THE DRUID

IN THIS ISSUE

MATCH RESULTS/REPORTS

HISTORY OF THE CYMRU ALLIANCE PART 14 2003-2004

ACADEMY REPORTS / RESULTS

LEAGUE TABLES

PICTURES v LLANFAIR UNITED

6 MATCH PREDICTION RESULTS

CEFN DRUIDS 4 LLANFAIR UTD 0

Druids comfortably extended their

winning streak to 5 by easily seeing of the

challenge of league new boys Llanfair

United. Llanfair came with a game plan of

getting everyone behind the ball and

hoping to hit Druids on the break.

Unfortunately for them the breaks were

few and far between as Druids dominated

the game from start to finish. But it took

nearly half an hour for Druids to make the

breakthrough when Blenkinsop hammered

in the first past the Llanfair keeper who

until then had managed to stop everything

thrown at him.

The second half was much of the same

before Matty Holt added the 2nd on the

hour. 8 minutes later Robbie James headed

Druids 3rd from a corner before Adam

Hesp wrapped it up on the stroke of full

time. Apart from heroics from the Llanfair

keeper, Druids could easily have added

more as Forbes, Kershaw and Hesp all hit

the woodwork as Druids remain 2nd in the

league on goal difference from Caernarfon.

MATCH REPORT

P W D L F A GD Pts

→ Caernarfon Town 14 9 3 2 31 11 20 30

→ Cefn Druids 14 10 0 4 28 13 15 30

↑ Prestatyn Town 13 9 1 3 34 19 15 28

↑ Holywell Town 13 8 2 3 31 13 18 26

↑ Flint Town United 14 8 2 4 31 19 12 26

↓ Denbigh Town 14 8 2 4 31 25 6 26

→ Guilsfield 13 8 2 3 27 21 6 26

→ Gresford Athletic 13 6 3 4 24 20 4 21

→ Holyhead Hotspur 13 5 4 4 21 16 5 19

↑ Porthmadog 14 5 1 8 22 31 -9 16

↓ Buckley Town 14 4 2 8 22 35 -13 14

↓ Conwy Borough 13 4 1 8 15 20 -5 13

→ Llanfair United 13 4 0 9 21 33 -12 12

→ Mold Alexandra 14 3 2 9 22 32 -10 11

→ Rhayader Town 13 2 1 10 14 47 -33 7

→ Caersws 14 2 0 12 12 31 -19 6

Current league table

RESULTS

HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE Mold Alex 0-4 Caernarfon Town

Buckley Town 3-6 Guilsfield

Druids 4-0 Llanfair

Denbigh Town 1-6 Flint Town United

Holyhead Hotspur 1-2 Holywell Town

Porthmadog 2-1 Conwy Borough

Prestatyn Town 1-0 Caersws

NEXT WEEK’S FIXTURES

HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE

Gresford Athletic v Prestatyn Town

Llanfair United v Caernarfon Town

Buckley Town v Porthmadog

Caersws v Mold Alexandra

Conwy Borough v Rhayader Town

Flint Town United v Cefn Druids

Guilsfield v Holyhead

Holywell Town v Denbigh Town

Huws gray alliance round up

Welsh national league reserves division

WNL Reserves Division

Chirk AAA 4-0 Ruthin Town

Coedpoeth Utd 1-6 Queens Park

Corwen 2-2 Hawarden R

Gresford A 2-0 FC Nomads

Llangollen 0-2 Cefn Druids

Penycae 0-6 Mold Alexandra

Reserves Division P W D L F A Pts GD

Mold Alex 13 10 1 2 43 14 31 29

Chirk AAA 11 9 1 1 48 16 28 32

FC Nomads of CQ 10 8 0 2 33 18 24 1

Ruthin Town 12 7 2 3 24 18 23 6

Gresford Athletic 11 7 1 3 30 16 22 14

Holywell Town 11 7 0 4 43 16 21 27

Cefn Druids 11 6 1 4 23 15 19 8

Llangollen 12 3 2 7 23 30 11 -7

Castell AC 9 3 2 4 17 36 11 -19

Corwen 10 3 1 6 13 24 10 -11

Queens Park 8 3 0 5 19 19 9 0

Hawarden Rangers 9 2 1 6 15 28 7 -13

Llay Welfare 9 2 0 7 13 33 6 -20

Coedpoeth Utd 11 2 0 9 16 51 6 -35

Penycae 9 0 0 9 10 36 0 -26

Druids Reserves sit comfortably just

above half way in the league with a

fine 2-1win against local rivals

Llangollen at Tower Field. The win

now opens up an 8 point gap between

them and Llangollen. Druids goals

were scored by Kane Frost and Jordan

Williams.

LLANGOLLE N RES 0 DRUIDS RES 2

Flint Town United and Guilsfield were in high scoring forms on their travels as both scored six away goals

Flint Town United led four nil at the interval at Denbigh Town with Russ Courtney (2), Si-mon Thelwell and Stewart Carroll on target. Denbigh pulled one back in the second half through Carl Lamb but two late Paul McManus goals sealed a great away day for Flint

Guilsfield also netted six away goals at Buckley Town, they led 4-2 at the break with goals from Jake Cook (2), Arron Edwards and Jack Richard. Buckley replying with a Lee Davey double. The turning point of the game came with the score at two all, Buckley's Tommy Holmes receiving a red card after a last man foul. Cook went on to complete a hat trick for the Guils, his second in two games with Adam Jenkins adding the sixth. Jon Taylor scoring Buckley's third five minutes from time

Jamie Breese gave league leaders Caernarfon Town a fourteenth minute lead at Mold Alex and added his second and Town's third a minute before the break. Nathan Craig netting the other goal from the penalty spot. Gareth Evan-Jones scored Town's fourth goal in added on time.

Cefn Druids are second after a four goal win against Llanfair United. Steve Blenkinsop net-ted the only goal of the first half with defenders Matt Holt, Robbie James and Adam Hesp second half scorers

Holywell Town took a fifteenth minute lead at Holyhead Hotspur with Steve Lewis again on target. Alex Jones equalised for Hotspur before the break. Holywell secured the points with a Tom McElmeel penalty after fifty six minutes

Asa Hamilton scored a first half double for Porthmadog at home to Conwy Borough. Moses Barnett halved the difference after fifty seven minutes but Porth held on to secure a much need three points.

PICTURES COURTESY OF

MIKE PLUNKETT

LLANFAIR SCRAMBLE THE BALL CLEAR

BLENKINSOP OUTSTRIPS THE LLANFAIR DEFENCE

LAST DITCH DEFENDING IN THE LLANFAIR PENALTY AREA

LLANFAIR KEEPER SAVES FROM HESP

LLANFAIR KEEPER TO THE RESCUE AGAIN

HESP NETS DRUIDS 4TH

HESP HITS THE POST FROM 2 YARDS!

FORBES TRIES TO FIND A WAY THROUGH

BLENKINSOP CELEBRATES HOLT’S GOAL

ARSAN ON A RUN

Cefn Druids Academy Squads Fixtures 2015-2016 U12 U14 U16 U13 U15

Sunday 29th November Colwyn Bay (A) (A) (A)

Sunday 29th November Barrow Town (A) (A)

Sunday 7th February Caernarfon Town (H) (H) (H)

Sunday 14th February Rhyl (A) (A) (A)

Sunday 21st February Newtown (A) (A)

Sunday 28th February Flint Town United (H) (H) (H)

Sunday 28th February Rhyl (H) (H)

Sunday 6th March Airbus (A) (A) (A)

Sunday 6th March gap Connahs Quay TBC TBC

Sunday 13th March Prestatyn Town (A) (A) (A)

Sunday 13th March Airbus (H) (H)

Sunday 20th March Prestatyn Town (H) (H)

Sunday 3rd April Flint Town United (H) (H)

Sunday 10th April Quarter Finals

Sunday 10th April Rhyl (A) (A)

Sunday 17th April Semi Finals

Sunday 1st May Finals Day

Cefn Druids came away with a draw against an extremely strong Llandudno side but were unlucky not to secure a win. After 34 minutes Llandudno were awarded a controversial penalty which they converted to make the score 1-0 at half time. Druids came out in the second half and equalised after 48 minutes with a goal from Ben Palmer. Unfortunately Druids let their guard down and Llandud-no took full advantage and scored after 52 minutes. Druids continued to battle hard and missed several chances to score before Will Kitchin made it 2 all after 67 minutes. Druids were now the stronger side and could smell victory with several attempts on goal but were unable to find the back of the net, and the final score ended 2-2.

DRUIDS U16 2 LLANDUDNO U16 2 DRUIDS U12 1 LLANDUDNO U12 3

Llandudno played some good football and created lots of chances but Druids nearly took the lead on the counter attack with a Dyfan Thomas strike that went just wide of the post. After some great saves by Jamie Jarvis in the Druids goal keeping them in the game, Llandudno were able to score just be-fore the break.

Druids improved in the second half and Callum Foster was able to convert a Morgan Bagnall pass to put Druids level. Unfortu-nately a long range free kick put Llandudno back in front with 10 minutes to go and with Druids pushing for an equaliser Llandudno hit Druids on the break for a third goal which saw the match finish 3-1 to Llandud-no.

DID YOU KNOW?

Kevin Pressman was sent off after only 13 seconds in the match between Sheffield Wednesday and Wolves in August 2000.

Vinnie Jones was yellow carded after only 5 seconds in the match between Chelsea and Sheffield United in 1992.

Trevor Francis was only 16 years and 317 days old when he scored a hat trick for Birmingham City in 1971.

Ashley Cole has won 7 FA Cup winners medals.

In 2011-12 763 teams entered the FA Cup.

The highest attendance for the Scottish Cup Final was 146,433 when Aberdeen played Celtic at Hampden Park in 1937.

The Republic of Ireland squad in 1990 had 22 players, only 6 of whom were born in the Republic of Ireland.

Results for the chosen 6 matches for 21st November 2015 were: Away, Away, Draw, Away, Away, Home, (2,2,3,2,2,1) There were NO winners this week so the prize money increases for next week. Matches for Saturday 28th November are:

Bournemouth vs Everton Leicester vs Man United Nottm Forest vs Reading

Millwall vs Bury York vs Accrington

Grimsby Town vs Kidderminster Harriers

Prize money will be £50:00.

£1:00 per line to have a go.

If anyone wants to have a go, please see either Julie Gildersleve, Mike Bowen, Ashley Thomas, Jon Morris (P.D.) or Neil Lewis.

6 MATCH PREDICTION

BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

P High Low Total Average

Caernarfon Town 6 352 227 1855 309

Holywell Town 6 501 104 1320 264

Porthmadog 7 444 152 1534 219

Cefn Druids 9 238 107 1583 176

Prestatyn Town 7 220 140 1231 176

Holyhead Hotspur 8 366 82 1075 154

Caersws 6 242 122 914 152

Flint Town United 8 174 107 1047 131

Denbigh Town 8 200 60 1025 128

Gresford Athletic 5 255 54 625 125

Guilsfield 5 185 75 531 106

Conwy Borough 8 145 79 823 103

Llanfair United 6 136 63 531 89

Mold Alex 5 150 50 431 86

Rhayader Town 7 144 48 566 81

Buckley Town 7 107 45 508 73

ATTENDANCE TABLE at 31/08 2015

Team Sending off Bookings Points

Llanfair United 1 10 52

Gresford Athletic 1 11 54

Guilsfield 1 11 54

Holywell Town 2 14 80

Conwy Borough 2 16 88

Porthmadog 1 20 90

Prestatyn Town 1 30 92

Caersws 4 13 96

Flint Town United 3 17 104

Holyhead Hotspur 4 15 106

Rhayader Town 2 22 110

Buckley Town 2 22 112

Mold Alex 2 22 112

Cefn Druids 2 23 112

Caernarfon Town 2 24 118

Denbigh Town 5 19 130

DISCIPLINARY TABLE AT OCTOBER 31st

7 Craig Jones Flint Town

5 Steve Lewis Holywell Town

4 Rob Jones Caernarfon Town

4 Damien Ketley Holyhead

4 Ryan Kershaw Cefn Druids

4 Josh Griffiths Gresford

4 Danny Calvert Mold Alex

4 Nathan Craig Caernarfon

3 Dave McIntyre Denbigh

3 Jack Abraham Denbigh

3 Michael Sharples Denbigh

3 Max Penk Cefn Druids

3 Stuart Carroll Flint

3 Christian Jones Rhayader

3 Mike Pritchard Cefn Druids

3 Ben Nash Buckley

3 Dan Jones Llanfair

3 Gwydion Ifan Porthmadog

3 Joe Wozencraft Rhayader

3 Kristian Pierce Denbigh

YELLOW CARDS

2 Mike Pritchard Cefn Druids

1 Brendan Hogan Holyhead

1 James Stead Prestatyn

1 Russell Courtney Flint

1 Joe Vaughan Llanfair United

1 Asa Hamilton Porthmadog

1 Ian Willis Conwy Borough

1 Paul Williams Holywell

1 Lee Healey Mold Alex

1 Damian Ketley Holyhead

1 Gareth Edwards Caernarfon

1 Nathan Peate Gresford

1 Dane Griffiths Caersws

1 Rhys Roberts Holyhead

1 Peter Hoy Holywell

1 Graham Sutcliffe Gresford

1 Sean Jones Guilsfield

1 Jon Taylor Buckley

1 Danny Calvert Mold Alex

1 Luke Evans Rhayader Town

RED CARDS

LEAGUE STATISTICS

HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE HISTORY Part 14

2003-04 (Continued from previous issues)

One of the most open for many years, particularly with Caernarfon Town , Oswestry Town , Porthmadog and Welshpool Town having won four of the previous five titles.

For the fourth consecutive season, the Cymru Alliance did not receive a club on relegation from the Welsh Premier, but did gain three new members. Bala Town (Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) champions), Llandyrnog United (Welsh Alliance runners-up) and Penrhyncoch (Mid Wales League winners), replacing Amlwch Town who returned to the Welsh Alliance after two years at the higher level.

At the halfway stage, Llangefni Town, who had finished runners-up in 2001/02 (and as Llangefni-Glantraeth the following season) held a narrow advantage over Buckley Town and league newcomers Bala Town and Llandyrnog United.

Glantraeth, positioned just behind the top four, were well-placed to make a title challenge in the second half of the campaign. Whilst the Anglesey county town club continued to hold the lead, as the season moved into spring, Llangefni Town seemed to become nervous as they approached the finishing line. They dropped enough points, during the final weeks of the season, to allow a consistent Buckley Town, who suffered only three defeats throughout the season, to claim the championship.

The Lon Talwrn club suffered such a dip in form that Glantraeth sneaked above them, to claim runners-up position, and deprive their arch rivals of any chance of obtaining promo-tion.

The three newcomers all performed creditably, as Llandyrnog United finished sixth. Whilst Bala Town, who ended two places higher, defeated Penrhyncoch in the League Cup final.

FUTURE FUND RAISERS IN THE CLUB

A Race Night is being planned in the club for the

end of January. The date has yet to be fixed but

hopefully we can announce details in the next

issue.

A date is being sought in March for a Sportsman’s Night and a

former Welsh International and a Sky TV presenter are being

lined up for the event. Full details will be announced soon.

Contact Us Postal Address:-

Cefn Druids FC, The Rock Stadium, Rock Road, Rhosymedre, Wrexham. LL14 3YF 01978 810287 Email:- brian_mac11@yahoo.co.uk Website:- www.cefndruidsafc.co.uk

EVERY MONDAY NIGHT IS BINGO NIGHT IN THE SOCIAL CLUB. THERE ARE 12

HOUSES INCLUDING FLIERS, all with cash prizes .

ADMISSION IS FREE AND PRIZES RANGE FROM £3 TO £85+. THERE IS ALSO

“OPEN THE BOX” WITH A GUARANTEED CASH PRIZE WHICH COULD BE WORTH IN

EXCESS OF £100. FULL BAR FACILITIES. TEA AND COFFEE ALSO AVAILABLE

IMPORTANT NOTICE

THE ENTRY PRICES WILL REMAIN AT £5 FOR ADULTS, £3 FOR

CONCESSIONS AND £1 FOR CHILDREN U16. ACADEMY

PARENTS ACCOMPANYING ACADEMY PLAYERS IN THEIR

TRACK SUITS WILL PAY THE CONCESSIONARY PRICE AND

ACADEMY PLAYERS IN THEIR TRACK SUITS WILL BE FREE.

August 14 Fri Gresford Athletic A 6.45 W 2-1

22 Sat Holywell Town H 2.30 W 2-1

28 Fri Rhayader Town H 8.00 W 4-1

September 2 Wed Prestatyn A 7.30 W 2-0

5 Sat Porthmadog H 2.00 L 3-2

8 Tue Airbus (Word Cup) H 7.30 L 2-0

12 Sat Conwy Borough (LC) H 2.30 L 2-1

19 Sat Caernarfon Town A 2.30 W 1-0

25 Fri Denbigh Town H 7.30 L 2-0

October 3 Sat Gresford Welsh Cup (Rnd 1) H 2.00 W 4-0

7 Wed Buckley H 7.30 L 2-1

10 Sat Caersws H 2.30 W 1-0

17 Sat Holyhead Hotspur A 2.30 W 1-0

23 Fri Guilsfield H 7.45 L 2-1

31 Sat Porthmadog Welsh Cup (Rnd 2) H 2.00 W 2-0

November 6 Fri Conwy H 7.45 W 3-1

14 Sat Mold Alexandra A 2.00 W 4-0

21 Sat Llanfair United H 2.30 W 4-0

28 Sat Flint Town Utd A 2.30

December 5 Sat Rhyl (Welsh Cup 3) H 2.00

12 Sat Conwy Borough A 2.30

19 Sat Rhayader Town A 2.30

28 Mon Prestatyn H 2.30

January 9 Sat Porthmadog A 2.30

16 Sat Caernarfon Town H 2.30

22 Fri Denbigh Town A 7.45

30 Sat Buckley A 2.30

February 6 Sat Caersws A 2.30

13 Sat Holyhead Hotspur H 2.30

20 Sat Guilsfield A 2.30

March 5 Sat Mold Alexandra H 2.30

12 Sat Llanfair United A 2.30

19 Sat Flint Town United H 2.30

Gresford Athletic H To be arranged

Holywell Town A

ALL FIXTURES SUBJECT TO CHANGE