Bala Town vs Queen's Park - SPFL Trust Trophy Third Round - Official Digital Programme

OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME SPFL TRUST TROPHY - ISSUE 3

BALA TOWN VS QUEENS PARK

SATURDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2023 - 5:15PM KO

BALA TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB OFFICIALS LIST SWYDDOGION CLWB PEL-DROED TREF Y BALA Bala Town Football Club Officials List / Swyddogion Clwb Pel-Droed Tref Y Bala Director of Football & Head Coach / Cyfarwyddwr Pel-Droed & Prif Hyfforddwr: Colin Caton Assistant Head Coach / Prif Hyfforddwr Cynorthwyol: Stephen Fisher & Ryan Valentine Goal Keeping Coach / Hyfforddwr Gôl Geidwad: Harri Lloyd Physios / Ffisios: Ffiona Evans Club Doctor / Meddyg y Clwb: Dr Christopher Jordan Strength & Conditioning / Cryfder a Chyflyru: Nicolas Jones President / Llywydd: Arwel Griffiths Chairman / Cadeirydd: Arwel Roberts Chief Executive / Prif Weithredwr: Nigel Aykroyd General Secretary, Finance Director & Licensing Officer / Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol, Cyfarwyddwr Cyllidol a Swyddog Trwyddedu: Ruth Crump Media Officer & Website / Swyddog Cyfryngau & Wefan: Joe Taft Head of Security / Pennaeth Diogelwch: Graham Martindale Commercial Director / Cyfarwyddwr Masnachol: Arwel Ll Jones Supporters Liaison Officer / Swyddog Cyswllt y Cefnogwyr: Dion Williams Disability Liaison Officer / Swyddog Cyswllt Anabledd: Gillian Evans Safeguarding Officer / Swyddog Diogelu: Ceri Edwards Covid Officer & 3G Manager / Swyddog Covid & Rheolwr y 3G: Gillian Evans Sub Committees / Is-Bwyllgorau: Ruth Crump, Nigel Aykroyd, Ken Edwards, Don Lund, Gwyn Jones, Arwel Roberts, Carol Rowlands, Beryl Hanmer, R.F.Jones, Graham Martindale, Glyn Roberts, Arwel Lloyd Jones, Elwyn Rowlands, Gill Evans, Rob Davies, Ian Jones, Janet Blaszkiewicz, Barry Yates, Mark Watkins, Amanda Reed, John Roberts, Sion Roberts, Rhian Williams, Stuart Gardler, Ifan Edwards, Phil Shaw, Joe Taft, Brian Parry.

NIGEL AYKROYD

CHI EF EXEC NOT ES

Another historic day for Bala Town as we warmly welcome Queens Park FC from Scotland to Maes Tegid for this SPFL Trust Trophy 3rd Round Cup tie. Our visitors are flying high near the top of the Scottish Championship and probably represent the highest standard opposition that has graced our ground. It promises to be a fascinating encounter and a match in which we are very proud of our representation of the JD Cymru Premier League. We will certainly go into this tie with confidence at a very high level.

Our superb win last Saturday against an excellent Penybont team retained our unbeaten start to the season and saw us climb to second spot in the Premiership. We also secured this victory despite a number of injury problems and we would hope to be at fuller strength for the match this afternoon. It will be a huge test of our resources to challenge our visitors today but we are certainly looking forward to the challenge.

As always in Bala we warmly welcome all who have made the very long journey from Glasgow and we sincerely hope you enjoy our hospitality, our beautiful town and lake and our outstanding scenery. The 5.15pm kick off will allow plenty of sightseeing and no doubt a quick visit to the local hostelries to wet your appetite for the match. Croeso i’r Bala!!

This is our second appearance in this Scottish tournament and we fondly remember the visit of Alloa on October 8th 2016. We lost this match 4-2 but put on an excellent second half performance against the Wasps. We have 2 players still in our squad from that day with both Club Captain Kieran Smith and Nathan Burke both starting that match. Our Assistant Coach Ryan Valentine was also in the starting line up. To add to the continuity at Maes Tegid, Colin Caton remains our Manager as does Steve Fisher as his Assistant. Nothing much changes here!! We are definitely focussed on a different result today!!

I must also touch on the superb day we had last Sunday for Ryan Valentine’s 10 year Testimonial match. It was such a momentous occasion with a reunion of our team from 10 years ago and memories of our first ever European Qualification. We were so thankful for all those ex players who turned up to support Val and also to the Wrexham Legends team who kindly supplied the opposition. It was a brilliant day all round and a fitting match to show the gratitude we all feel for Val’s dedication to our Club. There are a huge number of pictures on line from the day, please have a search.

And finally I turn to next week already when we face current League leaders TNS at Maes Tegid on Wednesday evening – 7.45pm kick off. Another crucial match for the Club. Please come and support us!!

As always hugely exciting times at Bala Town!! I sincerely hope you all enjoy this historic match today.

Diolch. Nigel.

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LEAGUE TABLE

RESULTS JD CYMRU PREMIER RESULTS MATCHDAY FIVE Bala Town 2-1 Penybont Caernarfon Town 0-4 Connah’s Quay Nomads Newtown 2-1 Cardiff Met Colwyn Bay 1-2 Haverfordwest County The New Saints 6-0 Aberystwyth Town Pontypridd United 1-0 Barry Town

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Bala Town vs Barry Town

1-0

12/08/2023 2:30 pm

02

Cardiff Met vs Bala Town

0-0

19/08/2023 2:30 pm

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Bala Town vs Connah’s Quay Nomads

1-0

25/08/2023 7:45 pm

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Caernarfon Town vs Bala Town

1-1

29/08/2022 7:45 pm

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Bala Town vs Penybont

2-1

02/09/2023 2:30 pm

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Bala Town vs The New Saints

13/09/2023 7:45 pm

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Pontypridd United vs Bala Town

16/09/2023 2:30 pm

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Barry Town vs Bala Town

23/09/2023 2:30 pm

09

Bala Town vs Aberystwyth Town

27/09/2023 7:45 pm

10

Newtown vs Bala Town

30/09/2023 2:30 pm

11

Bala Town vs Colwyn Bay

07/10/2023 2:30 pm

12

Connah’s Quay Nomads vs Bala Town

18/10/2023 7:45 pm

13

Bala Town vs Haverfordwest County

21/10/2023 2:30 pm

14

The New Saints vs Bala Town

27/10/2023 7:45 pm

15

Bala Town vs Pontypridd United

04/11/2023 2:30 pm

16

Aberystwyth Town vs Bala Town

17/11/2023 7:45 pm

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Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town

29/11/2023 7:45 pm

18

Penybont vs Bala Town

02/12/2023 2:30 pm

19

Bala Town vs Cardiff Met

16/12/2023 2:30 pm

20

Colwyn Bay vs Bala Town

26/12/2023 2:30 pm

21

Bala Town vs Newtown

30/12/2023 2:30 pm

22

Haverfordwest County vs Bala Town

13/01/2024 2:30 pm

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LI NG OU BA

Cesaire Lingouba joined the Lakesiders from Northern Premier League Premier Division side Atherton Collieries.

Lingouba joined the Lakesiders having spent the second part of last season at Atherton Collieries, helping them retain their Northern Premier League Premier Division status with an 18th place finish.

Prior to his move to Atherton Collieries, the Defensive Midfielder spent the first half of the season at Stalybridge Celtic having left Witton Albion last summer.

The 27 year old came through the ranks at Stalybridge Celtic, before having spells at Droylsden, Northwich Victoria, Matlock and Witton Albion.

JO E MA LK IN

Joe Malkin joined the Lakesiders from fellow Cymru Premier side Connah’s Quay Nomads in June, as Colin Caton made his first acquisition of the Summer.

Malkin made the move to Maes Tegid having spent the last year at Connah’s Quay Nomads, making 15 league appearances and scoring on three occasions. The Forward would also make eight appearances in domestic cup competitions and found the net on three occasions, including a brace in seven minutes against Airbus UK. The 24 year old originally made the move to the Cymru Premier after a spell at Nantwich Town, scoring 27 goals in 98 appearances for the Northern Premier Divison side. Malkin would also pick up the Northern Premier Division Young Player of the Year in his first season for the Dabbers.

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QUEEN’S PARK FOOTBALL CLUB EST: 1867 GROUND: HAMPDEN PARK/LESSER HAMPDEN NICKNAME: THE SPIDERS PRESIDENT: DAVID HUNTER MANAGER: ROBIN VELDMAN

QUE EN ‘S PA RK

Queen’s Park Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow, who currently play in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish football pyramid and are currently in Third place after their opening five league matches. Queen’s Park is the oldest association football club in Scotland, having been founded in 1867, and is the 10th oldest in the world.

Queen’s Park are the only Scottish Football Club to play in the FA Cup Final, achieving this in both 1884 and 1885, where they would lose out to Blackburn Rovers on both occasions. The Spiders were a fully amateur Club up until November 2019, despite playing in Scottish Professional Leagues. The Club saw 91% of its members vote in favour of the change, after years of several good players moving on to Professional Clubs without any compensation to the Spiders due to their amateur status.

Following the change of turning from Amateur to Professional, major changes were made, including the appointment of new Head Coach; Ray McKinnon, however the COVID pandemic would bring their first season as a Professional Club to a premature end.

During the summer of 2020, Queen’s Park went on to sign many Professional players from higher placed Scottish Clubs. These signings would help the Club achieve promotion from the Scotland’s League Two to League One. Following Ray McKinnon’s departure at the end of the 2020-21 season, former Burnley boss Owen Coyle would be announced as their new manager in March 2022. Coyle would lead the Club to the Scottish Championship in 2021-22 after a Play-Off victory against Airdrieonians, gaining back-to-back promotions from the fourth to the second tier of Scottish football.

The following season, Queen’s Park almost completed back-to-back-to-back promotions after earning a Play-Off match against City rivals; Partick Thistle. However, the Spiders would be defeated over two legs to Partick Thistle in the Quarter Final stage of the Play-Offs. Following the culmination of the 202223 season, Owen Coyle would step down from his role, with current Head Coach and former Ajax and Anderlecht coach Robin Veldman taking over from Coyle.

BALA TOWN QUEENS PARK MANAGER: COLIN CATON HEAD COACH: ROBIN VELDMAN KELLAND ABSALOM ALEX RAMSAY HARRI LLOYD NATHAN PEATE ROSS WHITE KYLE HARRISON NAIM ARSAN ADAM MITTER JOE NELSON IWAN ROBERTS CESAIRE LINGOUBA OLLIE SHANNON KIERAN SMITH NATHAN BURKE AERON EDWARDS OSEBI ABADAKI JOE MALKIN GEORGE NEWELL RYAN ROGERS JOSH UKEK LUKE WALL

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