Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town - Matchday Programme

ISSUE EIGHTEEN > BALA TOWN VS CAERNARFON TOWN

MATCHDAY TWENTY SIX - MAES TEGID > CYMRU PREMIER CHAMPIONS CONFERENCE 19:45 / 25.03.2022 > MATCHDAY TWENTY SIX

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Nigel Aykroyd Interview | Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town

NIGEL’S NOTES N I G E L AY K R OY D

I am sincerely hoping for an excellent match to excite us all at maes tegid!

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Nigel Aykroyd Interview | Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town

At the time of writing these programme notes I am torn between delight and despair! Despair at our penalty shootout loss in the Welsh Cup Semi Final against Penybont in Aberystwyth last Friday evening and delight as we sit in second spot in the JD Cymru Premier with only 7 fixtures remaining. It was certainly a disappointment to lose our 4th Welsh Cup Semi Final and to lose in the cruellest way possible on a penalty shootout. However this defeat must surely galvanise our focus on the League position as we enter the business end of the season. The run in begins this evening against what will be fiercely competitive opposition from our Gwynedd rivals Caernarfon. We ran out 3-0 winners when we met last at Maes Tegid but the “Cofis” have had a good run of form and will prove a serious threat to our aim of achieving the pricelees 3 points tonight. I am sincerely hoping for an excellent match to excite us all at Maes Tegid and look forward to a large crowd to build the atmosphere in our local derby.

With the knowledge that I am forever repeating myself but our Sponsors are the lifeblood of our Club and I must again sincerely thank our Match Day sponsors this evening A.N Richards Ltd, Froncysyllte, Llangollen. We are indebted to this brilliant Company for their support to the Club over many years and are delighted to welcome representatives of the Company to Maes Tegid this evening. Thank you so much on behalf of all of us at Bala Town.

Thank you most sincerely for your attendance this evening and I hope it will be an entertaining match with the result which all of us in Bala are hoping for.

DIOLCH PAWB!

As the season begins its wind down I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone of events which will be fast approaching on the calendar. Our Reserves still have 8 matches to complete and would love your support. We have planned an end of season get together for everyone after our last 1st team home fixture v Penybont on April 23rd in the Plas Coch.

The historic Bragdy Cup tournament will return this year during May and entry details will be following very shortly. We are also planning a family fun day on Good Friday for our match against Newtown and all would be hugely welcome. As always a lot going on at Maes Tegid and together with the Academy utilisation of the pitch plus our excellent partnership with Bala Juniors the footfall is considerable and makes Maes Tegid a real hub for community activity.

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Get to know The Cofi’s | Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town

Club Name: Caernarfon Town Established: 1937 Home: The Oval Nickname: The Canaries/The Cofi’s

Caernarfon Town are a professional Football Club who compete in the Cymru Premier league and are classed as the Lakesiders’ closest rivals, with both clubs residing in the county Gwynedd.

The club has its nickname ‘The Canaries’ because of their yellow and green strip.

The first known football club in Caernarfon was known as ‘Caernarvon Wanderers’ and was formed in 1876, and were the first North West Wales to enter the FA Cup and were defeated 10-1

by Stoke. However in 1891 the club went out of existence, until 1894 where several of the former players began a new club called ‘Caernarvon Ironopolis’ which would not last very long, as a dispute with the North Wales Coast League lead to the club folding in 1903.

The current club was formed in 1937 and entered the Welsh League North Division One, and went on to win the league in 1946-47 & 1965-66. However, problems ensued again as the club withdrew from the league in 1976, only to be re-formed 12 months later. The club bounced back with two Championship wins in each of its next two seasons!

Caernarfon were welcomed into the League of Wales in 1995 after years of playing over the border, and reached the semi-final of both the League Cup and North Wales Coast FA Cup in their first season back playing in Wales.

In 2009, the club’s future was in doubt with the finances at an all time low, however after resignations from the directors, a group of current club officials and supporters took over running of the club, and put a plan in place to keep the club in existence.

They were promoted to the Welsh Premier League for the 2018-19 season after being in the Cymru Alliance since the 2008-2009 season, as they managed 65 points in 28 games to win the league. In their first season back in the top division, they managed to finish in 4th place and Qualified for the Europa League Play-Offs. However, the Cofi’s would end their season with defeat to Cardiff Met in the Europa League Play-Offs with a 3-2 score line at The Oval.

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Get to know The Cofi’s| Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town

Caernarfon Town Form The visitors have had a topsy-turvy season so far, with 11 wins, four draws and 10 defeats, with only four victories coming at their home ground of The Oval. The Cofi’s sit in 5th position in the league table, and are only three points away from the Lakesiders in 2nd, as we head into the business end of the season.

Huw Griffiths’ men come into this game on the back of a 2-1 home win Flint Town United, as Sion Bradley and former Town man Danny Gosset got on the score sheet inside the first half. Just 10 days prior to their win against Flint, the Cofi’s managed an impressive 3-0 away victory against JD Welsh Cup finalists Penybont.

(H) Flint Town 2-1 – Cymru Premier 15/03/22 (H) Newtown 0-4 – Cymru Premier 11/03/22 (A) Penybont 0-3 – Cymru Premier 05/03/22 (A) Barry Town 1-2 – Cymru Premier 26/02/22 (H) Bala Town 3-3 – Cymru Premier 12/02/22 (A) Bala Town 3-0 – Cymru Premier 04/02/22 (H) The New Saints 0-4 – Cymru Premier 28/01/22 (A) Cefn Druids 1-3 – Cymru Premier 21/01/22

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The Cofi’s Dangerman | Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town Name: Mike Hayes Position: Forward The former Bala man, Mike Hayes could be the difference for the visitors this evening with four goals in his last five appearances for the Cofi’s, which includes a goal against Bala in our 3-3 draw with the Cofi’s at the start of February. So far this season, Hayes has managed eight goals in 23 league appearances and is Caernarfon’s top goal scorer for the season, with only Darren Thomas coming close to him with five goals. Having been in some decent form going into tonight’s game, we expect Hayes to be the danger man for the Cofi’s should he feature.

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2021/22 Cymru Premier League Fixtures | Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town Bala Town 2-2 Penybont – 14/08/21 Barry Town 0-0 Bala Town - 21/08/21 Bala Town 0-0 Cardiff Met – 28/08/21 Aberystwyth Town 0-1 Bala Town – 31/08/21 Bala Town 6-2 Haverfordwest County – 11/09/21 Connah’s Quay Nomads 0-1 Bala Town – 18/09/21 Flint Town 1-2 Bala Town – 02/10/21 Bala Town 1-1 Cefn Druids – 09/10/21 The New Saints 2-1 Bala Town – 12/10/21 Bala Town 3-3 Barry Town – 23/10/21 Penybont 1-0 Bala Town – 30/10/21 Bala Town 0-4 Connah’s Quay Nomads – 05/11/21 Newtown 3-3 Bala Town – 09/11/21 Bala Town 3-1 Flint Town – 19/11/21 Bala Town 1-4 The New Saints – 03/12/21 Haverfordwest County 0-0 Bala Town – 11/12/21 Cefn Druids 3-5 Bala Town – 17/12/21 Cardiff Met 0-0 Bala Town – 22/01/22 Bala Town 1-0 Newtown – 28/01/22 Bala Town 3-0 Caernarfon Town – 04/02/22 Caernarfon Town 3-3 Bala Town – 12/02/22 Bala Town 2-2 Aberystwyth Town – 26/02/22 ***SPLIT*** Newtown 0-2 Bala Town – 04/03/22 The New Saints 2-1 Bala Town – 08/03/22 Bala Town 3-2 Flint Town United – 11/03/22 Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town – 25/03/22 Penybont vs Bala Town – 02/04/22 Bala Town vs The New Saints – 05/04/22 Flint Town United vs Bala Town – 08/04/22 Bala Town vs Newtown – 15/04/22 Caernarfon Town vs Bala Town – 18/04/22 Bala Town vs Penybont – 23/04/22

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Our Sponsors are the lifeblood of our Club and I must once again sincerely thank our Match Day sponsors this evening A.N Richards Ltd, Froncysyllte, Llangollen.

Please visit their website for all your transport needs and servicing! We are indebted to this brilliant Company for their support to the Club over many years and are delighted to welcome representatives of the Company to Maes Tegid this evening. Thank you so much on behalf of all of us at Bala Town.

My considerable thanks to A.N. Richards Ltd for your superb sponsorship of the match this evening. The Club is indebted for your generosity and continued support.

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Previous Meeting | Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town

Honours Even In The Derby It was honours even in the Gwynedd Derby on Saturday evening, as we concluded the double header with our local rivals, after collecting four out of a maximum six points.

The point earned at The Oval secured the Lakesiders’ place in the Champions Conference for the 8th time in the club’s proud history.

The home side huffed and puffed throughout the first half to try and claw an equaliser, but were open on the counter attack on many times. Sion Bradley on many occassions was the danger man for the Cofi’s, as he sent an effort towards goal from outside the area, however the wind took the direction of the ball away from goal.

Deadline Day signing Dean Ebbe was on form once again, netting two first half goals before Will Evans was needed to poke home from close range to rescue a point from the Oval.

With only a minute to go of the first half, the partnership of Lassana Mendes and Dean Ebbe struck again! Mendes managed to get to the byline again, and put in a lovely chipped ball between the keeper and the back post, where the on-rushing Dean Ebbe came to tap the ball home to double his tally and our lead.

Ebbe strikes once again!

Quick response from the hosts

It was a great start to the game from the Lakesiders who looked threatening from the off, with the front three of Brad Bauress, Dean Ebbe and Will Evans looking to cause damage to the Cofi defence. It wasn’t long until Dean Ebbe’s brilliance showed once again, along with the trickery of Lassana Mendes, who made his way to the byline to set up a cross to Ebbe, who finished wonderfully into the bottom right corner to give the Lakesiders the lead!

The hosts struck back just after the break, from what looked like a corner that was dealt with, however as the corner was cleared to Joe Faux, he made some space on his right foot and hit a perfect ball into the near post just past the reach of Ramsay to get his side back in the game.

Mendes & Ebbe link once more

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Bradley hits a stunner!

With 20 minutes remaining, the hosts had their tails up having got a goal back, and were rewarded after Sion Bradley cut in from the left hand side, and hit a wonder strike into the far right hand corner with no chance for Ramsay, to give his side the equaliser.

Previous Meeting | Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town Former Bala man makes us pay, however...

Match Stats:

As we reached the last five minutes of the match, it was too close to call with both sides aiming for a winner, however poor defending from Bala gave the ball to Noah

Caernarfon Town - Jakub Ojrzynski, Iwan Cartwright, Gruff John, Dion Donohue, Sion Bradley, Danny Gosset, Darren Thomas, Noah Edwards, Ryan Williams, Cai Jones, Joe Faux

Edwards who played a pass behind our backline to Former Lakesider Mike Hayes, who calmly went round Ramsay and slotted into an empty net to give the Cofi’s the lead.

With the game almost done, we had to chase an equaliser to try and secure a top six place...

In came Will Evans! A downwards header from Dave Edwards inside the box, took a deflection from a Caernarfon defender, into the path of Will Evans who made no mistake and slotted the ball underneath the keeper to claw back a point in the final few minutes!

Bala Town - Alex Ramsay, Oliver Southern, Antony Kay, Nathan Peate, Sean Smith, Lassana Mendes, Kieran Smith, Will Evans, Ollie Shannon, Brad Bauress, Dean Ebbe Substitutions: Caernarfon Town - Mike Hayes > Joe Faux (62) Bala Town - Paul Rutherford > Brad Bauress (65), Dave Edwards > Dean Ebbe (73), Calum Woods > Ollie Southern (87)

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Business Advertisements | Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town Bala Town are so grateful for the tremendous support which the Smithy Garage of Dyffryn Ardudwy have given the club over so many years.

We are delighted that they continue to sponsor the club’s playing shorts and last year went a huge step further when they kindly agreed to sponsor our Academy’s Head of Coaching car. This is so important for the development of our youth players and for the role which he provides to our community programmes. Smithy Garage offers a whole range of vehicle services and we would be delighted if our loyal supporters could look them up whenever there is any vehicular requirements.

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Paul Rutherford | Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town NAME: PAUL RUTHERFORD POSITION: FORWARD NATIONALITY: ENGLISH FORMER CLUBS: CHESTER CITY | BARROW SOUTHPORT | WREXHAM

Paul joined the Lakesiders in June of 2021 having left Wrexham AFC after spending the past five years at the Racecourse. The Forward spent his youth career at Liverpool and Chester City academy, until Chester rewarded him with a professional contract after impressing in their youth team.

He spent six years with Chester until he decided to move to Barrow, where he would pick up the 2009-2010 FA Trophy in a 2-1 win over Stevenage at Wembley. After 160+ appearances over a four year period, Paul would move to Southport in 2013.

Three years later he was on the move once more, as Wrexham came calling in 2016. The 34 year old would spend five years at the Racecourse, and was admired for his workrate by the Wrexham faithful after making 180+ appearances for the club.

Rutherford would then make the switch to the Cymru Premier in 2021, joining the Lakesiders ahead of our Europa Conference League ties with Larne FC. In all competitions, Paul has made 31 appearances, and grabbing five goals and five assists while playing as a right winger for the Town, and has brought a wealth of experience with him after his time in the English League system.

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Bala Town Reserves | Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town Bala Town Reserves Fixtures and Results FAW Reserve League North West Bala Town Reserves 3-3 Denbigh Town Reserves – 30/07/21 Bala Town Reserves 1-2 Holywell Town Reserves – 06/08/21 St Asaph Reserves 2-1 Bala Town Reserves – 13/08/21 Bala Town Reserves 6-6 Conwy Borough Reserves – 20/08/21 Bala Town Reserves 3-3 Llanrwst United Reserves – 03/09/21 Bala Town Reserves 2-1 Llangefni Town Reserves – 17/09/21 Bala Town Reserves 3-4 Porthmadog Reserves – 01/10/21 Llanrwst United Reserves 3-1 Bala Town Reserves – 06/11/21 Conwy Borough Reserves 3-4 Bala Town Reserves – 20/11/21 Llandudno U23’s 1-3 Bala Town Reserves – 27/11/21 Bala Town Reserves 4-5 Nantlle Vale Reserves – 10/12/21 Bala Town Reserves 1-3 Llandudno U23’s – 29/01/22 Bala Town Reserves 5-1 St Asaph Reserves – 11/02/22 Llangefni Town Reserves 2-2 Bala Town Reserves – 12/03/22 Bala Town Reserves 1-7 Ruthin Town Reserves – 19/03/22 Ruthin Town Reserves vs Bala Town Reserves – 25/03/22 Holyhead Hotspur Reserves vs Bala Town Reserves – 09/04/22 Llangefni Town Reserves vs Bala Town Reserves – 16/04/22 Nantlle Vale Reserves vs Bala Town Reserves – 23/04/22 Holywell Town Reserves vs Bala Town Reserves – TBC Our Reserves team were re-established in 2019 after the club considered it to be a vital part of the community to provide local players the opportunity to play for Bala Town. In the Reserves’ first and only season playing in the Wrexham Area Reserves & Colts Division, they would finish 10th out of 14 teams in the league, however after the COVID 19 pandemic hit and put a halt on our lives, their season was curtailed on May 19th 2020 and their final league position would be determined on an unweighted points per game method.

Fast forward to now, and our Reserves enter a new league system, now playing in the FAW Reserve League North West, and have seen many new players arrive and many players depart.

Reservers Top Scorers Will Hughes – 11 Cai Aykroyd – 8 Llion Thomas – 8 Geth Edwards – 5

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Penalty Heartache Sends Lakesiders Out Of The Cup

Kane Owen came close for his side early on, with a powerful effort towards goal which had to be blocked well by Calum Woods.

It was penalty heartache for the Lakesiders on Friday evening, as we attempted to progress to the Final of the JD Welsh Cup for only the second time in the club’s history, however it wasn’t to be on the night, as Penybont claimed a penalty shoot-out victory at Aberystwyth’s Park Avenue Stadium.

Penybont really should have taken the lead on 35 minutes as Sam Snaith was given too much space inside the Bala box to get on the end of a cross, but Alex Ramsay pulled off a stunning point blank range save to tip the ball onto the crossbar.

After an evenly contested half of football, the referee brought the half to an end with the game scoreless.

The match was a close encounter throughout the 90 minutes, but neither team could make a breakthrough, despite the Lakesiders having the ball in the Penybont net in the second half.

Chances at both ends Both sides had their chances in the opening exchanges, and it was the Lakesiders who came the closest on two occassions, as Will Evans and Chris Venables tried their luck from inside the Penybont box, but saw their efforts head wide of the goal.

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Rambo to the rescue

Morris keeps it level After Ramsay’s heroics at the same end in the first half, Ashley Morris pulled off a stunning save of his own to keep his side from going a goal down.

Chris Venables was teed up by Paul Rutherford on the edge of the box, but Morris got down well to his left hand side and pushed the ball away from goal.

No Handball?

Previous Match Report | Bala Town vs Caernarfon Town A controversial moment came with quarter of an hour left to go of normal time, as it looked like Ashley Morris grabbed the ball outside the box as he was chased down by Dean Ebbe, yet neither official deemed to have seen it.

Penalties to decide the tie!

After 90 minutes without any goals, the tie headed straight to penalties to decide who would make the JD Welsh Cup Final.

Unfortunately for the Lakesiders, Penybont made no mistakes and netted all five penalties, but the Lakesiders were only able to net three of their penalties, to send us out of the Cup. Penalties Penybont Penalties Scored: Mael Davies Sam Snaith Nathan Wood Kane Owen Shaun Macdonald

Bala Town Penalties Missed: Bradley Bauress Line-ups Penybont: Ashley Morris, Kane Owen, Dan Jefferies, Mael Davies, Ben Ahmun, Nathan Wood, Kai Whitmore, Sam Snaith, Billy Borge, Lewis Clutton, Shaun Macdonald Bala Town: Alex Ramsay, Calum Woods, Sean Smith, Nathan Peate, Will Evans, Dean Ebbe, Kieran Smith, Antony Kay, Paul Rutherford, Dave Edwards, Chris Venables Substitutions Penybont: Liam Walsh > Ben Ahmun (62), Ashley Evans > Kai Whitmore (90+2) Bala Town: Oliver Southern > Calum Woods (78), Lassana Mendes > Paul Rutherford (82), Bradley Bauress > Sean Smith (90+3)

Bala Town Penalties Scored: Chris Venables Dave Edwards Antony Kay

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Manager: Colin Caton

Manager: Huw Griffiths

Alex Ramsay

Tyler French

Calum Woods

Jakub Ojrzynski

Sean Smith

Shane Owen

Nathan Peate

Dion Owen

Athony Stephens

Aaron Simpson

Jonny Spittle

Bobby Beaumont

Lassana Mendes

Iwan Cartwright

Will Evans

Dion Donohue

Danny Walker-Rice

Aled Williams

Kieran Smith

Gruffydd John

Antony Kay

Ryan Williams

Paul Rutherford

Noah Edwards

Dave Edwards

Danny Gosset

Brad Bauress

Rob Hughes

Chris Venables

Josh Bailey

Oliver Shannon

Caio Evans

Oliver Southern

Josef Faux

Harri Lloyd

Cai Griffith

Dean Ebbe

Alex Boss

Daniel Mullarkey

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