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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 Wrexham 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 ↑ Prestatyn 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 Holyhead ↑ Guilsfield 11 6 2 3 15 15 0 20 ↓ Holyhead 10 5 3 2 19 12 7 18 Porthmadog 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 Rhayader 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 Rhyl 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 & Wales 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.
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