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ISSUE 67 January 18th 2014

CEFN DRUIDS AFC

www.cefndruidsafc.co.uk 01978810287

LATEST RESULTS

RHYDYMWYN 0 : 5 CEFN DRUIDS

MATCH SUMMARY

HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE LEADING GOAL SCORERS

Caernarfon Town 3 : 0 Porthmadog

Buckley Town P : P Flint Town

Guilsfield 1 : 1 Rhayader Town

Holyhead Hotspur P : P Llandudno

Llanrhaeadr YM P : P Llanidloes Town

Caersws P : P Penrhyncoch

Penycae P : P Conway Borough

Rhydymwyn 0 : 5 Cefn Druids

HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE

WINNERS 2012-13

HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE SUMMARY

18th January Pl W D L F A Gd Pts

Cefn Druids 21 17 3 1 69 10 59 54

Caernarfon Town 20 14 3 3 62 26 36 45

Conwy Borough 18 12 3 3 45 21 24 39

Caersws 17 12 2 3 38 22 16 38

Guilsfield 21 8 9 4 34 28 6 33

Llandudno 18 8 6 4 40 24 16 30

Holyhead Hotspur 21 7 7 7 39 40 -1 28

Flint Town United 20 8 3 9 31 40 -9 27

Porthmadog 21 7 3 11 37 41 -4 24

Rhydymwyn 21 7 2 12 26 49 -23 23

Rhayader Town 22 5 6 11 30 49 -19 21

Llanidloes Town 19 5 5 9 29 34 -5 20

Penycae 18 5 3 10 27 41 -14 18

Buckley Town 19 3 8 8 28 42 -14 17

Penrhyncoch 21 2 6 13 24 47 -23 12

Llanrhaeadr YM 19 3 1 15 23 68 -45 10

1 Scott D QUIGLEY Cefn Druids 18

2 Danny BARTON Guilsfield 17

3 Darren THOMAS Caernarfon Town 14

4 Steve BLENKINSOP Cefn Druids 13

5 Jay GIBBS Holyhead Hotspur 12

6 Matthew L OWEN Cefn Druids 11

CURRENT LEAGUE TABLE

In one of only two games to go ahead due to the

weather, Druids defeated Rhydymwyn for the

third time this season. Playing against the wind

on a very wet and heavy pitch Druids soon mas-

tered the conditions and were three goals up

before the break. Robbie James slid in the first

goal from a corner followed by another from

Scott Quigley four minutes later. Nicky Ward

added the third just seven minutes later to give

Druids an unassailable half time lead. Second

half goals from Robbie James again and Steve

Blenkinsop completed the scoring against a

Rhydymwyn side who never gave up.

Caernarfon kept the pressure on Druids with a 3-0 win over Porthmadog. A goal from captain Gra-ham Austin gave them a half time lead and se-cond half goals from Clive Williams and new sign-ing Lewis Codling gave the home side the points in front of a crowd of four hundred and twenty five. In the only other game Guilsfield and Rhayader shared the points in a 1-1 draw at The Community Centre ground.

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WITH THE RESERVES

Sat January 25 Cefn Druids v Penycae

Sun January 26 Cefn Druids v Brickfield

NEXT FIXTURES

CEFN DRUIDS YOUTH ARE SPONSORED BY

WELSH NATIONAL LEAGUE

RESRVES DIVISION

LATEST RESULTS

MATCH SUMMARY

Castell Alyn Colts 3 : 3 Hawarden Rangers

Cefn Druids 3 : 1 Rhos Aelwyd

Gresford Athletic 10 : 3 Brymbo

Llay Welfare P : P Coedpoeth United

Ruthin Town 0 : 0 Corwen

CURRENT LEAGUE TABLE

DRUIDS RES 3 : 1 RHOS AELWYD

Druids Reserves switched their home fixture

with Rhos Aelwyd to the MUGA at Plaskynaston

to preserve the playing surface at the Rock.

However the change of venue caused no upset

as Druids Reserves comfortably saw off the

challenge of mid table Rhos. Druid’s goals were

scored by Josh Williams, Nick Hughes and

Callum Smith. The match was marred by a bad

injury to Hari Gould who required hospital

treatment requiring several stitches. The result

keeps the Reserves seven points clear in

second place but seven points behind leaders

Penycae who they face next.

They now face the unenviable task of playing

two games in two days next weekend with a

table topping clash with Penycae on Saturday

followed by a stiff cup tie on Sunday

18th January P W D L F A Pts GD

Penycae 18 16 1 1 64 16 49 48

Cefn Druids 19 13 3 3 59 26 42 33

Chirk AAA 19 11 2 6 52 41 35 11

Castell AC 19 10 4 5 58 38 34 20

Hawarden Rangers 20 9 7 4 47 28 34 19

Corwen 19 10 4 5 37 33 34 4

Mold Alex 17 10 2 5 56 34 32 22

Ruthin Town 21 7 9 5 43 38 30 5

Coedpoeth Utd 17 6 2 9 32 42 20 -10

Rhos Aelwyd 19 3 6 10 40 56 15 -16

Borras Park Albion 18 4 2 12 31 57 14 -26

Llay Welfare 15 2 7 6 29 41 13 -22

Saltney Town 18 3 4 11 39 53 13 -14

Gresford Athletic * 18 3 3 12 42 67 9 -25

Brymbo * 19 1 4 14 19 78 4 -59

(North East Wales U19 Cup)

DRUIDS PLAYERS CALLED UP FOR

NORTH EAST WALES U18 SQUAD

Two of Druids promising U18 players have

been called up for the North East Wales

U18 squad to face Mid Wales on January

28th at Newtown. Nick Hughes, who is also

on stand by for the Welsh squad, and Jack

Wear who is only 17 are both to be

congratulated on their achievement.

* Points deducted

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ANSWERS ON PAGE 8

FOOTBALL QUIZ

1-In 1990-91, Wrexham lost to Manchester United in the 2nd round of the

European Cup Winners Cup. What was the aggregate score?

2-Who is the missing England manager? Bobby Robson, Graham Taylor,

………?..........., Glenn Hoddle.

3-Which Premier League club has the Latin inscription “Nil satis nisi

optimum” as the club’s motto?

4-Which current Premier League player has appeared at 3 World Cup Finals for England?

5-With which Premier League club did Manchester United’s Chris Smalling make his Premier

League debut?

6-How many times have Brazil won the World Cup?

7-Which country has been runner-up in the World Cup 3 times but has never won it?

8-Prior to Rangers relegation from the Scottish Premier League, only one club apart from

Rangers or Celtic, had finished in the top two in the League. Who were they?

9-Which current English League 2 club won the League Cup in 1986?

10-Who holds the record for being the youngest player to play for England?

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CRAIG GARSIDE

Joined Caernarfon Town in March 2005 after brief spells with Bangor and

Colwyn Bay. A team-mate of Wayne Rooney at Everton, whom he played

alongside in the 2002 FA Youth Cup final, has captained Wales at U15, U16

and U19 level. Played for Connah's Quay in 2006/7 before a move to Rhyl in

the close season. Scored in Rhyl's InterToto Cup tie against Haka, but was

unable to secure a regular first team place and returned to Nomads in August

2008. Joined Bangor City in June 2009 and scored the goal that won the title in

2010, but was released by mutual consent in November 2012.

TONY CANN

Promoted from the Connah's Quay academy after also playing for local side

Sealand Rovers, left the Nomads in October 2006 to join West Cheshire

League outfit St Werburghs. Signed for Bangor City in February 2007 before

moving to NEWI Cefn Druids in the summer. Tony left Druids in 2008 without

playing a game but returned to Druids in 2011 and scored vital goals in the run

to the Welsh Cup final. Recently been playing in Australia.

DRUIDS ADD TWO NEW PLAYERS

Druids have made two new signings to bolster the squad for the run-in to the end of the season.

Striker Tony Cann was part of Druids Europa League squad in 2011/12 but left to go to Australia.

Mid fielder Craig Garside has a wealth of experience having played over 100 games in the Welsh

Premier League. Scored the goal which won Bangor City the league in 2010 and has also scored

for Rhyl in Europe.

CLUB NEWS CLUB NEWS

RAY MATTHEWS

It is with great sadness that I have to announce that Druids steward and staunch supporter Ray

Matthews has passed away. Ray passed away at Wrexham Maelor Hospital on Saturday

afternoon, 18th January after a long illness. The club sends it’s sincere condolences to Ray’s

family. Funeral arrangements will be announced in next week’s Newsletter and Druid’s website .

Brian Mackie (Chairman)

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WHAT’S ON AT DRUIDS SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB

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answer any club related questions on here also if possible. Contact me at the email address here

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FIXTURES 2013-14

August 17 Sat Rhayader Town A 2.30 W 4-0

23 Fri Llandudno Town H 7.30 W 5-1

27 Tues Penycae H 7.30 W 4-0

31 Sat Caersws A 2.30 W 3-1

September 3 Tues Rhyl (Word Premier League Cup) A 7.30 L 2-0

7 Sat Holyhead Hotspur H 2.30 W 1-0

14 Sat Flint Town A 2.30 W 2-1

17 Tues Rhydymwyn H 7.30 W 4-0

21 Sat Guilsfield H 2.30 D 0-0

28 Sat Penrhyncoch A 2.30 W 3-0

October 5 Sat Portmadoc H 2.30 W 1-0

12 Sat Holyhead Hotspur (Welsh Cup) A 2.30 W 3-0

19 Sat Buckley Town A 2.30 W 3-1

23 Wed Caernarfon Town A 7.30 W 1-0

26 Sat Rhayader Town (LC) H 2.30 W 4-1

November 2 Sat Conwy Borough H 2.00 D 1-1

9 Sat Barmouth & Dyffryn (Welsh Cup) A 1.45 W 3-1

16 Sat Llanidloes Town A 2.30 W 5-0

23 Sat Llanrhaeadr YM H 2.30 W 10-1

30 Sat Rhayader Town H 2.30 W 7-1

December 7 Sat Barry Town (Welsh Cup) H 2.00 W 5-2

14 Sat Penycae A 2.30 D 0-0

21 Sat Caersws H 2.30 L 2-1

28 Sat Holyhead Hotspur A 2.30 W 3-1

January 3 Fri Rhydymwyn (North East Wales Cup) H 7.30 W 4-1

11 Sat Flint Town H 2.30 W 6-0

18 Sat Rhydymwyn A 2.30 W 5-0

25 Sat Bala Town (Welsh Cup Rnd 4) A 4.15 (Live on S4C)

February 1 Sat Penrhyncoch H 2.30

8 Sat Portmadoc A 2.30

15 Sat Buckley Town H 2.30

21 Fri Caernarfon Town H 7.30

25 Tue Guilsfield A 7.30

March 1 Sat Conwy Borough A 2.30 Also Welsh Cup 5

8 Sat Llanidloes Town H 2.30

15 Sat Llanrhaeadr YM A 2.30

TO BE ARRANGED Llandudno A

1- 5-0 2-Terry Venables 3-Everton 4-Ashley Cole 5-Fulham 6-5 7-Netherlands

8-Heart of Midlothian 9-Oxford United 10-Theo Walcott QUIZ ANSWERS