jnr Johnson Garry Taylor Manager: Nick Morgan Manager: Andrew Stokes Asst Manager: Simon Truman Asst Manager: Richard South Assistant Coach: Owen Cook Coach: Garry Taylor Physio: Matthew Gwilt Physio: Rebekha Powney Colours: Yellow Blue Yellow Colours: Black & White Strips MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Darren Adie (Caldicot) Assistants: Stephen Curtis (Newport) & Jefferson Townsend (Pontypool) Acve & Passive Safety Technology Proud Sponsors Of The Match Day Programme Prinng LEAGUE TABLES 2019/20 WELCOME TO CELTIC PARK JD CYMRU SOUTH P W D L F A GD Pts This aernoon we give a war welco e to our visitors Pontardawe Town. For a nu ber of years Town were fellow strugglers in the lower half of the Welsh League 1st ,ivision. Cel-c. anaged by Steve Morgan. 1 Haverfordwest County 10 7 1 2 29 12 17 22 were relegated in 2013/14 despite 5nishing 3 th fro bo6o and eventually being 7s-tched up8 in the 2 Swansea University 9 7 1 1 24 14 10 22 arbitra-on appeal process. The following season Town were relegated. They christened their new ground at Parc Ynysderw on the opening day of 2015-16 with a 0-1 reverse against Cel-c. Josh Bull and Owen Cook 3 Ammanford 10 7 1 2 25 17 8 22 scoring in Nicky Church8s 5rst atch as anager. In the return atch at Cel-c Park. Cel-c. now under new 4 Llanelli Town 10 7 1 2 21 16 5 22 anager ,ean Morris. played so e great football and went ahead through a Lee Challenger penalty given aer Josh Bull was fouled. However Town held on and produced a stor ing 5nish to take the ga e 0-1 5 STM Sports 10 7 0 3 30 16 14 21 through goals in the last 10 inutes by Rob Shannon and sub Ca eron Harris. 6 Cambrian and Clydach 10 5 1 4 18 18 0 16 Cel-c have played Pontardawe Town 10 - es in the Welsh League and once in the Welsh Cup. In 2010/11 7 Llantwit Major 10 4 2 4 20 18 2 14 we lost 1-3 at Cel-c Park with a very poor display. ,ale Howarth scoring. In the away return the following March we were trounced 1-5 and to add to our isery Steven Peel was sent o=. These two defeats ca e in 8 Undy Athletic 9 4 1 4 13 12 1 13 the iddle of a terrible run in which Cel-c anaged just one win out of 13 ga es. 9 Afan Lido 10 4 1 5 13 18 -5 13 In 2011/12 the ho e ga e was a 1-1 draw. Cel-c8s saving grace being an own goal with just 5 inutes le. 10 Briton Ferry 9 3 2 4 19 16 3 11 In the return Cel-c took the lead through Tony Southard. In the 21st inute Pontardawe8s Garry Taylor (their current 1 st tea coachA was ludicrously sent o= for an alleged elbow challenge on Craig Cheedy and 11 Goytre United 8 3 1 4 11 16 -5 10 Cel-c took advantage of the an advantage to win 3-2. Southard added his second goal. Nana Bah and 12 Taffs Well 9 3 1 5 21 27 -6 10 Owen Llewellyn co pleted the scoring. The 4 points Cel-c took fro these 2 5Btures were sandwiched between a night are run in which the tea lost all their other 9 ga es scoring only 2 goals in the process. 13 Cwmbran Celtic 10 2 2 6 13 19 -6 8 In 2012/13, our boys achieved a double bea-ng the Swansea valley tea 0-1 ho e and away. At Cel-c Park 14 Pontypridd Town 9 2 1 6 15 21 -6 7 in a ga e which heralded keeper Nicky Church8s return aer 6 onths out with a serious spleen injury. we 15 Cwmamman United 9 2 0 7 12 25 -13 6 won with goals fro Rakesh Patel and Owen Llewellyn following which Cel-c went on another of their horror runs drawing one and losing 6 of their neBt 7 ga es. We ended this barren spell at their ground. 16 Caerau Ely 10 0 2 8 10 29 -19 2 Pontardawe had a 1-0 half-- e lead but Cel-c rallied to win through a Lee Challenger penalty and a strike fro ,o inic Connor. RESERVE (EAST) P W D L F A GD Pts In 2013/14 Cel-c won 0-0 at ho e through goals by Josh Bull and Chris Ha . In the idweek return late in 1 Cwmbran Celtic 4 4 0 0 17 2 15 12 the season we rescued a point with a late Spike Baugh penalty in a 0-2 draw. Our other goal was scored by Rakesh Patel. That was the only point Cel-c earned in the last 6 atches of the season and the poor run 2 Undy Athletic 5 4 0 1 14 4 10 12 consigned the to relega-on. 3 Goytre 3 3 0 0 10 4 6 9 st nd In 2016/17 the tea s were drawn together in the 1 round of the Welsh Cup at Pontardawe where the 0 4 Bridgend Street 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 9 division side won 1-0 thanks to a late goal by teenage centre id5eld ,an Willia s. ,an oved on to 5 Croesyceiliog 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 7 Haverfordwest County where he played up front alongside Lee Trundle. Then he had a short spell at Cardi= 6 Chepstow Town 4 1 0 3 4 13 -9 3 City before signing for Swansea City E23. 7 Caldicot Town 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 1 This season Pontardawe have ade a poor start in the new Welsh League ,ivision 1. They are bo6o but 8 Aberbargoed Buds 2 0 1 1 5 9 -4 1 one with no wins and 2 points fro draws in 7 ga es. However. in the last round of the Welsh Cup they had a great win 2-2 at Penydarren BGC. They will not be taken lightly this aernoon by Cel-c. 9 Dinas Powys 3 0 1 2 9 14 -5 1 10 Treharris Athletic 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0 hean 11 Panteg 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 0 12 Abertillery Bluebirds 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0 13 Treowen Stars 1 0 0 1 1 6 -5 0 CWMBRAN CELTIC P W D L F A +/- Pts HOME/AWAY HOME 6 2 1 3 9 10 -1 7 AWAY 4 0 1 3 4 9 -5 1 TOTAL 10 2 2 6 13 19 -6 8 2 3 MATCH REPORT: CWMBRA CELTIC 0 - 1 HAVERFORDWEST COU TY (5th Oct MATCH REPORT: AFA LIDO 1 - 1 CWMBRA CELTIC (12th Oct For the 0 nd successive week Cel-c went down to a Stuart. County produced a carbon copy of their Cw bran Cel-c broke their away league duck Osborne played to Feeley who found Ellis who narrow single goal defeat against a top 4 side. Last previous a6ack. this - e it was Ricky Wa6s who with this hard-earned point at the Marston8s ran across the edge of the penalty area before week it was at Llanelli. This week it was crossed for Fawce6 to narrowly iss connec-ng at Stadiu . Cel-c. who had won their opening shoo-ng wide on the turn. Lido started to apply Haverfordwest with a late goal at Cel-c Park which the far post. ga e of the season at Afan Lido in the MG the pressure with Noah ,aley on the le causing was rough jus-ce for a co ba-ve Cel-c tea that On 79 inutes County took the lead in controversial Nathaniel Cup. ade two changes to the star-ng all sorts of proble s with his direct running to deserved a point fro a very tough encounter. circu stances. The ball clearly went out on the le line-up fro last week8s ga e. Ben Jones ca e the bye line. Jack Hurley shot wide fro 05 yards o= a Cel-c deFec-on but as the Cel-c players took Cel-c 5elded their strongest available side with Niall in at right back for the absent Niall Yeates with and it ca e as no surprise when Lido equalised Yeates returning to the back four and Andrew up their forward posi-ons for their throw. the captain Rakesh Patel oving to centre back. and on 61 inutes. Moha ed racing unchallenged Larco be star-ng in id5eld. Chris Ha was ade referee correctly reversed the decision. County then onto a through ball to sla a low shot into the captain for the day to ark his 011 th appearance. quickly took the throw a good 10 yards further Leo Ross replaced Lewis Ellis in id5eld.