CALDICOT TOWN AFC AMMANFORD AFC Goalkeepers Ben Davidson Dafydd Jones

Defenders Matt James (Capt.) Rhys Fisher Simon Crook Euros Griffiths Ashley Palmer Cerith Williams

Andrew Wenzel Benjamin Soal

Jack Harvey James Murray

Shane Jeremiah Tyler Huggett William McConnell Midfielders Richard Sharratt Matthew Jones Rory Garey Dayle Selvage

Ryan Coles Lloyd Davies

Sam Watkins Kurtis Morgan

Olly Smith Ashley Richards Keenan Perrett Michael Morris

Murray Ross Ross Morgan

David Jenkins Craig Frater

David Lloyd Rhys Norris Joe Bird Joseph Martin Strikers Mitchell Slape Liam Edwards

Dylan Griffiths Matthew Fisher

Tony Wallis Karl Bradshaw

Mark Williams

Manager Mark Williams Gruff Harrison Asst Manager John Burrows Richard Stephens Coach Mark Smith DOF Colin Haines

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Date: Saturday 19th

December 2015

Competition: Nathaniel Cars Welsh League Div 2

Location: Jubilee Way, Caldicot

Kick Off: 2:00pm

Today’s Officials: Referee: P.A. Lewis

Assistants: G. Lucas & M. Martin

Caldicot Town Colours: Royal blue shirts, shorts & socks

Ammanford Colours: Black & white striped shirts, black

shorts & socks

Next up for the 1st

team: WL Div 2: Saturday 2

nd January 2016: Cwmbran Celtic (Away): 2:00pm KO

WL Div 2: Saturday 9th January 2016: Pontardawe (Home): 2:00pm KO

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Scorers: Caldicot Town

Ammanford

Today’s teams Welcome to Jubilee Way

Caldicot Town AFC: Season 15/16

Appearances Goals

Lge Sub Cup Sub Total Lge Cup Total

Ashley Palmer 10

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Simon Crook 2 2 1 2 7 Ben Davidson 5

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Ryan Cole 3

1 4 Matthew James (Captain) 10

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David Jenkins

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Rory Garey 7 1 4

12 Matthew Sandiford 5

3 1 9

Daniel Saunders 6

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Richard Sharratt 9

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6 1 7

Mitchell Slape 9

4 1 14

4 2 6

Andrew Wenzel 9

2

11 Stephen Wilson 1 6

2 9

William McConnell 2 1 1

4 Tyler Huggett 2 1

1 4

Karl Bradshaw 1 2 2

5 Jack Harvey 6 4 10

Dylan Griffiths 3 1 4

Jason Thorn 4 1 3 8

Shane Jeremiah 6 1 4 11 1 1 2

Sam Watkins 10 3 1 14 1 1 2

Olly Smith 4 3 7

Joe Bird 1 1

Joseph Martin 1 1 2

Tony Wallis 1 1 2

Murray Ross 1 1

Keenan Perrett 1 1 2

Mark Williams 1 1

Rhys Norris 1 1

CALDICOT TOWN AFC

Jubilee Way, Caldicot, NP26 4NA

Web: www.caldicottownafc.com

To contact the club please use the

“Contact Me” button on the website.

Kit: Royal blue shirts, shorts &

socks.

2nd

Kit: Lime green shirts, black

shorts & lime green socks.

3rd

Kit: Red shirts, shorts & socks.

Chairman: Wayne Jones

Secretary: Steve Bright

Treasurer: Dave Moreton

Asst Secretary: Kevin Buckthought

Maintenance: Chris Davidson

Sports Manager: Julian Williams

Membership: Basil Packer

Social Manager: Vacant

Welfare: Ann-Marie Williams

Stewardess: Kerry Rix

Social Media: Julian Williams

Programme: Kevin Buckthought

General Committee Members:

Marion Davidson

Frank Rowberry

Sue Thomas

Paula Shaw-Jones

Adrian Porter

Terry Boston

Gordon Lewis

Official Club Sponsor:

GROUND REGULATIONS

The following regulations are stipulated in the interest of fair

play and safety for all.

Spectators must not:

Consume ALCOHOLIC drinks or drink from glasses or

bottles whilst on the football ground at any time or

bring it with them for that purpose. This is a FIFA rule

and must be enforced.

(You can drink on the patio area but only from a plastic

glass, these are available at request from the bar)

Trespass on the playing and adjoining areas

Climb on any buildings, walls or fencing

Use obscene, racist or insulting language, or make

offensive or insulting gestures, remarks or spitting on

any person

Throw objects within the ground, this is a criminal

offence and strong action will be taken against anyone

committing such an offence

Bring personal footballs, hand held megaphones or

alike into the ground

Interfere or climb on the floodlight pylons

Spectators must:

Comply with instructions given by club officials

Keep dogs on a lead at all times

Pay an entrance fee when appropriate

Retain control of, and be responsible for any minors at

the game

Caldicot Town will not accept any responsibility for any loss

or damage to any property; person or persons (including

children) on the ground, in the changing rooms or

clubhouse. Caldicot Town is not responsible for loss or

damage to articles left on the premises.

THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE.

Caldicot Town AFC 1st

Team: Season 2015/16 Appearances and Goals

continued

Gwent goalscorers (League only): 9 - Josh Brown (Lliswerry, where he scored six, and Goytre -

with whom he netted three times); Richard Greaves (Monmouth Town); Nick Harrhy (Monmouth

Town); 8 - Gareth Cullimore (Undy Athletic); Richie Jeremiah (Abergavenny Town). 7 - Josh Bull

(Cwmbran Celtic); Craig Norman (Abergavenny Town); Tom Wise (Panteg); 6 - Darren Berry

(Newport YMCA); Dan Kenkins (Abergavenny Town); Dean Morgan (Abergavenny Town); Aaron

Norman (Abergavenny Town); Richard Sharratt (Caldicot Town). Clean Sheets 6: Caldicot Town;

Goytre ; 3: Undy Athletic; Risca United; Tredegar Town; 2: Caerleon; Cwmbran Celtic.

Aug Sat 15 Penrhiwceiber R H W 5-2 M Slape, A Palmer, D Saunders (2), R Sharratt

Wed 19 Chepstow Town A W 1-0 R Sharratt (pen)

Sat 22 Croesyceiliog H W 3-0 D Saunders (2), S Watkins

Wed 26 Chepstow Town H W 2-1 R Sharratt, M Slape

Sep Sat 19 Cwmbran Celtic H W 1-0 S Jeremiah

Sat 26 Pontardawe Town A L 0-2 -

Oct Fri 9 Llanwern A W 2-0 R Sharratt, Own Goal

Sat 17 AFC Llwydcoed H W 2-0 M Slape, A Palmer

Sat 24 Undy Athletic A L 2-4 M Slape, R Sharratt (pen)

Dec Sat 5 Croesyceiliog A W 2-1 R Sharratt, M James

Sat 19 Ammanford H

Jan Sat 2 Cwmbran Celtic A

Sat 9 Pontardawe T H

Sat 16 West End A

Fri 22 Llanwern (7:00pm) H

Wed 27 Tata Steel (7.30pm) H

Sat 30 AFC Llwydcoed A

Feb Sat 6 Undy Athletic H

Sat 13 Llanelli Town H

Sat 20 Dinas Powys A

Sat 27 AFC Porth H

Mar Sat 5 Tata Steel A

Sat 12 Ammanford A

Sat 19 Dinas Powys H

Sat 26 AFC Porth A

Apr Sat 2 Llanelli Town A

Sat 9 Cwmamman Utd H

Sat 23 West End H

tbc Penrhiwceiber R A

tbc Cwmamman Utd A

Nathaniel Car Sales League Cup

Sep Sat 5 Newport YMCA H W 1-0 M Slape

Nov Sat 21 Caerau Ely A L 0-1 -

FAW Cup

Sep Sat 12 Penlan FC A W 2-1 aet S Watkins, S Jeremiah

Oct Fri 2 Ebbw Vale A W 1-1 aet (4-5p) M Slape

Oct Sat 31 Cwmamman Utd A L 2-4 R Sharratt, M James

Supporters Player 14/15 Season; Ben Davidson

Raffle

Help the club by purchasing a raffle ticket, only £1. See Gordon or Basil for a

ticket.

Caldicot Town AFC Merchandise

Visit www.caldicottownafc.com/clubshop.htm to make an on-line purchase for Caldicot Town AFC Joma training wear supplied by Total Teamwear.

Now in Stock: high quality pin badge made from Enamel and finished with an Epoxy resin. These are now available for purchase behind the Bar at the club

at £1 per badge.

Club shop update: Polo shirts still available (£10); Club Beanies (£5); Scarf’s (£5); more new lines for the 2015/16 season. Contact Julian Williams at the

club. All monies raised are put back into the club; we have already purchased a new cooker on the back of funds raised last season.

Supporters Minibus

Our next away game is at Cwmbran Celtic on Saturday 2nd

January 2016.

There will be a supporter’s minibus running to this game. Please see the

noticeboard for travel details. As per usual the cost will be £5. Help the club

and save yourself some cash, put your name on the minibus list!

Caldicot Town AFC 1st Team Fixtures and Results Season 2015/16

Nathaniel Car Sales League Cup

The kick-off times for Saturday and Sunday for the months of: Aug, Sep and Oct 2.30pm; Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb 2.00pm or no later than 2.30pm if played under floodlights. Mar to end of season 2.30pm

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Facilities: Caldicot Town Football Club is open to members 7 days a week and the

clubhouse is available to hire for any event by contacting our resident Bar Stewardess,

Donna Baugh. The club hosts two rooms with the main room catering for 100 people seated.

Events held at the club range from Birthday celebrations, Weddings, Christenings and

Funerals. The rooms are also available to hire for business or any organisations requiring an

inexpensive, reliable location. Catering, by pre-order, can be arranged and quoted for. We

have a fully licensed bar available to serve alcoholic beverages as well as tea and coffee. For

more Information please contact Kerry at the bar or click on the “Contact Me” button on the

club website: (www.caldicottownafc.com)

Volunteers Needed: Caldicot Town are always looking for volunteers to help out with match day preparation before and after a game (for example putting up nets to checking the playing area for rubbish). We also need volunteers to help maintain the facilities (painting and general maintenance). So, if you are able to provide assistance with maintenance tasks or donate materials please contact our maintenance manager, Chris Davidson on 07897353932.

Supporters Bus: CTAFC try to run a minibus to every Caldicot Town away game. We try to

ensure that supporters pay no more than £5 for any away trip, whether it’s just down the road

at Undy or a longer trip to Tata Steel (shorter trips help subsidise the longer ones). BUT, to

enable us to continue to run the minibus, we need as many supporters as possible to travel. If

not then we will have to start charging more for the longer trips. Tony Stephens puts up a list

of “regular” travellers a week before an away game (on the club noticeboard) so, if you are a

regular traveller, but do not wish to use the minibus, please can you cross your name off this

list ASAP! Anyone who is not a regular traveller, but would like to use the minibus can you

please add your name to the list no later than 2 days before an away game. Thank You

Request - Players and Supporters Minibus: We are looking for volunteers to drive either

the players or supporters minibus to our away games during the 2015/16 season. If you can

help in anyway please can you speak to Tony Stephens or Basil Packer.

Caldicot Leisure Centre Gym Membership Initiative: In conjunction with Caldicot Leisure

Centre and Monmouthshire Council, Caldicot Town are pleased to announce a fitness

initiative that will allow football club members reduced leisure centre Gym membership rates.

Please see the clubs website for more details.

Caldicot Town AFC Cycle Club: Caldicot Town has a ‘get fit’ initiative for its members. If you have a bike and feel that you would like to get fitter, or lose weight, then this is an ideal activity for you. Come and join the team every Sunday morning. Ask to speak to a committee member if interested or see the CTAFC Cycle Club section of the club website.

Match Day Programme: If you have any old photos or memory’s that you would like

reproduced or documented in the matchday programme please contact Kevin Buckthought at

the club. The editor would also welcome any ideas you may have to improve the programme.

The Mike Jones Golden Boot Award:

Current Standings (as of 23/11/15)

Name Goals

Tom Corner 13

Ashleigh Harris 13

Carys Soper 11

Helen Cadogan 10

Mark Williams 8

Courtney Davies 8

Dylan Griffiths 8

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Caldicot Town AFC 1st

Team: Season 2015/16 Stats

Won 80%

Drew 0%

Lost 20%

League: %age won, drawn & lost

Home Away Total

P W D L F A Pts P W D L F A Pts P W D L F A Pts

Lge 5 5 0 0 13 3 15 5 3 0 2 7 7 9 10 8 0 2 20 10 24

Cup 1 1 0 0 1 0

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Home 65%

Away 35%

League: %age goals scored home & away

Work behind the scenes: During the closed season we decided to concentrate our efforts

on the refurbishment of the lounge bar area, toilets and entrance porches to both the main

and lounge bars. We have partially completed this work but had to stop due to the roof

needing to be repaired. The roof has now been repaired (thanks to Ray Jerimiah) so we can

now complete the refurbishment. Special thanks to all who have assisted with the work

undertaken to date, we will soon be seeking more volunteers to complete the works

mentioned, so your assistance would be much appreciated. We have also put up hanging

baskets on the wall outside the front of the club, as well as painting various railings and drain

pipes. Our intentions are to paint the main stand early in the season; again your assistance in

helping with this task would be most welcome. You will also notice that we have new tables

and chairs in both the main and lounge bars; these were kindly supplied by Tesco.

Caldicot Town AFC Junior Section: Caldicot Town re-launched their junior football section

last season and are looking for players – boys and girls – in the under 11’s, under 12’s, under

14’s and under 16’s age-groups. Teams and managers are in place and the under-11’s and

under-14’s teams have started training on Friday evenings from 6.30-7.30pm. These junior

sides will complement the youth Welsh League 19’s team. All junior teams will play in the

East Gwent League. All coaches are fully qualified and CRB registered. Parents should

contact Gary Foster on 07812 583 099 for more information.

Sponsorship: If you would like to sponsor Caldicot Town AFC (e.g. match ball, kit

sponsorship, player sponsorship) then please contact Kevin Buckthought or Julian Williams,

at the club, for a list of sponsorship opportunities. Programme adverts cost £50 for half a

page or £100 for a whole page. Ball Sponsorship £60, for this you get a full seasons

membership of the club, a programme from the game which will include a dedication to you

and a half page advert in the programme (of your business) for the remainder of this season.

Caldicot Town AFC Women’s Team: After a few years absence, we welcome back a

Ladies team for the 2015/16 season; they have had some very encouraging results in their

pre-season friendlies so far. They will play in the South Wales Women & Girls League Div 2.

Caldicot Town AFC: Forthcoming Fixtures for 2nd

, 3rd

, Vets, U19’s and Ladies

Caldicot Town AFC 2nd

Team: Welsh League Reserve East

Date KO Home Team Away Team Competition

02/01/2016 2:00pm Caldicot Town Res v Caerleon Res League

16/01/2016 2:00pm Caldicot Town Res v Newport YMCA Res League

Caldicot Town AFC 3rd

Team: East Gwent League Division 2

Date KO Home Team Away Team Competition

19/12/2015 2:15pm Severn Bridge v Caldicot Town League

Cil y Coed Celts Veterans: Cabot Division 1

Date KO Home Team Away Team Competition

03/01/2016 10:30am Cil Y Coed Celts v Casual Cowboys Cup

17/01/2016 10:30am Cil Y Coed Celts v Longwell Green Sports League

Caldicot Town AFC U19’s: Welsh Youth East

Date KO Home Team Away Team Competition

20/12/2015 2:00pm Caldicot Town v Barry Town Utd Youth League

11/01/2016 7:30pm Caldicot Town v Caerau (ELY) Youth League

Caldicot Town AFC Ladies: SWWGL Women Division 2 (Adult)

Date KO Home Team Away Team Competition

20/12/2015 2:00pm Abertillery Belles v Caldicot Town League

03/01/2016 2:00pm Rhiwbina v Caldicot Town League

Fixtures correct going to press – please check website before travelling to the game

EDITORS NOTE: Today we welcome the players, management, committee members and supporters of Ammanford AFC to Jubilee Way for this Welsh League Division 2 fixture. Ammanford are currently second in Division 2 with twenty seven points from their 14 games. They have won eight, drawn three and lost three. They have scored thirty three and conceded twenty three. We are looking forward to a good competitive game played in a good spirit. Regardless of the result though, a warm welcome will be extended to all in the clubhouse after the game.

Due to the weather, away cup games and the “fixtures computer” it has been over 2 months

since our last home game. As programme editor it has been a funny, and difficult, season, I had

to prepare 6 home programmes in the first few week of the season yet in the period 17th October

to 19th December I have had only to prepare this one! So, as you can imagine, there has been a

lot of activity both on and off the pitch in the past 2 months, I will try and bring you all up to date;

Firstly, our bar stewardess, Kerry Rix has now gone on maternity leave, all at CTAFC wish

her (and Adrian) all the very best;

We now have a new roof over the lounge bar and, now that the new roof is on, we can

continue with the refurbishment of the lounge bar area;

On the 22nd November two of our 1st team players saw the birth of a daughter. So

congratulation to Rory Garey and Jess and Sam Watkins and Ellie on the birth of their

daughters.

Our manager was given some bad news when it was announced that James Munday will

be out for the rest of the season after the defender confirmed he had torn his ACL. The club

wish Jim a speedy recovery and hope to see him continuing with his support for the rest of

the lads on a Saturday.

Transfers Out – Since the last home match day programme the club has seen the

departure of 1st team striker Jason Thorn, who has re-signed for Sudbrook CC; 3rd team

player and former captain, Rob Keats has signed for Caldicot Castle; 1st team goalkeeper

Matt Sandiford has moved on to our local Division 2 rivals Cwmbran Celtic and 1st team

striker Steve Wilson has moved on to Blackrock. The club would like to thank all these

players for their services and would like to wish them all the very best for the future.

Transfers In - A busy couple of weeks has seen a few new signings, we have captured the

former Risca United centre forward Tony Wallis. Tony played for Cardiff City professionally

and has played for Port Talbot, Haverfordwest and Bridgend Town. Tony has an eye for a

goal and will be a valuable asset to manager Mark William’s squad. Also signing for us are

Keenan Perrett, who played for the club a couple of years back, and Murray Ross who has

been playing his football in the UAE for Dubai FC. Also joining us, from Mathern

Wanderers, is goalkeeper Joshua Harding. The club welcomes you all and wish you all the

very best for future with CTAFC.

Two weekends ago saw the 1st team get back to winning ways after suffering a run of three

successive defeats, one in the league against Undy before two cup defeats against Cwmamman

and Caerau Ely. Caldicot travelled the short distance to face Croesyceiliog at Woodland Road

and came away with the points after Richard Sharratt notched his 6th goal of the season and

Matt James with his 4th of the season put Caldicot into a comfortable 2-0 first half lead. Croesy

came out fired up for the 2nd half and made life difficult as Caldicot struggled to find the level of

performance they had shown in the first half although they did create further chances which

would have made for a less tense finish. The win saw Caldicot move into 4th place with games

in hand.

Reserve League East (as of 12th

December 2015)

Pos P W D L F A +/- Pts

1 Cardiff Met Uni Res 15 12 2 1 62 12 50 38

2 Cwmbran Celtic Res 14 7 3 4 46 26 20 24

3 Goytre Res 11 7 2 2 28 22 6 23

4 Risca United Res 13 6 4 3 36 32 4 22

5 Undy Athletic Res 13 6 3 4 25 17 8 21

6 Monmouth Town Res 12 6 2 4 31 27 4 20

7 Caldicot Town Res 14 6 2 6 27 28 -1 20

8 Treowen Stars Res 14 6 1 7 28 41 -13 19

9 Newport YMCA Res 14 6 0 8 32 42 -10 18

10 Bridgend Street Res 13 5 1 7 19 31 -12 16

11 Croesyceiliog Res 9 4 2 3 20 19 1 14

12 Panteg Res 12 4 2 6 30 31 -1 14

13 Abergavenny Town Res 11 4 1 6 27 26 1 13

14 Caerleon Res 14 2 4 8 24 45 -21 10

15 Treharris Ath Western 12 1 6 5 13 25 -12 9

16 Lliswerry Res 13 2 1 10 18 42 -24 7

Youth League East (as of 10th

December 2015)

Pos P W D L F A +/- Pts

1 Taffs Well Youth 5 5 0 0 20 3 17 15

2 Caerau (ELY) Youth 8 5 0 3 24 9 15 15

3 Monmouth Town Youth 5 4 1 0 32 1 31 13

4 Goytre Youth 5 2 3 0 7 3 4 9

5 Ton Pentre Youth 6 2 2 2 14 17 -3 8

6 Risca United Youth 6 2 1 3 12 26 -14 7

7 Cwmbran Celtic Youth 4 2 0 2 10 11 -1 6

8 Barry Town United Youth 5 2 0 3 11 14 -3 6

9 AFC Porth Youth 6 1 2 3 9 13 -4 5

10 Caldicot Town Youth 6 1 1 4 8 22 -14 4

11 Cwm Welfare Youth 6 0 0 6 2 30 -28 0

East Gwent Division 1 (as of 10th

December 2015)

Pos P W D L F A +/- Pts

1 Mathern F.C.A 11 10 1 0 66 8 58 31

2 Severn Tunnel A 10 8 1 1 71 12 59 25

3 Underwood Athletic A 10 7 2 1 72 16 56 23

4 Thornwell A 8 6 0 2 27 9 18 18

5 Undy Athletic 10 5 1 4 23 21 2 16

6 Tintern Abbey 11 4 1 6 42 40 2 13

7 Caldicot Town 10 4 0 6 33 43 -10 12

8 Severn Bridge 10 3 0 7 18 49 -31 9

9 Chepstow Athletic 9 1 0 8 14 54 -40 3

10 Caldicot Castle A 12 0 0 13 14 128 -114 0

Ammanford Town: The club was founded as Betws sometime during 1945 and 1946, with its headquarters at the

Coopers Hotel, when Mr Vic Grove donated the gift of a chicken for a raffle and from the revenue came the

beginning of the club. Association football had been played at Betws in the 1920s by Ammanford Thursdays, made

up of shop assistants who were only available to play on Thursday afternoons when it was half day closing at the

shops. They played their matches on Caemawr (a council housing estate was built on this field in 1947). In the

1930s the Ammanford Corinthians, who were members of the Gwalia and Llanelli leagues, played on Betws Park.

The first team and founders of the Betws Soccer club were known as the 'Betws Blackbirds'. The first president was

Sam Roberts, Chairman: D.R. Davies, Secretary: Robert Freeman and Treasurer: Joel Williams. The Trustees were

Joe Lewis and Ben Jacob. Crad Jones and Vic Edwards were also among the early administrators of the club. In the

early years the Betws Blackbirds were playing friendly matches, before joining the Ammanford and District league:

they later joined the Carmarthenshire League. Matches were played on the present Rice Road ground, and their

dressing rooms were in the old building at the rear of the Coopers Hotel. The Betws team had tremendous local

support and the large crowds of followers turned out to watch every home game.

When the club joined the new Ammanford District League their opponents included Folland Rovers, Cathan Stars,

Tycroes, Waterloo Wanderers, Pontardulais, Brynaman, Pontyberem, Penygroes and Tairgwaith. One of the most

remarkable features of this period was that sufficient finance was obtained to purchase the playing field. It is to the

committee of that time that full credit must be given for their wisodm and initiative in negotiating the purchase of the

field. Later, the adjoining land, which was used as garden allotments, was purchased. Today it is the site of the

clubhouse; the price paid for the ground was £750. As the team continued to progress, in 1949 the need for a higher

standard of football in the locality was put forward at a meeting of the Welsh league at Bridgend. The past

performances of the disbanded Ammanford Corinthians may have played a part in the election of the club to the

Welsh League, where they played in division two (West). In 1952, the club reached the final of the West Wales

Amateur Cup, narrowly losing to Atlas Sports, Fforestfach, 3-2 on the Vetch Field, Swansea. With Mr. Danny Finch

as their manager the club finished runners up to Llanelli in the season 1957-58. The following season was very

successful: on beating rivals Carmarthen Town on Boxing Day before a huge crowd, Betws became league leaders

which they held to become champions and win promotion to the first division. They also won the division two cup,

beating the champions of division two (East), Tredomen, at Rice Road by 3 goals to 2, Betws goal scorers being

Idris Lewis (2) and Billy Abramson. The ladies supporters in their makeshift facilities in an old shed at the entrance to

the ground provided refreshments at every home game. The dedication of the ladies supporters and their

contribution to provide revenue and entertainment played a big part in the club finance. Along with the hard working

committee members, there were many unmentioned helpers who all contributed in keeping the soccer flag flying.

The club also provided a darts, tennis and cricket section. On Saturday 22 August 1959, the club played its opening

fixture in the first division of the Welsh League at home before a packed ground against Cardiff City, whom they beat

by 2 goals to 1. On this memorable day for the club, the Betws team was: Harrison, H. Williams, D. Jones, Lee,

Scrine, Stead, Chennard, Lewis, T. Williams, Loftus and Abramson. Stead (penalty) and T. Williams being the

scorers. By the end of the season, the club finished in the bottom half of the division and the following season being

relegated. Name change: There were other teams playing in the league under the name of Betws. In order to avoid

the confusion over identification of previous seasons, a request by the Welsh League in 1960 resulted in the club

changing its name to Ammanford Town. Through the loyal support of their followers the club, having built a

clubhouse in 1963, expanded in 1967 by building a stand, changing rooms and showers at a cost of £4,000. In 1964,

the club appointed Roy Saunders as their player manager, the former Liverpool and Swansea Town player. It was

the time during his association with the club that proved it’s most successful. In season 1965-66 they became

champions of division one, and the following two seasons became runners up of the Premier Division, to Cardiff City

on both occasions. Now it could be seen that 'the village beyond the river' was really amongst the giants of Welsh

league football. Local players in the town team were Mike Lewis and Ioan Rees who have given valuable service,

whilst goalkeeper Dai Davies went on to play for Swansea, Everton, Wrexham and Wales. In 1969, Roy Saunders

left the club to take up a coaching appointment to Swansea Town. Upon the departure of Roy Saunders, Evan

Powell took over as manager assisted by Myrddin Price as secretary. On the cup scene, the biggest day was in

January 1991 when they played at home in the 4th round of the Welsh Cup against Wrexham. In atrocious weather

conditions, 'Town' put up a gutsy performance but lost 5-0 to their more experienced opponents. Merger: In the

1980s, with growing recession and the decline in the club's fortunes with poor attendances, they did, for financial

reasons, consider withdrawing from the Welsh League. However, the club were still members of the league at the

end of the millennium having amalgamated with local Ammanford Athletic A.F.C. in 1992. During the 1998-99

season the club reached the quarterfinals of both the Welsh Cup and the Flocon Cup, securing a return to Division

1. In preparation for this return, joint team managers Neil Petherbridge and Wynne Jones assembled a team

consisting mainly of local lads. They put into motion plans to develop the Rice Road facilities, bringing them up to

modern day standards.

Nathaniel Welsh League Division 2 (as of 12th

December 2015)

Pos P W D L F A +/- Pts

1 Undy Athletic 13 9 2 2 36 16 20 29

2 Ammanford 14 8 3 3 33 23 10 27

3 Cwmbran Celtic 11 8 0 3 23 13 10 24

4 Caldicot Town 10 8 0 2 20 10 10 24

5 Pontardawe Town 14 6 6 2 26 20 6 24

6 Llanelli Town 10 7 0 3 32 8 24 21

7 Cwmamman United 8 7 0 1 31 7 24 21

8 Tata Steel 13 5 2 6 19 24 -5 17

9 AFC Llwydcoed 10 5 1 4 18 15 3 16

10 AFC Porth 12 4 2 6 16 20 -4 14

11 West End 13 4 2 7 20 33 -13 14

12 Penrhiwceiber Rangers 13 3 0 10 22 44 -22 9

13 Llanwern 12 2 2 8 14 25 -11 8

14 Dinas Powys 12 2 2 8 17 35 -18 8

15 Chepstow Town 11 2 1 8 13 32 -19 7

16 Croesyceiliog 12 1 3 8 15 30 -15 6

This season’s 1st team stats:

Players used: 30

Biggest win: 5-2 v Penrhiwceiber Rangers

Best winning streak: 7 games

Best unbeaten run: 7 games

Consecutive games scoring: 7 games

Consecutive not conceding: 2 games

Hat tricks: none

Player: consecutive games scoring: 3 – Richard Sharratt.

Consecutive drawn games: - none

Worst losing streak: 3

Consecutive games without a win: 3

Heaviest defeat: 2-4 vs Undy Ath and Cwmamman Utd

SWWGL Women’s (Adult) Division 2 (as of 10th

December 2015)

Pos P W D L F A +/- Pts

1 Caldicot Town 7 5 2 0 46 11 35 17

2 Cascade YC Ladies 6 5 1 0 40 11 29 16

3 AFC Porth Ladies 7 3 1 3 27 29 -2 13

4 Rhiwbina 7 5 0 2 23 20 3 12

5 Aberdare MTDL 5 3 1 1 24 10 14 10

6 Pontypridd Town - Dev 6 2 1 3 22 16 6 7

7 Barry Town United 4 2 0 2 23 15 8 6

8 Caerphilly Castle LG 4 2 0 2 16 15 1 6

9 Splott Albion 7 1 0 6 17 37 -20 3

10 Abertillery Belles 4 0 0 4 4 36 -32 0

11 Barry Town Utd - Devel 5 0 0 5 6 48 -42 0

CONGRATUALTIONS TO OUR LADIES TEAM FOR GETTING THROUGH TO THE

KNOCKOUT STAGES OF THE LEAGUE CUP

Ammanford AFC Results So Far This Season

West End A WL 2 W 2-1

Pontardawe Towen H WL 2 D 1-1

Pontardawe Town A WL 2 D 0-0

AFC Llwydcoed A WL 2 W 2-0

Chepstow Town A WL 2 W 2-1

Panteg A (Rd 2) W Cup L 2-1 aet

Llanelli Town A WL 2 L 0-4

Dinas Powys H WL 2 D 2-2

AFC Porth A WL 2 L 1-3

Tata Steel H WL 2 W 2-1

Chepstow Town H WL 2 W 5-0

Penrhiwceiber R H WL 2 W 7-2

Croesyceiliog A WL 2 W 4-3

Cardiff Corinthians A (R2) L Cup W 4-2 aet

Cwmbran Celtic A WL 2 L 0-3

Llanwern AFC A WL 2 W 5-2

Away Days: Cwmbran Celtic:

Our next Welsh League away game is at Cwmbran Celtic on the 2 January 2016. Cwmbran Celtic play

their home games at Celtic Park, which is located on Henllys Way, Cwmbran, Torfaen, NP44 7YS.

There will be a supporter’s bus to this game. It is approx 17 miles to Henllys Way from Caldicot and

allow yourself approx 30 minutes to get there.

Refreshments: Celtic have a Refreshment facility which is housed in the changing room building and

run by Rose and her team of helpers.

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Ammanford Honours:

Welsh Football League

Premier Division: Runners Up 1966/67 & 1967/68;

Division One: Champions 1965/66; Division Two:

Champions 1964/65; Division Two West:

Champions 1958/59, Runners Up 1957/58; FAW

Welsh Cup Quarter Finalists: 1970/71 & 1998/99

Welsh Football League Cup

Runners Up: 1983/84; Semi-Finalists: 1994/95

West Wales FA Senior Cup

Winners: 1966/67 & 1979/80; Runners Up: 1975/76,

1984/85, 1991/92,1993/94 & 2003/04

Carmarthenshire League

Division 1: Runners Up 1996/97; Division 2:

Champions 2014/15; Division 3: Champions

2007/08; Reserve Division 2: Runners Up 1996/97;

Reserve Division 3: Runners Up 2012/13; Reserve

Division 4: Runners Up 2011/12

Mond Cup

Runners Up: 2009/10 & 2012/13

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Dates For Your Diary

Nathaniel Car Sales League Cup

Round Three - Saturday 9 January 2016

Round Four - Saturday 12 March 2016

Semi Final – Saturday 16 April 2016

Final – TBC

FAW Welsh Cup

Round Four - Sat or Sun 6 or 7 February 2016

Round Five - Sat or Sun 5 or 6 March 2016

Semi Final - Sat or Sun 2 or 3 April 2016

Final - Bank Holiday1 or 2 or 3 May 2016

FAW Trophy

Round Five - Saturday 23 January 2016

Round Six - Saturday 20 February 2016

Semi Final - Saturday 19 March 2016

Final - Saturday 16 April 2016

The Gallery

Congratulations to Craig Griffiths who won the

£1000 pot in November after correctly guessing the

correct Score line of 3 PL games.

Congratulations to one of our match day programme

sponsors, Aroma Café; they received a 5-star rating

in the latest food hygiene ratings.

Bar opening times for Christmas period

24 Dec 4:00pm – 11:30pm

25 Dec 11:00am – 1:00pm

26 Dec 12:30pm - Midnight

27 Dec Midday - Close

28 Dec 2:00pm - Close

29 Dec 6:00pm – Close (Lounge)

30 Dec 6:00pm - Close

31 Dec 4:00pm – Close (Lounge)

6:00pm – Close (Bar)

1 Jan 3:00pm - Midnight

2 Jan Midday - Close

3 Jan Midday - Close

Caldicot Town: Latest Results

2nd November: Caldicot Town 19's 2 - 1

Barry Town United (S.Hooper, og)

8th November: Cardiff City Ladies 5 - 3

Caldicot Town Ladies (A.Harris 2, og)

21st November: Caerau Ely 1 - 0 Caldicot

Town - League Cup Rnd 2; Tintern Abbey

3 - 5 Caldicot Town 3rds (C.Davies 4,

L.Hall)

22nd November: Splott Albion 1 - 8

Caldicot Town Ladies (M.James 2,

H.Cadogan 2, A.Harris, C.Soper,

N.Rostron, og)

5th December: Croesyceiliog 1 - 2

Caldicot Town (R.Sharratt, M.James);

Caldicot Town Reserves 2 - 2 Risca

Reserves (M.Boswell, K.McCabe); Caldicot

Town 3rds 1 - 3 Undy 3rds (tbc)

12th December: Caldicot Town 3rds 0-5

Underwood Athletic A; Caldicot Town

Reserves 2-4 Treowen Stars (tbc)

13th December: Caldicot Town Ladies 6-3

Aberdare Town Ladies (tbc) - Cup

Ammanford AFC Pen Pics

JAMIE RANO: Goalkeeper: DOB: 27/09/1991 from Ystalyfera. Injured most of last season

DAFYDD JONES: Goalkeeper. Transferred from Tenby AFC

RHYS FISHER (Captain): Centre Back / Left Back: DOB: 17/07/1990 from Betws (Ammanford): Club stalwart, been

with the club since youth. Previous Clubs: None: Interesting Fact: Scored every season since 1996 for Ammanford.

BENJAMIN SOAL: Centre Midfield / Right Back: DOB: 24/09/1991 from Betws (Ammanford), youth club product:

Previous Clubs: Carmarthen Town: Best Ground Played At: McDdiarmid Park (St.Johnstone): Greatest Football

Achievement: Winning British Elite College League, playing for South Wales colleges.

EUROS GRIFFITHS: Centre Half: DOB: 31/12/1990 from Betws (Ammanford), can also play out: Previous Clubs:

None: Best Ground Played At: Leckwith Stadium (Cardiff Bay Harlequins FC).

RHYS OWEN: Centre Back: DOB: 08/11/1985 from Port Talbot: Previous Clubs: Caerau, Taffs Well, Tata Steel.

CRAIG FRATER: Centre Forward: DOB: 08/12/1990 from Llanelli, top scorer and fashion icon: Previous Clubs:

Llanelli, Dafen Welfare, Newport County, Manchester City Youth.

ASHLEY RICHARDS (Player Coach): Centre Forward: DOB: 21/12/1983 from Swansea, top link player: Previous

Clubs: Garden Village, Skewen, Pontardawe Town.

MATTHEW FISHER: Forward / Right or Left Wing: DOB: 05/03/1988 from Betws (Ammanford), local sporting

polymath: Previous Clubs: Haverfordwest County: Interesting Fact: Play cricket for Ammanford CC.

BRET ENOCH: Forward: DOB: 08/04/1995 from Tumble, mercurial forward wide player or midfield: Previous Clubs:

Carmarthen Town Youth.

MICHAEL MORRIS: Forward: DOB: 29/10/1992 from Gorseinon, goal of the season expert: Previous Clubs:

Garden Village.

DAYLE SELVAGE: Centre Midfield: DOB: 17/11/1988 from Gorsienon, player of the season: Previous Clubs:

Garden Village, Gowerton.

LLOYD DAVIES: Left Wing Back: DOB 09/05/1998 from Ammanford, student international defender: Previous

Clubs: Carmarthen Town Academy, Welsh Schoolboys U18’s: Greatest Football Achievement: Played for Welsh

Schoolboys U18’s at the age of 16.

KURTIS MORGAN: Centre Midfield: DOB: 04/02/1993 from Swansea, out and out football craftsman: Previous

Clubs: Garden Village.

MATTHEW JONES: Right Back: 22 year old from Ammanford, club stalwart, 16 year old debutant: Previous Clubs:

Cwmamman United Juniors: Best Ground Played At: Pantyffynon RFC: Greatest Football Achievement: Scoring

winner in U16 Cup Final at Stebonheath Park v Carmarthen Town

ALEX ARNOLD: Local young Ammanford forward, great prospect.

NATHAN JONES: Centre or Right Midfield: DOB: 24/03/1988 from Ammanford, break up of play expert: Previous

Clubs: Cwmamman United, Cardiff Corries, Pontardawe Town Youth, Frampton United.

CHRIS HYDE: Forward, scored 46 goals for second team.

RHYS MORGAN: Centre Midfield: DOB: 25/05/1994 local boy, versatile multi talented player and coach: Previous

Clubs: Cwmamman Utd & Carmarthen Town Academy: Greatest Football Achievement: Scoring Winner against

Swansea City for Carmarthenshire.

ROSS MORGAN: Centre Midfield: DOB: 20/05/1993 from Llanelli: Previous Clubs: Bwlch Rangers.

MATTHEW HARDING: Centre Half: DOB: 15/06/1990 from Gorseinon: Previous Clubs: Garden Village.

MATHEW HOWELL: Local youth product wide player and great prospect.

JAMES MURRAY: Centre Midfield: DOB: 20/03/1989 from Ammanford, youth club product: Previous Clubs:

Llanelli, Cwmamman United. Interesting Fact: Has played in every position for the team including in Goal: Best

Ground Played At: Jenner Park (Barry Town) Newport Stadium.

LIAM EDWARDS: Local product forward now in the 1st team squad.

CERITH WILLIAMS: Centre half returns to club from Garden Village.

GERAINT REES: Defender: DOB: 10/01/1992 from Ammanford, calm and skillful: Previous Clubs: Cwmamman

United, Carmarthen Town Academy, Swansea City Centre of Excellence, Lonlas Youth: Best Ground Played At:

Vetch Field (Swansea City FC). Greatest Football Achievement: Winning 5-2 v Chelsea.

SHAUN WILLIAMS: Midfield: Another local youth product, huge fitness.

CALLUM HUMPHRIES: Forward: Youth Team product, great prospect.

GRUFF HARRISON: Manager: DOB: 17/10/1989 from Ammanford: Previous Clubs: Cwmamman United Juniors,

Swansea City Academy, Llanelli Academy: Interesting Fact: Youngest Welsh League Manager: Best Ground Played

At: Walker Stadium (Leicester City).

RICHARD STEPHENS: Coach / Asst Manager from Tumble: Previous Clubs: Tumble United.

MARK SMITH: Goalkeeping Coach: From Tumble: Previous Clubs: Tumble United, Cwmamman United,

Bancffosfelen, Drefach, Ponthenri, Cross Hands, Carmarthen Town, Llanelli Youth, Milford United, Evans & Williams,

Ammanford

Sat 21 Nov 2015 - League Cup Rd 2: Caerau Ely 1-0 Caldicot Town

Report by Mark Anderson

At the fourth attempt of asking this second round match finally got underway at Caerau

Ely and it would be the first division champions of last season that would seal their place

in the third round after Jamal Roberts scored from the spot in the first half. Both sides

observed a minutes applause in memory of Mark Sim who lost his life in a workplace

accident at the Celsa Steel work. A big thanks to our hosts for allowing the club this

moment of reflection for Mark who helped coach the Under 14's side.

With the news of a recent departure in Jason Thorn to Sudbrook CC and then

surprisingly Matt Sandiford to Cwmbran Celtic (Rumour has it he didn't like the new pink

kit!), it was good to see some new faces making their debuts for the Town in the form of

striker Tony Wallis from Risca United, as well as midfielder Murray Ross who has been

playing in Dubai and lastly Keenan Perrett from Sudbrook. The game was underway

with Caldicot lining up with Davidson in goal, Palmer, Jeremiah, James, Harvey,

Sharratt, Perrett, Smith, Ross, Slape, Wallis. Both teams settled quite well and did not

look to rusty due to the inactivity caused by recent weather. Ely looked sharp especially

down the left side as the tricky Jamal Roberts looked to give Caldicot's defence the run

around on a pitch that was heavy but not bad enough to cut up. New signings Murray

Ross and Keenan Perrett looked good with Ross in the holding role playing the ball

simply to his team mates whilst Perrett looked fleet footed going forward showing good

dribbling technique. On Caldicot's left side Ollie Smith also continues to impress with his

energy and his ability to go back as quick as goes forward but now Caldicot need to

start scoring. Former Caldicot favourite David Biggs was marshalling the home defence

and had to pay to get back in at one stage as Big Mitchell Slape gave him the eyes

before turning him inside out (Sorry Biggs....had to be mentioned!) .Caerau were

starting to keep Caldicot in their own half and were carving out a couple of half chances,

one of which was a goal line clearance from a corner. Caldicot were finding it difficult to

build up a head of steam and keeping possession when the ball was played forward

was proving difficult as Slape and Wallis tried to gain an understanding of each other

movements in order to form a partnership of choice. Caldicot came close to scoring

through a Richard Sharratt free kick and a half chance header from Tony Wallis but

apart from that they were struggling to create the opportunities. The breakthrough came

after the Caerau forward showed a great turn of pace leaving a couple of Caldicot

defenders before being upended by Harvey for a nailed on penalty which Jamal Roberts

tucked away to make it 1-0 at the break. The second half saw Caldicot attempt to get a

foothold in the game but an unfortunate ankle sprain to Shane Jeremiah saw him

replaced eventually with Crook going into the defence. Caldicot's frustration continued

as they searched for an opening but Caerau were well drilled and so it is hard to be to

critical especially as they were playing the current Welsh League champions. As time

wore on the home team were awarded a second penalty after a scramble in the box the

ball broke for Ely and Ben Davidson brought down the player rightly picking up a yellow

and not a red. Davidson held his nerve and stayed up right and it paid off as he

guessed right to save Jamal Roberts second penalty attempt.

Time was running out fast for Caldicot now and a flurry of substitutes saw little change

in the pattern of play as Caldicot surged forward in search of the elusive equaliser. Ely

however were showing that they were not going to give this game away although

judging by Nana Ba berating his own supporters he must have been feeling some

pressure but his team saw the game out to progress to the third round of the cup

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Ben Davidson penalty save

Minute’s applause for Mark Sim