Llanelli Town v Cwmbran Celtic

LLANELLI TOWN AFC V

Cwmbran Celtic 27/9/19 Kick Off 19:45

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LLANELLI TOWN AFC President; David Craddock Directors; Brian Thomas, Juliet Phillips-James & Richard French Chairman; Wayne Stephens Secretary; Neil Stephens Treasurer; Greg Phillips First Team Manager; Andy Hill Assistant Manager ;Simon Dyer 1st Team Coach: Chris Thomas Goalkeeper Coach; Wyn Edwards Head of Coaching: Wayne Stephens Equipment Director; Stuart Powell Supporters Liaison Officer; Mike Hope Media & Communications Team; Gwynfor Edwards, Craig Francis & Mike Hope Programme Editor; Craig Francis Commercial Officer; Wyn Edwards Match Day Administrator; Alan Evans Head Steward; Rob Killick Club Physio; Henry Fensome Club Doctor ;Craig Dyson Stadium Manager; Eddie Donne Security Officer; Dilwyn Jones Statistician; Greg Phillips Website Designer; Craig Francis Match Photographer; Keith Griffiths & Steven Allender Disability Officer; Paul Stephens Patron; Llanelli Town Council Reds Cafe; Carol Smolka & Gloria Richards Development Team: Wayne Stephens, Ian Morgan, Martyn Bowles U18’s: Martyn Bowles, Darren Greene, Andrew Shiels, Stuart Lloyd.

LLANELLI TOWN AFC MAIN CLUB HONOURS 1896-2019 Welsh Premier League Champions 2007-08 Welsh Premier League Champions Runners Up 2005-06, 2008-09 & 2009-10 Welsh Premier League Play-Off Winners 2011-12 Welsh Cup Winners 2010-11 Welsh Cup Runners Up 2013-14 and 2007-08 Welsh Premier League Cup Winners 2007-08 Welsh Premier League Cup Runners-Up 2010-11 F A W Premier Cup Runners-Up 2007-08 Southern League Division One 5th 1950-51 Southern League Division Two 3rd 1919-20 Southern League West Division Runners-Up 1930-31 Welsh Football League Division 1 Champions 1913-14, 1929-30, 1932-33, 1970-71, 1976-77, 1977-78, 2003-04, & 2017-18 Welsh Football League Division 1 Runners-Up 1930-31, 1933-34, 1959-60, 1972-73, 1996-97, &1998-99 Welsh Football League Division 2 (West) Champions 1957-58 Welsh Football League Division 2 Champions 2016-17 Welsh Football League Division 3 Champions 2014-15 Football League Cup Winners 1929-30, 1931-32, 1974-75, & 2016-17 Welsh Football League Cup Runners-Up 1930-31, 1933-34, 1948-49, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1989-90, 2003-04 & 2017-18 West Wales Senior Cup Winners 1930-31, 1947-48, 1950-51, 1952-53, 1963-64, 1967-68, 1970-71, 1976-77, 1999-00, 2008-09 West Wales Senior Cup Runners-Up 1924-25, 1931-32, 1934-35, 1938-39, 1948-49, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1957-58, 1959-60, 1961-62, 1962-63(Shared With Swansea City), 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1998-99 FAW Youth Cup Winners 2008-09 Welsh League Youth Division (West) Winners 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 Welsh League Youth League Cup Winners 2008-09, 2009-10 Welsh Football Magazine Welsh Programme of the Year 2011-12 Northern Programme Club Welsh Programme of the Year 2011-12 & 2012-13 The Gary Lloyd Cup Winners 2013, 2014 & 2015

LLANELLI TOWN AFC MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGER

Well were do I start..... after demolishing top of the table Cambrian 5-0 2 weeks ago we then got demolished 6-2 last week, football is a funny game as they said and was certainly the case last Saturday, fielding the exact same starting 11 that blew Cambrian away the week before, the performance levels from the players were from totally different ends of the Spectrum, the players let themselves and the club down and it wasn’t good enough, we want a reaction in tonight’s game against Cwmbran and hopefully we will see a backlash from last weeks result, the boys have worked hard in training and are desperate to put things right tonight.

Cwmbran will provide us with another difficult test and one that we’ll meet head on to try and continue our good start to the season, thanks for the support. keep believing.

Hillo

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Cwmbran Celtic HISTORY Cwmbran Celtic football club was formed in 1925. In the early years the club was known as CYMS (Catholic Young Men's Society). After the immediate success of winning the Newport & District Division 2 Section A title in 1925/6 there was then a 25 year gap before the next trophy, the Premier Division title in 1950/1. The club disbanded in the late 1950’s largely as a consequence of national service call-ups but a large influx of junior and youth players brought about the reforming of the club in 1964 under the new name of Cwmbran Catholics. In 1970/1 Celtic won the Gwent Senior Cup. In 1972/3 with playing membership open to all denominations the club dropped the catholic title and re-named as Cwmbran Celtic winning the Gwent Amateur Cup and finishing runners-up in the Gwent Premier League.

In 1979 the club bought its own premises at Oak Street, Old Cwmbran, the club's present headquarters. The club's ground was in Cwmbran Park but around 1995 they moved to the grounds outside Cwmbran Stadium which were shared with Cwmbran Cricket club. The cricket club later moved to Caerleon and Celtic obtained the lease from Torfaen Council.

Celtic played in the Gwent County League in the 1980s and 1990s and after gaining promotion as champions of Division 2 in 1986/7 remained in the 1st division for the next 10 seasons. However a disastrous slide found the club languishing in the 3rd division when Paul "Dishy" Richardson became manager in 1999. He transformed the side bringing in experienced ex-Cwmbran Town stalwarts Mickey Copeman and Kevin Payne alongside teenage striker Shane Williamson who for a dozen seasons was top scorer. The side was later bolstered by the return of ex-professionals Ben Graham and Mark Parfitt who had started their careers with Celtic as juniors. There were successive promotions from the 3rd to 1st division between 1999 and 2001 and in 1999/2000 Celtic won the Gwent County league cup.

In 2004/5 under new player-manager Mickey Copeman, the club were runners-up to Clydach Wasps who applied for membership of the Welsh Football League but their ground was adjudged to be not of the required standard. Celtic applied instead. Their ground was also not up to standard but they were able to share Cwmbran Stadium with Cwmbran Town and the Welsh League accepted the club's application.

In their first season in the WFL, 2005/6, Celtic struggled near the bottom of the 3rd division all season. In April Celtic travelled to Chepstow Town needing a win to stay in the league. They went 1-0 down. With minutes of normal time remaining substitute Jason Price equalised but a draw was not enough. In the 9th minute of time added on player manager Mickey Copeman went up for a corner. The ball was cleared off the goal-line by a Chepstow defender, it hit Copeman on the back and rebounded into the net. Celtic had achieved a last gasp win and, by winning their final match against Seven Sisters, Celtic escaped relegation on goal difference.

The following season, 2006/7, Celtic now back at their upgraded and newly named ground, Celtic Park, were transformed. They only lost 2 games and enjoyed a 24 match unbeaten run. They went to Risca for their last match already promoted but needed to win to secure the Championship ahead of Llanwern. With 3 minutes left Celtic were 1-0 down playing with 10 men after a red card for Kevin Payne. Then Sammy Winter equalised with a speculative long range shot and in the last minute a Risca clearance found full back Ben Graham outside the box. He hit a perfect looping volley over the goalkeeper's head and into the net. Celtic were champions.

In Division 2 Celtic consolidated their position in 2007/8 and 2008/9 during which they introduced a number of players from their new partnership with Fairwater High School Football Academy in Cwmbran managed by Celtic coach Della Cheedy. In 2009/10 Celtic were front runners destined to win the Championship. However they lost two key defenders at a crucial time and vital points were dropped. Nevertheless Celtic finished their games in 1st place and would win the title if Penrhiwceiber failed to win at Newcastle Emlyn. The home side was 2-0 up at one stage but Ceiber clawed their way back to win 3-2 and deny Celtic the championship. At the end of the season Mickey Copeman stood down after 7 years during which he secured 3 promotions which took the club from Gwent County League to the top division of the Welsh League.

In their first season in the 1st division, 2010/11 under new manager Ben Graham, Celtic struggled for much of the season and were firmly planted in the relegation zone but a superb run-in during which they won 7 and drew 3 of 14 games earned them 12th place out of 16. In 2011/12 a good start was made under Alan Dibble who stepped down in September with the team in 5th place, to be replaced by Gareth Morgan. Either side of Christmas, Celtic were 2nd but they had a dismal end of season run and again finished 12th.

In 2012/13 with head coach Della Cheedy at the helm, Celtic started brightly with some fine performances including a 4-2 win versus reigning champions Cambrian & Clydach but they lost their way in the New year and at one stage were in last place. However, with characteristic determination they dragged themselves up the table and sealed another season in the top division with a resounding 5-1 win against Haverfordwest County. Under Steve Morgan in 2013/14 Celtic underperformed finishing 4th from bottom and with Afan Lido relegated from the Welsh Premier League, Celtic were relegated despite appealing to an FAW arbitration. With Della Cheedy back as manager in 2014/15 Celtic finished 7th in Division 2.

In 2015/16 Nicky Church started as manager but he resigned mid-season. Ex Ton Pentre boss Dean Morris took over, won two manager of the month awards, and guided Celtic to the runners-up position and promotion on the back of 10 straight wins. The club also reached the quarter finals of the Welsh Cup, going down 2-1 after a brave fight at home to WPL side Port Talbot. Josh Bull was the Welsh League’s top scorer with 32 league goals.

In 2016/17, back in the 1st Division, Celtic went top of the league early in the season. Dean Morris resigned in March 2017 and first teamer Lee Challenger took over, winning his first 5 games in charge as the team ended in 6th place, their best position in 5 seasons in the top tier.

In 2017/18 Celtic finished 8th in the league and enjoyed their best ever league cup run, reaching the semi-final before losing to Llanelli Town30. Chris Ham was Welsh Division1 player of the season and top scorer with 28 league goals. Last season Celtic finished a disappointing 10th in the League with Lee Challenger resigning in March 2019.

PLAYER PROFILES GOALKEEPERS Scott Coughlan.

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16/01/83. Born Swansea. Three times a Red. Has also played in the Welsh Premier for Carmarthen Town and Bangor City made over 400th Welsh Premier starts. Chris adds steel, pace and experience to the Reds defence.

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18/04/97. Born Swansea. Explosive left back signed from Goytre Utd. Sponsor: Jake Parry.

15/12/93. Born Swansea. Versatile ball playing defender Sponsor: Lee Bevan.

10/07/87. Born Swansea. Commanding defender and fans favourite, rejoined from Briton Ferry last season.

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27/02/91. Born Swansea. Flying left back / wingback, signed from Cwmamman Utd. Sponsor: Garen Davies.

01/12/00. Born Swansea.

Comfortable anywhere across the back, great eye for a pass.

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13/09/91. Born Swansea. Signed for Reds from Aberystwyth Town. Club captain and makes a big impression when in defence or midfield. Ex Reds Youth player who has also been at Goytre and Port Talbot Sponsor: Paul Stephens

PLAYER PROFILES MIDFIELDERS Jordan Davies.

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02/12/00. Born Carmarthen. One for the future without a doubt. A product of Dafen Welfare.

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17/02/90. Born Swansea. Another product of the Reds Youth who moved to Australia for a spell before stints a West End and Goytre United. Played for the Reds against Manchester United and Paul Pogba eight years ago.

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PLAYER PROFILES FORWARDS James Loveridge.

16/05/94. Born Swansea. Former Swansea City striker who signed after a spell at Port Talbot. Poses a serious goal threat with his explosive pace and has scored several hattricks to take his Reds career stats to 28 goals in 62 games.

Sponsor: Liam Samuel.

14/04/93. Born Swansea. Pacey wide man and forward, great feet and an eye for goal. Signed from Ammanford.

Nathan Logan. 23/02/92. Born Swansea. Explosive striker, natural finisher.

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06/06/86. Born Birmingham. A fan favourite at Aberystwyth Town, reads the game and can play almost anywhere.

Tim Parker.

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LLANELLI TOWN AFC History The game of Association Football was introduced to the town’s people of Llanelly when workers from the Staffordshire area of England migrated to the town to work in the ‘newest’ of the town industries - the Pottery works from 1892 to 1920.

The club initially played in the Swansea & District League playing their first matches at Cae Blake, Furnace, then the Peoples Park before moving to Tunnel Road and then at Penyfan Fields.

In 1912-13 the club decided to become fully professional and applied for membership of both the Southern and Welsh League. They also moved to a new ground, Halfway Park, a former Cycle Stadium, which was situated two miles from the town centre. Their first season 1912-13 was an immediate success finishing in sixth position in the Southern League and third in the Welsh League. The following season they entered into the Welsh Cup and reached the final at their first attempt before losing to Wrexham in a replay at Oswestry after the team had initially drawn 0-0 at Swansea Town Vetch Field.

After the First World War the club continued to participate in the Southern League and in the Welsh League with moderate success. They had ambitions of reaching the Football League and as a first step they moved to a new ground in Stebonheath in 1922 Tottenham Hotspur were the FA Cup winners of the previous season were invited to make the occasion of opening the new ground by playing the local team and the Londoners were given a rude awakening when they lost 2-1 on the day. For the next three years Llanelli built up a reputation of being one of the leading non-league clubs in the country, and in 1925 become the only club to contest every round in the FA Cup from Preliminary to Qualifying rounds and on to the equivalent Third Round of today when they met Fulham at Craven Cottage before losing by the odd goal in a highly emotional game.

At the end of World War II with league football returning back to normality, Llanelly AFC in common with other Welsh clubs returned to the Welsh League fold and again gained a place in the Southern League succeeding Colchester United who had gained a place in the Football League. This was another venture into a league blessed with exFootball League players coming to the end of their careers. The manager of the time long servant Jack Goldsborough who had been a fixture in Stebo circles since 1923 as a player, trainer, coach, groundsman and secretary/manager assembled a team blessed in the main by ex Scottish League players including one John (Jock) Stein who was to find fame with Glasgow Celtic and Scotland in a managerial capacity after his playing days were over, but had made history in the FA Cup with the Reds in 50-51, before the club lost to Bristol Rovers after a 2nd replay at Ninian Park.

Even he and a succession of worthy managers could not prevent the indifferent seasons the club suffered which meant a lack of people through the turnstiles and by 1958 they had to seek re-election to both Southern and Welsh Leagues. They were granted a stay in the Southern League whilst had to be relegated in the Welsh League Division II (West). But worse was to follow when the Welsh FA refused to sanction their stay in the Southern League.Llanelli were left in limbo with an all time low for their future for the 1958-59 season.

But under the astute managership of Wilf Grant an England B International, promotion was gained to Division One of the Welsh League. But when Wilf Grant went on to other climes Doug Wallace and Des Palmer became managers in succession without gaining honours. For the 1967-68 season brought Gwyn Grant (who had been a backroom boy for years after a playing career) to the hot seat and his achievements were noteworthy. Three Welsh League Championship titles in 1970-71, 1976-77 and 1977-78 inspired by Gilbert Lloyd followed, but the club’s ambitions of a higher grade of football were always denied.

With the advent of the League of Wales in 1992-93 season when they became founder members. After an initial successful season the club fell away once more, and again due to financial constraints they were relegated in season 1995-96. However, the advent of Robert Jones to the club as owner and Chairman saw the club take on a new lease of life. First Dudley Lewis as player/manager set the seeds in motion and Robbie James took over in consecutive years but in February 1988 Robbie James tragically died at Stebonheath playing against Porthcawl.

His place was taken over by Leighton James who gained promotion for the club once more to the League of Wales by virtue of their ending as runners-up to Champions Ton Pentre who had declined promotion. After one season when the club ended in a creditable fifth position he suddenly resigned and it all turned sour by 2002-03 when the club was relegated to the Welsh Division 1 once more.

In season 2003-04 saw the club regain their rightful place in the Welsh Premier League under the management of ex/players of yester year Neil O’Brien and Lee Randall.

Season 2004-05 saw firstly Eddie May followed by Nick Tucker took over the helm and he managed to stave off relegation at the end of the season.

During the close season the club which had been ‘up for sale’ was taken over by the Jesco Group, who decided that the club needed to turn fully professional once again after half a century of lack lustre competition except for the Welsh League Championships of 1970-71, 76-77, 77-78 seasons. Spaniard Luca Cazorla become Director of Football and six Spanish players arrived at Stebonheath Park. But by Christmas something was adrift and Luca Cazorla left by mutual agreement with Peter Nicholas assuming control, achieving for the club for the first time in their history a position in the UEFA Cup after gaining 2nd spot. The following season 2007- 08 was one of success becoming League Champions and winning the League Cup. In season 2008-09 their Championship hopes were high but they ended in the runners up spot the biggest shock was to come before the season’s end when the tenure of Peter Nicholas was ended after five years at the helm, his contract was not renewed and Andy Legg was appointed to the ‘hot seat’. Season 2010-11 Legg saw his Reds side lift the coveted Welsh Cup with an emphatic 4-1 win against League Champions Bangor City at Parc y Scarlets and won the play-offs in 2011-12 beating Bala 2-1 in the final. This proved the last game for prolific striker Rhys Griffiths, who had scored 280 goals in 281 games. The club has also enjoyed extraordinary success on the European frontnbeating Gefle, FK Vetra, Ventspils, Motherwell and Dinamo Tbilisi, although only the win against Gefle saw the club progress over two legs.

Season 2012-13, started with the club coming agonisinlgy close to reaching the second round of the Europa Cup, losing 3-2 to Kups. Financial trouble then hit, with Andy Legg leaving in October 2012 and Bob Jeffrey taking over in a vast cost cutting exercise. However the club was unable to stave off HMRC and were sadly liquated in the High Court in London on 22nd April 2013, before reforming as Llanelli Town AFC this summer and joining Welsh League Division Three for season 2013-14.

In the 2013-14 season, Llanelli Town finished 6th in Welsh League Div. 3, the following season they finished as Champions being promoted to Division 2 for season 2015-16 which they finished 7th.

For the 2016-17 season Andy Hill returned to the club as Manager and they won the double Div 2 and League Cup winners.

2017-18 they won the Div. 1 Championship which saw them promoted to the Welsh Premier League for the 2018-19 which unfortunately they finished bottom of the league and were relegated back to the new Cymru South League for the 2019-20 season.

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Squad List Llanelli Town

Cwmbran Celtic

Scott Coughlan (GK) Kai Rees (GK) Ross Jones Peter Smith Antonio Facciuto Zac Brown Jake Parry Garen Davies Lee Bevan Osian Dillon Chris Thomas Callum Howard Kyle Copp Joe Clarke Luke Morgan Lenny Evans Jordan Davies Anthony Finselbach Liam Samuel James Loveridge Nathan Logan Luke Sherborn Tim Parker Scott Smith Ryan Hurlow

Scott James (GK) Rakesh Patel Š Niall Yeates Dion Molyneux Ben Jones Dominic Connor Alex McDowell Louis Feeley Jai-Jnr Johnson Chris Ham Zac Osborne Tom Neville Leo Ross Andrew Larcombe Tom Haggett Lewis Watkins (GK)

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Match Report STM SPORTS 6 LLANELLI TOWN 2 After the Lord Mayor`s Show‌‌.Fielding the exact same starting line-up which had demolished the then unbeaten league leaders Cwmbran & Clydach 5-0 in their previous game, the Reds themselves were the victims of a humiliating defeat by opponents who, but for the heroics of goalkeeper Scott Coughlan combined with some wayward finishing, could well have racked up a double figure win. It was utterly bewildering for the visitors` fans who were at the game to witness a side, who had comprehensively outplayed the opposition just a week earlier, capitulate in such an alarming manner, with schoolboy errors largely to blame for the debacle. Whereas every player had contributed to the brilliant win over Cambrian, on this occasion only Coughlan emerged with any credit, as he was badly let down by his teammates, with the back four playing as if they were complete strangers to each other, a midfield which failed palpably to function and was completely over-run , while a toothless attack seldom looked likely of breaching the home defence.

The hosts gave early notice of their intentions with some incisive moves as they tested the visitors from the off, and they might have taken the lead when Calum Bateman was sent clear by a Thomas Frisk pass but could only fire into the side netting from a good position.

Bateman made up for this by opening the scoring on 15 minutes when a ball into the goalmouth led to Coughlan desperately attempting to gather it, but it ran loose and the home player was just able to touch it over the line.

As the contest progressed, the Reds were being constantly pressurised, and it seemed inevitable that more goals were to come the way of the home side, with Coughlan again being called into action, this time turning a long range attempt from Ben Ah-Mun on to a post and over for a corner. More problems mounted for the visitors when they were forced into a 24th minute change, with James Loveridge replacing Anthony Finselbach, before they had about their only chance to date when Liam Samuel volleyed across the face of goal and just wide of the far post. Encouraged by this, they went even closer to levelling matters following a Zac Brown free kick which was met by Nathan Logan whose goal-bound shot was cleared off the line by Herman Yohanes. This proved to be just a brief respite to the constant pressure which they were under, with Coughlan being forced off his line to block an effort from Ah-Mun when he burst down the middle to the edge of the box.

Three minutes from the break, the almost inevitable second goal arrived when Frisk seized on a rebound in his own half before ghosting his way through a none-existent defence and firing past the helpless Coughlan.

If the first half had proved to be a nightmare, worse was to follow for the visitors after the restart as on 48 minutes they conceded again, with Jake Parry missing his tackle on Frisk which allowed him a simple finish.

With the contest seemingly already out of reach, the Reds then gave themselves a glimmer of hope of salvaging something from the wreckage when Ryan Hurlow, who had come on In the first half for Logan, struck a first time finish into the bottom corner when Loveridge set up the chance. This minor setback did not seem to deter the home side who continued to call the shots, forcing Coughlan into another save to keep out a fierce strike from Bateman.

On 71 minutes, the Reds found themselves even further behind, when substitute Lamin Conteh gratefully accepted another gift courtesy of some more awful defending, before slotting home, and notched up his brace four minutes later without a defender in sight to make it five.

Joe Clarke was forced off with an ankle injury to add to the Reds` woes, and having used all their replacements they played the final quarter with ten men. The home side then were offered a further opportunity of turning the screw with the award of a penalty when Ah-Mun was pulled back in the box by Lee Bevan, but Coughlan brought off a fine save to keep out the kick by Josh Graham.

The Reds` keeper was being kept fully occupied, pushing clear another shot on target from Ah-Mun, who gave Bevan a torrid afternoon.

But surprisingly the deficit was reduced after 82 minutes when Kyle Copp volleyed a superb finish from distance past STM keeper, Exauce Dimonekene .before the home side had the final say on the stroke of full time through Graham who made up for his earlier penalty failure by finding himself in glorious isolation in front of goal before tapping home.

There needs to be much soul-searching in the Reds` camp after this abysmal display, and they will be hoping for a far better showing in their next home game which supporters are asked to note is on Friday evening at 7.30 p.m. versus Cwmbran Celtic and NOT Saturday as per the fixture list.

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SUPPORTERS CLUB

Chairman Mike Hope Vice Chairman Craig Francis Treasurer Alex O'Brian Secretary Paul Smith Committee Rob Killick, Rob Matthews, Richard Killick, Dave Allen,

The main aim of the supporters club is to raise funds for the football club. Last season we were able to help the football club in a number of areas to the total of just over £5500. The committee worked hard to raise this money in a number of ways.

This season we will be trying to help the football club in any way it asks us too. We use the money raised from the Golden Goal before the home games and football scratchcard after the game plus membership fees and profits from merchandise sales to do this.

We will also be holding fund raising events this season, details of which will be released soon.

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FIXTURES Friday 16th August 2019 Pontypridd Town 1-1 D Saturday 24th August 2019 Goytre United 14:30 0-1 W Tuesday 27th August 2019 Briton Ferry 19:30 3-2 W Friday 30th August 2019 Afan Lido 19:30 1-0 W Saturday 7th September 2019 Caerau Ely 12:00 A 2-3 W Friday 13th September 2019 Cambrian & Clydach 19:30 H 5-0 w Saturday 21st September 2019 STM Sports 14:30 A 6-2 L Saturday 28th September 2019 Cwmbran Celtic 14:30 H Friday 4th Ocober 2019 Taffs Well 19:30 A Friday 11th October 2019 Ammanford 19:30 H Saturday 19th October 2019 JD Welsh Cup Round 1 Saturday 26th October 2019 Swansea University 14:30 A Friday 1st November 2019 Cwmamman United 19:30 H Saturday 9th November 2019 JD Welsh Cup Round 2 Saturday 16th November 2019 Undy Athletic 14:30 H Friday 22nd November 2019 Afan Lido 19:30 A Saturday 30th November 2019 Pontypridd Town 14:30 A Friday 13th December 2019 AFC Goytre United 19:30 H Friday 20th December 2019 Briton Ferry 19:30 A Friday 27th December 2019 Haverfordwest County 19:30 A Friday 3rd January 2020 Haverfordwest County 19:30 H Saturday 11th January 2020 Cambrian & Clydach 14:30 A Saturday 18th January 2020 STM Sports 14:30 H Saturday 25th January 2020 Cwmbran Celtic 14:30 A Saturday 8th February 2020 Taffs Well 14:30 H Friday 14th February 2020 Ammanford 19:30 A Friday 21st February 2020 Swansea University 19:30 H Friday 28th February 2020 Cwmamman United 19:30 A Saturday 14th March 2020 Llantwit Major 14:30 H Saturday 21st March 2020 Undy Athletic 14:30 A Saturday 28th March 2020 Caerau Ely 14:30 H Saturday 4th April 2020 Llantwit Major 14:30 A

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