CWMBRAN CELTIC FC www.cwmbranceltic.com DIVISION 1 £1 Season 2019/20 Official Match Day Programme CWMBRAN CELTIC HAVERFORDWEST COUNTY League Form Guide: DLLWLLWL League Form Guide: WWDWLWWL Home Squad Away Squad Scott James (GK) Steven Hall (GK) Rakesh Patel © Daniel Alfei Richard Crees Miles John Niall Yeates Harri Rowe Dion Molyneux Jake Merry Lewis Ellis Sean Pemberton © Louis Feeley Samuel Rodon Kristian Wharton Scott Tancock Zac Osborne Kurtis Rees Andrew Larcombe Ricky Watts Chris Ham Thomas Dyson Leo Ross Ben Fawcett Lewis Watkins (GK) Elliot Thomas Ben Jones Tyler Brock Alex McDowell Marcus Griffiths Jay Ellis Jack Wilson Tom Haggett Rhys Morgan Jordan Clarke Nicholas Palmer Pictures Credited To Stephen Handley Dominic Connor Joseph Griffiths Jai -Jnr Johnson Timothy Hicks CWMBRAN CELTIC v HAVERFORDWEST COUNTY Saturday 5th October 2019 K.O. 2:30pm Manager: Nick Morgan Manager: Wayne Jones At CELTIC PARK Asst Manager: Simon Truman Coach: Timothy Hicks Assistant Coach: Owen Cook Assistant Coach: Michael Ellis TODAY’S SPONSORS Physio: Matthew Gwilt Physio: Mark Murison Colours: Yellow Blue Yellow Colours: Red Red Red MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Kim Fisher (Cardiff) Assistants: Matthew Johnson (Cardiff) & Matthew Clarke (Cardiff) Acve & Passive Safety Technology Proud Sponsors Of The Match Day Programme Prinng LEA)UE TABLES 201,/20 WELCOME TO CELTIC PARK JD CYMRU SOUTH P W D L GD Pts We welcome Haverfordwest County to Cel0c 1ar2 this a4ernoon in the 2nowledge that this will be yet another ,ery tough game. County are 4 th in the 78 Cymru League South. Before last wee2end they were top on goal di9er- 1 Swansea University 8 6 1 1 7 19 ence but, a4er being well beaten 4-1 at home by STM Sports, they start today’s game in 4 th place. In midwee2 2 Llanelli Town 8 6 1 1 6 19 they lost again to STM in the athaniel MG Cup 7-6 on penal0es a4er being 1-1 at full 0me. Congratula0ons to Chris Ham who ma2es his 200 th appearance today. 3 STM Sports 8 6 0 2 14 18 Cel0c ha,e a poor record against County. They ha,e played each season 12 0mes in 6 seasons, all in the Welsh st 4 Haverfordwest County 8 5 1 2 10 16 League 1 8i,ision and ha,e lost 9 of the games. County were demoted from the Welsh 1remier League at the end of season 2010/11 and in 7anuary 2012 Cel0c tra,elled to West Wales in 2 nd place in the league table with the 5 Ammanford 8 5 1 2 4 16 home side in 3 rd place. We lost 1-2 ending a run of 5 successi,e wins, Owen Llewellyn scoring the Cel0c goal. In the 6 Cambrian & Clydach 8 5 0 3 2 15 return match at Cel0c 1ar2 we were in the middle of a disastrous end-of-season ?nish (9 defeats in 11 matchesA and were easily beaten 0-2. 7 Llantwit Major 8 4 0 4 2 12 In 2012/13 Cel0c were enduring another poor run and were no match as the County secured the points at Bridge 8 Undy Athletic 8 4 0 4 1 12 Meadow Stadium with a comfortable 2-0 win. The return at Cel0c 1ar2 in May was a must win game for Cel0c who 9 Briton Ferry Llansawel 8 3 1 4 3 10 had appeared to be safe un0l the drama0c late withdrawal of Barry Town cost us 3 ,aluable points and put Goytre Bnited and Bridgend Town ahead of us in the baCle to a,oid relega0on. On the day Cel0c did the business with a 10 Taffs Well 7 3 1 3 2 10 superb 5-1 win D their only win against County. The goals came from 8ominic Connor (2A, Ra2esh 1atel, Owen th 11 Goytre United 7 3 1 3 -4 10 Llewellyn and a penalty by Lee Challenger, his 10 successi,e goal from the spot. In 2013/14 County narrowly beat Cel0c 1-0 in August at home. They ,isited Cel0c 1ar2 in 8ecember unbeaten in 12 Afan Lido 8 3 0 5 -7 9 the league and they 2ept that record by gi,ing Cel0c a 4-0 thumping. Cel0c were, at the 0me, on a horrendous run 13 Pontypridd Town 8 2 1 5 -3 7 of 7 defeats and a draw in their pre,ious E games which e,entually contributed to them geFng relegated. 8espite their ?ne ?rst half of the season County fell away to ?nish 4 th in the league. 14 Cwmbran Celtic 8 2 1 5 -5 7 The following season, 2014/15, County gained promo0on to the Welsh 1remier League ha,ing beaten Aberdare 15 Cwmamman United 8 1 0 7 -15 3 Town 5-0 away in their ?nal match to pip Cardi9 Met for 2 nd place on more goals scored, the teams not being separated by points or goal di9erence. Champions Caerau (ElyA managed by ana Baah did not want promo0on 16 Caerau Ely 8 0 1 7 -17 1 which let County bac2 into the W1L. Bnfortunately County ?nished boCom of the Welsh 1remier in 2015/16 and they were relegated bac2 to the Welsh League. WFL RESERVE (EAST) P W D L F A GD Pts In 2016/17 County did the double o,er Cel0c. At Cel0c 1ar2 they comfortably won 3-0. At Bridge Meadow in 8ean 1 Cwmbran Celtic 3 3 0 0 12 0 12 9 Morris’s last game as Cel0c manager, our boys put up a good performance but went down 3-1, 7osh Bull scoring Cel0c’s goal from the penalty spot. In 2017/1E the teams fought out a 1-1 draw in August at Bridge Meadow. 7osh 2 Bridgend Street 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 9 Bull again scored Cel0c’s goal in the ?rst 0me Cel0c had a,oided defeat against County away from home. At Cel0c 3 Undy Athletic 3 2 0 1 8 3 5 6 1ar2 County won 3-2, Cel0c reco,ering from 3-0 down to score through 2 goals from Chris Ham. Last season Cel0c 4 Goytre 2 2 0 0 6 3 3 6 had a ?ne 3-1 home win through goals by Simon 1rangley, 7osh Bull and Ra2esh 1atel but we went down 0-3 at 5 Croesyceiliog 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 6 Bridge Meadow. 6 Chepstow Town 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6 3 7 Dinas Powys 2 0 1 1 7 9 -2 1 8 Aberbargoed Buds 2 0 1 1 5 9 -4 1 9 Abertillery Bluebirds 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 10 Caldicot Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 hea(n 11 Treharris Athletic 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0 12 Panteg 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 0 13 Treowen Stars 1 0 0 1 1 6 -5 0 CWMBRAN CELTIC P W D L F A +/- Pts HOME/AWAY HOME 5 2 1 2 9 9 0 7 AWAY 3 0 0 3 3 8 -5 0 TOTAL 8 2 1 5 12 17 -5 7 2 . MATCH REPORT0 CWMBRAN CELTIC 4 1 0 )OYTRE UNITED (2 st Sep) MATCH REPORT0 LLANELLI TOWN 110 CWMBRAN CELTIC (27th Sep) Cwmbran Cel0c put an end to their recent barren run Yeates headed another corner goalwards, Ileming Cwmbran Cel0c went down by a single Half (me0 Llanelli T wn 0 Cwmbran with an empha0c 4-0 win at Cel0c 1ar2 against 7 th parrying the ball to 2eep it out. On 67 minutes Cel0c placed Goytre Bnited. It was their 2 nd 4-0 home win in went 3 ahead, Ieeley seFng up Osborne who stuc2 goal last Iriday night against Llanelli Cel(c 0 successi,e seasons against the South Walians and it out a leg to sLueeMe the ball o,er the line for his 3 rd Town under the Poodlights at Cel0c were denied a penalty in the th th li4ed Cel0c one place to 13 in the league table. goal in successi,e games and his 4 of the season. Stebonheath 1ar2. Considering the opening minute of the 2 nd half, the Cel0c’s line-up included 7ordan Clar2e in place of the In a rare Goytre aCac2 giant centre bac2 Adam una,ailable Alex Mc8owell. ScoC 7ames was in goal Robbins saw his specula0,e o,erhead 2ic2 sa,ed by amount of rain that had recently fallen, referee wa,ing away Cel0c’s shouts although s0ll not properly reco,ered from his bac2 7ames. On 74 minutes Andrew Larcombe replaced the pitch was in ,ery good condi0on. when Chris Ham was pulled down. A inHury. Goytre’s side included former Cel0c players Clar2e. Ior Goytre, Smith hit a wea2 shot at 7ames and Ryan Ileming in goal and Tom 8oidge in defence. another shot from captain 7oe Hop2ins was cleared for Cel0c made one change in their dummy by Jac Osborne let in Ieeley Another ex-Cel0c player, Lloyd Kinsella, is currently out a corner. Irom another Cel0c corner 1atel and Ieeley star0ng line-up, iall Yeates replaced with a clear chance but he shan2ed his with a cruciate inHury. combined to gi,e Yeates a chance which he headed by Ben 7ones in defence. shot wide. Chris Ham had 3 free 2ic2s, Cel0c made all the early running, forcing 2 corners, wide. On E2 minutes Cel0c made their ?nal change, Ileming bea0ng out a powerful shot from Ra2esh debutant 7ay Ellis coming on up top for Osborne.