CWMBRAN CELTIC FC www.cwmbranceltic.com £1 Season 2021/22 Official Match Day Programme CWMBRAN CELTIC PONTYPRIDD TOWN League Form Guide: LLL League Form Guide: DWD Home Squad Away Squad Lewis Watkins (GK) © Morgan Davies(GK) Tyler Broom Paul Morgan Dominic Connor Lee Baldock Taylor Davies David Vincent Joshua Hinwood Jordan Knott Lewis McCauley Aiden Lewis Jordan Meaney Luke Gullick Samuel Powell Drew Fahiya Matthew Brown James Saddler Jai -Jnr Johnson Gavin Beddard © Elliot Jones Sam Johnson Andrew Larcombe Corey Jenkins Adrian Maguire Jordan Carey Alex McDowell Shane Parry Isaac Powell Jarrad Welch Thomas Haggett Bo Cordle Lewis Iles Joshua Maksimovic Thomas Meechan Vaughan Fowler Pictures Credited To Stephen Handley Bradley Archer CWMBRAN CELTIC v PONTYPRIDD TOWN Luke Archer Saturday 7th August 2021 K.O. 2:30pm Manager: James Kinsella Manager: Jonathan Jones At CELTIC PARK Assistant: Matthew Williams Assistant: Daniel Delahay Physio: Conor James Physio: Francesca Floris TODAY’S SPONSORS Colours: Yellow Blue Yellow Colours: Red Red Red MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Kris Hames (Aberdare) Assistants: Andrew Wilkins (Blackwood) & Lewys Evans (Cardiff) Acve & Passive Safety Technology Proud Sponsors Of The Match Day Programme Prinng LEAGUE TABLE 2021/22 WELCOME TO CELTIC PARK JD CYMRU SOUTH P W D L F A GD Pts Today we welcome Pontypridd Town to Cel/c ,ar0 in the 2nd round of the M2 1 Goytre United 3 3 0 0 7 1 6 9 Nathaniel Cup. he teams ha3e met 8 /mes. Cel/c won the 5rst 5 games. In 2008/7, in the League Cup round 2, Cel/c won 5-0 at home with goals from Shane 2 Trefelin BGC 3 2 1 0 10 3 7 7 Williamson 4 and Ben E3ans. In league di3ision 2 Cel/c won 4-0 at home, Sam 3 Cambrian and Clydach 3 2 1 0 11 5 6 7 Winters 2, Craig Cheedy and Simon ,rangley with the goals. Cel/c completed the 4 Llantwit Major 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 7 league double with a 3-1 away win. Scot Lanyon 2 and Ben E3ans scoring. 5 Briton Ferry Llansawel 3 2 0 1 13 4 9 6 In 2018/17 ,ontypridd were bo;om of Welsh League di3ision 1 when, in 6 Ammanford 3 2 0 1 9 7 2 6 September, they met Cel/c at Cel/c ,ar0. own too0 the lead through rinidad and 7 Swansea University 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 6 obago na/onal Lu0e 2ullic0. Cel/c equalised through Louis Feeley and subs/tute 8 Pontypridd Town 3 1 2 0 7 6 1 5 Callum Wa0eham scored the winner to ma0e the 5nal score 2-1 in the 72nd minute. 9 Llanelli Town 3 1 1 1 3 5 -2 4 At Lec0with Stadium in the return in January, own were s/ll bo;om of the league 10 Taffs Well 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 3 as Cel/c won 2-0 with goals by Niall Yeates and Josh Bull whose goal was his 100th league and cup goal for Cel/c. own managed to haul themsel3es up the table to 11 Afan Lido 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 3 11th place just one below Cel/c. 12 Carmarthen Town 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 In the inaugural Cymru South 2017/20 season, ,ontypridd trounced Cel/c in both 13 Risca United 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1 league games. hey won 6-2 at Cel/c ,ar0, Cel/cAs goals coming from Chris Ham 14 Undy Athletic 3 0 0 3 4 9 -5 0 (penaltyC and Dac Osborne. At reforest the scoreline was 6-1. om Meechan scored 15 Cwmbran Celtic 3 0 0 3 0 7 -7 0 his 1st Cel/c goal. Following the match, management duo Nic0y Morgan and Simon 16 Port Talbot Town 3 0 0 3 0 16 -16 0 ruman leE the club. Last season, in Cel/cAs only game of the pandemic wrec0ed season, ,ontypridd own won a M2 Nathaniel League Cup match at their new FSW ground at reforest 2-0. Cel/c ga3e debuts to a trio of Academy products: aylor Da3ies, Elliot Jones, Ma; Brown, and to Liam Fears. his was Chris HamAs last game for the club. hea%n CWMBRAN CELTIC P W D L F A Pts HOME/AWAY +/- HOME 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 AWAY 2 0 0 2 0 6 -6 0 TOTAL 3 0 0 3 0 7 -7 0 2 3 A BRIE- ISTORY O- PONTYPRIDD TOWN CWMBRAN CELTIC 2021/22 PLAYERS STATISTICS he history of the modern ,ontypridd but the 1775/76 season brought mixed Football Club began in 1771 when the failing emo/ons. his season saw the club go on a Welsh League side of Ynysybwl amalgamated memorable Welsh Cup run. Llanwern, with local league side ,ontypridd Sports H Newport YMCA, aKs Well and Cemaes Bay Social Club to form ,ontypridd H Ynysybwl were defeated along the way and the club FC. AEer one season of playing their home were awarded a quarter 5nal /e against games at the Recrea/on 2round in Ynysybwl e3entual winners LlansanLfraid of the the club mo3ed to their new home in League of Wales. Despite leading 1-0 at half Ynysangharad ,ar0, on the site of the former /me through a Romano Bacche;a goal, two ,ontypridd RFC 2round, and changed their goals from League of Wales legend and Hall name to their current one, that of of Famer, oni Morgan saw the 3isitors ,ontypridd own. through. Howe3er, the season ended in With the help of the local council new disaster as, despite 5nishing in ele3enth changing rooms were opened, Ioodlights place, ,ontypridd were deducted se3en installed and the stand at Ynysangharad ,ar0 points by the league for 5elding an ineligible were upgraded, ma0ing it one of the be;er player, which resulted in relega/on to the grounds in the league. he changes also second di3ision. he club hung on to second brought some good fortune as a sixth-place di3ision status for three seasons before 5nish in Di3ision wo was, due to relega/on bac0 to the basement di3ision. reorganisa/on of the Welsh League he club has enjoyed a rollercoaster ride following the forma/on of the League of since then as they climbed bac0 into the JD Wales, enough to earn promo/on to the top Cymru South, 5nishing 11 th last season di3ision for the 5rst /me in the clubAs (2018/27C aEer a heroic relega/on ba;le. history. his season is set to be diKerent, with the he 1772/73 season saw the club enjoy its appointment of the new manager, Jonathan highest e3er league posi/on when they Jones and his assistant 2rant Kalahar. 5nished in third place with just 3 defeats in Bringing with them, exci/ng new signings 26 games. FiEh posi/on was achie3ed in and opportuni/es. 1773/74 and ele3enth posi/on in 1774/75 , . CWMBRAN CELTIC -I0TURES 1 RESULTS 2021/2022 MATC REPORT3 SWANSEA UNI4ERSITY 150 CWMBRAN CELTIC (3 st Jul) Cel/cAs young side ba;led hard to stay in the half a 0-0. the game against reigning champions AEer the Swansea goal Cel/c dug in with Swansea Fni3ersity but were undone by dogged determina/on and had their a 53 rd minute headed goal by Nic0 Hyden chances, notably a long shot from Iles from a leE-wing cross by Bruno Osario. and a header wide by aylor Da3ies from Cel/c went into the game missing 4 5rst a corner. On 87 minutes Meechan choice players which ga3e 16-year old unleashed a powerful shot which was Lewis McCauley and Ciaran Rawlings age goal bound but Mar/n made an 17 their 5rst starts for the club. Cel/c excellent di3ing sa3e to push the ball should ha3e had a stonewall penalty on away for a corner. 8 mins when om Meechan was tripped CELTIC STATS in the penalty box, but referee Kris Cel/c remain in 15 th place ahead of ,ort Hames wa3ed play on. Shortly aEer he albot own on goal diKerence. Cel/c ga3e a free 0ic0 against Cel/c when ga3e 2 nd half debuts to Archer brothers 0eeper Lu0e Mar/n dropped the ball in 18 year-old Bradley and 16 year-old front of his goal with no-one near him M Lu0e, sons of ex-Cel/c player Michael not the best 12 minutes for the man in Archer. Oersa/le Andrew Larcombe blac0. made his 4 th successi3e appearance in a Mar/n made another mista0e with a diKerent posi/on, playing today at poor clearance which Meechan chipped centre bac0. for the corner of the net but the 0eeper Cel/c subs/tutes: 57 B.Archer for reco3ered well to /p the ball away for a RawlingsP 63 ,rosser for Isaac ,owellP 78 corner. Swansea 5nished the half much L.Archer for McAuley. Did not play the stronger, peppering the Cel/c goal Jen0ins. and hiNng the bar and post, but the Cel/c yellow cards: 36 S.,owell, 40 home side weathered the storm to end Larcombe, 44 I.,owell, 65 Iles CELTIC OT ER TEAMS Cel/cAs youthful Reser3e side under Neil empha/c 8-1 win at home to Bridgend Jones 0ic0ed-oK their season with a 3-1 Street. Fiona Anthony scored 5, captain defeat at 2oytre in the FAW Reser3e Ella Meaney 2, and there was ano own League South-East.