OFFICIAL MATCHDAY MAGAZINE | RHAGLEN SWYDDOGOL Y GÊM CYMRU v GOGLEDD IWERDDON UEFA WOMEN’S EURO 2021 QUALIFIER RAGBROFOL EWRO 2021 MERCHED UEFA RODNEY PARADE, NEWPORT | RODNEY PARADE, CASNEWYDD KICK OFF: 19:05 | CIC GYNTAF: 19:05YH 03/09/19 Croeso! Welcome to our match against Northern Ireland, which is our JAYNE LUDLOW second game of the UEFA Women’s EURO 2021 qualifying campaign. QUOTE, UNQUOTE GAIR GYDA Following a fantastic ON THE SQUAD Y GARFAN 6-0 win in Faroe Islands, For us as a small nation we try and pick as many players as  ninnau’n wlad fechan rydym ni’n ceisio dod o hyd i gymaint manager Jayne Ludlow we can who are playing at the highest level of the game, and ag sy’n bosibl o chwaraewyr ar lefel uchaf y gêm, ac rydym we’ve done that again. There’s some new additions too. I’m ni wedi llwyddo i wneud hynny unwaith yn rhagor. Mae couldn’t have asked sure they’re all looking forward to what should be an exciting chwaraewyr newydd hefyd! Rwy’n siŵr eu bod i gyd yn edrych for a better start to the and challenging campaign. One of the best things for me is ymlaen at ymgyrch a ddylai fod yn un gyffrous a heriol. Un o’r qualification campaign seeing the happiness in the collective group. If we enjoy then pethau gorau i mi yw gweld y tîm i gyd mewn hwyliau da. Wrth we perform to our best. There are lots of areas where we still fwynhau rydym ni’n perfformio ar ein gorau. Mae lle i wella and this issue of FC have to grow. We’re building for the future. We’re still building, mewn sawl maes. Rydym ni’n adeiladu at y dyfodol ac yn dal Cymru is full of features both as a senior team and as an association. I’m thankful that i ddatblygu, fel tîm ac fel cymdeithas. Rwy’n ddiolchgar ein on the Cymru squad and we’re developing and growing in all areas. bod ni’n datblygu ac yn tyfu ym mhob maes. our opponents. ON QUALIFYING YR YMGYRCH RAGBROFOL As a fan I really enjoyed the Women’s World Cup. Watching Fel cefnogwraig, fe wnes i fwynhau Cwpan Byd y Merched yn Away from the matches, our sport at the top level and seeing the interest it has arw. Roedd gwylio ein camp ar lefel uwch a gweld y diddordeb make sure you check world-wide was exciting. For us, the challenge is to make a oedd yn cael ei ennyn ledled y byd yn gyffrous. Yr her i ni sure we’re part of that in the future. The reality of it is that it’s yw sicrhau ein bod yn rhan allweddol o hyn yn y dyfodol. Y out the regular FC Cymru going to be tough. We have to step on the pitch and perform gwir yn blaen yw bod hynny am fod yn anodd. Mae’n rhaid i webshow by scanning to our best every time, and we have to play more top level ni gamu ar y cae a pherfformio hyd eithaf ein gallu bob tro, the QR code below. teams to get used to that level. It’s frustrating for some as we ac mae’n rhaid i ni chwarae mwy o dimau lefel uwch i ddod want to be at that level right now, but the fact is we haven’t i arfer â’r lefel honno. Mae rhai ohonom ni’n rhwystredig am proved that we’re good enough yet. We have to do well in the ein bod ni eisiau bod ar y lefel honno nawr, ond y gwir yw nad Diolch, qualifying campaign and perform in every game. ydyn ni wedi profi ein bod ni’n ddigon da eto. Mae’n rhaid i ni The Editor. chwarae’n dda yn yr ymgyrch ragbrofol a pherfformio’n dda ON PREPARATION ym mhob gêm. It’s a balancing act dealing with professional, semi- professional and amateur players. We try and communicate PARATOI with the clubs as effectively as we can. We get a remit of Mater o gydbwysedd yw delio â chwaraewyr proffesiynol, what the girls are used to prior to coming in, and we try chwaraewyr lled-broffesiynol a chwaraewyr amatur ar yr un and mould our environment around what they’re used to. pryd. Rydym ni’n ceisio cyfathrebu â’r clybiau mor effeithiol The bigger nations might do the opposite, but we’re very ag y gallwn. Rydym ni’n cael gwybod beth mae’r merched different. We try to look after our players, and also try and wedi arfer ag ef cyn iddyn nhw ddod atom ni, ac rydym ni’n challenge them, but what we do have to do is ensure the ceisio teilwra ein hamgylchedd yn unol â hynny. Mae’n bosibl @FAWales environment they come into is not a complete change to their bod y cenhedloedd mwy yn gwneud y gwrthwyneb, ond rydym @Cymru usual routines, because we would look at that as a negative. ni’n wahanol iawn yng Nghymru. Rydym ni’n ceisio gofalu am www.faw.cymru ein chwaraewyr, yn ogystal â’u herio, ond yr hyn sy’n rhaid i ni ei wneud yw sicrhau nad yw’r amgylchedd y maent yn cael eu ON THE FUTURE cyflwyno iddo’n addasiad gormodol i’w hamgylchedd arferol. We have to make sure that every kid that grows up in this Byddai hynny’n rhywbeth negyddol. country has the opportunity to be a top level player, if that’s what she wants to be. Y DYFODOL Mae’n rhaid i ni sicrhau fod pob plentyn sy’n cael eu magu yn y wlad hon yn cael cyfle i fod yn chwaraewr o’r safon uchaf, os mai dyna yw ei dymuniad. www.faw.cymru 3 MEET THE MANAGER DEWCH I ADNABOD Y RHEOLWR - KENNY SHIELS – KENNY SHIELS An experienced coach, 63-year old Shiels was appointed manager of the Northern Ireland Ag yntau’n hyfforddwr profiadol 63 oed, penodwyd Shiels fel rheolwr tîm merched women’s team in May 2019 to replace Alfie Wylie. Shiels spent his entire playing career Gogledd Iwerddon ym mis Mai 2019, gan ddisodli Alfie Wylie. Treuliodd Shiels ei yrfa in the lower Irish leagues, and moved into coaching with Tobermore United as player- chwarae gyfan yng nghynghreiriau isaf Iwerddon, cyn symud yn ei flaen i hyfforddi gyda manager in the late 1980’s. His first international job was with the Northern Ireland U17 Tobermore United fel chwaraewr-reolwr ar ddiwedd yr 80au. Cafodd ei swydd ryngwladol team in 2006, and he later moved to Scotland to take charge of Kilmarnock and Greenock gyntaf gyda thîm dan 17 Gogledd Iwerddon yn 2006, ac yn ddiweddarach symudodd i’r Morton. Following a brief spell coaching in Thailand, Shiels returned to Ireland with Derry Alban, a chymryd yr awenau dros dîm Kilmarnock a Greenock Morton. Yn dilyn cyfnod byr City in 2015, and remained at the club until October 2018. His son, Dean Shiels, made 14 yng Ngwlad Thai, dychwelodd Shiels i Iwerddon at dîm Derry City yn 2015, a pharhaodd yn international appearances for Northern Ireland between 2005 and 2012. y clwb hwnnw tan fis Hydref 2018. Ymddangosodd ei fab, Dean Shiels, 14 o weithiau dros Ogledd Iwerddon rhwng 2005 a 2012. 4 www.faw.cymru www.faw.cymru 5 PLAYER PROFFIL PROFILES CHWARAEWYR RACHEL FURNESS SIMONE MAGILL RACHEL FURNESS SIMONE MAGILL Age: 31 Age: 24 Oed: 31 Oed: 24 Position: Midfield / Forward Position: Forward Safle: Canol y cae / Blaenwr Safle: Blaenwr Currently playing for Reading, Furniss has made over A world-record holder for the fastest goal scored in  hithau’n chwarae i Reading ar hyn o bryd, mae Furness Mae Magill yn dal record byd am y gôl a sgoriwyd 60 appearances for Northern Ireland since making international women’s football, Magill beat the previous wedi chwarae i Ogledd Iwerddon dros 60 o weithiau ers gynharaf mewn gêm ryngwladol o bêl-droed benywaidd, her debut against Sweden back in May 2005. Born in record in June 2016 when she scored against Georgia ei gêm gyntaf un yn erbyn Sweden ym mis Mai 2005. Yn a hynny wedi iddi sgorio yn erbyn Georgia ym mis Sunderland, Furness has also played club football in after just 11 seconds. Magill came to prominence with enedigol o Sunderland, mae Furness wedi chwarae pêl- Mehefin 2016 wedi 11 eiliad yn unig. Daeth i amlygrwydd Iceland, and represented her country at U17 and U19 her performances for Mid-Ulster between 2010 and 2013, droed clwb yng Ngwlad yr Iâ hefyd, ac wedi cynrychioli gyda’i pherfformiadau dros Mid-Ulster rhwng 2010 level before progressing to the senior side. She has and earned herself a move to England with Everton. ei gwlad yn y carfannau dan 17 a dan 19 cyn symud yn ei a 2013, gan symud i Loegr i chwarae gydag Everton. twice recovered from serious injury to continue her Despite injury setbacks, she has now made almost a blaen i’r tîm hŷn. Bu’n rhaid iddi wella o anafiadau difrifol Er gwaethaf anafiadau fe’i henwyd yn Chwaraewraig professional career, and remains an important figure century of appearances for the club, and was named ddwywaith i barhau â’i gyrfa broffesiynol, ond mae’n y Flwyddyn y tymor diwethaf. Bu hefyd yn gapten ar in this Northern Ireland side for her experience and Player of the Year last season. She also captained parhau i fod yn ffigwr pwysig yn nhîm Gogledd Iwerddon, garfanau dan 17 a dan 19 Gogledd Iwerddon.