130TH JD WELSH CUP FINAL 130AIN ROWND DERFYNOL CWPAN CYMRU JD BALA TOWN v THE NEW SAINTS Y BALA v Y SEINTIAU NEWYDD BANGOR UNIVERSITY STADIUM, BANGOR 30.04.2017 KO 14:00 ONLY AT DAVID GRIFFITHSPRESIDENT, FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF WALES LLYWYDD, CYMDEITHAS BÊL DROED CYMRU WELCOME CROESO I wish you all a very warm welcome to the Hoffwn ddymuno croeso cynnes iawn i chi i Bangor University Stadium, the home of Stadiwm Prifysgol Bangor, cartref CPD Dinas Bangor City FC, for the 130th JD Welsh Bangor ar gyfer y 130ain Rownd Derfynol Cup Final. I congratulate Bala Town and Cwpan JD Cymru. Rydw i’n llongyfarch Y Bala a’r The New Saints on reaching this showpiece Seintiau Newydd ar gyrraedd y Rownd Derfynol Final and wish both teams the very best of a’n dymuno pob lwc i’r ddau dîm heddiw. luck here today. Dyma ymddangosiad cyntaf Y Bala yn Rownd This is Bala Town’s first appearance in a JD Welsh Cup Final and Colin Caton’s team Derfynol Cwpan JD Cymru a bydd tîm Colin will be focused on causing an upset here in Caton yn benderfynol o gynhyrfu’r dyfroedd Bangor in order to lift the famous trophy. yma ym Mangor er mwyn codi’r tlws enwog. For The New Saints, it’s their fourth I’r Seintiau Newydd, maen nhw yn y Rownd consecutive appearance in the Final as Derfynol am y bedwaredd flwyddyn yn olynol they go for a domestic treble for the third yn eu hymgais am drebl domestig am y successive season – the ‘Treble Treble’. drydydd tymor yn olynol – y trebl triphlyg. May I take this opportunity to thank the Hoffwn fanteisio ar y cyfle i ddiolch i noddwyr competition’s sponsors, JD Sports, who y gystadleuaeth, JD Sports, sydd wedi parhau have continued their association with the eu cysylltiad â’r gystadleuaeth am ail dymor yn competition for the second consecutive olynol. Rydym yn hynod ddiolchgar iddynt am OFFICIAL season. We are tremendously grateful to them for their support of this wonderful eu cefnogaeth o’r gystadleuaeth ddomestig TRAININGWEAR domestic competition. arbennig hon. AVAILABLE NOW Finally, I would like to thank Bangor City Yn olaf, hoffwn ddiolch i CPD Dinas Bangor am FC for hosting the 130th JD Welsh Cup gynnal y 130ain Rownd Derfynol Cwpan JD WALESFOOTBALLSHOP.CO.UK Final and for welcoming football fans from Cymru ac am groesawu cefnogwyr ledled y across the country to their home. wlad i’w cartref. All the best. Pob dymuniad da. DOWNLOAD THE FAW.JD APP All player and club history details has been submitted by the relevant club. www.faw.cymru 3 FTB030_WALES_TRAINING_ADVERT_210X297.indd 1 28/09/2016 14:36 ANDREW ANDREW HOWARD HOWARD FA WALES HEAD OF COMPETITIONS PENNAETH CYSTADLAETHAU, CBD CYMRU Once again, this season’s JD Welsh Cup has captured the imagination Unwaith eto, mae Cwpan JD Cymru’r tymor hwn wedi dal dychymyg a and dreams of players, fans and communities. breuddwydion chwaraewyr, cefnogwyr a chymunedaus. Over recent years all of us at the FAW have Here are some of the key statistics that Dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf mae pob un Dyma rai ystadegau allweddol sy'n dangos been focused on raising the profile of the shows the growth in the competition since ohonom yn CBDC wedi canolbwyntio ar twf y gystadleuaeth ers tymor 2009/10: competition and progress has certainly the 2009/10 season: godi proffil y gystadleuaeth ac yn sicr mae Lansiad logo swyddogol cyntaf been made. cynnydd wedi’i wneud. • • The launch of the first official Welsh Cup cystadleuaeth Cwpan Cymru This season we have seen a huge level of competition logo Y tymor hwn rydym wedi gweld lefel uchel • Cytundeb nawdd JD Sports yn interest, in all the rounds, on social and • JD Sports sponsorship deal o ddiddordeb ymhob cymal, ar gyfryngau cynrychioli swm chwe ffigwr dros bum digital media from supporters and players representing a six-figure sum over five digidol a chymdeithasol gan gefnogwyr a mlynedd hyd at 2020 across the country. Coupled with this, chwaraewyr ar draws y wlad. Law yn llaw â years until 2020 Cynnydd yn y nifer o gemau teledu byw there has been a significant contribution hyn, mae cyfraniad sylweddol gan glybiau, • Increases in the number of live televised bob tymor ar S4C o 2 i 5 from clubs, sponsors and broadcasters • noddwyr a darlledwyr wedi gweithredu fel matches per season on S4C from 2 to 5 which has acted as a catalyst for the catalydd ar gyfer esblygiad y gystadleuaeth • Nifer y clybiau’n ymgeisio yn y competition’s evolution. • Club entries to the competition up by gystadleuaeth i fyny bron 20% Rydym yn falch o’r cynnydd sydd nearly a fifth Cynnydd o fwy na thraean mewn arian We are proud of the progress made, but wedi’i wneud ond hefyd yn realistig ac • Increase of more than a third in clubs’ gwobr clybiau i £ 48,000 also both realistic and ambitious to know • uchelgeisiol i sylweddoli fod llawer mwy i’w prize money to £48,000 that there is still much to do to continue wneud i barhau i ddatblygu’r gystadleuaeth Pob lwc i'r pedwar clwb dan sylw heddiw a to develop this competition and its brand Good luck to the four clubs involved a’r brand ledled Cymru a thu hwnt diolch o galon i chi a’r nifer o randdeiliaid throughout Wales and beyond. today and a sincere thank you to the sydd wedi cyfrannu at godi proffil y many stakeholders who have contributed gystadleuaeth g hon. to raising the profile of this wonderful competition. 4 www.faw.cymru www.faw.cymru 5 THE ROAD TO THE FINAL - BALA TOWN Contesting their first ever JD Welsh Cup Final at Bangor today, we take a look back at the Lakesiders’ Road to the Final. ROUND THREE ROUND FOUR Bala Town FC 6-1 Caldicot Town FC Bala Town FC 4-1 Penybont FC (AET) 3 December 2016 28 January 2017 A rare home tie for the Lakesiders in the A shock appeared to be on the cards in JD Welsh Cup saw Colin Caton’s Bala Town January at Maes Tegid as Rhys Griffiths’ QUARTER-FINALS SEMI-FINALS Guilsfield FC 0-3 Bala Town FC Caernarfon Town FC 1-3 Bala Town FC welcome the Nathaniel Cars Welsh League Penybont FC scored late on in regular time 25 February 2017 1 April 1 2017 Division 1 outfit Caldicot Town to Maes to cancel out Kieran Smith’s Bala Town Tegid and it was the minnows who took the opener and send the game into extra time. Having already knocked one Welsh Premier History was going to be made one way or lead against the Dafabet Welsh Premier League side out of the competition in the another in this game, as neither Caton’s Bala League giants. All of the effort expended to stay compact form of Cardiff Met, Guilsfield were a very nor Iwan Williams’ Caernarfon had reached and organised had taken its toll on Griffith’s The Monmouthshire side had a secret difficult opponent for Caton’s side and one the JD Welsh Cup Final before and, after Welsh League Division 1 side by that point taking a 1-0 lead into halftime, it looked like weapon – Ashley Palmer – who’s long he knew all too well from the Lakesiders’ though, and the Lakesiders locked in their the Cofis might be on their way to the final. throw caught out the Bala backline after time in the Huws Gray Alliance League. Quarter-final place with three goals in extra a blistering start by the home side’s Caton’s charges had other ideas however, forwards, and Caldicot had their lead time to make it 4-1, but Caton admitted Despite the tricky conditions and battling as they battled bravely and benefited from through a Matt James header. to being very impressed by the challenge against the elements, Bala battled their some smart substitutions to score three Bala replied instantly through Lee Hunt, Penybont posed. way to what ended up being a comfortable goals in the second half to book a final date and he notched his brace after 44 minutes, “I had them watched, had a few reports on victory thanks to goals from Ryan Wade, with The New Saints and secure European before a second half showering of goals – them, but what was reported compared Chris Venables and John Irving. football for next season. including Hunt securing his hat-trick – saw to what they did on the day against us was “We’ve limited teams to very few chances “I’ve watched Caernarfon a lot over the last Bala run out 6-1 winners. totally different. I was shocked at how well- throughout the competition, and this game couple of years and Iwan has done a great “Caldicot were struggling in the league at the job there,” “They’re a top team, organised they were, how good they were. was no different,”Caton said. “The playing Caton said. time, but they were good against us,” Colin Rhys Griffiths had them well-drilled and they surface was difficult, the weather was awful, but I knew we could beat them. That being said, every big game that they’ve been in, Caton recalled. “They caught us out early-on were really, really good on the day.” there was a problem with the kits, so there they’ve adapted very well and put in great with a long throw-in that they scored from, were quite a few distractions and I’m very which was a tactic of theirs that I wasn’t performances, so it was going to be a huge proud of the lads for coming through that aware of, but we grabbed hold of the game challenge but I back my lads against anyone, one pretty comfortably.” and it was a comfortable win in the end.” they battled very hard and deserved to win.” 6 www.faw.cymru www.faw.cymru 7 DAITH I’R ROWND DERFYNOL: CPD ROWND PEDWAR Er gwaethaf amodau anodd yn brwydro CPD Y Bala 4-1 CPD Penybont (AET) yn erbyn yr elfennau, talodd waith caled Ionawr 28, 2017 y Bala ar ei ganfed wrth i goliau gan Ryan Wade, Chris Venables a John Irving roi YYn cystadlu BALA am y tro cyntaf erioed yn Rownd Derfynol Cwpan JD Cymru Cafodd y dyfroedd eu cynhyrfu ym Maes buddugoliaeth gyfforddus.