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Full welsh
cup results |
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Tony
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SEP-30 |
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Lido 2-0
up at half time |
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With regular
updates from Jenner Park (By Alan Howells) I am informed
that we comfortably lead the former domestic giants by
3-0.
We were
leading 2-0 with goals from Ian Jones and Karl Lewis, and
just after half time Jon Felton added the third, in what
should be enough to see us through to round 3?
Tony
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SEP-29 |
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Loyal Lido
supporter passes away |
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The sad news
has reached us of the passing away of Paul Evan's Grandfather
Len. Len was a loyal supporter of Afan Lido, and our
sympathy goes to Paul and his family.
Tony
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SEP-29 |
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Team news
for the Barry Town game |
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Team news
ahead of our important welsh cup game against Barry Town,
is that 5 players are definitely out.
Chris
Piper, Justin Williams, Corey Thomas, Carl Edwards, Craig
Martin.
While
Craig Scantlebury, Steve Perry and Dan Williams are all
only 50/50.
Tony
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Lido hit
Gwynfi for six |
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Last night
the first team took on near neighbours Gwynfi United in a
friendly to sharpen up the squad ahead of Saturdays
important welsh cup match at Jenner Park.
The side
turned on the style against the lower league opposition by
putting six goals past them, the pick of the six was a
stunning 40 yard screamer from Carl Evan finding the
bottom corner.
And a
stranger to the score sheet Phil Holmes (only ever scored
5 competitive goals at the Lido) went off and came back on
playing up front bagging a brace:)
There
were a few scares for the Gaffers as Steve, Liam and Ian pulled up and didn't last
the full game.
Tony
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Lido take
on Gwynfi tonight in a friendly |
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The first's
have arranged a friendly for tonight against Gwynfi,
originally tonight's opponents were Trefelin but they
pulled out last night.
Gaffer
Phil say's "it will be 90 mins for players coming
back from injury to get some match practice under their
belts ahead of Saturday's cup match against Barry Town
"
Coming
back from injury for Saturdays game are Steve Parry, Dan
Williams, Chris Latham and Chris Piper.
But Craig
Martin will be out for a couple of weeks due to the badly
bruised shins he picked up in the league game against
Caerleon last Friday night.
Talking
about Barry Town they have issued a press release ahead of
our game. Read it bellow.
Barry
Town take on Afan Lido in the Welsh Cup second round this
Saturday, 30th, at Jenner Park 2.30pm, having
defeated Croesyceiliog 3-2 after extra time in a thrilling
first round encounter in Barry two weeks ago. The match
could have ended 7-4 to the Town with crossbars and posts
rattling and splendid saves from both teams’ keepers.
The
match is free to all children accompanied by an adult and
free to all students with ID so a bumper crowd of over 300
is expected on Saturday to cheer Barry on to Welsh Cup
glory. Schools are also being given hundreds of free
tickets.
Barry’s
new striker, 6’3” Zak Mizba, pictured above, is hoping
to score in his third consecutive cup match. Zak scored
the Town’s equaliser in the League Cup against Bridgend
three weeks ago and scored the winner in the 3-2 victory.
Signed from Division One leaders, Neath, classy 19 year
old Zak had spent three years at Blackburn Rovers until he
was released last year.
Barry
Town have also re-signed 6’5” striker Gareth Hemmens
to partner Zak in attack. ‘Too tall’ was Barry’s top
scorer last season before a heart scare caused him to
temporarily stop playing football. With a goal every two
games, Hemmens should join up with Zak to form the cutting
strike force the Town have missed this season.
Manager,
Gavin Price, explains Barry’s poor start due to having
had to create a new team this season. Last season’s
Assistant, Francis Ford, became Manager of Bryntirion and
took five of his players with him. In addition, due to the
Council’s extortionate financial demand of £12,500 a
year for the next 5 years for Barry to play at Jenner
Park, there is practically no money to even pay the
players expenses. Barry expected to lose the first few
matches this year but as the new team takes shape, results
should start going Barry’s way.
Tony
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Swansea
and Newport ladies move clear |
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There were
just two league games played in the Women's South Wales
Premier division. And it featured the two teams at the top
of the table.
Ferndale
Fillies featured in their opening league game, and might
have wished for a different opponents to start of the
league, as it was Swansea City ladies who travelled and
took the honours winning by 7-2.
Bridgend
travelled to Newport to take on the City Strikers and
Newport almost equalled Swansea's scoreline but missed out
by a goal to come out 6-2 winners.
Our
Ladies team are next out on October 1st with an away
game when they face Bridgend Ladies.
Also on
the same day UWIC Ladies play their league opener with a
tough away game to table toppers Swansea City. The 3rd
game on the day see's Newport making their longest journey
of the season to take on Haverfordwest Ladies who are
currently bottom of the league.
View
the Ladies league table.
Tony
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SEP-26 |
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U10's
start season with mixed results |
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The under
10's Colts and Rangers kicked off their season on
Saturday, with both teams playing away.
The Colts
were playing Gwynfi Youth and lost 2-0.
The
Rangers were at Trefelin and came away with a good 5-2
win.
The full
fixture list is out for both teams (Courtesy of Kirk
Thomas) and will be up on the website tomorrow night.
Tony
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SEP-26 |
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Two former
Lido men join Maesteg |
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Two former
Lido players have signed up for Maesteg Park and they made
their debuts in Maesteg's emphatic 3-0 win over Croesyceiliog.
Chris
Pridham and Andrew Pearson have joined up with Lido's all
time top appearance player Andrew Rickard now manager of
Maesteg Park.
Tony
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SEP-25 |
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Under 19's
go out of the cup |
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The under
19's took on Pentwyn Dynamo from the youth division east
yesterday in the first round of the MacWhirter (youth
division) cup and the lads made a quick exit going down
2-0 to the Cardiff club.
More
details to follow if received.
Full
results for round 1 were
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Afan
Lido
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0
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- |
2
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Pentwyn
Dynamo
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Barry
Town
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1
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- |
3
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Ely
Rangers
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Briton
Ferry
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1
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4
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Goytre
United
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Bryntirion
Athletic
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7
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- |
2
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Dinas
Powys
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Cambrian
& Clydach
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2
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- |
1
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Newport
County
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Cwmbran
Town
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3
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- |
1
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Caerau
Ely
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Haverfordwest
County
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3
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0
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Caerleon
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Neath
Athletic
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4
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1
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Merthyr
Tydfil
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Newport YMCA
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2
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- |
2
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ENTO
Aberaman Athletic
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Penrhiwceiber
Rangers
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4
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0
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Carmarthen
Town
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Pontardawe
Town
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4
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3
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AFC
Porth
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# Newport YMCA won 4-1 on pens, AET.
Pontypridd
Town, Port Talbot Town, Risca United, West End were given
byes
Tony
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SEP-23 |
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U12's
start season off with a win |
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The under
12's got their season off to a winning way with a
comprehensive 6-0 win over Corus Steel.
The
scorers were Jake Price, Sean Griffiths, Jack Underwood, Jack Lewis and Travis Monks (2).
Tony
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SEP-22 |
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Team news
for the Caerleon game |
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Lido
players doubtful for the home clash with Caerleon is John
Felton, who will be missed as John has started to find the
net with ease of late, John is unavailable due to work commitments.
Also Justin and Dan are still out injured.
But on
the up side Chris Piper and Chris Latham are back in the
squad ahead of tonight's game.
Tony
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SEP-18 |
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Lido drawn
away to Barry in welsh cup |
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Afan Lido
have been drawn away to Barry Town in the 2nd round of the
welsh cup.
The tie
is to be played on Saturday 30th of September with a 2:30
kick off at Jenner Park.
This
means our welsh league game scheduled for Friday 29th
against Taff's Well will now be postponed.
The full
draw for the cup can be found below this news entry.
Tony
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SEP-18 |
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Full draw
for the welsh cup 2nd round |
| Barry
Town v Afan Lido |
| Bodedern
v Bethesda Athletic |
| Brickfield
Rangers v Airbus UK |
| Bridgend
Town v Garden Village |
| Brymbo
v NEWI Cefn Druids |
| Buckley
Town v Llanfyllin Town |
| Caerleon
v UWIC |
| Connah's
Quay Nomads v Aberystwyth Town |
| Cwmbran
Celtic v Cardiff Corries |
| Cwmbran
Town v Carmarthen Town |
| Denbigh
Town v Newtown |
| Dinas
Powys v Morriston Town |
| Ely
Rangers v Caerau Ely |
| Goytre
Utd v West End |
| Guilsfield
v Bala Town |
| Llandudno
v Flint Town |
| Llanelli
v Bettws |
| Llanfairpwll
v Rhyl |
| Llanegfni
v Holyhead Hotspurs |
| Llanrug
Utd v Bangor City |
| Mynydd
Isa v Caersws |
| Neath
Athletic v Llanwern |
| Newport
YMCA v Ammanford |
| New
Saints v Llanrwst United |
| Penrhyncoch
v Conwy United |
| Pontardawe
Town v Pontypridd Town |
| Port
Talbot Town v Haverfordwest County |
| Prestatyn
v CPD Porthmadog |
| Presteigne
St Andrews v Penycae |
| Pwllhelli
v Gresford Athletic |
| Ton
Pentre v Llangeinor |
| Welshpool
Town v Caernarfon Town |
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| Ties
to be played on Saturday 30th September 2006, Kick
Off 2.30pm |
Tony
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SEP-17 |
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Squad
stats updated and new cup stats added |
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The squad
stats have been updated for yesterdays game.
A new cup squad
stats page has been added to separate cup and league
stats, there is a link on the each page to get to the
other.
Go
to stats pages
Tony
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SEP-17 |
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Ladies
lose by the the odd goal in 5 |
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The Ladies
team almost gained a point over the Newport City Strikers
in their league encounter at the Marston's today.
The Ladies
eventually went down by 3 goals to 2, the team are getting
better with every game and will give the top teams a run
for their money before too long.
Details on the
game to follow.
Tony
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SEP-17 |
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Lido 3rds
come back to earn a draw |
The thirds gained an excellent point in their away fixture with Craddock Arms.
We were trailing 2-0 when Ryan James cut the deficit and Mark Taylor on his debut scored the equaliser.
Tony
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Lido made
to battle all the way in the cup |
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Already this season
things are looking brighter for the Lido.
Last season we were
out of both cup competitions at the first hurdles, and
with today's win over
Penrhiwceiber Rangers
we are through to the 2nd round in both cups.
Today's game against
Penrhiwceiber got off to a good start when in the 16th
minute we opened the scoring with a John Felton goal, Ian
Jones made it 2-0, and it didn't take Rangers long to half
the deficit when they made it 2-1.
The goal that sealed
it came from Liam McCreesh to finish the games scoring at
3-1.
The Lido were made to
work all the way by a good battling performance from
Rangers.
Tony
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SEP-15 |
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Squad
news ahead of cup game |
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Afan
Lido first team news ahead of the welsh cup round 1 home
game with Penrhiwceiber Rangers is.
Players
definitely out Chris Piper, Dan Williams, Corey Thomas,
Luke Harrington Chris Latham and Carl Edward. More bad
news on the injury front is that Justin Williams be
sidelined for at least 6 weeks with a fractured Tibia.
Players
back in the fold are Greg Hurley, Phil Holmes, Liam
McCreesh and a welcome back and a first inclusion this
season for Steve Parry.
Tony
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SEP-15 |
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Ladies
fixture change for Sunday's game |
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Afan
Lido Ladies team have a change of opponents this Sunday.
They
were due to play at Caerphilly Castle, but news has reached
the club that Caerphilly Castle have now been put in the
2nd division.
Sundays
game is on at the Marston are our opponents are Newport City, Newport
have played just one game so far and they had an easy 6-1
home win over Pontypridd.
Kick
off at the Marston is @2pm.
Tony
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SEP-13 |
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Lido
draw close rivals in Shamrock cup |
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Afan
Lido have been drawn away to neighbours Briton Ferry in
the next round of the Shamrock cup.
The
tie is scheduled to be played on 11th November.
Tony
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SEP-13 |
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U19
win league opener against Town |
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The
under 19's got off to a winning start in their first
league game of the season, they did it by travelling to
Carmarthen's Richmond Park and beating them by 2-0.
Shaun
Best scored both the Lido goals. That brings Shaun's tally
so far to 4 goals in 3 games, having scored in both
opening games for the reserves.
Tony
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Under
19's season kicks off tonight |
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The
under 19's kick off their league campaign tonight when
they travel to Richmond Park, to take on Carmarthen Town,
newcomers to the welsh youth league.
There
has also been a change for their 2nd game, where they were
due to host AFC Llwydcoed. They will now face Llanelli
instead, due to AFC Llwydcoed having withdrawn from the
league.
Tony
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SEP-12 |
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Welsh
cup action this weekend |
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Our
first team are in welsh cup action this Saturday when we
face Penrhiwceiber Rangers at the Marston Stadium.
Penrhiwceiber
will be looking to maintain their good cup performances
following their performance last season in winning the
Shamrock Travel cup, beating Pontardawe Town in the final.
Kick
at is @ 2:30 pm.
Due
to the welsh cup game for the firsts, the reserves home
game
for Saturday
against
Seven Sisters has been postponed.
Tony
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SEP-09 |
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Lido's
3rd team beat Kenfig Hill |
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Lido
thirds bounced back from their midweek defeat at the hands
of Cwmafan Welfare with a 2-1 home win over Kenfig Hill.
Liam
O'Brien had given us the lead only for Kenfig to equalise
then in the last minute newcomer Shane Jacobs netted the
winner.
Tony
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SEP-09 |
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Lido's
winning run goes on with a won over YM |
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Afan Lido
continued their winning streak with a comprehensive
victory over Newport YMCA today at the Marston's Stadium.
An Ian
Jones header got us on the way, and then John Felton added
a 2nd beating the YM keeper on a one on one. Craig Jones
added a 3rd and Ian Jones popped up for his 2nd of the
game to get Lido's 4th.
Carl
Evans finished off the scoring to make it 5 for the Lido
and a 5-2 final scoreline.
Tony
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SEP-08 |
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Reserves
win 2nd league game |
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The Reserves
had another win tonight, they travelled to Tudor Park and
beat Maesteg Park.
This is a
100% start to their season, tonight's result ended with a
2-0 win for the Lido.
Our
scorers were Corey Thomas and Shaun Best, that was Shaun's
2nd goal in two games :)
At the
moment I am building a league table for the Reserve west
league the same as for the first team, should be up by
22:30.
Tony
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SEP-08 |
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Team
news ahead of YMCA cup game |
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We go into
tomorrows Shamrock cup game missing 4 players from the
squad.
Out are Greg Hurley,
Liam McCreesh, Chris Piper and Daniel Williams - from the side that won 3-0 at Grange Quins last time out.
But back
into contention are Chris Latham, Craig Jones, Corey
Thomas and Luke Harrington.
YM are
still suffering injuries to their squad, that saw them
having to draft in youth team players in, in their last
outing a 4-2 defeat at Bryntirion.
Tony
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