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CWMBRAN CELTIC FC www.cwmbranceltic.com DIVISION 1 CWMBRAN CELTIC RISCA UNITED League Form Guide: League Form Guide: WWWDLWLWLLLDLLWLLWWDWLWLWWW WDWWLLLLLLLWDLLLLLLLWLLLLL Division 1 Home Squad Away Squad Lewis Watkins Leigh Sharp Rakesh Patel Josh Clayton Richard Crees Kyle Williams Niall Yeates Alfie Jones Andrew Larcombe Callum Porter Dominic Connor Tom Berry Lee Penry Gavin Meacham James Young Liam Shaw Owen Cook Brad Baker Adrian Maguire Sion Kyle Lloyd Kinsella Abraham Cordle Lee Challenger Killian Kingston Callum Wakeham Connor Cronin Jamie Thuillier Charlie Maddison Robert Watkins Rhys James Daniel Davies Jordan Rathbone David Davies Ben Fletcher Nathan Mathias Jordan Cooper WELSH LEAGUE DIVISION 1 Manager: Lee Challenger Manager: Simon Berry CWMBRAN CELTIC v RISCA UNITED Assistant Manager: Rhys Williams Coach: Ricky Malson Saturday April 1st 2017 K.O. 2:30pm Coach: Rakesh Patel Fitness Coach: Ian Williams At CELTIC PARK GK Coach/FirstAider: James Kinsella TODAY’S SPONSORS Colours: Yellow Blue Yellow Colours: Black & White MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Teifion Cook (Swansea) Referee’s Assistants: James Sheils (Swansea) & Tom Bateman (Kiswelly) Programme Printed By Randomz Limited Unit 7 Avondale Business Park Cwmbran NP44 1XE WELSH FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES WELCOME TO CELTIC PARK We welcome Gwent rivals Risca United to Cel1c 2ar3 for a game which both sides badly want to win. Pos DIVISION ONE P W D L F A GD Pts Cel1c are striving to consolidate their best ever season in Division 1 and to give Lee Challenger a 8th successive win in charge. 0isca have to win to 3eep alive their slender chance of avoiding relega1on. 1 Barry Town United 24 15 6 3 45 16 29 51 0isca made a great start to this season and a9er 4 games they were 2 nd in the table behind Cel1c on 2 Goytre 24 14 4 6 65 41 24 46 goal di;erence. But over the next months they lost 7 games on the bounce before hos1ng Cel1c on nd 3 Haverfordwest County 24 13 5 6 42 38 4 44 2 December. Cel1c had also experienced a slump in form and went into the 0isca game on the bac3 of one point from 8 games. The hosts were two up in 1 minutes through Alfie Jones and 0hys James Cwmbran Celtic 4 27 13 3 11 56 44 12 42 hean and despite conceding a 2 nd half goal to Owen Coo3 they managed to hang on for a 2-1 win in a game 5 Penybont 23 12 4 7 50 36 14 40 in which Cel1c had 29 shots on goal and 9 corners to 0isca’s shots and 1 corner. 0isca then drew at fellow strugglers Caldicot but have since lost 12 of their next 1 games, their one win a -2 home 6 Caerau (ELY) 24 11 7 6 48 36 12 40 defeat of Undy. However rest assured Cel1c will be ta3ing nothing for granted this a9ernoon. Afan Lido 7 25 11 5 9 40 36 4 38 2rior to this season Cel1c had played 0isca 6 1mes in the Welsh League. In 2008/6, our first season in 8 Undy Athletic 26 11 2 13 45 45 0 35 the league, we won -0 at Cwmbran Stadium, our home ground that season, the goals coming from the subs1tutes, current 0eserve team boss 0hys Dalgleish C2D and Mar3 Haynes. We lost the return - 9 Goytre United 24 9 7 8 41 28 13 34 1 not helped by a sending o; for Lewis James. Cel1c’s goal was a Mar3 2arfiE penalty. 10 Cambrian & Clydach 27 9 7 11 37 44 -7 34 Cel1c were a team transformed the following season, 2006/7. When we beat 0isca 4-2 at Cel1c 2ar3 it th 11 Taffs Well 23 10 3 10 30 35 -5 33 was our 18 game unbeaten. Cel1c’s goalscorers were Shane Williamson C2D, Jason 2rice and Joey Carless. The return at Ty Isaf 2ar3 was our last of the season. Already promoted we had to win to 12 Ton Pentre 22 9 3 10 42 42 0 30 achieve our first ever championship 1tle. Kevin 2ayne was sent o; in the 1 st half a9er seeing his Fgoal’ 13 Monmouth Town 27 8 5 14 44 66 -22 29 ruled out by the referee. 0isca too3 the lead with 10 minutes remaining. The game loo3ed lost but 14 Port Talbot Town 24 8 4 12 30 45 -15 28 with 4 minutes le9 Sam Winter scored a spectacular goal from a free 3ic3 and 2 minutes later Ben Graham scored with a lob from long range to give Cel1c a momentous victory. Caldicot Town 15 26 6 1 19 29 60 -31 19 In 2014/18, Cel1c beat 0isca 2-1 away through goals by 0hys Hodges and Andrew Larcombe. In the 16 Risca United 26 5 2 19 33 65 -32 17 return the sides drew 1-1, one of 14 draws for Cel1c that season. Owen Llewellyn scored for Cel1c. The visitors went on to put together 9 successive wins to achieve a second successive promo1on. Cel1c have also played 0isca 1mes in the Gwent County Senior cup. In the 1 st round in 2008/9 we Pos RESERVE (EAST) P W D L F A GD Pts won 2-0 at home with goals from Ben Evans and Owen Llewellyn. In 2009/10, in the 2reliminary 1 Cwmbran Celtic 18 13 2 3 55 30 25 41 round, Cel1c won -1 away, ScoE Lanyon, Kesh 2atel and Lu3e Sallis scoring. Simon 2rangley was red carded for bac3chat. In 2012/1 in the 1 st round Cel1c won 2-1 away a9er extra 1me through goals by Croesyceiliog 2 17 12 0 5 56 28 28 36 Lu3e Jones and debutant subs1tute Adrian Maguire in a game which was marred by a serious inHury to 3 Caldicot Town 17 8 4 5 35 25 10 28 Nic3y Church which hospitalised him and 3ept him out of the game for 6 months. 4 Risca United 16 9 1 6 48 40 8 28 5 Undy Athletic 17 8 1 8 31 32 -1 25 6 Monmouth Town 18 8 1 9 45 61 -16 25 7 Goytre 17 7 1 9 46 40 6 22 8 Chepstow Town 17 5 3 9 34 47 -13 18 9 Panteg 16 3 3 10 24 47 -23 12 10 Caerleon 17 3 2 12 28 52 -24 11 CELTIC HOME/AWAY P W D L F A +/- Pts HOME 13 9 1 3 37 18 19 28 AWAY 14 4 2 8 19 26 -7 14 TOTAL 27 13 3 11 56 44 12 42 2 3 A BRIEF HISTOR OF RISCA UNITED RISCA UNITED PEN PICTURES 2016/17 IThe Cuc3oosJ - The club came into being in 1946 clubs players even too3 part in filming at Elland 0oad Leigh Sharp: Full Bac3/Centre Bac3 - Team Captain. S1ll only 21 for us in October 2016 but is awai1ng his debut as Interna1onal in front of 40,000 Leeds United fans P years old and a fixture in the side. Leigh was capped at Wales Boys Clearance is taking an age to be granted. when a few local sides UNITED to form the new club, Clubs level and has matured into a strong defender who loves a Rh0s ,ames: 0hys is a quiet 21 yr.old mid-fielder/s1ker who has Hust they played at Ty-Isaf 2ar3 in the Monmouthshire In 200 /2004 0isca United were again on BBC Wales tackle. HeMs quick about the par3A another who loves geSng re-Hoined us from Barry Town United. He was previously with Senior League, where a9er early success they Hoined TV who filmed their historic 2-1 defeat of Barry Town forward and very good on the ball. An ever present as we climbed Newport County Academy and ini1ally Hoined us from there a few the Welsh Football League in the 1981/82 season at Jenner 2ar3 in the Welsh Cup, at the 1me Barry from rd. to 1st. Division. seasons ago and helped us achieve our rise back up through the playing in the 2nd. Division East un1l 1961 before Town were the Welsh Cup Holders and reigning ,osh Cla0ton: Mid Fielder - 24 year old quiet young man who has league. Le9 a couple of seasons ago to play his football at Jenner been with us for past 4/8 seasons. Local boy TClaytsT has a great 2ark where he wasnMt able to command a regular start. 0hys will having to drop bac3 into County Football due to Champions of the Welsh 2remier League. engine and is wor3 rate is second to none. Has been a fixture in the hopefully show us his undoubted ability and is a great addi1on to financial reasons. Their highest posi1on during those The ICuc3oosJ are a an ambi1ous club and are one of side for our two consecu1ve prom-1on seasons and links well with our 2016/17 squad. 10 years was 8th. In the 2nd. Division. the few clubs in the Welsh Football League that Daniel BaEle in the middle of the par3 where they play the role in ,ordan Rathbone: Jordan has signed this wee3 from Undy Athle1c. midfield that doesnMt always catch the eye but is ultra important to A sound defender who was previously with Newport County The club have always been 3nown as IThe Cuc3oosJ, in actually lease their ground, being eight years into an the side. Another great clubman. Academy. A very welcome addi1on to our side and will hopefully 3eeping with the legend of the 0isca Cuc3oo.