|
MAY-31 |
|
New
all time WPL results, scorers and player appearances |
|
Added
to
the
website
yesterday
are
the
complete
results,
goals
scorers
and
player
attendances
since
the
start
of
Afan
Lido's
life
in
the
top
tier
of
welsh
football.
The
records
were
started
in
1992-93
and
Allan
Evans
and
carried
on
by
Peter
Reynolds
after
Allan
left
the
club.
My
thanks
to
Peter
for
supplying
me
with
all
the
information,
it
will
now
be
continued
after
every
seasons
finish.
There
is
a
link
to
it
in
the
first
teams
navigation
links.
To
view
the
index
click
on
this
link
All
time
records
Tony
|
|
MAY-29 |
|
Under
16's win Fed cup |
|
The
Boys
&
Girls
clubs
of
Wales
Federation
Cup
under
16's
Final
was
rapidly
arranged
for
last
Friday.
Both
sides
got
together
and
agreed
to
the
fixture.
Considering
the
short
notice
for
the
game
a
large
crowd
witnessed
an
absorbing
game
in
difficult
conditions.
As
befits
a
cup
final,
this
game
could
have
gone
either
way.
Treboeth
with
4
under
16
internationals
in
their
side
forced
Rory
McCreesh
into
several
fine
saves
in
the
first
half.
With
15
minutes
to
go
a
ball
to
the
edge
of
the
Treboeth
area
was
seized
upon
by
Remi
Whitlock
and
he
guided
the
ball
past
the
keeper
for
the
only
goal.
This
was
a
terrific
win
for
the
16's,
sadly
the
Treboeth
crowd
were
poor
losers
and
the
side
failed
to
turn
up
for
the
after
match
meal.
Still
the
best
two
teams
met
in
the
final
with
the
Lido
also
winning
the
Under
14's
competition
and
St
Josephs
from
Swansea
winning
the
Under
12's
Peter
Reynolds
|
|
MAY-29 |
|
More
updates on Players
signed up for next season |
|
More
names
have
been
added
to
the
list
of
players
signed
for
next
season,
they
are.
Karl
Lewis,
Daniel
Williams,
Justin
Williams,
Corey
Thomas,
Carl
Edwards,
Greg
Hurley,
Phil
Holmes,
Karl
Roberts.
Plus
Craig
Jones,
Craig
Martin,
Chris
Piper
and
John
Felton.
Tony
|
|
MAY-29 |
|
Players
signed up for next season |
|
Received
squad
news
from
the
Gaffer
on
recent
players
signed
up
for
next
season.
Players
to
put
pen
to
paper
are.
Craig
Jones,
Craig
Martin,
Chris
Piper
and
new
signing
John
Felton
(pic's
of
the
lads
in
Lido
gallery)
More
on
player
signings
as
Angry
Gaffer
feeds
me.
Tony
|
|
MAY-28 |
|
Under
10's win in Ponty tournament |
|
We
played
Pontardawe
tournament
today
Sun
28th
May
The
Rangers
won
the
group
stages
with
12pts
1st
game
v
Pontardawe
B
Lido
won
3-0
OG.
Jack
Dacey,
Joseph
Jones,
2nd
game
v
Landore
lost
1-0
3rd
game
v
Neath
BC
won
1-0
Jack
Dacey
4th
game
v
Dafen
James
Robinson
x2
5th
game v
West
End won
1-0
Conor
o' Callaghan
Semi
final
v
Treboeth
won
2-0
Jordan
Doyle
&
Conor
o Callaghan
Final
v
Pontardawe A
won
1-0
Conor
O'
Callaghan
Immensely
proud
of
the
players
all
day.
Thanks
to
Mark
Robinson
who
took
the
Colts
while
the
Rangers
were
playing
the
same
time.
Unfortunately
they
didn't
progress
thro
the
group
stages
but
everyone
played
well
with
Jacob
Flynn
scoring
2
and
a
debutant
goal
for
Chris
Gardner. All
the
boys
enjoyed
themselves
and
it
was
a
Good
day
had
by
all.
It's
fair
to
say
that
with
SIAN
CURRY
demolishing
her
chair
it's
time
now
for
a
DIET
instead
of
sitting
behind
the
checkout
all
day
perhaps
she
should
think
about
stacking
shelves.
LOL
HA
HA
HA
Phil
Holmes
|
|
MAY-27 |
|
Shamrock
cup final set for the Marston |
|
For
the
second
time
the
Shamrock
cup
final
was
postponed
and
Pontardawe
and
Penrhiwceiber
will
now
have
to
do
battle
at
the
Lido
next
Tuesday
@
7:30.
The
original
venue
of
Maesteg's
Tudor
Park
was
no
longer
available,
hence
the
switch
to
the
Marston's
stadium.
Tony
|
|
MAY-27 |
|
They
think it's all over but it ain't |
|
The
season
continues
for
the
Lido
under
age
teams,
not
only
are
our
U16
fed
cup
team
in
action
in
the
final
next
Tuesday
at
6:30
at
the
Marston's
Stadium,
but
the
two
U10's
are
in
action
on
Sunday
in
Pontardawe
the
teams
are
entered
in
a
tournament.
And
both
U10
teams
are
in
action
again
on
Monday
in
a
local
tournament
in
Trefelin.
So
still
plenty
of
soccer
to
watch
in
the
next
few
days.
Tony
|
|
MAY-25 |
|
U16's
into Fed cup final |
|
Our
under
16
side
secured
a
place
in
next
Tuesdays
final
of
the
under
16
federation
cup.
They
did
so
following
a
2-0
win
over
Troedyrhiw.
Our
scorers
were
Casey
Thomas
and
Thomas
Monteith,
well
done
lads.
They
will
face
Treboeth
(Swansea)
who
had
an
easy
night's
work
in
tonight's
2nd
semi-final
as
they
saw
off
Caerau
(Maesteg)
by
5-1.
Tony
|
|
MAY-25 |
|
Fed
cup U16 semi-finals |
|
We
are
holding
the
under
16's
Federation
cup
semi
finals
on
Weds
and
Thurs
Weds
is
Afan
Lido
v
Troedyrhiw
(Merthyr)
and
Thurs
is
Caerau
(Maesteg)
v
Treboeth
(Swansea).
The
final
will
take
place
next
Tuesday,
all
games
at
the
Lido
kick
off
-6.30
|
|
MAY-21 |
|
Lido
U14's beat Llynypia 4-1 in BGCW Cup |
|
Report
by
Phil
Holmes
Lido U14's beat Llynypia 4-1 today in BGCW Cup.
Not an ideal start for our boys Llynypia scored
after 12 seconds. Sean Meddows equalised on 18 mins.
Nathan Doyle went close on 20mins
Conor Harris scored
2
the 2nd being a brilliant
goal
He's broke an attack in our 3rd and played the
ball out wide, Continued his run into the area hoping for
something.
Shane has pulled the ball back
for Conor to finish off his run with a superb
finish. Warren scored the 3rd. Conor has run a total of 80 yards to completely
finish the game off.
In defence
Joshua
Jones, Aled Northcott
& Daniel O'Brien were awesome to snuff out any chances they had to
score.
To win the BGCW is a massive
achievement for U14's.
Well done to Francis Doyle, Mark Jones & Neil
Harris.
|
|
MAY-21 |
|
Re-scheduled
date for our soccer mini festival |
|
Our festival was rained off.
It
is
planned
to
be
run
in 2/3 weeks time.
Unfortunately it'll have to be on Astro Turf as our pitch will have been re-seeded.
Actual
date
will
be
announced
when
it
is
decided.
|
|
MAY-18 |
|
U13
match reports for the Wales B&G Fed cup games |
|
Reports
by
Paul
Davies
A
fantastic
display
of
football
by
the
U/13
s
enabled
them
to
overcome
a
much
bigger
Merthyr
U/14
side
at
home
last
week
by
3
goals
to
2.
Strong
performances
by
grant
fisher,
Daniel
Carey
and
Thomas
king
in
the
1st
half
helped
a
young
lido
side
stamp
an
authority
on
a
game
that
appeared
an
uphill
task
after
quite
a
physical
start
to
the
game.
In
2nd
half
great
defensive
work
by
centre
backs
Josh
Brady
and
Ryan
Davies
held
tight
and
took
no
prisoners.
Unfortunately
we
went
into
the
semi
final
of
the
fed
cup
in
a
different
frame
of
mind
and
Llangeinor
B&G
U/14s
took
advantage
of
this
and
racked
up
7
goals
to
no
reply.
Hopefully
the
young
lads
will
learn
from
this
result
and
go
into
next
years
comp
all
guns
blazing.
To
round
off
on
a
more
cheerful
note
confident
displays
by
Jordan
James
and
Paul
Malcolm
in
defence,
Levi
Coakes,
Callum
Fleming
and
Mathew
McLean
in
midfield
created
a
platform
in
defeating
Porthcawl
A
3
goals
to
1
in
the
final
league
game
of
the
season.
Culminating
in
one
of
the
finest
goals
of
the
season
seen
at
the
lido
ground
scored
by
Daniel
Symonns.
A
headed
goal
by
levy
Coakes
and
penalty
by
Thomas
king
rounded
off
a
superb
display
and
an
even
better
season
which
has
brought
on
players
like
James
Bowen,
the
brave
Cambden
Purchase and
skilful
Ben
Francis.
There's
one
player
left
out
of
these
reports
simply
because
in
almost
every
game
this
season
he's
either
kept
us
in
the
game
or
produced
something
very
special
and
that's
the
keeper
Connah
Williams
whose
basically
played
well
in
all
the
games
he's
played
in.
May
I
take
this
chance
to
thank
all
the
mums
and
dads
for
their
support
this
season.
All
the
best
Paul
Davies
|
|
MAY-15 |
|
What
now for the website during the break |
|
The
long
season
is
finally
over
for
Afan
Lido
FC.
So
what's
happening
with
the
website
during
the
break
before
it
all
starts
again?
Something
I
intend
to
do
but
never
had
the
time
during
the
busy
season,
is
to
record
and
upload
all
Lido's
WPL
results
and
scorers
since
the
founding
of
the
WPL
(gonna
take
a
bit
of
time
and
research)
Obviously
there
will
be
very
little
from
the
club
now
the
season
is
over,
but
they
can
make
use
of
the
site
to
promote
events
and
functions
at
the
social
club
or
other
events
should
they
wish
to
avail.
The
Welsh
Premier
and
welsh
league
news
will
continue
as
normal
during
the
break,
as
stories
are
available
in
the
media.
On
a
final
note
I
would
like
to
thank
all
at
the
club
who
have
helped
me
with
info
and
news
since
we
went
online
at
the
end
of
January.
The
amount
of
help
from
the
club
was
I'm
sure
a
major
factor
in
the
website
winning
an
award
for
best
new
welsh
club
website,
and
since
Jan
25
up
until
yesterday
we
have
had
11,275
unique
visitors
to
the
site
and
371,134
hits.
In
the
4
years
I
have
been
running
official
websites
(Haverfordwest,
Limerick
FC,
Newport
YMCA
and
Lido)
my
time
with
Lido
has
been
the
most
fruitful,
and
satisfying
with
the
level
of
support
and
co-operation
I
have
received
by
any
club.
There
are
too
many
names
to
mention
(and
I
am
bound
to
forget
one
or
two)
but
my
thanks
to
all
who
are
involved
with
the
updating
of
the
site.
Nobody
will
mind
I'm
sure
if
I
make
two
special
acknowledgements.
Firstly
to
Peter
Reynolds,
who
took
my
initial
email
and
got
the
whole
thing
rolling,
and
has
been
my
main
man
with
the
First's,
Reserves,U21's
and
U19's
and
with
the
majority
of
my
club
inquires,
adding
to
his
already
busy
role
with
the
club.
The
second
is
to
the
Angry
Gaffer
(Alias
Phil
Holmes)
for
his
contribution,
not
only
with
his
U10's
but
with
the
U21
side
and
his
involvement
with
news
and
info
with
the
first
team,
before
and
since
his
climb
to
the
managers
role.
Having
a
first
team
manager
as
a
main
contact
is
a
luxury
I
haven't
experienced
with
any
of
the
other
clubs.
So
see
yee
tomorrow
as
normal.
Tony |
|
MAY-14 |
|
Under
21's crumble in league finale |
|
The
final
U21
league
game
of
the
season
was
at
home
to
Llanelli,
the
team
needed
a
win
to
put
themselves
top
of
the
southern
conference,
with
no
news
over
the
Cwmbran
vs.
Llanelli
game
whether
the
result
stood
or
a
reply
had
to
take
place.
Either
way
we
needed
a
win,
but
it
was
not
to
be,
we
went
down
by
5-1
which
leaves
Cwmbran
top
and
into
the
final
awaiting
their
opponents
from
the
north
to
be
decided.
Our
scorer
was
Craig
Jones.
So
the
league
is
finally
over
having
taken
8
months
to
play
just
8
games,
not
a
great
success
for
its
its
first
season,
but
hey
it
cant
get
any
worse
"can
it"
View
league
table
Tony |
|
MAY-11 |
|
Player
of the season vote |
Ian
Jones
came
out
on
top
of
the
first
website
player
of
the
season
vote.
Below
is
a
graph
of
the
votes
cast.
Unfortunately
I
don't
have
a
photo
of
the
winner,
if
anyone
has
one
please
send
it
on
to
me
at
webmaster@afanlidofc.com
Congrats
to
Ian
on
his
win.
| |
Votes % |
|
| Ian
Jones |
40.0% |
|
| Liam
McCreesh |
23.3% |
|
| Wyn
Walters |
13.3% |
|
| Justin
Williams |
10.0% |
|
| Chris
Piper |
6.7% |
|
| Greg
Hurley |
3.3% |
|
| Paul
Evans |
3.3% |
|
Tony |
|
MAY-11 |
|
Lido
draw with Ponty |
|
The
final
league
game
of
the
season
away
to
Pontardawe
ended
in
a
1-1
draw,
our
scorer
was
Scot
Bamsey.
The
point
see's
us
move
above
Dinas
Powys
into
7th
place.
View
Table
Final
scorers
table
The
clubs
last
game
is
this
Sunday
when
the
U21
take
on
Llanelli
at
the
Marston's
we
are
assured
of
a
Semi-final
place,
but
a
win
could
see
us
finish
top
of
the
group.
Tony |
|
MAY-11 |
|
Mini
football festival at the Lido |
|
The
Sunday
May
21st
the
club
is
holding
a
min-football
festival,
the
event
is
being
sponsored
by
Bergoni.
The
6's,
7's,
8's
and
9's
must
register
by
9:30
am
on
the
day
at
the
latest.
The
10's
and
11's
must
register
by
2:00pm
on
the
day
at
the
latest.
Teams
will
be
7
a
side
and
3
subs.
To
register
now
or
until
the
deadline,
please
contact
Phil
Robinson
@
01639
892960
or
07812
142833
There
are
no
winners
or
losers
Round
robin.
Phil
Holmes |
|
MAY-10 |
|
Under
19's draw final game |
|
The
Afan
Lido
under
19
side
played
out
their
final
game
of
the
season
at
home
tonight
to
neighbours
Port
Talbot.
The
result
meant
nothing
for
either
side
as
far
as
moving
up
the
table
meant,
but
in
the
end
it
was
all
square
at
3-3.
Scorers
for
Lido
were
Craig
Jones,
Remi
Whitlock
and
Aaron
O'Keefe.
Craig
Jones
goal
tonight
saw
him
reach
double
figures
in
the
league
this
season
hitting
his
10th
and
11th
in
league
and
cup
games.
View
final
table
View
final
scorers
chart
Tony |
|
MAY-10 |
|
Lido
website wins award |
|
The
Afan
Lido
website
wins
it's
first
website
award,
it
came
in
the
Welsh
football
2005/06
website
awards.
The
win
was
in
the
best
new
club
site.
It
stated
"That
the
overall
winner
is
Afan
Lido's
new
online
presence
with
an
up
to
date
site
containing
news
from
both
the
club
and
football
stories
in
general
from
south
Wales"
www.afanlidofc.com
was
also
short listed
for
the
best
official
club
website
being
described
as
"An
attractive
newsy
and
easy
to
use
site.
Tony |
|
MAY-10 |
|
Lido
player of the season vote |
|
The
Afan
Lido
website
player
of
the
season
has
just
two
days
left
to
vote
on,
after
Thursday
nights
game
the
poll
will
be
closed
and
I
will
announce
the
supporters
choice,
so
get
voting
if
you
already
haven't.
Tony |
|
MAY-09 |
|
Lido BGC
take on Penydarren BGC |
|
The Lido under 13 side take on Penydarren BGC tonight at the Lido @ 6:30 in the Boys Club of
Wales Federation Cup Quarter Final. We hope to see them progress to the
semi's. While on the under 13's, they have secured the u13 Port Talbot junior league title. Porthcawl and Corus Steel played out a draw at Trefelin's ground. Info supplied by Paul Davies who would like take this opportunity to congratulate both the Under 14's and Under
16's in winning their respective leagues.
|
|
MAY-08 |
|
Lido
beaten by Pontardawe |
|
The Lido
reserves
took
on
Pontardawe
tonight
at
the
Marston
Stadium
in
a
re-arranged
game
that
was
a
Ponty
home
game.
But
the
away
team
(Ponty
that
is)
came
out
on
top
2-1. Ponty's
win
saw
them
move
up
the
table
from
8th
to
5th
following
their
victory.
Even
though
we
lost
we
are
still
assured
of
at
least
4th
place.
More
details
as
I
get
them. View table
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MAY-07 |
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Lido U21's
hammer Carmarthen |
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The Lido
under
21
side
travelled
to
Carmarthen
for
the
penultimate
league
game,
having
beaten
them
6-0
in
the
home
tie
we
went
3
better
this
time
hitting
them
for
9
without
reply. We totally dominated 1st half but took a while to
score.
Richard Miles open scoring on 18 mins.
Ceri Williams went close with two great
volleys. we went into half time leading by 5-0. The
2nd
half
Carmarthen
came
into
it
a
bit more
and
Wyn
Walters
was
called
upon
to
make
a
few
saves
to
keep
them
at
bay,
our
6th
goal
was
against
the
run
of
play
and
that
hammer
blow
totally
deflated
the
Town
team
and
we
ran
out
comfortable
9-0
winners. Team:
Wyn
Walters,
Craig
Martin,
Dan
Williams,
Ross
Howells,
Luke
Harrington,
Ceri
Williams
(Stephen
Osbourne
50mins),
Gavin
Stephens,
Richard
Miles,
Craig
Jones,
Liam
McCreesh
(Phil
Holmes
55mins),
Scott
Bamsey.
Scorers: Richard
Miles,
Craig
Martin,
Luke
Harrington,
Stephen
Osbourne
2
Ceri
Williams
2,
Liam
McCreesh
2. With
just
1
game
left
for
both
ourselves
and
Cwmbran
the
southern
title
is
within
our
grasp. The
outcome
of
the
title
is
in
the
hands
of
Llanelli
who
have
to
play
both
us
and
Cwmbran,
Llanelli
are
away
for
both
games,
and
no
dates
have
been
set
for
either
game. Today's
win
see's
us
qualify
for
the
semi-finals,
our
opponents
from
the
north
have
not
been
decided
as
any
one
of
5
teams
from
the
6
can
still
qualify
for
the
Semi's. View table
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MAY-05 |
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Lido beat
10 man Bettws |
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The Lido came away from Tudor Park with all 3 points against relegation stricken Bettws, this was a game Bettws had to win to ease their fears of a return to division 2 after 3 seasons in the top division. Their plight wasn't helped when they had a player sent off in the first half. But at the final whistle it was Lido who were the happier and gaining a 2-1 win. Goals were scored by Luke Harrington and Chris Piper. Report to follow from Peter. View table
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MAY-04 |
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Team news
ahead of Bettws game |
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Ahead
of
tonight's
game
away
to
Bettws,
there
are
several
players
out.
Karl
Roberts
is
out,
Paul
Evans
is
doubtful,
Matthew
Lavis
is
out
as
is
Carl
Edwards
still
suffering
from
his
Knee
injury.
But
Andrew
Pearson
could
figure
in
tonight's
game.
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MAY-03 |
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Reserves
lose local derby |
|
The reserves hosted local neighbours Goytre Utd tonight, with the visitors coming out 2-0 winners, tonight's defeat see's Goytre move 3 points clear of Lido, but with two games left to play we can still claim 3rd place from Goytre. More to follow as it comes through from the club. View table
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MAY-02 |
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Team
news for the Taffs Well game |
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The
latest
team
news
ahead
of
the
Taffs
well
game
is
we
have
a
full
squad
apart
from
Karl
Roberts
who
is
unavailable
due
to
work
commitments,
Carl
Edwards
is
also
out
with
a
Knee
injury.
Andrew
Pearson
though
is
available
as
Port
Talbot's
season
is
now
over,
and
Andrew
is
likely
to
feature
in
Thursday's
game
away
to
Bettws.
For
those
who
are
not
already
aware,
Thursday's
away
game
against
Bettws
is
being
played
at
Tudor
Park
(Maesteg
Park's
ground)
Kick
off
@
7:30.
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MAY-01 |
|
Under
13's close to winning title |
|
The
under
13's
have
one
hand
on
the
league
trophy
following
their
3-1
home
win
over
some
team
called
Port
Talbot
Town
Blues
on
Saturday.
The
team
have
one
game
remaining
and
it
is
against
the
only
team
that
can
stop
them
winning
the
title
and
that
is
Porthcawl
BGC
A.
Porthcawl
BGC
A
lie
6
points
adrift
of
the
U13's
and
have
a
game
in
hand,
but
superior
goal
difference,
Porthcawl
also
face
a
tough
match
in
their
other
remaining
game,
as
they
have
to
take
on
2nd
placed
Corus
Steel.
A
point
against
Porthcawl
or
if
Porthcawl
fail
to
take
maximum
points
from
their
last
2
games
and
the
title
comes
to
the
Lido.
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table
Under
12's
finish
league
campaign
Our
under 12's played their last game of the league season on
Saturday, when were beaten by Port Talbot Town 2-1, Port
Talbot Town had already captured the league title
following their 2-0 win against us a week earlier, this
was the 3rd game between the 2 sides with Port Talbot Town
winning all 3.
The
12's finished in runners up spot, a point ahead of Cymmer
Afan.
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table
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