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 Results

 2015-16 1st Team Fixtures

 U19 Fixtures

 League tables

 History of the Part 4 1993-94

 Academy News/Reports

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Attendances at the Rock are beginning to be a cause for concern as just over 100 spectators turned up for the match against Conwy Borough. This was Druids 3rd match at home in eight days and also the 3rd defeat in a row but again the fixture clashed with a home match at the Racecourse for Wrexham which seriously affects the gate when we are at home. DRUIDS 1 Conwy borough 2 Druids started brightly and when top scorer Mike Pritchard beat the offside trap to chip the visiting keeper after only 12 minutes to put Druids one up there was no hint of what was to follow. In spite of having the bulk of the play in the first half hour Druids could not muster one shot on target and from then on things started to deteriorate. The Rock started to crumble, passes went astray, Druids were giving the ball away cheaply and confidence visibly waned. When Conwy’s Jack Rowlands turned up unmarked at the far post from a corner to tap home the equaliser on 57 minutes there was only ever going to be one winner. In added time Conwy pinched the winner when Druids yet again gave the ball away and Roberts took full advantage firing home in the bottom left hand corner.

Caernarfon Town away next week now looks like a massive task to avoid it becoming 4 defeats in a row, unheard of by Druids in this league.

HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE 12th September LEAGUE CUP ROUND 1 HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE Buckley Town 2-3 Caernarfon P W D L F A GD Pts Caersws 0-4 Flint Cefn Druids 5 4 0 1 12 6 6 12 5 3 1 1 9 6 3 10 Druids 1-2 Conwy Borough Guilsfield 5 3 1 1 8 6 2 10 Denbigh 0-2 Gresford Caernarfon 5 3 1 1 6 5 1 10 1-3 Guilsfield 5 3 0 2 9 9 0 9 Mold Alex 1-2 Holywell Holywell 5 2 2 1 7 5 2 8 Prestatyn 4-3 Porthmadog Holyhead 5 2 2 1 6 5 1 8 0-1 Llanfair Utd Denbigh 5 2 1 2 12 8 4 7 18/19th September Llanfair 5 2 0 3 9 10 -1 6 Buckley Town v Holywell Town Caersws 5 2 0 3 7 8 -1 6 Mold Alex 5 2 0 3 7 8 -1 6 Denbigh Town v Conwy Borough Gresford 5 1 2 2 11 10 -1 5 Gresford v Caersws Flint 5 1 1 3 4 6 -2 4 Caernarfon v Druids Buckley 5 1 1 3 7 11 -4 4 Llanfair v Porthmadog Conwy 5 1 1 3 3 7 -4 4 Mold Alex v Guilsfield Rhayader 5 1 1 3 5 12 -7 4 Prestatyn v Flint Rhayader v Holyhead

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WNL Reserves Division 12th September Druids Reserves have no game next week Holywell Town 7-1 Penycae WNL Reserves September 26th fixtures Town 2-1 Druids Druids Reserves v FC Nomads

Welsh Premier U19 Development League (North) 2015/16 Goal scorers Sunday 23/08/2015 1 V Cefn Druids L 3-0 Sunday 30/08/2015 2 Cefn Druids V Bala W 4-1 Sanchez (3), J. Williams Sunday 20/09/2015 4 Cefn Druids V Prestatyn

WNL RESERVES DIVISION P W D L F A GD Pts RUTHIN RESERVES 2 DRUIDS RESERVES 1 Mold Alex 5 4 1 0 20 2 18 13 Ruthin Town 5 4 1 0 11 4 7 13 FC Nomads 5 4 0 1 19 14 5 12 Ruthin away is not the easiest of fixtures at the Chirk AAA 4 3 1 0 14 7 7 10 best of times and with Druids in the process of Holywell 5 4 0 1 20 7 13 12 rebuilding this season it was always going to be Gresford 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6 a tough game. However Druids, whose average Corwen 4 2 0 2 6 7 -1 6 Llangollen 4 1 1 2 6 8 -2 4 age was 16½, gave Ruthin a real run for their Cefn Druids 6 1 1 4 8 10 -3 4 money but in the end went down by the odd goal Castell AC 4 1 1 2 6 12 -6 4 in three. Druids were applauded of the pitch by Queens 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3 the home supporters and I have no doubt they Hawarden 4 1 0 3 8 9 -1 3 will soon come to terms with the demands of this Coedpoeth 3 1 0 2 5 14 -9 3 league. Druids goal scorer was Kane Frost. Llay Welfare 5 1 0 4 5 20 -15 3 Penycae 5 0 0 5 7 20 -13 0

NORTH Cwm Welfare 1-2 Brecon C Cefn Albion 3-2 Llannerch Y M Cwmamman 4-2 Garw Dyffryn Nantle Vale 4-3 Penley Cwmbach 3-2 Newport CS AET FC Nomads of CQ 7-1 Mochdre Sports Cwmbran Celtic 3-2 Llanwern Lex Glyndwr 1-2 Ruthin Town Cwmbran Town 7-3 Penrhiwceiber Llangollen Town 0-1 Chirk AAA Dynamo Aber 4-5 Treowen Stars AET Pentraeth 3-1 Castell Alun C Llantwit Fardre 1-1 Merthyr Saints 6-5 pens Penycae 2-5 Penmaenmawr Llantwit Major 3-2 Tata Steel Penyffordd 1-3 Corwen Panteg 2-1 Ammanford AET Queens Park 2-1 Llandyrnog Penlan 1-2 Caldicot AET Rhostyllen 1-0 Brymbo Penrhiceiber CA 2-4 Llandrindod W SOUTH Pontardawe 1-2 RTB Ebbw Vale AFC Butetown 5-0 Chepstow Pontyclun 1-2 Caerleon AET AFC Llwydcoed 5-2 Bettws Pontypridd 4-2 Sully Sports AFC Porth 1-4 Undy Ath STM Sports 5-1 Porthcawl Cardiff Corries 2-3 West End AET Treharris AW 2-0 Llangynwyd Croesyceliog 0-4 Llanelli Ynysdddu W 2-6 Dinas Powys

3 HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE HISTORY Part 4 4 1993-94 (Continued from previous issue)

With the league extended to 18 teams, there was no relegation at the end of 1992/93, and the Cymru Alliance welcomed Welsh Alliance champions Cemaes Bay, Llandudno and WNL Wrexham Area runners-up Buckley Town into the fold. Two of the previous season's outstanding teams, Rhyl and Wrexham Reserves, led the way during the early part of the 1993/94 campaign, but newcomers Llandudno, and 1992/93 runners- up Welshpool were hot on their heels. With Welshpool's cup exploits, on four different fronts, tak- ing priority over league fixtures, the Lilywhites had plenty of games to play in the latter stages of the season in their bid to overhaul long-term leaders Rhyl. The Maesydre club's schedule ultimately proved costly as the title, and promotion to the League of , headed to Belle Vue by a margin of 6 points. Although Welshpool missed out on the championship, for a second consecutive season, they made up for the disappointment with a hat-trick of cup victories. The Lilywhites beat Rhyl, the holders, in the League Cup final at the Racecourse, overwhelmed Mid Wales League champions Machynlleth 5-0 in the CWFA Challenge Cup final, and lifted the inaugural Central Wales Senior Cup by overcoming arch rivals Llansantffriad. Rhyl once again carried the league banner furthest in the , going down to Swansea City 2-0 in the Fourth Round. Whilst in the newly-entitled FAW Trophy, formerly the Intermediate Cup, Mostyn, Rhyl and Welshpool all departed at the quarter-final stage. With no clubs relegated from the League of Wales at the conclusion of the 1993/94 campaign, and Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) champions Penycae and Llandrindod Wells (Mid Wales League runners up) pro- moted to the Cymru Alliance, it meant only Gresford Athletic had to be relegated. The Clappers Lane outfit were to be the first ever club to be demoted from the Cymru Alliance, but they would return in the following century, following a stint back in the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area)

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Druids WHO TRAVELS FURTHEST?

Druids Holyhead 84 Holyhead Porthmadog MILEAGE - CLUB TO CLUB 56 48 Porthmadog Caernarfon 82 29 19 Caernarfon Flint 29 72 69 57 Flint Conwy 59 38 43 25 36 Conwy Guilsfield 24 119 59 79 50 81 Guilsfield Llanfair 32 100 53 72 58 89 9 Llanfair Mold 18 75 59 60 6 36 38 46 Mold Buckley 17 77 61 62 9 39 38 46 3 Buckley Gresford 10 84 61 69 16 46 31 39 10 9 Gresford Prestatyn 44 61 58 46 14 23 65 73 21 22 31 Prestatyn Rhayader 67 123 75 95 93 123 44 35 81 87 73 108 Rhayader Caersws 45 105 58 77 72 102 23 13 60 66 52 87 22 Caersws Denbigh 31 62 40 47 24 24 52 60 17 19 34 15 94 73 Denbigh Holywell Holywell 32 66 63 51 6 28 53 61 10 11 19 11 96 76 15 ###

Pictures from Druids v Conwy Courtesy of Mark McKean

5 6 ACADEMY REPORT WELSH PREMIER U19 DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE On Sunday morning Druids Academy played hosts to Welsh Premier team Bala Town’s P W D L F A GD Pts Academy with mixed results. In a really Bangor 2 2 0 0 11 0 11 6 good game at the Rock, Druids U12’s TNS 2 2 0 0 10 2 8 6 Druids had several excellent individual Llandudno 2 2 0 0 7 1 6 6 performances but Bala U12’s ran out 4-1 Newtown 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 3 winners. Gap CQ 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 Bala U14’s found Druids in excellent form Druids 2 0 0 1 4 4 0 3 at the MUGA and although they battled hard Airbus UK 2 1 0 1 5 7 -2 3 Druids demolished the visitors 10-1 on the Rhyl FC 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 3 opening day of the Academy program. Bala 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 3 Flint 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 0 In the afternoon Druids U16’s and Bala U16’s cancelled each other out in a hard Prestatyn 2 0 0 2 0 9 -9 0 fought game with neither side able to find a Conwy 2 0 0 2 1 11 -10 0 winner in a 0-0 draw. DID YOU KNOW……….?

 David Beckham and David Moyes played together at Preston North End

 Oldham suffered the heaviest defeat in league history when they lost 13-4 to Tranmere on Boxing Day 1935

 The highest amount of goals scored before half time was 10 when Motherwell were 6-4 up against Dum- barton in 1954. The game ended 6-6

 Edwin van der Sar went 14 games (or 1,311 minutes) without conceding a goal for Manchester United in 2008/09. A Premier League record.

EVERY MONDAY NIGHT IS BINGO NIGHT IN THE SOCIAL CLUB. THERE ARE 12 HOUSES INCLUDING FLIERS, all with cash prizes . ADMISSION IS FREE AND PRIZES RANGE FROM £3 TO £85+. THERE IS ALSO “OPEN THE BOX” WITH A GUARANTEED CASH PRIZE WHICH COULD BE WORTH IN EXCESS OF £100. FULL BAR FACILITIES. TEA AND COFFEE ALSO AVAILABLE 6 7

7 8 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 25 Fri Denbigh Town H 7.30 October 3 Welsh Cup (Rnd 1) 7 Wed Buckley H 7.30 10 Sat Caersws H 2.30 17 Sat Holyhead Hotspur A 2.30 24 Sat Guilsfield H 2.30 November 7 Sat Conwy (Also Welsh Cup 2) H 2.30 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

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