Caerau Ely vs GRESFORD ATHLETIC FC

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PROGRAMME FAW WELSH CUP CAERAU ELY AFC VS GRESFORD ATHLETIC FC 11TH NOV KO 2:00PM

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23-24 SQUADS ADAM COOMER BEN VANSTONE BRANDON GRIFFITHS CALLUM JONES CLAYTON FARRAH CONOR MCNAMARA DANIEL INGRAM GEORGE SHEPPARD GEORGE SHEWRING HARRY JOHNSON HYWEL DAVIES JAC DAVIES JACK ASHFORD JACK TURNER JAMES WILLIAMS LATHAN GARRETT LIAM BISHOP NICK GRIST OLLY REDHEAD RHYS JONES JOSEPH SHEPPARD TOM MCLEAN OLLY COX

MIKE JONES LOUIS PARR LEON BENNETT ADAM HESP TOM KILLILEA JACK ROBERTS JACK ROBINSON JAMES SMITH NATHAN WILLIAMS ALEX BUXTON CHARLEY EDGE HARVEY ELLIS JOSHUA GRIFFITHS PAUL JOHNSON CHARLIE MANN SIMON SMITH ATTACKERS JOE CHAPLIN DOMINIC DEACON TOBY GALLAGHER-KEENAN HACI OZLU SAM SPRIDGEON

MANAGER: DEAN WHEELER ASSISTANT: JON SEYMOUR HEAD COACH:JAMES MCCARTHY GK COACH: RICH MORGAN PHYSIO: FFION THOMOS, RACHEL TAGGART KIT MANAGER: MORGAN PRITCHARD

MANAGER : EDDIE MAURICE-JONES ASSISTANT : JONATHAN HILL-DUNT COACH: KEVIN O'GRADY FITNESS COACH: LEVI CHALLONER GOALKEEPER COACH: STEVE JONES

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CLUB HISTORY

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Caerau Ely AFC is a Cardiff-based Football Club that was formed in 1955, joining the junior division of the Cardiff Combination League. Caerau Ely AFC strives to provide players with a sustainable, community-focused programme with the long-term aim of achieving Welsh Premier League Football for the Capital City of Wales.

Our ethos and core principles want to capture the unity and intertwined multicultural community that Caerau Ely AFC as a local Cardiff Club will represent.

As a club and our home, we are based in Cardiff at Cwrt-Yr-Ala for all of our home matches, with training taking place at Ocean Park Arena. As part of our long-term development and ambitions, we aim to develop a sustainable club model with an experienced and dynamic staff, a local player base, a national standard facility, and an infrastructure to give the people of Cardiff & the Vale a capital city club to be proud of.

A club for the people, by the people.

The ethos of Caerau Ely AFC is to further develop a community club that the area can be really proud of.

A major part of our plans will be to produce a new player pathway for footballers in Cardiff & the Vale of Glamorgan with the aim of providing the Capital City with a local community club that truly represents the Capital City and the Vale of Glamorgan locally, regionally and nationally.

Caerau Ely AFC will base all training in the City’s first-class indoor and outdoor sports venue at Ocean Park Arena in Central Cardiff on Ocean Way. The foundations for the success of Caerau Ely AFC will lay with recruiting and developing local talent that we have in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. We are committed to continuing our development of first-class coaching, training, playing facilities and opportunities in the capital at some of the best facilities in the Country.

HONOURS Ardal South West League (Premotion to JD Cymru South) - 2022/23 SWFA Intermediate Cup Winners - 1984, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 Senior League Champions - 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998 Senior League Runners Up - 1993, 1994, 1996 CW Bruty Senior Cup Winners - 1993,1994, 1998 CW Bruty Seniors Runners Up - 1995 PROMOTED TO THE WELSH FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1998 Welsh Football League Division 3 (3rd spot) promoted to Division 2 - 2005 Welsh Football Leaque Division 2 ( 3rd spot) promoted to Division 1 - 2010 Welsh Football League Division 2 (3rd spot) promoted to Division 1 - 2013 Welsh Football League Division 1 Champions - 2015 Nathaniel League Cup runners up - 2015 Welsh Football League Division 2 (3rd Spot) promoted to the new FAW JD Cymru South - 2018 CARDIFF COMBINATION Senior Division Champions - 1963, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 First Division Champions - 1986(2nds), 1988 (2nds) Second Division Champions - 1959, 1975, 1983, 1989 Third Division Champions - 1958 (2nds), 1962 (3rds) Fourth Division Champions - 1983 (3rds), 1986 (3rds), 1998 (3rds) Cardiff Combination Cup Winners - 1972, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1991 City Supporters Cup Winners - 1960, 1963, 1972, 1984 (3rds) Milson Harries Cup Winners - 1987, 1990, 2013/14 Sam Cornish Cup Winners - 2001/02, 2017/18, 2018/19 Ex-Schoolboy Cup Winners - 1958, 1960, 1961 Youth Division Champions - 1962 Senior Division Cup Winners - 1963, 1972, 1973, 1975,1978, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992 First Division Cup Winners - 1976 (2nds), 1987 (2nds), 1989 (2nds) Second Division Cup Winners - 1975 (2nds), 1986 (3rds) Third Division Cup Winners - 1958, 1962, 1984 (3rds). 1988 (4ths) Fourth Division Cup Winners - 1986 (4ths), 1993 (3rds) Fifth Division Cup Winners - 1989 (5ths) Cardiff Combination League Division 1 Champions - 2002/03 (2nds), 2018/19 (2nds) Cardiff Combination League Division 2 Champions - 2012/13 (2nds). 2017/18 (2nds) Cardiff Combination League Division 3 Champions - 2000/01 (2nds) Cardiff Combination League Division 1 Cup Winners - 2002/03 (2nds)

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CLUB HISTORY The history of the present-day Gresford Athletic stretches back to 1946, although it is known that the club existed in the 1920s.

Gresford Athletic won the Welsh National League East Division in the 1946/47 season. The next time the club won a league trophy was in 1962/63, when they won the Welsh National League Division Two. In 1969, Division Three was split into two sections, A and B, with Gresford Athletic Reserves winning the Welsh National League Division Three A title.

The club remained in the Welsh National League until the introduction of the Cymru Alliance in the 1990/91 season, when they became one of the founder members of the league. They remained in the Cymru Alliance for four seasons before being relegated back to the Welsh National League in 1994. During this four-year period, they reached the Cymru Alliance League Cup final, losing to a very strong Rhyl side.

Promotion was achieved in the 2000/01 season when they were once again champions of the Welsh National League Premier and, with the finances in place, the club’s Committee managed to upgrade the club's home ground, Clappers Lane, to Cymru Alliance standards. In the same season, they were also beaten in the FAW Trophy final.

Alan Jones, nicknamed Sammy, left his role as First Team Manager of Gresford Athletic in 2008, after over 20 years of being at the club, earning seven trophies and cementing his legendary status within the club. He was replaced by Sam Ainge, who was promoted from Gresford Athletic Reserves.

Upon the re-structure of football in Wales, they re-entered the Welsh National League Premier in the 2010/11 season following nine seasons in the Cymru Alliance. This proved to be a difficult season for the club, with them finishing in the bottom four. However, the following three seasons saw them steadily move up the league table.

The summer of 2014 saw a new management team and committee introduced at the club, which brought in a number of new players in and the emphasis both on and off the pitch being on achieving promotion to the Cymru Alliance. Eddie Maurice-Jones was appointed as First Team Manager and Julian Davies became the club’s Chairman, replacing Rob Ratcliffe.

A 24-match unbeaten run saw Gresford Athletic maintain a control on the league, whilst also seeing a successful run in the Welsh Cup, Welsh Trophy and Welsh National League Premier Cup competitions and it was January before they finally lost a game. However, the Welsh National League Premier title was not clinched until the final game of the season, by which time the work had been completed behind the scenes, with promotion to the Cymru Alliance having already been confirmed.

The 2015/16 season saw Gresford Athletic claim their highest ever finish in the second tier of Welsh football, when they finished the season in sixth place.

In the 2016/17 season, Gresford Athletic Reserves Manager Steve Halliwell was appointed as First Team Manager, following the departure of Eddie Maurice-Jones to Denbigh Town. He led the club to win the NEWFA Challenge Cup for the third time in their history. The final was played against Queens Park, with Gresford Athletic deservedly winning 3-2 at full time.

Two seasons later, Gresford Athletic then went onto be runners up in the NEWFA Challenge Cup, losing 4-1 to Cefn Druids in the 2018/19 final.

Ahead of the formation of the new Cymru North for the 2019/20 season, replacing the previous Cymru Alliance, Gresford Athletic underwent a restructure on the coaching staff. The club appointed their first ever Director of Football in Steve Halliwell, leaving his role as First Team Manager, within the new-look coaching staff. Richard Capper was appointed First Team Manager.

Gresford Athletic finished 11th in the first season of the Cymru North, which was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and have been members of the Cymru North from the 2020/21 season onwards.

Eddie Maurice-Jones returned to the club for his second spell as First Team Manager in June 2020, with former Gresford Athletic goalkeeper Jonathan Hill-Dunt joining him as First Team Assistant Manager in 2021.

The 2022/23 season saw a big change for the Gresford Athletic First Team, as they agreed a multi-year deal to see the team move from Clappers Lane to The Rock, groundsharing with Cefn Druids. The move came due to the increasing Tier 2 criteria from the Football Assoiciation of Wales, meaning that Clappers Lane would prove difficult to be up to the minimum standard to host games in the Cymru North and could result in a rejection of the club’s Tier 2 license for the 2023/24 season. Despite the move, the club’s Reserves remained at Clappers Lane, keeping the club’s feet within the village of Gresford.

The final Gresford Athletic First Team home game played at Clappers Lane was a 1-0 win against Ruthin Town in February 2023, with their first home game played at The Rock coming in March 2023, when they drew 1-1 with Prestatyn Town.

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Dean Wheeler - Manager's View

Good evening, I’d like to welcome Gresford Athletic’s staff, players and officials to Cwrt-Yr-Ala for today’s FAW Welsh Cup game.

We enter today’s game after a run of disappointing results in the league and the players are aware that it will be a huge challenge for us against an established JD Cymru North side in Gresford Athletic.

It is important that we channel our disappointment from recent league results into a positive reaction on the pitch. We enjoyed a stellar Round 2 performance, a 4-1 victory over Afan Lido – our best so far this season.

The preparation the players have gone through leading up to this game has been intense, and they are determined to turn around our recent run of poor results. It is an important game for everyone associated with the club and the players are eager to qualify for the last 16 of this prestigious competition, and they know they’ll need another standout performance if we are to progress.

Finally, we know every game at this level is a difficult challenge but playing in front of our own supporters is a huge positive for us and they have been fantastic in motivating the players recently and they will be crucial in helping us progress into the next round of the cup.

Thank you for your continued support!

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