Ardal Northern League Cup Final - Caersws vs Mold Alex

FAW LOCK STOCK ARDAL NORTHERN LEAGUES

LEAGUE CUP FINAL 2021/2022

CAERSWS v MOLD ALEX At Penycae FC Saturday May 7th Kick off 2-30pm

LEAGUE DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN Mr WILL LLOYD WILLIAMS MBE GENERAL & FIXTURE SECRETARY Mr. CHAS ROWLAND MATCH OFFICIALS OFFICER Mr. SIMON NEWPORT TREASURER Mr. KEN RICHARDSON ——————————————MEDIA OFFICER MR CHRIS PARRY CLUB REPRESENTATIVES Ardal North East Clubs MR. WYN LEWIS (Bow Street) Ardal North West Clubs Mr. MIKE CHESTER (Rhydymwyn)

FROM THE CHAIR Good a ernoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the first ever Lock Stock Ardal Northern league cup final Congratula ons to both teams on reaching the final and to the match officials on their appointments to the final Also, a big thank you to Penycae football club on agreeing to stage today’s final Both of today’s finalists have had great seasons in their respec ve leagues. Caersws clinching the runners posi on in the Lock Ardal Northeast and a chance of gaining promo on through the play off game. Mold Alex are worthy winners of this seasons FAW Amateur Trophy and as I write are three points away from being crowned Lock Stock Ardal Northwest champions.

On behalf of my fellow directors and myself I wish both teams success and look forward to a good final with the best team coming out on top

Enjoy the game

Will Lloyd Williams MBE League Chairman

ROAD TO THE FINAL ROUND ONE Mold Alex 3

Llanrwst United 0

Danny Warren 77/82/84mins Welshpool Town 1

Caersws 3

Rich Litchfield 56mins

Neil Mitchell 3/71mins Luke Mumford 56mins

ROUND TWO Mold Alex 3

Llanrwst United 0

Steve Watkins 11mins Danny Warren 45mins Dominic Doherty 52mins Caersws 2

Penparcau 1

Will Thomas 50mins

Gy c Pivnickai 56mins

Luke Mumford 90+5 ROUND THREE Kerry 0

Caersws 4 Will Thomas 5/9/39mins

Mold Alex 2 (5-4p)

Rhostyllen 2

Danny Warren 8mins

Sco Swords 59mins

Henri Carver 31mins

Tom Douglas 77mins

SEMI-FINAL Mold Alex 1 Ellis Hickey 90+2mins

Nantlle Vale 0

Berriew 0

Caersws 1 Will Thomas 51mins

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TODAYS LEAGUE FIXTURES Lock Stock Ardal Northeast Machynlleth v Cefn Albion

Lock Stock Ardal Northwest Llanuwchllyn v Porthmadog

A Brief history of Mold Alexandra Football Club Mold adopted its name and blue and white kit colours in 1929. Its matches have been played at Alyn Park, Mold since that date. The club joined the Welsh Na onal League, Wrexham Area (WNL) in 1947. In an exci ng 1980's period for the Alex they won two League Championships, a League Cup and two regional trophies. These successes resulted in Mold Alex being invited to join the newly created Cymru Alliance league for season 1990-91. At that me the Cymru Alliance became the top division for north and mid Wales' compe

ve football. In 1992 a first na on-wide

league was formed {the League of Wales') with Mold Alex being one of its founder members.

Mold Alex enjoyed compe

on in the League of Wales for three years, more distant opponents

including Inter Cardiff, Barry Town, Llanelli and Ebbw Vale. Mold Alex played in the Cymru Alliance un l the end of season 1997-1998 when a problem arose concerning their relega on.

At the me relega on rules dictated two teams being demoted from the Cymru Alliance, but only one of these going down to the WNL. Following a decision that the other relegated club be offered football in the WNL, Moldrejected a place in a different league system and chose instead to play in a mainly WNL reserve team division This gamble played off and the Alex was promoted up to the WNL Wrexham Area Premier Division at the end of that season. Between 2002 and 2010 the club had two successful spells in the Cymru Alliance, but in 2010 an FAW change to the number of

clubs in the League of Wales also affected the size of the Cymru Alliance. A restructuring drama resulted in Mold Alex in thirteenth place losing its status as a Cymru Alliance member of sixteen clubs. In 2014 Mold was promoted once more up to the Cymru Alliance a er winning the Championship of the WNL Premier Division on a cliff hanging and thrilling final day of the season. The following season the first team won the President's Cup and North East Wales Cup. In 2019 The Alex was successful in reaching the final of the Premier Division Cup. *Mold Alex reserve teams have been very successful in recent years, winning their Division Championship Cup on three occasions and a Division Cup. A Mold Alex Reserves and Colts team won their Championship Division Cup in 2015. Children's football is provided at Mold Alex from the age of six,, supported by a large team of volunteers who undertake to gain various qualifica ons to make this possible. Several match trophies have been won by the older football groups. The club's volunteers host the annual Mold bonfire and firework display for chari es, In the summer annual six a side veteran men's and women's compe

ons have also supported good causes as has the club's annual Christmas Ap-

peal. With the return of football and restructuring of the Wales' football system from 2021, the Alex reserve team has competed well amongst teams represen ng high ranking clubs. Supported by the Alex strong management and coaching team and against very compe

ve opposi on this

season, the Alex first team has con nued to compete closely for the Championship of the Lock

Stock Ardal North West League.

Mold Alexandra

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Caersws Manager Mark Griffiths (top) and Mold Alex manager Mike Cunningham receiving a manager of the month award’s from league Chairman Will Lloyd Williams

TODAY’S MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Karl Berry (Bodewlyddan) Assistants: John Palmer (Hawarden) & Daniel Evans (Colwyn Bay) Fourth official: Aled Rhys Jones (Lampeter)

In 1879, Caersws played fixtures against Newtown, Druids and Llanidloes, amongst others. There are also records of matches between Caersws Red Rose and Newtown Blue Stars on the 24th December 1877 and on Boxing Day, Caersws Bri sh played Newtown Blue Stars second XI. However, it was not un l the late-1950s that the exploits of the Bluebirds began to match and indeed surpass those of their Mid Wales neighbours. Since then, the club has reached the final of eight all-Wales compe ons including winning the Welsh Amateur Cup against Buckley Wanderers in 1961 and the Welsh Intermediate Cup against Aberystwyth Town in 1989. The honours list also includes nine Welsh Na onal League (MidWales sec on) Championships, eight runners up and six League Cup wins. The Montgomeryshire Challenge Cup has been won 29 mes.

In the two seasons prior to the forma on of the League of Wales, Caersws played in the Cymru Alliance, being runners up in 1991 and champions in 1992. In the inaugural season of the League of Wales, the club reached the final of the League Cup and finished in 11th place. The Bluebirds were the losers in the first League Cup final but won it in 2002, 2003 and 2007.

Having finished fourth in 2002, the club qualified for the European Intertoto Cup and were drawn against PFC Marek of Dupnitsa (Bulgaria) in the first round. The Bulgarian full mers won the first leg 2-0 with two late goals but Caersws earned a creditable 1-1 draw in the home leg, played at Aberystwyth. In 2007, the clubs long serving manager Mickey Evans called it a day a er 24 highly successful seasons.

Caersws flirted with relega on in the following seasons and at the end of the 2009/10 season, the club were relegated to the Huws Gray Cymru Alliance following Welsh Premier League restructure.

In the following seasons in the Cymru Alliance, the club reached the final of the League Cup on three occasions, finally winning it in the 2014/15 season, they were relegated to the Mid-Wales Football League Division 1 in 2017/18 where they played un l the FAW pyramid review in 2020 when they became member of the Ardal Northern leagues

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LEAGUE TABLES— as of May2nd.

Lock Stock Ardal Northeast Chirk AAA FC Caersws FC Cefn Albion FC Llanfair United FC Bow Street Berriew FC Rhos Aelwyd FC Dolgellau AA FC Penparcau FC Welshpool Town FC Corwen FC Penycae FC Machynlleth FC Carno FC Kerry FC Four Crosses FC

Pd 30 30 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 29 30 30 30

W 25 23 21 21 17 16 13 13 13 12 10 7 8 6 5 0

D 1 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 2 5 2 6 3 4 2 4

L 4 3 4 5 9 10 12 13 15 13 18 17 18 20 23 26

For 104 100 109 104 64 95 69 51 58 66 68 54 47 45 32 26

Ags 22 37 33 43 43 56 53 57 67 82 90 78 79 102 145 105

Gd 82 63 76 61 21 39 16 -6 -9 -16 -22 -24 -32 -57 -113 -79

+/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 -9

Pts 76 73 67 67 55 52 44 43 41 41 29 27 27 22 17 -5

Lock Stock Ardal Northwest Mold Alexandra FC Denbigh Town FC Porthmadog FC Llanrwst United FC Llay Miners Welfare FC Llanuwchllyn FC Saltney Town FC Llandudno Albion FC Nantlle Vale FC Rhostyllen FC CPD Y Felinheli FC Rhydymwyn FC Brickfield Rangers FC St Asaph City FC Brymbo FC Blaenau Ffes niog Amateurs FC

Pd 27 30 27 29 29 28 28 29 29 30 30 30 29 30 29 30

W 23 21 20 13 15 15 12 12 11 10 9 8 9 7 5 1

D 2 5 3 11 3 5 7 6 6 5 8 7 3 5 3 3

L 2 4 4 5 11 8 9 11 12 15 13 15 17 18 21 26

For 96 105 85 60 72 65 67 56 52 66 41 43 78 43 35 19

Ags 25 37 20 35 59 45 49 54 49 67 61 84 72 78 123 125

Gd +/- Pts 71 0 71 68 0 68 65 0 63 25 0 50 13 0 48 20 0 50 18 0 43 2 0 42 3 0 39 -1 0 35 -20 0 35 -41 0 31 6 0 30 -35 0 26 -88 0 18 -106 -3 3

TEAM SQUADS CAERSWS Stef Jones Ashley Harries

Will Evans Ma hew Mumford Aryn Ma hee Luke Evans Neil Mitchell Gareth Jones Jack Parr Craig Harris Glynn Coney Luke Mumford Rhydian Davies Taylor Sillitoe Charlie Gordon

Jared Marks Ashley Harries David Jones Mark Griffiths – Manager Gareth Jones - Assistant David Jones - Physio

MOLD ALEX Elliot Quinlan Kieran Feenan Ma y Lewis Alex Smith Guto Hughes Steve Watkins Jacob Wise Daf Griffith Ryan Jones

Rhys Nash C Ryan Coney Tommy Edwards Ellis Hickey Henry Carver Joey Ormrod Dom Doherty Dylan Jeffreys Jimmy Elina Danny Warren Phill Lloyd.

Manager—Mike Cunningham Team Manager—Steve Monk

First Aid - Andy Fleming