Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town - Official Matchday Programme - JD Cymru Premier MD21

O F F I C I A L M ATC H DAY P RO G R A M M E ED CYMRU PREMIER

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T U E S D AY

ST DECEMBER

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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: Liam Stoneley 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: Joe Taft Disability Liaison Officer / Swyddog Cyswllt Anabledd: Gillian Evans Safeguarding Officer / Swyddog Diogelu: Daniel McNeil 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's Notes

BLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDA I PAWB. Another end of year is upon us as we welcome our Gwynedd Cymru Premier rivals Clwb Peldroed Caernarfon to Maes Tegid for this hugely important New Years Eve fixture. I hope the early kick off time does not prevent the enthusiastic Cofi supporters from travelling to Bala this morning. It is certainly a crucial match for both teams as we desperately look to secure a top 6 position in this ever increasingly competitive league. I sincerely hope that you will all enjoy the entertainment on show this afternoon before enjoying the festivities of tonight!

As always it has been a roller coaster year at Maes Tegid and as always it has been a significant challenge to keep us at the very top of Welsh Domestic football. The European qualification which we achieved in early April this year was a massive achievement. It was our 9th European adventure in the last 12 seasons and was testament to the huge work put in by everyone involved at our Club. We enjoyed a long and very expensive trip to Estonia in July and were cruelly robbed of a penalty shoot out opportunity by a 96th minute goal from our hosts. The euphoria of Europe then gave way to the reality of another Cymru Premier season and it certainly has been a challenging season to date. Injuries have plagued us! Quite incredibly we lost 2 players in 2 weeks to horrific injury which will see them out for at least 12 months. We have also faced a litany of other injuries which has severely disrupted our team planning and Colin has faced a serious challenge to produce consistent results. Nothing demonstrates this more than the achievement of Bala being the first team ever to do the League “Double” over Champions TNS yet have 10 draws in our League campaign and then crash out of the Welsh Cup to 2nd tier Caerau Ely. Roller Coaster or not???? Colin Caton will be in charge of his 869th match this afternoon as our Manager over a 22 year period. Quite a significant statistic in its own right and one which I doubt will ever be achieved again!

I must also take this opportunity to express the Club’s sincere gratitude to all the hardworking and dedicated volunteers who are the backbone of this football Club. It is staggering how much work goes on behind the scenes and I can assure everyone that this work is ever increasing and the demands put upon us with little or no financial support are substantial. It will without a doubt reach breaking point for some Clubs before long and the rhetoric from the FAW must be quickly turned into action before it is too late!! 2025 will again be a serious challenge for our Club and we can be under no illusions about the difficulties which have to be faced. As always we will work tirelessly to maintain the amazing successes and standards which we have become accustomed to and nothing will deter us from trying to keep our Club at the very forefront of the JD Cymru Premier League.

Bala Town FC are hugely grateful to Gwenno Davies and the FUW for their most generous sponsorship of this New Year’s Eve match this afternoon against Caernarfon. The FUW have been generously supporting our Club for many years and we are delighted that this relationship continues to flourish. We hope you all enjoy your afternoon at Maes Tegid. Our sponsors are our lifeblood and we must seriously thank them all for their continued support at Maes Tegid. Long may it continue!!

Thanks to each and everyone of you who have supported us by coming through those gates at Maes Tegid during 2024. I sincerely hope to see you all again this afternoon and certainly throughout 2025.

DIOLCH PAWB.

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Fixtures Date

KO Time

Venue

Home Club

Away Club

10/08/2024 14:30

Jenner Park

Barry Town United F.C.

Bala Town

1-1

16/08/2024 19:45

Maes Tegid

Bala Town

Briton Ferry Llansawel

2-0

23/08/2024 19:45

Maes Tegid

Bala Town

Flint Town United F.C

2-0

26/08/2024 14:30

The Oval

Caernarfon Town F.C.

Bala Town

0-0

31/08/2024 14:30

Maes Tegid

Bala Town

Penybont

1-2

07/09/2024 14:30

Maes Tegid

Bala Town

Cardiff Met

0-1

13/09/2024 19:45

Maes Tegid

Bala Town

Aberystwyth Town

3-0

20/09/2024 19:45 Maes Tegid Bala Town Newtown 2-2 24/09/2024 19:45

The Venue at Park Hall

The New Saints

Bala Town

2-3

28/09/2024 14:30

The Old Road

Briton Ferry Llansawel

Bala Town

2-2

04/10/2024 19:45

Maes Tegid

Bala Town

Haverfordwest County

0-2

12/10/2024 14:30

Essity Stadium

Flint Town United F.C

Bala Town

2-2

15/10/2024 19:45

Maes Tegid

Bala Town

Connah’s Quay

0-0

26/10/2024 14:30

SDM Glass Stadium

Penybont

Bala Town

1-1

02/11/2024 14:30

Latham Park

Newtown

Bala Town

0-0

09/11/2024 14:30

Cyncoed Campus

Cardiff Met

Bala Town

3-3

23/11/2024 14:30

Bridge Meadow Stadium Haverfordwest County

Bala Town

0-0

03/12/2024 19:45

Maes Tegid

Bala Town

The New Saints

1-0

21/12/2024 14:30

Maes Tegid

Bala Town

Barry Town United F.C.

26/12/2024 14:30

Park Avenue

Aberystwyth Town

Bala Town

31/12/2024 12:30

Maes Tegid

Bala Town

Caernarfon Town F.C.

11/01/2025 14:30

Essity Stadium

Connah’s Quay

Bala Town

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DIOLCH GWENO DAVIES A’R FUW THANK YOU GWENO DAVIES AND THE FUW Mae Clwb Peldroed y Bala mor ddiolchgar ac yn gwerthfawrogi haelioni a chefnogaeth Gweno Davies a’i chwmni F.U.W. am gytuno i noddi ein gem heddiw ar ddiwrnod olaf 2024 yn erbyn Caernarfon. Fe welir llun Gweno Colin Caton rheolwr tim y Bala ac Arwel Jones trefnydd noddwyr yn y llun isod.

Mae cwmni F.U.W.wedi bod yn cefnogi Clwb y Bala ers blynyddoedd ac rydym yn ymfalchio fod y cyswllt ar gefnogaeth yn parhau ac yn ffynu. Gobeithio y byddwch bawb yn mwynhau eich hymweliad a Maes Tegid unwaith eto.

Diolch yn fawr iawn Gweno a F.U.W. am eich caredigrwydd a’ch cefnogaeth.

Bala Town FC are hugely grateful to Gwenno Davies and the FUW for their most generous sponsorship of our New Year’s Eve match this afternoon against Caernarfon. Gwenno is seen pictured below with Bala Manager Colin Caton and our Commercial Manager Arwel Lloyd Jones. The FUW have been supporting our Club for many years and we are delighted that this relationship continues to flourish. We hope you all enjoy your afternoon at Maes Tegid.

Diolch yn ofnadwy am eich cymorth. Blwyddyn Newydd Dda.

NEW SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES BALA TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB Matchday Graphics Sponsorship - Throughout matchday’s we post a number of graphics across our social media platforms. The platforms we post to are - X (Twitter), Facebook and Instagram, which have a combined following of 30k+. Every matchday we post the following graphics to each of our social media pages: Starting XI, Half-Time, Full-Time and a Goal Graphic for each player who scores. As a marketing tool for your business or organisation, we would include your logo on each graphic for the whole league season (32 games) whilst also putting one promotional post up a month on all our social media platforms thanking you for your support, with a link to your website included.

Matchday Programme Cover Sponsor - At each home league game, the Club provide a Matchday Programme to all supporters including information regarding the game and any relevant stories surrounding the Club. In this package, we would offer your business/organisation’s logo to be printed across the top/bottom of every programme for our home league games (16 games) along with a full page piece on your business/ organisation inside the programme.

Website Sponsor - Our website brings in 40k+ site sessions every year, and with improvements to our website in the works, we expect this number to rise, especially should the Club succeed in its goal of qualifying for Europe and doing well in domestic competitions. Therefore, we would offer your business/organisation to have your logo showing on the header of our website, which would be visible on every page with a hyperlink to your website attached to the logo.

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