CWMBRAN CELTIC FC www.cwmbranceltic.com DIVISION 1 £1£1£1 Season 2017/18 Official Match Day Programme CWMBRAN CELTIC LLANELLI TOWN League Form Guide: League Form Guide: DDLLLWWWWLDWDWLLLWWLLWLWWLW WWWWWLDWDWWWWWWWLDLWWWWWWWWWW Home Squad Away Squad Division 1 Jordan Dibble Craig Morris Iolo Jones Kyle Graves Richard Crees © Antonio Facciuto Rakesh Patel Kurtis March Luke Jones Ross Jones Simon Prangley Chris Thomas Lloyd Kinsella Lee Bevan Owen Cook Chris Jones Lewis Iles Jordan Follows Andrew Larcombe Jordan Davies Chris Ham Joe Clarke © Dominic Connor Lee Trundle Thomas Haggett James Loveridge Isaac Powell Liam Samuel Mike Baugh Robert Thomas James Young Luke Morgan Joshua Hinwood Anthony Finselbach Ryan Fleming (GK) Kai Rees (GK) James Kinsella (GK) WELSH LEAGUE DIVISION 1 Manager: Lee Challenger Manager: Andy Hill CWMBRAN CELTIC v LLANELLI TOWN Player/Coach: Rakesh Patel Assistant: Mark Dickeson Saturday 12th May 2018 K.O. 2:30pm Coach: Michael Davies Coach: Andrew Mumford TODAY’S SPONSORS GK Coach/FirstAider: James Kinsella Physio: Henry Fensome Colours: Yellow Blue Yellow Colours: Red John Stockwell, FQSi MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Alex McInch (Cardiff) Assistants: Matthew Johnson (Cardiff) & Andrew Wilkins (Blackwood) Acve & Passive Safety Technology Proud Sponsors Of The Match Day Programme Prinng WELSH FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES 2017/18 WELCOME TO CELTIC ARK We welcome Llanelli Town to Cel/c 0ar1 as newly goals fro Andrew Larco be and Sean Feeley. DIVISION ONE P W D L F A GD Pts crowned cha pions of the Welsh League Division 1. LlanelliAs consola/on goal was a late own goal by This is the 4 th / e the tea s have et this season. Cel/c s1ipper Richard Crees. The atch was 1 Llanelli Town nd 29 23 3 3 84 32 52 72 7ac1 in Nove ber in the 2 round of the Welsh Cup do inated by referee Darren Adie who dished out 9 2 Penybont 30 18 6 6 64 37 27 57 we ca e fro behind to win 2-1 through goals fro yellow cards and two reds to Owen Coo1 and 3 Haverfordwest County 29 18 3 8 62 36 26 57 Lloyd Kinsella and a last inute penalty by Chris LlanelliAs 7as Eones. Our atch report said all the Ha . In March in the league at Stebonheath 0ar1 cards were deserved and that he had a good 4 Cambrian & Clydach 30 17 3 10 58 39 19 54 we were 2-0 down in the 9rst half with 3 players o: ga e FF 5 Afan Lido 28 15 3 10 58 44 14 48 hean the 9eld seriously injured but we fought bac1 to 2-2 The tea s were then drawn against each other in 6 Goytre United 29 13 8 8 52 48 4 47 through goals by Chris Ha and Callu Wa1eha . League Cup round 2. Cel/c were drawn at ho e but Despite a third goal by Owen Coo1 Llanelli won 5-3. reversed the 9xture and then 9elded a side which 7 Undy Athletic 30 13 5 12 62 60 2 44 The following onth at Afan Lido in the se i-9nal of loo1ed designed to ensure defeat, to the annoyance 8 Goytre 28 13 3 12 48 61 -13 42 the League Cup, Town were easy 3-0 winners, 41 of Cel/c fans who had travelled 60 iles to support 9 Cwmbran Celtic 27 12 4 11 59 46 13 40 year old ex-Swansea City pro Lee Trundle scoring 2 their tea . This decision ay have been because of the goals. Cel/c did not start their league ca paign un/l 2 10 Port Talbot Town 30 9 11 10 58 53 5 38 Llanelli Town FC rose fro the ashes of the Welsh onths into the season as a conseGuence of the 11 Taffs Well 30 11 5 14 52 48 4 38 0re ier League club which had disbanded at the failed appeal against relega/on fro the 1 st 12 Briton Ferry Llansawel 29 9 7 13 55 63 -8 34 end of 2012/13. The brand new Llanelli Town club Division. Llanelli won 3-2. Cel/cAs goals ca e fro a 13 Cwmamman United 28 8 6 14 37 55 -18 30 applied to join one of the lower South Wales Feeder Lewis Grant header and a penalty by Ra1esh 0atel. Leagues for season 2013/14. However, when 7arry Llanelli gained pro o/on to the 2 nd Division in 14 Monmouth Town 30 7 4 19 44 73 -29 25 Town United too1 the FAW to court and won 2015/16 and Cel/c did the double against the . In 15 Caerau (ELY) 29 5 3 21 31 75 -44 18 regarding the decision to expel the fro the Septe ber Llanelli again arrived at Cel/c 0ar1 with a 16 Ton Pentre 28 1 6 21 23 77 -54 9 Welsh League the FAW unexpectedly invited Llanelli 100C 6 atch winning record but Cel/c dispatched Town to join a 3 rd division co prising 19 tea s, the 2-0 with goals fro Owen Coo1 and Owen thereby ignoring the 0yra id regula/ons for 16 Llewellyn to set the selves on an 8 atch winning RESERVE (EAST) P W D L F A GD Pts tea s per division. One can i agine the Cel/c clubAs run of their own. Cel/c went into the return ga e disdain at the FAWAs decision the following year not the following April on the bac1 of a ini-crisis 1 Cardiff Met University 23 19 1 3 157 21 136 58 to accept the Welsh LeagueAs reco enda/on that having lost 2 successive ga es which had stalled 2 Goytre 23 14 5 4 57 28 29 47 4th fro boBo Cel/c be allowed to stay in the 1 st their pro o/on bid and Cel/cAs woes con/nued as 3 Abergavenny Town 24 15 2 7 65 59 6 47 Division because of the 16 tea rule. they were 1-0 down at half / e. However they In 2014/15 the tea s et in both cup co pe//ons. fought bac1 than1s to a Chris Ha hat-tric1 4 Cwmbran Celtic 22 14 4 4 63 53 10 46 In the Welsh Cup 1 st round at Cel/c 0ar1 3 rd Division including 2 successful spot 1ic1s. This victory 5 Croesyceiliog 23 11 5 7 74 49 25 38 Town arrived on the bac1 of a 100C 6 atch spar1ed a 10 ga e 40 goals winning strea1 which 6 Chepstow Town 24 9 3 12 55 64 -9 30 winning strea1 but 2 nd Division Cel/c won 2-1 with secured 2 nd place and pro o/on to the 1st Division. 7 Undy Athletic 24 8 5 11 61 48 13 29 8 Caldicot Town 23 7 4 12 38 55 -17 25 9 Treharris Athletic 19 6 6 7 40 46 -6 24 10 Risca United 24 6 6 12 48 71 -23 24 11 Dinas Powys 20 6 5 9 40 59 -19 23 12 Panteg 20 5 2 13 35 52 -17 17 13 Monmouth Town 23 2 0 21 27 155 -128 6 CELTIC HOME/AWAY P W D L F A +/- Pts HOME 14 7 2 5 25 20 5 23 AWAY 13 5 2 6 34 26 8 17 TOTAL 27 12 4 11 59 46 13 40 2 3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF LLANELLI TOWN LLANELLI TOWN EN ICTURES 2017/18 The ga e of associa/on football was introduced to the townAs seat and his achieve ents were noteworthy. Three Welsh Lee Bevan: 10/07/87 - 7orn Swansea. Known as Lu6e Morgan: 10/10/91 - 7orn Swansea. A League Cha pionship /tles in 1970-71, 1976-77 and 1977-78 people of Llanelly when wor1ers fro the Sta:ordshire area of HGoalA. He has played Welsh 0re ier football for lateco er to the sGuad aJer i pressing in England igrated to the town to wor1 in the HnewestA of the inspired by Gilbert Lloyd followed, but the clubAs a bi/ons of a town industries - the 0oBery wor1s fro 1892 to 1920. The club higher grade of football were always denied. Neath and Car arthen. Eoined the Reds aJer friendlies against 0ort Talbot and 0enybont. The ini/ally played in the Swansea I District League playing their With the advent of the League of Wales in 1992-93 season they turning out for Goytre United last season. for er Goytre United id9elder will bring so e 9rst atches at Cae 7la1e, Furnace, then the 0eoples 0ar1 beca e founder e bers. AJer an ini/al successful season the Co anding central defender who is also club steel and passion to the Reds. before oving to Tunnel Road and then at 0enyfan Fields. club fell away once ore, and again due to 9nancial constraints captain. Ross 2ones: 17/02/90 - 7orn Swansea. Another In 1912-13 the club decided to beco e fully professional and they were relegated in season 1995-96. However, the advent of applied for e bership of both the Southern and Welsh Robert Eones to the club as owner and Chair an saw the club Robert Thomas: 14/08/88 - 7orn Swansea. Signed product of the Reds Youth who oved to Australia League. They also oved to a new ground, Halfway 0ar1, a ta1e on a new lease of life. First Dudley Lewis as player/ anager fro local side Seaside last season and has for a spell before s/nts a West End and Goytre for er Cycle Stadiu , which was situated two iles fro the set the seeds in o/on and Robbie Ea es too1 over in followed in his brotherAs footsteps, Chris Tho as a United.