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NEWPORT CITY AFC FRIDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2023 | KICK OFF 19:30 RON JON STADIUM, ABERDARE STANDARD ENTERY -£5 OAP’S ENTERY - £3 SEASON TICKERS- PRICE ON REQUEST

AFC LLWYDCOED FC & COMMITEE WELCOMES YOU TO THE RON JONES STADIUM AHEAD OF OUR CUP GAME NEWPORT CITY AFC A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO OUR LOYAL SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS FOR THEY'RE COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT AHEAD OF THE NEW SEASON. WE HOPE FOR A SUCCESSFUL SEASON A.F.C. LLWYOCOED WAS FOUNDED IN 1931 AS LLWYDCOED WELFARE IN ITS EARLY YEARS. THE CLUB COMPETED IN THE ABERDARE VALLEY LEAGUE AND WON THE DIVISION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DURING THE 19508.

THE SIDE LATER MOVED INTO THE SOUTH WALES AMATEUR LEAGUE. THE CLUB BECAME A FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE SOUTH WALES SENIOR LEAGUE AT THE START OF THE 1991-92 SEASON AND CHANGED ITS NAME TO AF.C. LLWYDCOED AT THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN ALSO IN THE SAME SEASON, DAVID RUNNER" EVANS TOOK OVER AS CLUB SECRETARY FROM RON JAMES. DAI WAS A TIRELESS WORKER WITH PLANS TO START UP A THRIVING MINI AND JUNIORS SECTION AT THE CLUB TO HELP WITH FUTURE PROGRESS WITH THE FIRST TEAM AND TO SEE LOCAL CHILOREN THI IN GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL UNDER DAMS SUPERVISION. LLWYDCOED MOVED FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH WITH THE GROWTH OF THE MINI SECTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW HOME GROUND. DAI STEPPED BACK FROM HIS ROLE AS SECRETARY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2022-2023 SEASON AFTER OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO LLWYDCOED. DAM IS A LEGEND AT THE CLUB AND HIM, ALONGSIDE A DEDICATED COMMITTEE AND A HARDWORKING WIFE. GREW THE CLUB MASSIVELY. HE IS HONOURED AT THE CLUB WITH THE STANDS AT THE WELFARE GROUND BEING NAMED, "THE DAI RUNNER STANDS." THE SIDE REMAINED IN THE LEAGUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DECADE, FINISHING AS RUNNERS-UP DURING THE 1996-97 SEASON IN WHICH THE TEAM SCORED 104 GOALS IN 30 MATCHES. THE SIDE WON PROMOTION TWO YEARS LATER, IN THE 1998-99 SEASON, JOINING THE THIRD DIVISION OF THE WELSH FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAIRPERSON ASHLEY LEWIS JOSHUA DAVIES IN ITS FIRST FIVE SEASONS IN THE WELSH FOOTBALL LEAGUE, THE CLUB WON PROMOTION TWICE, REACHING THE FIRST DIVISION. LLWYDCOED FINISHED THIRD IN ITS FIRST CAMPAIGN IN THE DIVISION, BUT WERE RELEGATED THE FOLLOWING SEASON HAVING FINISHED BOTTOM. A SECOND SUCCESSIVE RELEGATION A YEAR LATER DROPPED THE SIDE BACK TO THE THIRD DIVISION. IN THE 2008-09 SEASON, THE CLUB WON PROMOTION TO THE SECOND DIVISION, SCORING 126 TIMES DURING THE CAMPAIGN TUDOR JENKINS CHAIRPERSON KIETH LEWIS SECRETARY STEVE JONES TREASURER DAVID EVANS SAFEGUARDING OFFICER COMITTEE MEMBERS PETER JEFFRIES MIKE WILLIAMS DAFYDD MOSELEY ANDREW PHILLIPS ALUN SMART CHRISTOPHER DENMEAD LEE O'NEIL GABRIEL WILLIAMS DANIEL HANCOCK JONATHAN PRICE STEVE PRICE JOSH DAVIES

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TEAM ELLIOT JONES COHEN RIELLA FREDDIE STEVENS JORDAN FRANCOMBE MARTYN MICKIEWISCZ ISHI DAVID COREY HALLET RICHARD NOYES COLE JARVIS KOFI ROWE SOLOMAN ST CLAIR GERAINT PASSMORE RHYS HUDSON ROBBIE ATKINSON ADAM KAPLAN DEAN CLIFFORD MATT GREEN JAMES BLOOM IWAN MOONEY RYAN HARRIS GARETH HOLE