Seven Sisters Programme

A WORD FROM OUR ‌CHAIRMAN Good afternoon and welcome to Coed Gwilym Park for today’s Ardal Southern league fixture against Seven Sisters Onllwyn.

Welcome to them.

It was nice for us to get back on the pitch after a week off. The boys will be looking to carry on the good form since the turn of the year which has seen us win 3 of our last 4, and last time out beat top of the table Pure Swansea. With 9 games to go we are in a much healthier place than this time last year. We must remember to see the big picture and not forget about the progress and upward trajectory we are on as a club.

We recently held our annual ‘Race Night’ where, despite not great support, a good bit of money was raised. It is important for all areas of the club to support these full club fundraisers as it’s the life blood of organisations such as ours. Hopefully next time numbers will be higher. A massive thank you to those who did attend and I’m sure you enjoyed the evening.

It just leaves me to say good luck to all our sides but specifically our first team who fly the flag at the third tier of Welsh Football, something we can easily forget. Enjoy the ride, I’m sure there’ll be bumps in the road, but know we got the players, coaches and supporters to do something special this year across all our age groups.

Best wishes.

Come on Clyd Dunno

Meet the squad

Phil Aitchison Sponsorship Available

Callum Andrews J&L SCAFFOLDING

Callum Howard EXPRESS WINDOWS

Cameron Jones Love-A-Label

Joe Farthing Steve Farthing Roofing

Joe Holland The Strength Hub

Thomas Havard Sponsorship Available

Nathan Jones Love-A-Label

Chakkri Phromchanta Peter Lynn

Arwel Rees Sponsorship Available

Callum Leworthy

Gavin Challacombe

Daniel Swinford

Ryan Thomas

ARE ALL PROUDLY SPONSORED BY

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Evan Daley PERAGO

Danny Devey PERAGO

Cai Thomas PROTIUM

Ben Scannell Sponsorship available

Jac Sudale Sponsorship available

Alex Aldrich Sponsorship available

A BRIEF HISTORY

Clwb Pêl-droed Clydach Football Club was established in 2021 through the merger of two long-standing Clydach clubs – FC Clydach and Clydach Cricket Football Club. While previously successful, both clubs realised that there would be much to be gained from uniting and pooling resources. Through forming one club, the village of Clydach and the surrounding area now has a club that provides opportunities for teams from the age of 5 through to senior teams, for boys and girls. In our first season, the club secured Platinum FAW Club Accreditation which we have maintained since and experienced a great deal of success at junior and senior levels, including the promotion of our men’s first team to the West Wales Premier League and winning the 2021-22 Premier Division Cup in just our first season. Through the hard work of over coaches, officers and volunteers, the club has continued to make 60 progress both on and off the field. The minis and junior section has over 350 members including over 110 girls. We have over 50 youth team players registered and just short of 100 registered senior players. In 2023-2024, our 1st Team gained promotion to the Ardal Southern Leagues and will again play in the South West section in We will also have two Senior Ladies team competing in .2025-2026 season. We are also a provider of the FAW Huddle 2025-2026 Programme to encourage girls into football

MATCH REPORT CLYDACH 2 - 0 PURE SWANSEA

CLYDACH CONTINUED THEIR STRONG RUN WITH A DESERVED 2–0 WIN OVER PURE SWANSEA, THANKS TO SECOND‑HALF GOALS FROM CAPTAIN GAVIN CHALLACOMBE AND BEN SCANNELL. THE HOSTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN AHEAD INSIDE 11 MINUTES AFTER A SLICK MOVE CARVED PURE SWANSEA OPEN, WITH CAM JONES’ SHARP LINK‑UP PLAY EARNING A CLEAR PENALTY. NATHAN JONES STEPPED UP BUT SAW HIS EFFORT SAVED, LEAVING CLYDACH FRUSTRATED DESPITE THEIR DOMINANCE. THEIR BREAKTHROUGH FINALLY ARRIVED ON 50 MINUTES. SUSTAINED PRESSURE INSIDE THE BOX SAW SKIPPER CHALLACOMBE REACT QUICKEST, GUIDING A COMPOSED FINISH INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER. CLYDACH STAYED ON THE FRONT FOOT, AND THEIR PERSISTENCE WAS REWARDED AGAIN ON 80 MINUTES WHEN SCANNELL’S CROSS‑COME‑SHOT LOOPED OVER THE GOALKEEPER AND DROPPED INTO THE FAR CORNER. CLYDACH THOUGHT THEY HAD ADDED A THIRD LATE ON WHEN DANNY DEVEY ROSE ABOVE THE PURE SWANSEA KEEPER TO HEAD HOME, ONLY FOR THE REFEREE TO CONTROVERSIALLY DISALLOW IT. EVEN SO, THE HOME SIDE REMAINED IN CONTROL AND SAW OUT THE GAME COMFORTABLY TO SECURE ANOTHER CLEAN SHEET AND THREE VALUABLE POINTS.

Seven Sisters Onllwyn FC

Seven Sisters Onllwyn was founded in 2020 following the merger of Onllwyn FC and Seven Sisters AFC. Both founding clubs were close neighbours in the Dulais valley, being only 3 miles apart.

And in 2020 were one of the founding members of the tier 4 West Wales Premier League, finishing 3rd place and gaining promotion to Ardal SW Tier 3 League

MANAGER’S ‌CORNER Hello and welcome to Coed Gwilym for this league encounter against Seven Sisters Onllwyn. We look forward to getting back on the pitch after a week off following excellent wins against excellent Cardiff Airport and Pure Swansea sides.

Last time out we were clinical in both boxes and thoroughly deserved the win against a very good side. We must now continue in the same vein and ensure we push up the table.

We’ve assembled a very good squad on paper but football isn’t played on paper and we need to ensure our effort levels match our potential. If we do that then I believe there’s exciting times ahead. I honestly believe that if we can apply ourselves then we are set up as a club to really go places.

I know all areas of the club continue to grow and our mini, junior and senior sections go from strength to strength.

I’d like to thank all our volunteers, sponsors, supporters and all associated with the club for their continued support and hard work.

Enjoy the game God Bless Damo

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