32 www.aberdaretownfc.co.uk Todays Match Sponsor– GW Richards Contractors Saturday 29th September 2012 Kick off: 2:30pm Aberdare Town Number Taffs Well BEN BANKS ROB BLOOR LEE PHILLIPS TOM SHEARS LEE WILLIAMS CHRIS HUGH LLOYD JENKINS DARREN BENNETT AARON JEWELL LIAM WILLIAMS DANIEL LANCEY JOE EVANS RICHARD EVANS CLAYTON GREEN RIKKI EVANS ANTHONY BURNETT JAMES SIMPSON JAMAL ROBERTS GETHIN JONES JEROME LAWRENCE JOHN PHILLIPS TYRONE TOPPER Welcome to Aberaman Park SAM SMALL RICKY HODGE MacWhirter Welsh League Division One JAMIE BRADFORD RHYS WILLIAMS PHIL CLARKE THOMAS WELLINGTON RHYS JONES SEAN MCCARTHY Matchday Programme LEWIS HITCHCOCK SIMON PRANGLEY Saturday 29th September 2012 CHRIS MIETHKE MARCUS JONES Kick Off 2.30pm Managers: LEE JARMAN Manager: LEE BRIDGEMAN Aberdare Town v Taffs Well LEE PHILLIPS Coach: DARREN BUTTLE Coach: MARK EVANS Referee: Ryan Hillier Smith of Cardiff Entry by Programme: £5.00 Assistant: John Webb of Swansea Assistant: Simon Preston of Swansea 32 www.aberdaretownfc.co.uk 2 31 Todays Match Sponsor GW Richards Contractors . Good afternoon everybody and welcome to today's fixture with Taffs Well to whose players, officials and supporters we extend warm greetings .Our visitors ended runners- up last season and by the looks of things are geared up to go one better this time round. A point behind current leaders Barry Town but with two games in hand they must be regarded as early favourites for the championship though there is a long, long way to go. Without doubt it looks the most open for years with no team even close to a decisive breakaway and early leaders Cambrian and AFC Porth both stuttering in recent games. We have enjoyed an excellent run with three successive wins the most notable being the two league wins both against Gwent opponents in Caerleon and Cwmbran Celtic. I wrote in the Cwmbran programme that we had our shooting boots on and this was again in evidence on the day going nap with five superbly taken goals and though I may be guilty of hyperbole, several contenders for a goal of the season competition. It would be great if we could continue the spree and consolidate a position in the top six prior to a run of cup games. On the facilities side you will have seen the southern end extension which provides a new exit and entrance for the players and frees up the vestibule for further develop- ment. You will also have noticed the new galvanized steel barriers installed around the playing area perimeter. These were obtained from the Ynys Stadium where extensive works are currently underway in the construction of a new super school for the Aber- dare catchment area. Hopefully we can teach a few football lessons to our opponents today. Whatever the outcome history tells us that games between the two teams always attract good marks for quality and am sure that will continue. Enjoy the game Now Available…….. Richard Rowlands Aberdare Town FC lucky 4 Chairman draw Aberdare Town AFC Check in the bar for latest prize and tickets– draw every Friday! 2 31 30 3 SP RTSXW RDS Answers from page 5 ACROSS Aberdare Town AFC are an affiliated member of the Football 7.HARKES 8.ZOKORA 10.CHELSEA 11.SHARP 12.GYAN 13.GREEN 17.SINGH 18.ZOLA 22.POOLE 23.EDWARDS 24.O’BRIEN 25.TOULON Association of Wales and the South Wales Football Association. We are a member of the Welsh Football League and Aberdare Valley Football DOWN 1.CHICAGO 2.ARSENAL 3.MESSI 4.FORSTER 5.COWAN 6.WASPS 9.CARRAGHER 14.LINEKER 15.MORRELL League. 16.BASSONG 19.UPSON 20.TOURE 21.EWOOD Ground: Aberaman Park Colours: 1st-Black & Yellow, 2nd-Blue, 3rd – Red President: Mr Keith Vallance SP RTSXPICS© Answers from page 20 Vice-Presidents: P Walters, A Griffiths, A Clemo, J Codd, From top left clockwise R Gould, R Smiles, P Evans, M Bloom, P Abbandonato, O Worthington, J Martin, Pastor Maldonado, Romelu Lukaku, Laura Robson, Ricky Lambert, Tony Pulis, Rebecca Adlington, Carl Frampton, David Luiz P Martin, DV Morgan, R Evans, N Phillips, G Carter, R Briggs Treasurer: Steve Pearce SP RTSXTRANSFERS© Answers from page 19 Chairman: Richard Rowlands Vice Chairman: Wayne Richards 1.Denilson 2.Christian Vieri 3.Hernan Crespo 4.Luis Figo 5.Zinedine Zidane 6.Cristiano Secretary: Garry Williams Ronaldo Asst Secretary: Gareth Davies Manager: Lee Jarman & Lee Phillips Coach: Mark Evans AVFL Managers: Darren Sumpter / Christian Aldridge Youth Managers: Chris Welch / Rob Griffiths Under 16s Managers: Steve Pearce / Theresa Kemble / Marcus Davies Under 14s Managers: Chris Thomas / Bob David Under 12s Managers: Derek Keating / Andrew Stevenson Senior Committee: Alison Lloyd, Gary Williams, Ross Phillips, Vince Crumb, Tommy Williams, Phil Welch, Rob Griffiths, Keith Phillips Mini Coaches: W Holder, D Jones,C Parkes,P Rowling, M Jenkins, J Price, I Thomas, D Williams, D Lloyd, P Wigmore, J Harman Life Vice-Presidents: W Symonds, B Fear, G Phillips Life Members: F Bryant, I Evans, J Farrell, B Fear, D Clode Safeguarding Officer Steve Pearce 30 3 4 29 FINALISTS WELSH CUP 1902-03 FINALISTS WELSH AMATEUR CUP 1912-13 WINNERS SOUTH WALES & MON SENIOR CUP 1902-03 WINNERS SOUTH WALES & MON AMATEUR CUP 1911-12,1912-13 FINALISTS WELSH CHALLENGE CUP 1938-39 MEMBERS OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (WESTERN) WAR YEARS 1939-45 RUNNERS UP WELSH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP 1935-36 RUNNERS UP WELSH LEAGUE (DIVISION TWO) 1971-72 WINNERS WELSH LEAGUE (DIVISION TWO) 1977-78 RUNNERS UP WELSH LEAGUE (DIVISION ONE) 1989-90 WINNERS ABACUS YOUTH CUP 1990-91,1992-93,1993-94 RUNNERS UP ABACUS LEAGUE 1993-94 FINALISTS FAW TROPHY 1993-94 FINALISTS MACWHIRTER NYL CUP 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96 FINALISTS ASTORIA YOUTH CUP 1995-96 WINNERS ABERDARE LEAGUE MILLENNIUM TOURNAMENT 2000 WINNERS ABERDARE VALLEY UNDER 16S LEAGUE 2007 WINNERS TOM PUGSLEY UNDER 16S CUP 2007 WELSH LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2009/10 WINNERS TOM PUGSLEY UNDER 16S CUP 2011 BINGO TIME!!! Every Friday night is bingo night at the Club. Eyes down at 8.30pm. Come along for a great night! Follow us on twitter @aberdaretown 4 29 28 5 Answers on page 30 SP RTSXW RDS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ACROSS 7 John ___, first American to play in the Premier Leaue with Wednesday, Derby and West Ham (6) 8 Quite amazingly poor scoring record, even for a defensive midfielder, with Spurs and Ivory Coast (and others) (6) 10 Played Juve in their first Champions League encounter this season (7) 11 Striker on season long loan at Forest from Southampton (5) 12 Rumoured to have left Sunderland for a five year £30m+ deal in UAE (4) 13 His tenure as QPR no 1 appears to have been short lived (5) 17 Fijian golfer who was World No 1 in 2004-5 (5) 18 Burton striker or Watford manager (4) 22 ‗Money bags‘ Pirates of speedway‘s Elite League (5) 23 Wales RFU coach but a Rugby League Man of Steel (7) 24 Joseph and Aidan will have been disappointed in the Leger with Camelot (1‘5) 25 Jonny Wilkinson‘s big bucks French outfit (6) DOWN 1 City hosting the 2012 Ryder Cup (7) 2 Steve Bould is their new coach (7) 3 The magician of the Nou Camp (5) 4 How come this Celtic keeper never gets mentioned for England duty? (7) 5 Aussie opener with Gloucs this season (5) 6 23 across used to coach this London club (5) 9 Homebred defender who epitomises Scouse qualities (9) 14 48 goals in 80 games for England (7) 15 Andy ____, former Coventry striker who returned to player/manage Wrexham (7) 16 From Metz to Norwich via Newcastle, Spurs and Wolves (on loan) (7) 19 His last England appearance was with JT in the Germany 4-1 debacle at South Africa 2010 (5) 20 These brothers cost their club in the region of £40m! (5) 21 Blackburn‘s Park (5) 28 5 6 27 6 27 26 7 Aberdare League Division Two Table Date Home Away Result Sponsor Att Perthcelyn United 5 4 1 0 17 5 12 13 11/08/2012 Aberdare Town v Monmouth Town 3-3 S & J Industrial 225 Penywaun FC B 4 3 1 0 24 7 17 10 14/08/2012 Aberdare Town v Ton Pentre 1-4 R & R Roofing 136 18/08/2012 Aberdare Town v Barry Town 0-2 Underwood Ins 145 Hirwaun-Mackworth 2 1 1 0 9 1 8 4 21/08/2012 Ton Pentre v Aberdare Town 1-3 120 Cwmbach Royal Stars SC 3 1 1 1 8 5 3 4 25/08/2012 Bridgend Town v Aberdare Town 1-0 45 FC Abercwmboi 2 1 0 1 6 6 0 3 01/09/2012 Aberdare Town v Cambrian & Clydach 1-1 Williams Elect 65 08/09/2012 Caerleon v Aberdare Town 1-3 60 Aberdare Town 4 1 0 3 13 19 -6 3 15/09/2012 Briton Ferry v Aberdare Town 1-2 50 Penrhiwceiber Con Athletic 3 1 0 2 8 14 -6 3 22/09/2012 Aberdare Town v Cwmbran Celtic 5-1 Homeline 68 Carnetown BGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29/09/2012 Aberdare Town v Taffs Well GW Richards 06/10/2012 Pontypridd Town v Aberdare Town Cwmaman Institute 2 0 0 2 1 11 -10 0 13/10/2012 Aberdare Town v Llanwit Major Golden Boys! Temple Bar B 3 0 0 3 2 20 -18 0 20/10/2012 Bryntirion Athletic v Aberdare Town 27/10/2012 Aberdare Town v AFC Porth 03/11/2012 Tata Steel v Aberdare Town 10/11/2012 Aberdare Town v Pontardawe Town Fascinating fact….this time 17/11/2012 Goytre United v Aberdare Town (League & last season we had scored 24/11/2012 Monmouth Town v Aberdare Town Welsh League scorers Cup) only 6 goals with 2 of them 01/12/2012 Barry Town v Aberdare Town coming against todays visi- 08/12/2012 Aberdare Town v Bridgend Town tors when we beat them 2-0 15/12/2012 Cambrian & Clydach v Aberdare Town Sam Small 4 away on 23 August– our 22/12/2012 Aberdare Town v Caerleon first goals and first win of Danny Hooper 3 29/12/2012 Cwmbran Celtic v Aberdare Town the season! So far this sea- 05/01/2013 Taffs Well v Aberdare Town Jamie Bradford 2 son weve scored 18!! 12/01/2013 Aberdare Town v West End John Phillips 2 19/01/2013 Haverfordwest County v Aberdare Town 26/01/2013 Aberdare Town v Bryntirion Athletic Lee Jarman 1 02/02/2013 AFC Porth v Aberdare Town Lee Phillips 1 09/02/2013 Aberdare Town v Tata Steel DV Morgan Gethin Jones 1 16/02/2013 Pontardawe Town v Aberdare Town 23/02/2013 Aberdare Town v Goytre United Gareth The Gas Lee Williams 1 Lewis Hitchcock 1 League Cup Welsh Cup TBA-West End (A) All fixtures subject to change.