THE DRUID IN THIS ISSUE

 MATCH REPORTS

 HISTORY OF THE CYMRU ALLIANCE PART 10 1999-2000

 ACADEMY REPORTS / RESULTS

 LEAGUE TABLES

 WELSH NATIONAL LEAGUE 1965-66

ARE YOU GETTING VALUE FOR MONEY? The table below is part of a survey by the BBC and shows some of the costs you could pay if you watched your football at various levels in the UK. I have added the costs at Cefn Druids as they are not included in the survey.

Top Price SEASON MATCH REPLICA CLUB LEAGUE TICKET TICKET PROGRAM TEA PIE SHIRT Bangor City WPL £111 £8 £2 £1 £2.30 £35 Port Talbot Town WPL £80 £6 £2 £1 £2 £25 Vanarama £359 £15-£19 £3 £1.80 £2.40 £39.99 Arsenal Eng Prem £1,250 £27-£97 £3.50 £2.30 £3.70 £55 Crystal Palace Eng Prem £680 £23-£45 £3.50 £2.20 £4.00 £44.99 Derby County Champ £645 £10-£40.50 £3.00 £2.30 £3.60 £35 Celtic Scot Prem £559 £23-£34 £3.00 £2.20 £2.20 £53 Forfar Athletic Scot 1 £200 £12-£13 £2 £0.80 £1.90 £35 Cefn Druids HG Alliance £70 £5-£6 £2 £1 £2.00 £29.95 Glentoran Irish Premier £160 £10 £3 £2 £2 £40 Barcelona Spanish Prem £74-£615 £17-£275 - - - £89.50

You can view the full survey at :- http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34531731 DRUIDS ROCKED AGAIN CEFN DRUIDS 1 GUILSFIELD 2 In spite of having won all of their games away from the Rock, Druids inability to win at home showed again on Friday night as they slumped to their sixth home defeat of the season. Druids controlled the first half hour without really creating much in the final third although they had several half chances, with Guilsfield very much second best. However a rare break down the left on 28 minutes saw Guilsfield take the lead against the run of play. With Druids now struggling to keep hold of the ball Guilsfield came more into the game and deservedly went in at half time a goal to the good. With Druids needing an early goal to get back into the game in the second half it arrived with only 5 minutes gone. A corner from the right led to a scramble in the goal mouth and after several attempted clearances Matty Holt scored his first goal for the club, heading home after the ball rebounded off the crossbar. This should have spurred Druids on but it only had the opposite effect with Guilsfield beginning to dictate play and it only took another 12 minutes for them to regain the lead. Guilsfield’s Adam Jenkins found himself in loads of space on the right and he fired an unstoppable shot past McGee in Druids goal. Only a fine save from McGee GUILSFIELD WINNER stopped the visitors from extending their lead when he turned a goal bound header from Henderson over the bar. In the remaining time Druids failed to test the visitor’s keeper who had a comparatively easy night and with two consecutive home games coming up, it left the home fans wondering where the next home win would come from.

HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE TABLE P W D L F A GD Pts HGA Saturday 23/24 October ↑ Caernarfon 11 7 2 2 20 10 10 23 Cefn Druids 1-2 Guilsfield ↑ 11 7 1 3 28 17 11 22 Caersws 3-6 Caernarfon ↑ Denbigh Town 11 7 1 3 26 16 10 22 ↑ Gresford 11 6 3 2 24 14 10 21 Conwy 1-2 Gresford Ath ↓ Cefn Druids 11 7 0 4 17 12 5 21 Llanfair 2-3 Flint Town ↓ Holywell Town 11 6 2 3 25 12 13 20 Mold Alex 2-2 ↑ Guilsfield 11 6 2 3 15 15 0 20 ↓ Holyhead 10 5 3 2 19 12 7 18 1-0 Holywell → Flint 11 5 2 4 20 15 5 17 Prestatyn 4-1 Buckley → Mold Alex 11 4 1 6 20 20 0 13 2-3 Denbigh ↑ Porthmadog 11 4 1 6 16 22 -6 13 ↓ Conwy 10 3 1 6 10 14 -4 10 → Buckley 11 3 1 7 15 27 -12 10 → Llanfair 11 3 0 8 20 29 -9 9 → Rhayader 11 2 1 8 10 34 -24 7 → Caersws 11 2 0 9 11 -26 -15 6

PICTURE GALLERY v GUILSFIELD

PICTURES COURTESY OF MIKE PLUNKETT

WELSH PREMIER U19 DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE RESULTS League table Llandudno 2-2 Airbus P W D L F A GD Pts Newtown 2-3 Bala The New Saints 7 6 1 0 27 8 19 19 Prestatyn 1-1 Bangor City 6 6 0 0 27 1 26 18 Bala Town 8 5 1 2 17 14 3 16 The New Saints 2-1 Druids Gap C Q 6 5 0 1 16 4 12 15 U15 NEWS Cefn Druids 7 4 0 3 15 10 5 12 Rhyl 8 3 2 3 15 15 0 11 Cefn Druids U15’s were without a game this weekend but Coaches Phil Llandudno 7 3 1 3 25 18 7 10 Bathers and Josh Millington have been Airbus 7 3 1 3 16 15 1 10 busy strengthening their squad. Flint Town Utd 6 1 1 4 9 17 -8 4 They have announced the signing of local boy Callum Rainey. Callum is a Newtown 7 1 0 6 11 24 -13 3 tireless hard working midfield player Prestatyn Town 7 0 1 6 11 24 -13 3 who plays for Chirk Youth on a Satur- Conwy Borough 6 0 0 6 5 36 -31 0 day. Coaches Phil Bathers and Josh Millington said “Callum will prove to be an excellent addition to the squad and he will benefit both himself and DRUIDS U12’s 6 PORTHMADOG 0 the team and we are delighted he has signed for Cefn Druids.” A very good start by Druids put them two goals ahead thanks to Cobie Prescott-Lees and a brilliant long range effort from Ben Williams. Some excellent football was FLINT U13’s 0 DRUIDS U13’S 1 played by both teams making it a very entertaining game to watch. The first half ended with a superb solo goal from Team- Hudson Parry, Jack Andrews, Luke Callum Foster. Stanley, Tom Garston, Toby Green, Kurt Rushton, Morgan Lewis, Harrison Robson, Porthmadog started the second half brighter and some fan- Finlay Clough, Luke Maddocks, Lewis tastic defending by the Druids defenders kept the score the Clutton, Jack Turnbull, Ben Davis, Tomos same. Callum Foster was then able to add another goal Dickinson, Harry Killock. with a counter attack move and the game finished with Morgan Bagnall and Dan Smith finishing from close range An excellent performance from an improv- to make the final score 6-0. Coach Adam Hesp said “It was ing Druids team. After dominating the first a very pleasing performance by the team.” half, Druids got their reward through a headed Luke Maddocks goal from a Jack Turnbull Cross. DRUIDS U14’s 9 PORTHMADOG 1

Druids implemented a "play from the back After falling behind Druids quickly rallied and played a ethos" early on in the game which allowed very quick passing game to score 5 without reply before them to control game. the break. Druids maintained their confidence and play-

Flint pressed and dominated the second ing style in the second half and although they eased up in period however, the defensive resilience the last 15 minutes, still added another 4 before the final was strong enough to hold out to seal an whistle. Druids performed well in a game that posed impressive result for the Cefn Druids u13s. them little threat.

Excellent performances from the back four Druids goalscorers were Tom Edwards (4), Harvey and excellent display by Hudson Parry in Edwards (3), Tomos James and Harry Bowen with the goal. final goal. Cefn Druids Academy Squads Fixtures 2015-2016 U12 U14 U16 U13 U15 Sunday 1st November TNS (H) (H) (H) Sunday 8th November Newtown (A) (A) (A) Sunday 8th November Bangor City (H) (H) Sunday 15th November Airbus (A) (A) Sunday 22nd November Mbi Llandudno (H) (H) (H) Sunday 22nd November Prestatyn Town (A) (A) Sunday 29th November Colwyn Bay (A) (A) (A) Sunday 29th November Barrow Town (A) (A) Sunday 7th February Caernarfon Town (H) (H) (H) Sunday 14th February Rhyl (A) (A) (A) Sunday 21st February Newtown (A) (A) Sunday 28th February Flint Town United (H) (H) (H) Sunday 28th February Rhyl (H) (H) Sunday 6th March Airbus (A) (A) (A) Sunday 6th March gap Connahs Quay TBC TBC Sunday 13th March Prestatyn Town (A) (A) (A) Sunday 13th March Airbus (H) (H) Sunday 20th March Prestatyn Town (H) (H) Sunday 3rd April Flint Town United (H) (H) Sunday 10th April Quarter Finals Sunday 10th April Rhyl (A) (A) Sunday 17th April Semi Finals Sunday 1st May Finals Day THE NEW SAINTS U19’s 2 DRUIDS U19’S 1 Druids travelled to champions TNS, which is always a DRUIDS U16’s 4 PORTHMADOG 0 difficult place to go, but made harder today with the hosts playing former Wrexham & International A brilliant win for the U16 today. Two Steve Evans at the heart of their defence as an over age goals from Kyle Walker made it 2-0 at player. However Druids took the lead after 16 minutes half time. Porthmadog came out sec- ond half all fired up but were no match through Kev Day, a lead they held until half time. for Druids who scored an early goal Druids defended resolutely in second half while still seven minutes in from Shaun Phelan. looking dangerous on the counter attack. TNS equalised The same player scored his second of the afternoon thirteen minutes later. on 70 minutes from a set play free kick and after a An outstanding performance by all melee in the box, Steve Evans forced home what was players. to prove to be the winner on 80 minutes. Druids still had time to have an effort disallowed for offside and Alex Godfrey forced the TNS keeper into a fine save but Druids could not find an equaliser. The outcome may not have been the right result but the players today were a credit to the club and put in a fabu- lous performance.

A look at the league tables below from 50 years ago, the local football scene looked somewhat different than today with many of the clubs long gone. The leading clubs then are still around with the two Buckley clubs now amalgamated and Druids were then languishing near the foot of the table and Cefn Albion were not even formed. Welsh Premier League club Bala Town were then in Division 2 and Airbus were yet to be formed. A sign of the times were the number of works teams playing in the Welsh National League, all of which are now defunct, a result in the decline in local industry today.

WELSH NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 50 YEARS AGO 1965-66 Division 1 P W D L F A GD pts SW 30 21 5 4 107 41 66 47 Buckley W 30 19 4 7 117 57 60 42 Llay Welfare 30 18 5 7 90 62 28 41 Llangollen T 30 17 4 9 88 54 34 38 Buckley R 30 15 8 7 87 62 25 38 Town 30 17 4 9 83 63 20 38 Overton St M * 30 17 5 8 82 55 27 37 Queensferry W 30 17 0 13 77 68 9 34 Denbigh Town 30 13 2 15 78 84 -6 28 Johnstown 30 11 5 14 73 81 -8 27 Bradley SC 30 9 5 16 76 81 -5 23 Chirk AAA 30 9 5 16 48 81 -33 23 Rhos Aelwyd * 30 9 3 18 51 102 -51 19 Mold Alex 30 8 1 21 58 95 -37 17 Druids United 30 6 3 21 62 115 -53 15 Summerhill 30 2 5 23 40 116 -76 9

Division 2 P W D L F A pts Division 3 P W D L F A pts Rubery Owen Rockwell 26 20 4 2 109 29 44 Marshalls SC 24 18 5 1 90 29 41 Gresford Athletic 26 17 6 3 109 46 40 Moss 24 17 4 3 113 39 38 Coedpoeth 26 19 2 5 91 44 40 Cymau 24 15 3 6 76 54 33 Brymbo Steelworks Res 26 15 2 9 86 66 32 Rossett Villa 24 13 4 7 93 55 30 Bala Town -2pts 26 15 3 8 100 72 31 British Celanese 24 11 5 8 63 41 27 Wrexham 'B' 26 12 2 12 75 67 26 24 10 5 9 71 73 25 Llanuwchllyn 26 10 5 11 84 88 25 Ind Coope 24 11 3 10 63 69 25 Rhostyllen Villa 26 11 1 14 87 90 23 Gresford Res 24 9 3 12 66 74 21 Maesydre 26 9 5 12 74 94 23 Coedpoeth Res 24 8 3 13 64 77 19 Ruthin Town Res 26 8 2 16 62 82 18 Air Products 24 6 4 14 54 78 16 Bradley Sports Club Res 26 7 4 15 56 87 18 RO Rockwell R 24 6 4 14 49 81 16 Mold Alexandra Res 26 7 1 18 51 124 15 Summerhill Res 24 4 3 17 50 118 11 Cross Street 26 6 2 18 49 104 14 Chirk AAA Res 26 5 3 18 50 90 13 HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE HISTORY Part 10 1999-00 (Continued from previous issues)

Champions Cefn Druids were promoted to the League of Wales and were replaced by Holywell Town. No teams were relegated from the Cymru Alliance, which had operated with sixteen teams in the previous term. Llangefni Town , winners of the Welsh Alliance, and Corwen Amateurs, Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) champions, joined the league on promotion. But the withdrawal of on the eve of the campaign, after finishing bottom in 1998/99, saw the Cymru Alliance function with seventeen clubs. Glantraeth led the way after completing the first half of their fixtures, from Welsh pool Town and Oswestry Town, although Llandudno, with a game in hand, posed a danger to the leading trio. As the season progressed into the final quarter, just four points encompassed Oswestry Town , Flint Town United, Welshpool Town and Glantraeth, with Llandudno still in the championship race. Eventually it was the Park Hall club who prevailed by three points from Glantraeth, despite a three point deduction, to claim their sec- ond Cymru Alliance title in five seasons. Cemaes Bay came out of the pack to finish in third place, above former League of Wales rivals Welshpool, Porthmadog and Flint Town United. Oswestry Town completed a double, after defeating league rivals Buckley Town in the North East Wales Challenge Cup final, but the Park Hall club were unable to claim a treble when they lost to Welsh- pool Town in the League Cup final. The Maesydre club won their own double, by retaining the Central Wales Challenge Cup, overcoming Mid Wales League outfit Penrhyncoch in the final. Glantraeth completed what was to be their most successful season so far, by adding a Coast FA Cup final appearance to their runners-up position. Unfortunately, the Bodorgan club were overwhelmed 5 -0 by Northern Premier League outfit Colwyn Bay in the coast final. The Cymru Alliance flag reached the Third round of the in 1998/99, with Llandudno and losing to Bangor City and Barry Town respectively, while Llangefni Town suc- cumbed, on Anglesey , to Caerleon. Oswestry Town were able to take their place in the League of Wales, after missing out five years earlier, and they replaced Caernarfon Town in the top flight. Corwen Amateurs' sojourn in the Cymru Alliance was to be a brief one and they returned to the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area), to be replaced by Halkyn United, Welsh Alliance win- ners, and Welsh National (Wrexham Area) champions British Aerospace, who would now be known as Airbus UK.

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FIXTURE CHANGE PLEASE NOTE THAT DRUIDS V CONWY BOROUGH HAS BEEN SWITCHED TO FRIDAY 6th NOVEMBER WITH A 7.45pm KICK OFF.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

FOLLOWING THE INCREASE IN ATTENDANCES LAST WEEK THE ENTRY PRICES WILL REMAIN AT £5 FOR ADULTS, £3 FOR CONCESSIONS AND £1 FOR CHILDREN U16. ACADEMY PARENTS ACCOMPANYING ACADEMY PLAYERS IN THEIR TRACK SUITS WILL PAY THE CONCESSIONARY PRICE AND ACADEMY PLAYERS IN THEIR TRACK SUITS WILL BE FREE.

A REMINDER THAT THE WELSH CUP MATCH NEXT WEEK AGAINST PORTHMADOG WILL KICK OFF AT 2.00pm

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 L 2-0 October 3 Sat Gresford Welsh Cup (Rnd 1) H 2.00 W 4-0 7 Wed Buckley H 7.30 L 2-1 10 Sat Caersws H 2.30 W 1-0 17 Sat Holyhead Hotspur A 2.30 W 1-0 23 Fri Guilsfield H 7.45 L 2-1 31 Sat Porthmadog Welsh Cup (Rnd 2) H 2.00 November 6 Fri Conwy H 7.45 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