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ISSUE 45
August 18th
CEFN DRUIDS AFC
www.cefndruidsafc.co.uk 01978810287
RHAYADER TOWN 0 v 4 CEFN DRUIDS
Buckley Town 2 - 2 Penrhyncoch
Caersws 0 - 0 Caernarfon Town
Flint Town United 2 - 0 Llanidloes Town
Guilsfield 0 - 2 Conwy Borough
Holyhead Hotspur 2 - 0 Llanrhaeadr YM
Llandudno 1 - 1 Penycae
Porthmadog 0 - 1 Rhydymwyn
Rhayader Town 0 - 4 Cefn Druids
HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE RESULTS
NEW SEASON EDITORIAL
Welcome to the first Newsletter of the 2013-14 season. A lot is expected of Druids this season
following the runners up place last season, however a lot of teams have strengthened their
squads this season so it will not be an easy task to win the league. Huw Griffiths has brought in no
fewer than 8 new faces including loan signings Ryan Jones & Scott Quigley from The New Saints.
Several of last season’s squad have left the club including club captain George Hughes, Warren
Duckett and Max Peate. The captain’s arm band this season will be worn by Gareth Edwards.
Having beaten 3 Welsh Premier teams & scored no fewer than 38 goals in 9 games in pre-season
with only 1 defeat, we will be expected to be there or thereabouts come the end of the season.
For the first league game of the season, Druids made the long trip to Powys to face Rhayader
Town without captain Gareth Edwards and John Leonard. Druids were further frustrated when
International clearance failed to come through for Jamie Haynes. From the kick off Rhayader’s
game plan was quite obvious, get everybody behind the ball and stifle Druids attacks. This tactic
clearly worked and Druids found it difficult to break the home side down. However Druids did
manage 2 goals in the first half through Steve Blenkinsop but failed to add to these in spite of having
the bulk of play. The second half was much the same as the first and Druids did not add to the score
until the final 10 minutes when first Gavin Cadwallader headed home then Ryan Jones added
another from the penalty spot in the final minute. Although not the best performance of late the
result was enough to put Druids top of the table after the first weekend.
RESERVES OFF
The reserve team match against Buckley
Town Reserves was postponed as
Buckley were unable to raise a team.
The match will be played at a later date.
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1-Which team finished second in the Welsh
Premier League last season?
2-Which 2 countries contested the final of the
women’s European Championship?
3-Which club was runner-up in the 2012-13
Champions League final?
4-Which club scored 8 goals on the opening day
of the Conference season?
5-Which player shares the record with Bobby
Moore for captaining England most times?
6-Which 2 clubs were relegated to the
Conference in 2012-13?
7-In which year did Aston Villa win the European
Cup?
8-Who are the only team to win the Premier
League unbeaten?
9-Who were the first British team to win the
European Cup?
10-Who were the first British team to play in the
European Cup?
QUIZ
Answers on page 7
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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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SQUAD NUMBERS ANNOUNCED
Huw Griffiths has announced his squad list &
squad numbers for 2013-14
1– Dave Maguire
2—Mark Harris
3—Matty Hughes
4—Adam Hesp
5—Gareth Edwards (captain)
6—Robbie James
7—Scott Quigley
8—Matty Owen
9—Steve Blenkinsop
10—Mike Pritchard
11—Jamie Haynes
12—Lewis Jones
13—Gareth Rowland
14—John Leonard
15—Matty Hurdman
16—Gavin Cadwallader
17—Andy Pasco
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19—Ross Ankers
20—Ryan Jones
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RESERVE TEAM FIXTURES
August Friday 16th Buckley Town H 7.00pm
Wednesday 21st Brymbo H 6.15pm
Saturday 24th Hawarden Rangers A 2.30pm
Wednesday 28th Gresford Athletic A 6.15pm
Saturday 31st Chirk AAA H 2.30pm
September Saturday 7th Saltney Town A 2.30pm
PRE-SEASON RESULTS
FIRST TEAM
Llandyrnog 2 Cefn Druids 4
Cefn Druids 4 Saltney Town 0
Wrexham XI 0 Cefn Druids 2
Cefn Druids 2 Chester City XI 2
Cefn Druids 2 Glossop NE 4
Cefn Druids 7 Bangor City 2
Cefn Druids 7 Afan Lido 0
Gresford Athletic 0 Cefn Druids 6
Cefn Druids 4 Airbus 2
RESERVES
Druids Res 3 Flint Town 1
Druids Res 3 Ellesmere Rangers Y 1
Druids Res 2 Brickfield 2
Druids Res 3 Castell Alyn 4
Druids Res 5 Chester City Youth 4
DRUIDS RES 5 CHESTER CITY Y 4
In a very entertaining game, Druids beat Chester
City Youth by the odd goal in 9. Druids went in
front after 7 minutes through Adam Mills but then
conceded 3 to go behind 3-1. Druids hit back
through Nick Hughes and Chad Bradley right on
the stroke of half time to level the score at the
break. Chester again went in front in the second
half following a goalkeeping error but Druids
again came from behind with 2 excellent strikes
from Callum Smith on 67 minutes and Alex S
Williams on 71 minutes. Both teams created
further chances but there was no more scoring as
Druids ran out 5-4 winners to boost their
confidence ahead of the season opener on Friday
16th August against Buckley Town at the Rock.
Kick Off is at 7.00 o’clock.
CEFN DRUIDS 4 AIRBUS 2
In their final pre-season warm up game Druids
took on last season’s Welsh Premier runners-up,
Airbus. Having already beaten 2 Welsh Premier
sides this season Druids were hoping to add
Airbus to the list and this they did, winning by 4
goals to 2. Druids were 3 up at the break
through Scott Quigley (2) and Gavin
Cadwallader before Airbus pulled a goal back in
the second half. A Jamie Haynes strike restored
the 3 goal cushion and although Airbus replied
almost immediately, it only proved to be a con-
solation as Druids held on to win by 4 goals to 2.
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CEFN DRUIDS YOUTH ARE SPONSORED BY
1-Airbus 2-Germany & Norway 3-Borussia Dortmund 4-Forest Green
5-Billy Wright 6-Barnet & Aldershot 7-1982 8-Arsenal 9-Celtic
10-Hibernian QUIZ ANSWERS
CEFN DRUIDS ACADEMY
The academy has been busy throughout the
closed season, putting on training sessions over
the summer months. These have been taking
place at the MUGA and have been well attended
as can be seen from the pictures on this page.
The Academy has sent one it’s lead coaches to
Manchester City Academy in a visit organised by
the Welsh Football Trust. This gives North Wales
based Academies a unique opportunity to study
player/coach development and coach mentoring at
an elite English Premier League club. The visit is
over a two day period and is part of the on going
development of Cefn Druids Football Club.
The Academy has also set up a partnership with Ysgol y
Grango which means that in return for winter training
facilities, coaches Josh Roberts and Richard Griffiths will
be coaching at the school from September. Ruabon
School & several local primary schools have also taken
up the offer of free coaching as part of promoting the
Academy & the club.
Part of the club’s community partnership started last week
also with coaches Josh & Richard coaching at
Queensway Sports Centre on Friday & Saturday evening
in a venture set up in conjunction with North Wales Police
& the Welsh Football Trust.
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2008-09 THE LEAGUE OF WALES—A NEW ERA (continued)
P W D L F A GD Pt H A
1 Rhyl 34 29 3 2 95 29 +66 90 L 4-2 W 4-3
2 Llanelli 34 26 5 3 98 38 +60 83 L 4-0 D 1-1
3 The New Saints 34 20 11 3 79 27 +52 71 L 1-0 L 4-1
4 Carmarthen Town 34 19 5 10 52 47 +5 62 L 2-1 L 1-0
5 Port Talbot Town 34 16 8 10 57 48 +9 56 D 1-1 L 3-2
6 Bangor City 34 16 7 11 58 40 +18 55 W 1-0 L 4-2
7 Haverfordwest County 34 16 7 11 53 39 +14 55 L 1-0 D 1-1
8 Aberystwyth Town 34 12 10 12 51 50 +1 46 L 5-2 D 1-1
9 Connah's Quay 34 12 5 17 49 65 -16 41 W 6-0 W 3-2
10 Newtown 34 10 10 14 46 54 -8 40 L 3-2 L 4-0
11 Welshpool Town 34 11 7 16 48 70 -22 40 D 3-3 D 3-3
12 Airbus UK Broughton 34 12 3 19 47 57 -10 39 L 2-0 L 1-0
13 Cefn Druids 34 9 7 18 57 74 -17 34
14 Neath Athletic 34 10 4 20 43 65 -22 34 W 3-1 L 1-0
15 Prestatyn Town 34 8 9 17 48 70 -22 33 W 3-2 D 3-3
16 Porthmadog 34 10 2 22 57 91 -34 32 L 4-2 W 3-2
17 Caersws 34 6 7 21 28 61 -33 25 W 3-1 W 2-1
18 Caernarfon Town 34 5 8 21 32 73 -41 20 L 1-0 L 4-2
Season 2008-09 equalled Druids best ever finish in the League of Wales, a season which saw us
win at League Champions Rhyl, but lose twice to relegated Caernarfon Town. We also lost 6 times
by a 1-0 scoreline and had the second worst goals against in the league (74). In the Welsh Cup
we went out in the 4th round 2-1 at Airbus and in the League Cup we lost out on goal difference to
Newtown in the group stages. The cup was won by TNS who beat Bangor City 2-0 in the final.
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FIXTURES 2013-14
August 17 Sat Rhayader Town A 2.30
23 Fri Llandudno Town H 7.30
27 Tues Penycae H 7.30
31 Sat Caersws A 2.30
September 7 Sat Holyhead Hotspur H 2.30
14 Sat Flint Town A 2.30
17 Tues Rhydymwyn H 7.30
21 Sat Guilsfield H 2.30
28 Sat Penrhyncoch A 2.30
October 5 Sat Portmadoc H 2.30
12 Sat Welsh Cup 1
19 Sat Buckley Town A 2.30
23 Wed Caernarfon Town A 7.30
26 Sat Rhayader Town (LC) H 2.30
November 2 Sat Conwy Borough H 2.30
9 Sat Welsh Cup 2
16 Sat Llanidloes Town A 2.30
23 Sat Llanrhaeadr YM H 2.30
30 Sat Rhayader Town H 2.30
December 7 Sat Llandudno Town A 2.30 Also Welsh Cup 3
14 Sat Penycae A 2.30
21 Sat Caersws H 2.30
28 Sat Holyhead Hotspur A 2.30
January 11 Sat Flint Town H 2.30
18 Sat Rhydymwyn A 2.30
25 Sat Guilsfield H 2.30
February 1 Sat Penrhyncoch H 2.30 Also Welsh Cup 4
8 Sat Portmadoc A 2.30
15 Sat Buckley Town H 2.30
21 Fri Caernarfon Town H 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