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CWMBRAN CELTIC FC www.cwmbranceltic.com DIVISION 1 £1 Season 2018/19 Official Match Day Programme CWMBRAN CELTIC AFAN LIDO League Form Guide: League Form Guide: DLWWWWDWLLWLLLDWLWLLDLLLLWD WDWLLLDWWWWWWLWLDWLLWLWDLWWWD Division 1 Home Squad Away Squad Lewis Watkins (GK) Rory McCreesh Rakesh Patel © James Parry Alex McDowell Alex Gammond Rhys Williams Cai Owens Louis Feeley Jack Hurley Daniel Battle Liam McCreesh Samuel Cawley Noah Daley Jai Junior Johnson Sacha Walters Rhys Thomas Kieran Parsons Chris Ham Jamie Karnsang Lewis Ellis Neil Thomas Josh Bull Ben Thomas Moynul Islam Jack Fleming Mohammed Akmol Mark Jones Dominic Connor Chris Hartland Tom Haggett Jack Underwood Callum Wakeham Patrick Finnerall Isaac Powell Pictures Credited To Stephen Handley Andrew Larcombe Joshua Hinwood WELSH LEAGUE DIVISION 1 Manager: Owen Cook Manager: Paul Evans CWMBRAN CELTIC v AFAN LIDO Asst Manager: Simon Prangley Asst Manager: Andrew Mumford Saturday 27th April 2019 K.O. 2:30pm Coach: Mark Jenkins TODAY’S SPONSORS Physio: Doug Mallen Colours: Yellow Blue Yellow Colours: Red Red Red MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Alex McInch (Cardiff) Assistants: Andrew Wilkins (Newbridge) & Alex Brent (Cardiff) Acve & Passive Safety Technology Proud Sponsors Of The Match Day Programme Prinng WELSH FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES WELCOME TO CELTIC PARK We extend a warm welcome to this a4ernoon5s visitors Afan Lido. The Aberavon based club DIVISION ONE P W D L F A GD Pts 0ere founder members of the League of Wales in 1992-3 and 0ere in Welsh :er one for 11 1 Penybont 25 20 5 0 60 20 40 65 out of 13 seasons un:l they dropped back into the Welsh League in 2004/,. A4er 6 seasons in 2 Haverfordwest County 28 16 5 7 66 30 36 53 the Welsh League they regained their place in the Welsh Premier in 2011/12 but a4er 3 Cambrian & Clydach 27 15 6 6 49 30 19 51 ?nishing bo@om in 2012/13 and escaping demo:on because Llanelli, 0ho ?nished one place 4 Afan Lido 29 15 5 9 64 55 9 50 above them, 0ent into liBuida:on, there 0as no reprieve the follo0ing season 0hen they 5 Goytre United 28 14 5 9 47 33 14 47 ?nished bo@om again. 6 Cwmamman United 26 13 7 6 46 38 8 46 Cel:c have played Afan Lido seven :mes in the Welsh League. In 2010/11, Cel:c5s 1 st season 7 Llantwit Major 29 13 6 10 43 35 8 45 in Division 1, 0e dre0 1-1 at Afan Lido, Craig Cheedy scoring a 2 nd half eBualiser, and 0e lost 8 Briton Ferry Llansawel 27 12 4 11 39 44 -5 40 1-2 at Cel:c Park, Coey Carless scoring Cel:c5s consola:on goal. In 2016-7, under the Marston 9 Ammanford 27 9 5 13 45 52 -7 32 Stadium Doodlights Afan Lido easily beat us 4-0 courtesy of a hat-trick from 0inger Chris 10 Cwmbran Celtic 27 9 5 13 41 51 -10 32 Hartland. This 0in 0as part of a run of 11 games 0ithout defeat for Lido but 0hen they 11 Undy Athletic 25 8 6 11 47 51 -4 30 arrived at Cel:c Park the follo0ing March their form had deserted them in a run of 10 games 0ith Eust one 0in t0o dra0s and seven defeats and Cel:c added to their misery 0ith a 6-0 12 Port Talbot Town 27 6 11 10 38 42 -4 29 thrashing. Cosh Bull scored a hat-trick and Callum Wakeham, Lee Penry and Dominic Connor 13 Pontypridd Town 27 7 5 15 45 61 -16 26 added the other goals in Lee Challenger5s ?rst game as permanent manager follo0ing the 14 Goytre 28 6 6 16 35 58 -23 24 departure of Dean Morris. 15 Taffs Well 27 6 3 18 29 55 -26 21 In season 2017-8 in the a0ay ?.ture it 0as Cel:c5s turn to take a bea:ng, the hosts 0altGing 16 Ton Pentre 29 5 4 20 34 73 -39 19 to a ,-0 0in 0ith striker Mark Cones scoring a hat-trick during a , goal mid-game blitG in 37 RESERVE (EAST) P W D L F A GD Pts minutes. The Cel:c match report stated that this 0as Cel:c5s 0orst display for many a 1 Cwmbran Celtic 21 17 2 2 57 25 32 53 season, so much so that no man of the match a0ard 0as given. In the return at Cel:c Park th 2 Bridgend Street 19 15 0 4 48 21 27 45 Lido completed the double 0ith a 2-1 0in. Chris Ham scored Cel:c5s goal, his 6 successive 3 Croesyceiliog 19 9 4 6 38 27 11 31 game on the scoresheet. 4 Pontyclun 17 9 2 6 51 44 7 29 This season Cel:c travelled to the Marston Stadium the 0eek a4er Lido5s shock 3-2 Welsh 5 Caldicot Town 19 7 4 8 39 41 -2 25 Cup defeat at C0mbran To0n but on the day Lido raised their game and easily beat a very 6 Treharris Athletic 18 7 3 8 33 34 -1 24 poor Cel:c side 4-0 0ith Chris Hartland, returning to the club from Brynma0r scoring 2 goals nd 7 Abergavenny Town 20 7 3 10 33 52 -19 24 coming on as a 2 half subs:tute. To add to Cel:c5s 0oes Le0is Ellis 0as sent oH. 8 Panteg 19 7 1 11 38 37 1 22 In their last 3 games Lido have been involved in goal fests, 0inning ,-4 at Ton Pentre, 4-1 at 9 Dinas Powys 18 8 0 10 45 53 -8 21 Ammanford, and this 0eek dra0ing 4-4 at home to Port Talbot. 10 Goytre 22 6 3 13 36 56 -20 21 11 Undy Athletic 18 4 4 10 31 40 -9 16 12 Chepstow Town 18 4 2 12 27 46 -19 5 Chepstow Town Reserves deducted 9 points hea$n Dinas Powys Reserves deducted 3 points CWMBRAN CELTIC P W D L F A Pts HOME/AWAY +/- HOME 12 6 1 5 27 22 5 19 AWAY 15 3 4 8 14 29 -15 13 TOTAL 27 9 5 13 41 51 -10 32 2 3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF AFAN LIDO AFAN LIDO PEN PICTURES 2018.19 The club 0as formed shortly a4er the opening of the authori:es hadn5t informed us and it 0as to cost us Rory McCreesh0 Goalkeeper. Played his Eunior football A4er the club 0as relegated he le4 and played for Lido Sports Centre in Aberavon and entered the local dearly. We 0ere found guilty of playing an ineligible at the club 0inning caps for the Boys Clubs of Wales. several Welsh Premier clubs before re-signing in Port Talbot and District League for season 1967-68 . player and 0ere deducted 3 points. An appeal fell on Made his senior debut against Pontarda0e in the August 2016. Brings a 0ealth of e.perience to the In 1971-72 , the club 0as accepted into the Welsh deaf ears and 0e returned to the Welsh League for Welsh League in April 2008. Studied at CardiH side. Iootball League reaching the Na:onal Division in the ?rst :me since 1997-98. University and played for TaHs Well before returning 2osh Webber0 Striker. Cosh signed in 2014 having also 1989-90. We ended the 200,-06 in seventh place 0ith 47 once he5d completed his studies. Le4 in October 2016 played for Pontarda0e and Neath. He represented We 0ere invited to become founder members of the points and in 2006-07 0e reached the ?nals of both to Eoin Port Talbot but has re-signed for the club for the Wales Under 185s semi-professional side against League of Wales for the inaugural 1992-93 season. A the Welsh Cup and the Welsh League Cup in both the 2018-19 season. Prior to this season had made 64 the Republic of Ireland. Has also represented the Boys healthy mid-table posi:on 0as achieved in this ?rst cases for the ?rst :me. We 0ere unlucky to lose 2-3 league appearances for the club. Clubs of Wales in Germany 0here he 0as the ouMield season, ?nishing 12th overall. Ho0ever, success in against Carmarthen in the Welsh Cup at Llanelli. We Cr i1 2ones0 Defender. Craig has re-signed for the club player of the tournament. Re-signed for the club in the League Cup, bea:ng Caers0s on penal:es ?nished the season on a high defea:ng Goytre United a4er several seasons a0ay. He made his debut for the October 2018 a4er a short spell at Trefelin. provided a superb end to the season. by the only goal in the ?nal of the Welsh League Cup club as a subs:tute at Porthmadog in August 2004 No h D ley0 Striker. Noah played last season for our This 0as not the club5s ?rst maEor cup success at Port Talbot. Inevitably our cup success aHected our and made his full debut at Briton Ierry in August 200, Academy side and made his ?rst team debut against ho0everJ in 1986-87 0e had 0on the Welsh league performances but 0e s:ll managed a going on to make 12 starts that season scoring 2 Ton Pentre on August 11th 2018. Intermediate Cup bea:ng TaHs Well 1-0 in a replay at respectable ?4h place. goals. Prior to this season he has made 34 starts M r3 2ones0 Striker. Conah came through the Eunior Briton Ierry.