TUESDAY 6Th OCTOBER 2020

JD Cymru Premier - Matchday 7 TUESDAY 6th OCTOBER 2020 PARK HALL STADIUM, OSWESTRY KICK-OFF: 7:45pm Oswestry Town and Llansantffraid FC The New Saints Football Club Park Hall Stadium, Whittington, Oswestry, SY11 4AS Tel: 01691 684840 Fax: 01691 659553 WHO’S WHO AT PARK HALL First Team Manager Scott Ruscoe Life President Mike Hughes First Team Assistant Chairman Mike Harris Steve Evans Manager Finance Director Helen Harris Head Sports Therapist Phil Davies Chief Operating Officer Ian Williams Tel: +44(0)1691 684840 Head of Academy Chris Seargeant Fax: +44(0)1691 659553 Coaching Email: chris.seargeant@ Mob: 07734 276292 tnsfc.co.uk Email: ian.williams@ tnsfc.co.uk Head of Performance Simon Smith Phase Email: simon.smith@ Football Operations Jacob Williams tnsfc.co.uk Manager & Club Secretary Email: jacob.williams@ tnsfc.co.uk Mob: 07715 521710 Head of Academy Jason Brindley Email: jason.brindley@ Community & Foundation Gill Jones tnsfc.co.uk Mobile: 07816925074 Manager Email: gill.jones@ tnsfcfoundation.org.uk Head of Academy Connor Roberts Goalkeeping Media & Communications Stewart Bloor Officer Head of Foundation Phase Ash Russell Media & Communications Sam Wood Head of Development Kieran Lee-Birch Assistant Club Doctor Head of Security Garry Jones Dr. Brian Johnson TNS FC Photography Brian Jones & Phil Blagg Video Analyst Makhan Singh-Rai OUR SPONSORS k .u o c . PlanetHipp Heavy Weight Hosting Heavy Weight Web Hosting OFFICIAL BALL SUPPLIER MATCH PREVIEW Newtown make the short trip to Park Hall for tonight’s match Tonight we welcome Markham Jones (referee), Newtown AFC to Park Hall Lewiss Edwards and James on JD Cymru Premier MD7. Sheils (assistant referees), Nick Pratt (fourth official) The Robins are currently in and Paul Morgan (referee eighth place in the JD Cymru observer). Premier, with five points from six games. They are The New Saints will one of four teams to have be in green and white reached double-figures as hoops / white / white. The far as goals are concerned goalkeepers will be wearing (10) but they have also red and black / black / black. leaked the same number at the other end. In line with the current Covid-19 regulations Their solitary win this in Wales, no fans are season came on MD5, as allowed. However, you can the beat Cefn Druids 4-1 at follow the action via our Latham Park. twitter account, as well as commentary on TNS Radio. By contrast, The New Saints The link to the latter is on the go into the 7.45 p.m. game home page of our website. as the only team in the league with a 100% record. Having won all four of their games so far, scoring nineteen and conceding none, Scott Ruscoe’s side is enjoying an excellent start to 2020/2021. The officials for the game Macron Store Llanelli - [email protected] • 07800 634 264 [Ray] are as follows: Bryn Macrone Store Neath - [email protected] • 01792 321 364 [Ray] Macron Store Ebbw Vale - [email protected] • 07800 903 724 [Matt] Macron Store Cardiff - [email protected] • 02920 811 053 [Amanda] 4 www.tnsfc.co.uk Macron Store Wrexham - [email protected] • 01978 355 794 [Andy] SCOTT RUSCOE We caught up with The Saints’ manager at his latest press conference Q: “It was a great result on and give the defenders a certainly frustrated us by Saturday. The good start to the chance to do the finishing or playing five at the back. season continued with three let them express themselves points, a clean sheet and 10 it just shows that they’re all “We learnt from that though and goals.” comfortable footballers. won 6-1 in the Welsh Cup game afterwards. They tried to play A: “Yes it was. It was literally “We like comfortable footballers the same way and we beat them a game of two halves. The and we like people to enjoy comfortably.” second-half was really good - playing football. First and the tempo, the way we kept the foremost, defenders need to Q: “The Robins are currently ball, the chances we created and defend, but after that they 8th in the league with five points obviously the goals we scored. should go and create things as from six games. They’ve scored well.” and conceded 10 goals, which “But first-half we were a little bit suggests that although they sloppy and lethargic, which is Q: “It’s Newtown at Park Hall have an eye for goal, they’re not what we’re looking for. We tonight. Last season the games slightly susceptible at the back.” gave the ball away too many here were quite close, with both times, which allowed them to clubs tasting a 2-1 victory. Does A: “They’ve changed their team have a bit of possession and that suggest they’ve learnt how a little bit and brought some new have a go at us. to play against TNS or was that players in so that might take a last season and something that bit of bedding in, but it’s still “Obviously we told them at half- you’ve already put to bed?” early season and a lot of teams time it wasn’t acceptable and haven’t been able to have a full make sure you go and change A: “The first game we played pre-season. your outlook to the game” against them here, the scoreline was closer than the actual game “They haven’t been able to get Q: “Five different names on was. It was 2-1 and I think we their fitness up and play pre- the score-sheet on Saturday. It switched off and they scored at season games as well so the shows the ability for goals to the back post. start of this season is a little come anywhere from within the bit different to the rest. We’ve team.” “In the second one where we watched the clips of them and lost 2-1, I felt we were poor obviously they’re a danger going A: “In training when we look and we were certainly second forwards. We know the threat of at attack v defence and things best on the evening. I thought Newtown.” like that and we flip it around Newtown did very well. They www.tnsfc.co.uk 7 MATCH REPORT 16 played a 1-2 in midfield, 85th minute, after he before continuing his run, was presented with an and rounded things off with opportunity too good to miss a well placed finish. 5-0. by Robles. 9-0. And it only took two more And in the first minute of minutes for the sixth goal to second-half stoppage time, come. To nobody’s surprise Kwame Boating rounded though, it was Draper once off the scoring, stabbing THE NEW SAINTS FC v FLINT TOWN more, connecting with home from close range after Mullan’s low cross on the the ball fell his way inside UNITED MATCH REPORT edge of the six-yard-box the area, giving The New to score his fourth of the Saints a 10-0 victory on an match. 6-0. incredible afternoon at Park Hall. Louis Robles nodded home Greg Draper became The played, Ruscoe’s side were from two yards out to Scott Ruscoe’s side have New Saints’ all-time leading celebrating again, when Jon make the score 7-0 shortly the chance to continue league goalscorer, as his Routledge doubled their afterwards, before Routledge their 100% start tonight, as side recorded an emphatic lead with a well placed finish added an eighth with his Newtown visit Oswestry. 10-0 victory against Flint inside the box. 2-0. second finish of the match. Town United at Park Hall. 8-0. Two minutes before the TNS FC 10 Leading 3-0 at the break, half-time whistle, the ball Draper still wasn’t finished Scott Ruscoe’s side added was in the back of the net there though and increased FLINT 0 a further seven goals to once more and it was Draper his tally for the day to their tally in the second-half, grabbing a second of the an incredible five in the as they maintained their match, tapping home Robles’ unbeaten start to the JD rebound. 3-0. Cymru Premier season. Following the restart, it After a couple of good wasn’t long before Draper chances in the opening was making history. Again stages, it took until the 18th a close range finish, the minute for the first goal of ball hit the back of the net the game to arrive and it to lift the New Zealand came from the penalty spot. international above Mike Wilde and become The After Flint goalkeeper, Jon New Saints’ all-time leading Danby, had brought down league goalscorer with 154 Louis Robles inside the box, goals. 4-0. Greg Draper stepped up and dispatched the resulting The Saints weren’t done penalty expertly to open his there though and Ryan account for the afternoon. Harrington got in on the 1-0. act to score a goal on his birthday. Carrying the ball And with 33 minutes out of defence, the number 8 www.tnsfc.co.uk www.tnsfc.co.uk 9 MEET THE SQUAD PAUL HARRISON SIMON SPENDER CHRIS MARRIOTT KESTON DAVIES LOUIS ROBLES BEN CLARK LEO SMITH CONNOR ROBERTS ADAM HUGHES JON ROUTLEDGE DEAN EBBE RYAN BROBBEL LOUIS BRADFORD DAVID LYON KWAME BOATENG BILLY WHITEHOUSE GREG DRAPER DANNY REDMOND ADRIAN CIESLEWICZ BLAINE HUDSON LEWIS REES CALLUM LEIGH JOSH BAILEY TOM HOLLAND ROBBIE WILLIAMS JAMIE MULLAN RYAN HARRINGTON RYAN ASTLES BEAU CORNISH 12 www.tnsfc.co.uk www.tnsfc.co.uk 13 STEWART BLOOR A welcome to the game from The New Saints FC’s Head of Media Hello and welcome to have scored nineteen teams registering 2-1 JD Cymru Premier MD7, and have yet to concede wins.

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