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April 30 |
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Player of the
season
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If you wish to vote for player of the season,
you will have to sign up as a member of the forum. All previous members have
been deleted as it's so long since anyone posted that everyone will have
forgotten the username and password. Once
you are registered the account will be activated by myself at the earliest
opportunity, after that you can vote or post on the forum. Any rubbish posted
will be deleted and constant abuse by a member will lead to that person being banned, by
email and IP address, so keep it country,
it's a football forum not a slanging forum which unfortunately led to the
guestbook being withdrawn. So please use it don't abuse it.
The link for the forum is on the home page
navigation menu or
click here
Tony
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April 30 |
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Welsh league
division 1 top scorers
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Afan Lido have 3 scorers in the top 9 of the
division one hot shots. Goals include All welsh league competitions and the
welsh cup.
34: Robbie Walters (Goytre Utd)
26: Richard Ryan (ENTO Aberaman, 20 for
Goytre)
23: Scott McCoubrey (Afan Lido)
22: Darren Griffiths (West End, two for Afan
Lido)
18: Raith Plant (Bridgend)
17: Mark Jones (Afan Lido)
14: Nana Baah (Bryntirion), Adam James
(Pontardawe, seven for Ystradgynlais), Dale Raven (Bridgend)
11: Anthony Waters (Bridgend)
10: Jonathan Cuss (Bryntirion), Sam Wade
(Afan Lido), Vincent Wattleworth (Pontardawe)
Tony
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April 29 |
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Port Talbot
win Reserves league
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Congrat's to our near neighbours who have won
the Reserve league title, they sealed the title with a 4-0 home win over Garden
Village (Liam McCreesh scoring at hat-trick).
Port still have one game remaining but can't
be caught even if they lose to Ammanford away as they have a 5 point lead over
Pontardawe and our self's.
View league
table
Tony
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April 18 |
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Dinas Powys
match summary
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It was a day to remember for club top scorer,
Scott notched his 3rd hat-trick of the season, and put Dinas on a home hammering
by the Lido.
It took most of the first half to crack the
home side, but on 42 mins we made the breakthrough, with Scott's first on 42
mins.
We doubled the lead with a goal from Mika 3
mins after the restart, on 54 mins we looked to have sealed the points with a
3rd goal scored by Scott.
We went 4-0 up on 69 mins with a goal from
youngster Craig Langdon. On 85 mins Scott scored his hat-trick and Lido's 5th of
the game, Dinas salvaged a consolation goal a minute later to finish off the
scoring of 5-1 to the Lido.
We welcomed back defender Scott Morgan for
this game, Scott has been away with Army duties, but was available for today's
game.
Lido line up:
R McCreesh, C Thomas, R Williams, S Morgan, A
O'Keefe, M Chunuonsee, K Reynolds, S McCourbrey, A Carpenter, S Best, L
Borrelli.
Subs: J McEvoy, C Langdon, V Lewis.
Tony
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April 17 |
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Dinas Powys
match preview
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Dinas Powys like are not having the season they
enjoyed last season. Dinas just missed out on the title last season by 2 points
and finished runners up to Goytre Utd, but this season they lie in 12th
position, their squad has been severely depleted by players joining Port Talbot,
ENTO Aberaman and others.
They have won 5 of their 12 home games and 4
defeats, but their current form is better than ours, they have 2 wins from their
last 5 games and 3 defeats, while our last 5 games has seen us collect just 3
points from 3 draws and 2 defeats, only Cwmbran Town and Caldicot have faired
worse than us over the last 5 games.
Earlier in the season we had a good 4-1 win
over Dinas at the Marston, we also have a 100% winning away record against Dinas
since our return to the welsh league, 3 wins from the 3 games played. Dinas are
looking for their 3rd home win on the trot following wins over Cwmbran and Taffs
this month, while we are looking for our 4th away win of the season.
We have a long wait (3 weeks) until our
penultimate game of the season away to Bridgend which is on the 9th of May.
Tony
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April 17 |
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Squad for the
Dinas game
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Afan Lido's squad for Saturday's game at Dinas
Powys.
R McCreesh, C Evans, C Thomas, R Williams, A
O'Keefe, J McEvoy, M Chunuonsee, K Reynolds, S McCourbrey, A Carpenter, S Best,
C Payne, L Borrelli, V Lewis.
Tony
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April 15 |
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Cardiff
Corries match summary
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Afan Lido's starting line up and subs for
tonight's game at Cardiff Corries.
R McCreesh, A Beynon, C Thomas, R Williams, A
O'Keefe, J McEvoy, M Chunuonsee, K Reynolds, S McCourbrey, A Carpenter, S Best.
Subs:
J Cokely, S Hughes, V Lewis.
Lido go 1-0 up on 14 mins with a goal from a
Chippy free kick.
We doubled our lead on 49 mins with a Scott
corner headed in by Karl Reynolds.
On 57 mins Corries got a goal back, and
Corries snatched a point with their 2nd goal in injury time.
Final score Corries 2-2 Lido.
Tony
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April 15 |
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Cardiff
Corries match preview
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Tonight the team travel to the capital to play
Corinthians at Radyr. Corries are
back in division 1 after a few season in div 2 and were promoted last season
along with Bettws and Barry Town, and those 2 teams are 1st and 3rd, it's a long
time since promoted teams have done so well in their first season after gaining
promotion.
Corries are currently 11th in the table, and
though they are only 9 points from safety they have enough games left to secure
more points, and those teams below them will find it hard to make up the points
difference, so Corries will almost certainly be playing division 1 footy next
season as well.
Corries have the poorest home record of any
division 1 team outside of the bottom 3 clubs, with just 3 wins and a draw from
from 12 home games, their away form has seen them win double that of their home
wins. They have won only once in their last 8 home games, and that was a good
5-1 win over Caldicot nearly 2 weeks ago.
When they visited the Marston near xmas they
came off 2nd best as we beat them 4-0 on the day. Our away form has seen us with
only 3 wins this season, we've drawn 5 and lost 5. After tonight's game we still
have 3 more away games left before the season's end.
Tony
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April 15 |
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Reserves see
off Bryntirion
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The Reserves had a comfortable 3-0 home win
over Bryntirion last night, with goals from Adam Beynon, Karl Reynolds and the
evergreen Vince Lewis. Keeper Couchy also saved a penalty to keep a clean sheet.
View league table
Tony
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April 12 |
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Youth's
through to cup final
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The under 19's made it through to the final of
the MacWhirter cup final, with a 1-0 win over Cwmbran Celtic at the Marston
today.
The games only goal came from Matt Beynon,
who scored in the first half. Cwmbran Celtic are unbeaten in their division of
the youth league with 10 wins and 3 draws from their 13 games. Well done to the
lads.
In the other semi-final Llanelli beat Caerau
1-0, the final will take place between Afan Lido and Llanelli in May at the
Marston, Lido won the toss with Llanelli to decide which club hosts the
final.
Attendance: 100
Tony
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April 11 |
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Cambrian
& Clydach match updates
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G Couch, A O'Keefe, C Evans, M Chunuonsee,
C Langdon, A Carpenter, K Reynolds, A Carpenter, A Collins, J McEvoy, S Best.
Subs: R McCreesh, C Thomas, L Borrelli, C Payne,
M Beynon,
A few of the regulars rested for tomorrow's
Youth cup semi-final clash at home against Cwmbran Celtic, and Corey still
carrying an inj.
Cambrian take the lead on 25 mins, with a
good header that just dipped under the bar.
Cambrian pull 2 goals clear with their 2nd
on 62 mins.
No more goal action, and our home season
ends with a 2-0 defeat to Cambrian.
Attendance: 50
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April 10 |
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Lido squad Cambrian
& Clydach
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The 17 man Afan Lido squad to play Cambrian
& Clydach this Saturday is:
R McCreesh, G Couch, A O'Keefe, C Evans, M Chunuonsee,
C Langdon, C Payne, A Carpenter, K Reynolds, K Roberts, L Shrimpton, A Collins,
M Beynon, C Thomas, J McEvoy, L Borrelli, J Williams.
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April 9 |
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Cambrian
& Clydach match preview
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Afan Lido play their final home game of the
2008/09 season and Cambrian & Clydach are the visitors to the Marston.
We played them in the away fixture on the
final day of March, and Cambrian came out 2-0 winners. Cambrian are having their
best season in the welsh league and look destined to finish in 5th place, they
are 5 points clear in 5th place and with a game in hand of 6th place Pontardawe,
they could even catch 4th placed Bettws if results go their way.
Cambrian have one of the best away records
in division 1, they have only lost twice in 11 games, and those defeats were
against Goytre Utd and Barry Town. They have won 5 games and drawn 4. They are
unbeaten in their last 3 games, while we are without a win in our last 3 games,
so a very tough match ahead of us on Saturday.
A win for us could move us to 6th if
Pontardawe lose at Taffs Well, and that would be quite an achievement for our
young squad, who are getting some good results considering the lack of experience
in the squad.
So a big turn out for our final game would
give the players and extra lift in what should be a very hard game.
View
squad stats
Tony
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April 8 |
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Lido snatch a
draw at Pontardawe
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Lido came away from
tonight's away game at Pontardawe with a 1-1 draw.
Both goals were scored
right at death of both half's, Ponty took the lead on 45 mins, to go into the
break 1-0 up.
Lido earned a point with
Matt Beynon's first senior goal for the club, by making it 1-1 in the 90th
minute.
A good point for the very
young squad, Lido's man of the match was 16 year old James McEvoy.
View
league table
Tony
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April 8 |
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Lido squad to
face Pontardawe
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R McCreesh, R Williams, A Collins,
C Evans, M
Chunuonsee, L Shrimpton, J Williams, L Borrelli, M Beynon,
C Payne, C Langdon, S McCourbrey, V Lewis, J McEvoy, A O'Keefe.
Another very young squad
with 7 under 19's in the squad of 15, and 4 of those also in the under 18's
squad, at least 4 of them will making the starting line up tonight.
Tony
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April 6 |
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Youth's gain
a point against league leaders
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The youth's were away
tonight against league leaders Llanelli who were on a 100% win record with 10
wins from 10 league games, but tonight our under 19's were their equal pulling
off a 2-2 draw. Tonight's point moves us back into 2nd place ahead of
Haverfordwest on goal difference, and having played 3 games less.
Our scorers were Damon Thomas
and Sam Wade.
View
league table
Tony
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April 6 |
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Pontardawe
match preview
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Wednesday night we take on
Pontardawe Town at the Recreation ground with a 6:30 kick off.
Ponty have leapfrogged us
in the table following their 1-0 away win over Caerleon on Saturday.
Ponty have 2 former Lido
players in their squad this season, Dan McGrath and Steve Cox. Ponty are looking
to complete a league double over us following their 3-0 win at the Marston early
in the season.
Ponty have a good record
this season at home and have only tasted defeat twice in 12 games, and they came
against ENTO Aberaman and Cambrian & Clydach both defeats were narrow 1-0
losses, they have 8 wins under their belts and 2 draws, so it is going to be a
tough task for our very young squad to get anything out of this game. At one
stage in our last game against YMCA we had two 16 year olds playing which all
bodes well for the future.
On current form Ponty are
3rd going on the last 5 games, only Barry Town and ENTO Aberaman have better
records, we are 9th, we have yet to taste defeat in the fixture since we came
back to the welsh league, we have won 1 and drawn 2, last season's fixture saw
us come away with a 1-0 win with Carl Payne getting the games only goal.
Their top scorer this
season is 21 yr old striker Vince Wattleworth who has 8 league goals. So
a hard game ahead of us but another chance for our young squad to gain first
team experience if called
upon.
Tony
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April 4 |
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Newport YMCA
match summary
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The team to play YM is:
R McCreesh, R Williams, A Collins, M
Chunuonsee, C Thomas, D
Lancey, L Borrelli, A Carpenter,
C Payne, C Langdon, S McCourbrey
Plenty of early drama in
Newport, after 9 minutes YMCA have a player sent off for head butting Rhys
Williams.
Lido awarded a penalty and
Scott McCourbrey effort saved and
the follow up hits the post.
On 18 mins another penalty
awarded, this time to YMCA and they put it away and lead 1-0.
On 66 mins Lido draw level
against 10 man YMCA, S McCourbrey scores for Lido 1-1.
No more goals, a very
young Lido team draw 1-1.
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April 3 |
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Lido squad to
play Newport YMCA
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The squad to play YM
tomorrow is:
R McCreesh, R Williams, C
Evans, A Collins, M Chunuonsee, C Thomas, D
Lancey, L Borrelli, A Carpenter,
C Payne, C Langdon, S McCourbrey, J McEvoy, V Lewis, A O'Keefe.
Tony
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April 3 |
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Read the
Newport YMCA match preview
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Saturday we play Newport YMCA
at Mendalgief Road, where we are level with YM on results over the past 3
seasons. We have both won 1 game each and drawn the other.
Last season we lost there in
the final game of the season going down 3-0, it was their best season since
returning to the top division, but this season is totally different as they
languish in the relegation places 8 points from safety and with 3 more games
played.
Their home form is as
expected for a team in last but one place very poor, with only 1 win and 1 draw
and 11 defeats from their 13 games. But the last time I said a teams home form
was poor and had only won 1 game, Taffs Well went and stuffed us 5-0 for their
2nd win, so hopefully history won't repeat itself. Just look at Goytre who
travelled to play Croesyceiliog in midweek who were bellow YM before the game
and Goytre lost 3-1, so these teams battling to stay up are dangerous.
Earlier in the season when
they came to the Marston we ran out easy winners 7-0, but we had a more
experienced squad at that stage of the season, and still in with a shout for
promotion, but since so many departures from the club our form is just mid table
at best and a win at Newport will not be as easy as the won at the Marston.
While Newport's league
form has been poor mainly due to other clubs signing their players, they have
had a good year in the welsh cup reaching the last 8, and narrowly losing out on
a place in the semi's to Bridgend who beat them 1-0. They have been on better
form since the January transfer window when the strengthened their squad, and
are not the soft touch we beat 7-0 at the end of November, their most recent
match they earned a credible point at Ton Pentre with a 1-1 draw.
Tony
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April
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Reserves
deducted 6 points by the welsh league
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The Reserves have been
deducted 6 points by the welsh league.
The Reserves have lost the
points due to Seven Sisters resigning from the Reserve league, our position at
the top of table remains the same as Port Talbot were also deducted 6 points for
their 2 wins over 7 Sisters, the biggest gainers were Ammanford who were 7
points behind us are now only 1 point as their only game against 7 Sisters saw
Ammanford lose.
So Saturday's game against
Ammanford is now a must win for the team, a defeat see's Ammanford climb over
them into 2nd place.
View revised table
Tony
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