CALDICOT TOWN AFC CWMBRAN CELTIC Goalkeepers Matthew Sandiford Lewis Watkins

Ben Davidson Conor Cronin Defenders Matt James (Capt.) Rakesh Patel

Simon Crook Rhys John Williams

Ashley Palmer Luke Jones Andrew Wenzel Rhys Hodges

Jack Harvey Richard Cress

Shane Jeremiah Curtis Patel Midfielders Richard Sharratt Lee Challenger

Rory Garey Alan Kenney

Ryan Coles Owen Cook

Sam Watkins Dominic Connor David Jenkins Owen Llewellyn

David Lloyd Chris Ham Reese Norris Michael Baugh Lloyd Kinsella Rhys Williams Strikers Mitchell Slape Josh Bull

Dan Saunders Luke Lewis Steve Wilson Sean Feeley

Dylan Griffiths

Jason Thorn

Karl Davies Manager Mark Williams Nicky Church Asst Manager John Burrows Craig Cheedy & Miles

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Date: Saturday 19th

September 2015

Competition: Nathaniel Welsh League Division 2

Location: Jubilee Way, Caldicot

Kick Off: 2:30pm

Today’s Officials: Referee: K. Russell

Assistants: D. French & J. Hickey

Caldicot Town Colours: Royal blue shirts, shorts & socks

Cwmbran Celtic Colours: Yellow shirts & socks, blue shorts

Next up for the 1st

team:

Welsh League – Sat 26th Sept: Pontardawe (away): 2.30pm KO

FAW Cup – Sat 3rd

Oct: RTB Ebbw Vale (away): KO tbc

Welsh League – Sat 10th Oct: Llanwern (away): 2:30 KO

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Scorers: Caldicot Town

Cwmbran Celtic

Today’s teams from: Welcome to Jubilee Way

Caldicot Town AFC: Season 15/16

Appearances Goals

Lge Sub Cup Sub Total Lge Cup Total

Ashley Palmer 4

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5

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Simon Crook 2 1

1 4 Ben Davidson 4

1

5

Ryan Cole 2

1 3 Matthew James (Captain) 4

2

6

David Jenkins

1

1 David Lloyd

1

1

Rory Carey 2 1 2

5 Matthew Sandiford

1 1 2

Daniel Saunders 4

1

5

4

4

Richard Sharratt 4

2

6

3

3

Mitchell Slape 4

2

6

2 1 3

James Munday Andrew Wenzel 4

4 Stephen Wilson 3

1 4

William McConnell 2

1

3 Christian McConnell

Karl Davies Jack Harvey 2 1 3

Dylan Griffiths 2 2

Jason Thorn 1 2 3

Shane Jeremiah 4 2 6 1 1

Sam Watkins 4 2 6 1 1 2

Reese 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

Committee Member:

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

When the goals were scored:

Extra Time

Extra Time

2nd Half

2nd Half

1st Half

1st Half

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Opposition

Caldicot Town

Nathaniel Car Sales Welsh League Division 2

Aug Sat 15 Penrhiwceiber Rangers 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

Sat 26 Pontardawe Town A

Oct Sat 10 Llanwern A

Sat 17 AFC Llwydcoed H

Sat 24 Undy Athletic A

Sat 31 Llanelli Town A

Nov Sat 14 AFC Porth A

Sat 21 Tata Steel H

Sat 28 Penrhiwceiber Rangers A

Dec Sat 5 Croesyceiliog A

Sat 12 Cwmamman United A

Sat 19 Ammanford H

Jan Sat 2 Cwmbran Celtic A

Sat 9 Pontardawe Town H

Sat 16 West End A

Sat 23 Llanwern 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

Nathaniel Car Sales League Cup

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

Nov Sat 7 Caerau Ely A tbc

FAW Cup

Sep Sat 12 Penlan FC (FAW Cup) A W 2-1 aet S Watkins, S Jeremiah

Oct Sat 3 Ebbw Vale (FAW Cup) A tbc

Caldicot Town AFC 1st

Team: Team Fixtures/Results 2015/16 Season

Supporters Player 14/15 Season; Ben Davidson

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

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 for the kitchen on

the back of funds raised last season.

Supporters Minibus

Our next away game is at Pontardawe on Saturday 26th September, hopefully we will

have a minibus running to this game. Please see noticeboard for details. Help the club

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

Predictor

For just a £1 you can guess the score of 3 selected premier league games to win a

big bag full of cash. You must pay for your selections before the first game kicks off;

the current rollover pot is worth over £750. Open to members only!

This page is sponsored by J Price Chiropody

Games to be rearranged:

Ammanford (A)

West End (H)

Dinas Powys (H)

Cwmamman United (H)

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ABOUT THE CLUB, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NEWS

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, Kerry

Rix. 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

Name Goals

Tom Connor 7

Dylan Griffiths 6

Dan Saunders 4

Richard Sharratt 3

Mitch Slape 3

This season’s 1st team stats:

Players used: 21

Biggest win: 5-2 v Penrhiwceiber Rang

Best winning streak: 6 games

Best unbeaten run: 6 games

Consecutive games scoring: 6 games

Consecutive not conceding: 2 games

Hat tricks: none

Player: consecutive games scoring: 2 –

Richard Sharratt & Mitch Slape

Consecutive drawn games: -

Worst losing streak: -

Consecutive games without a win: -

Heaviest defeat: -

Caldicot Town AFC 1st

Team: Season 2015/16 Stats

Gwent goalscorers (League only)

6 - Josh Bull (Cwmbran C); Richard

Jerimiah (Abergavenny T).

4 - Nick Harrhy (Monmouth T); Tom

McCarthy (Aberbargoed B); Dan MacDonald (Monmouth T); Dan

Saunders (Caldicot Town).

Won 100%

Drew 0% Lost

0%

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 3 3 0 0 10 3 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 4 0 0 11 3 12

Cup 1 1 0 0 1 0

1 1 0 0 2 1

2 2 0 0 3 1

Home 91%

Away 9%

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.

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

26/09/2015 2:30pm Caldicot Town v Treharris Ath Western League

29/09/2015 7:00pm Caldicot Town v Croesyceiliog Reserves League

Caldicot Town AFC 3rd

Team: East Gwent League Division 2

Date KO Home Team Away Team Competition

19/09/2015 2:45pm Undy Athletic v Caldicot Town League

26/09/2015 1:45pm Underwood Ath B v Caldicot Town League

Cil y Coed Celts Veterans: Cabot Division 1

Date KO Home Team Away Team Competition

20/09/2015 11.00am Pas Masters v Cil Y Coed Celts League

18/10/2015 10:45am Cribbs Vets v Cil Y Coed Celts League

Caldicot Town AFC U19’s: Welsh Youth East

Date KO Home Team Away Team Competition

20/09/2015 2.30pm Risca United v Caldicot Town League

27/09/2015 2:30pm Caerau (ELY) v Caldicot Town League

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

Date KO Home Team Away Team Competition

20/09/2015 2.00pm Merthyr Town DL v Caldicot Town League

27/09/2015 2:00pm Caerphilly Castle v Caldicot Town League

Reserve League East (as at 12 September 2015)

P W D L F A +/- PTS

1 Cardiff Met University Reserves 7 5 1 1 22 5 17 16

2 Undy Athletic Reserves 6 4 1 1 11 6 5 13

3 Risca United Reserves 5 4 0 1 14 8 6 12

4 Caldicot Town Reserves 6 4 0 2 14 10 4 12

5 Newport YMCA Reserves 7 4 0 3 17 17 0 12

6 Croesyceiliog Reserves 6 3 2 1 18 4 14 11

7 Monmouth Town Reserves 5 3 1 1 18 9 9 10

8 Goytre Reserves 4 3 0 1 11 7 4 9

9 Bridgend Street Reserves 6 3 0 3 9 9 0 9

10 Cwmbran Celtic Reserves 5 2 2 1 15 8 7 8

11 Abergavenny Town Reserves 4 2 0 2 9 8 1 6

12 Caerleon Reserves 6 0 4 2 8 14 -6 4

13 Treowen Stars Reserves 4 1 0 3 7 13 -6 3

14 Lliswerry Reserves 5 1 0 4 5 18 -13 3

15 Treharris Athletic Western Reserves 6 0 2 4 6 18 -12 2

16 Panteg Reserves 5 0 1 4 8 14 -6 1

17 Chepstow Town Reserves 5 0 0 5 2 26 -24 0

Youth League East (as at 16 September 2015)

P W D L F A +/- PTS

1 Ton Pentre Youth 1 1 0 0 6 3 3 3

2 Cwmbran Celtic Youth 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3

3 Monmouth Town Youth 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3

4 AFC Porth Youth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 Barry Town United Youth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 Cwm Welfare Youth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 Goytre Youth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 Taffs Well Youth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 Risca United Youth 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0

10 Caerau (ELY) Youth 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

11 Caldicot Town Youth 1 0 0 1 3 6 -3 0

EDITORS NOTE: Today we welcome the players, management, committee members and supporters of Cwmbran Celtic to Jubilee Way for this Nathaniel Cars Sales Welsh League Division 2 fixture. So far this season Cwmbran Celtic have played five league games, winning four and losing one. They have scored thirteen goals and conceded seven. 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. Caldicot have been drawn away in the next round of both the FAW Cup and the Nathaniel League Cup. We will play away at RTB Ebbw Vale in the FAW and Caerau Ely in the League Cup (where we will renew acquaintances with our former captain David Biggs who transferred to Caerau Ely in the summer). Finally WELL DONE to RYAN MORLEY on reaching the final 3 in the Monsportsawards Young Sports

Coach Of the Year

Disclaimer: Whilst great care has been taken in producing and maintaining this matchday programme,

Caldicot Town AFC are unable to accept responsibility for any errors or omissions, and/or the accuracy

of information supplied by external parties. The views expressed in this programme are not necessarily

those of Caldicot Town AFC and/or the programme editor.

Back Row L to R: Mark Williams, Matt James (Captain), Shane Jeremiah, Jack Harvey, Ben Davidson,

Mitchell Slape, Richard Sharratt, Simon Crook, John Burrows. Front Row L to R: Rory Garey, Andrew

Wenzel, Ashley Palmer, Dylan Griffiths, Ryan Cole, Dan Saunders, Sam Watkins.

Caldicot Town AFC Teams: Caldicot will field the following teams for 2015/16 season.

Team Name League

1st Team Caldicot Town AFC Welsh League Div. 2

2nd Team Caldicot Town AFC Welsh League Reserve East

3rd Team Caldicot Town AFC East Gwent League

U19 Team Caldicot Town AFC Welsh Youth East

Women Caldicot Town AFC South Wales Women League

Vets Team Cil-Y-Coed Celts Bristol Casuals League Div 1

U 16 Team Caldicot Town AFC East Gwent Junior League

U14 Team Caldicot Town AFC East Gwent Junior League

U12 Blue's Caldicot Town AFC East Gwent Junior League

U12 Whites Caldicot Town AFC East Gwent Junior League

U11 Team Caldicot Town AFC East Gwent Mini League

U10 Team Caldicot Town AFC No League

Nathaniel Welsh League Division 2 (as of 15 September 2015)

P W D L F A +/- PT

1 Caldicot Town 4 4 0 0 11 3 8 12

2 Cwmbran Celtic 5 4 0 1 13 7 6 12

3 Ammanford 5 3 2 0 7 3 4 11

4 Undy Athletic 6 3 1 2 17 9 8 10

5 Llanelli Town 3 3 0 0 14 2 12 9

6 AFC Llwydcoed 4 3 0 1 9 5 4 9

7 Tata Steel 4 3 0 1 5 7 -2 9

8 Cwmamman United 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 6

9 Chepstow Town 6 2 0 4 10 12 -2 6

10 West End 6 2 0 4 11 16 -5 6

11 Dinas Powys 5 1 1 3 8 13 -5 4

12 AFC Porth 5 1 1 3 6 12 -6 4

13 Pontardawe Town 5 0 3 2 4 9 -5 3

14 Llanwern 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 1

15 Croesyceiliog 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 1

16 Penrhiwceiber Rangers 5 0 0 5 8 19 -11 0

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Cwmbran Celtic – Player Pen Pics 2015/16

Nicky Church: Manager, aged 29, newly appointed this season. Ex-Academy with Cwmbran Town. A great quick

reaction shot stopper, for a number of seasons was one of best keepers in Welsh league. Higher level football at

Newport County, Cwmbran Town, Cinderford Town. Trials at Hereford United & New Saints. Also Welsh League for

Caerleon & Llanwern. Three spells at Celtic, ever present (37 games) in 3rd

Division championship team 2006/7.

Craig Cheedy: Assistant manager aged 29. Also from Academy, holds club record most Welsh league & cup

appearances (230) having been regular member of team in last 10 seasons. Previously played Welsh Premier

League for Llanelli & Cwmbran Town & Welsh League for Croesyceiliog. Took captain’s armband in 2nd

half of

2010/11 & by his tremendous on-field example inspired team to pull out of relegation zone in first season in top tier.

Miles Griffin: 1st team assistant coach, Another Academy product. Defender & capable stop-gap goalkeeper.

Reserve team manager 2011/12. Also Albion Rovers, Newport Civil Service, Risca United & Chepstow Town.

Lewis Watkins: Goalkeeper aged 23. Joined Celtic from Newport County Youth in 2010/11. Has shown great

dedication and improvement over the years to finally establish himself last season as No 1 keeper.

Conor Cronin: Goalkeeper aged 17. In 2nd

season as Academy U19 keeper. Earned 1st team chance in pre-season

friendlies after superb performance in 2015 Welsh Youth league cup final.

Rakesh Patel: Right back, aged 26. Skilful attacker who delivers great cross ball into box. Ex-Academy broke into

side in 2007/8 & has been regular ever since. Has great self-effacing personality.

Rhys John Williams: Centre back, aged 27. Resolute uncompromising defender. Good talker. New signing this

season from Goytre. Played for Blaenavon as junior; Swansea City youth, then Cwmbran Town (Welsh Premier),

Bryntirion (WL champions) &Taffs Well.

Luke Jones: Centre back & left back, aged 22. No-nonsense defender with powerful left foot and prodigious long

throw. Former Celtic junior, Academy & U19s captain. Solid 1st team debut end of 2009/10. Also a boxer who quickly

made name for himself in Welsh Amateur ranks. Manager’s & player’s player of year 2014/15.

Rhys Hodges: Centre back, aged 25. Very strong in the challenge, good in air. Had superb first season in 2013/14

after 6 seasons at Abertillery Bluebirds. Junior at Six Bells, Gwent county U18.

Richard Cress: Left back, captain, aged 29. Attacking full-back, quick and strong in tackle. “Billy” joined in 2010/11

from Tredegar Town. Very popular throughout club. His extreme commitment has caused a number of niggling

injuries over the years. Formerly with Cardiff City (U16), Llanhilleth, Abertillery Bluebirds & Abertillery Excelsiors.

Curtis Patel: Central defender aged 22. Ex Academy. Younger brother of Kesh. Debut 2013/14 & played with such

assurance that he kept his place for whole season, Great clubman.

Lee Challenger: Right back/holding midfield, aged 27. Versatile player, penalty taker. “Charlie” played junior football

at Blaenavon before joining Academy. Made debut for 1st team 2007/8. Had two seasons away at Blaenavon Blues

2009/10 and Goytre 2013/14.

Alan Kenney: Left midfield, aged 27. Accomplished left footer with great first touch. New signing from English club

Bedford Town having moved with his job to South Wales.

Owen Cook: Centre midfield, aged 23. Talented creative player, loves to get forward. Ex-Academy, 1st team debut

2009/10. Played for Fairfield in Gwent County League 2012/13.

Dominic Connor: Left wing aged 29. Attacking midfielder with knack of arriving in the box at the right time to score

important goals. Formerly with Chepstow Town & Caldicot Town. Top scorer last season with 14 goals.

Owen Llewellyn: Right midfield, aged 25. Pacey hard-working wide player. Played for Celtic juniors before joining

Academy. 1st team debut 2007/8. Played striker in 2

nd division promotion season 2009/10 scoring 17 goals. Missed

most of season 2010/11 through injury but returned late on to become top scorer with 7 goals in only 13 games

which kept club in 1st division. Again top scorer in 2011/12 with 6 goals. Has not missed a match for 111 consecutive

games over 4 seasons.

Chris Ham: Right wing aged 22. Played for club as Junior and for Academy. Debut 2009/10 aged 16. Played for

Cwmbran Town 2012/13, Monmouth Town & Carmarthen Town (Welsh Premier) in 2014/15.

Michael Baugh: Centre midfield, aged 21. Skilful player with good eye for goal, free kick specialist. Former Junior &

Academy player. 1st team debut 2010/11 aged 17.

Josh Bull: Striker: aged 22. Cultured speedy & nippy left footed player. Came through Academy. Played for

Abertillery Bluebirds 2011/12 scoring superb hat-trick to knock champions Bryntirion out of league cup, and later for

Blaenavon Blues in Gwent County League. 1st

team debut for Celtic 2012/13. Played 2014/15 for Monmouth Town

and Goytre but has rejoined Celtic this season.

Luke Lewis: Striker: aged 28. Hard working forward who gets into good goalscoring positions. Joined 2014/15 from

Abertillery Bluebirds.

Sean Feeley: Striker aged 19. Speedy front runner. Joined 2013/14 from Penybont. Formerly a junior at Race &

Leatherhead (Surrey). Top scorer for last season’s Academy U19s.

Lloyd Kinsella & Rhys Williams: Midfield

Cwmbran Celtic – Brief History (1925 – 2015)

Cwmbran Celtic football club was formed in 1925. In the early years the club was known as CYMS (Catholic Young

Men's Society). After the immediate success of winning the Newport & District Division 2 Section A title in 1925/6

there was then a 25 year gap before the next trophy, the Premier Division title in 1950/1. The club disbanded in the

late 1950’s largely as a consequence of national service call-ups but a large influx of junior and youth players brought

about the re-forming of the club in 1964 under the new name of Cwmbran Catholics. In 1970/1 Celtic won the Gwent

Senior Cup. In 1972/3 with playing membership open to all denominations the club dropped the catholic title and re-

named as Cwmbran Celtic duly winning the Gwent Amateur Cup and finishing runners-up in the Gwent Premier

League. In 1979 the club bought its own premises at Oak Street, Old Cwmbran, the club's present headquarters. The

club's ground was in Cwmbran Park but around 1995 they moved to the grounds outside Cwmbran Stadium which

were shared with Cwmbran Cricket club. The cricket club later moved to Caerleon and Celtic obtained the lease from

Torfaen Council. Celtic played in the Gwent County League in the 1980s and 1990s and after gaining promotion as

champions of Division 2 in 1986/7 remained in the 1st division for the next 10 seasons. However a disastrous slide

found the club languishing in the 3rd division when Paul "Dishy" Richardson became manager in 1999. He

transformed the side bringing in experienced ex-Cwmbran Town stalwarts Mickey Copeman and Kevin Payne

alongside teenage striker Shane Williamson who for a dozen seasons was top scorer. The side was later bolstered by

the return of ex-professionals Ben Graham and Mark Parfitt who had started their careers with Celtic as juniors. There

were successive promotions from the 3rd to 1st division between 1999 and 2001 and in 1999/2000 Celtic won the

Gwent County league cup.

In 2004/5 under new player-manager Mickey Copeman, the club were runners-up to Clydach Wasps who applied for

membership of the Welsh Football League but their ground was adjudged not to be of the required standard. Celtic

applied instead. Their ground outside Cwmbran Stadium was also not up to standard but Celtic were able to share

Cwmbran Stadium with Cwmbran Town and so the Welsh League accepted the club's application. In their first season

in the WFL, 2005/6, Celtic struggled near the bottom of the 3rd division all season. In April 2006 Celtic travelled to

Chepstow Town needing a win to stay in the league. They went 1-0 down. With minutes of normal time remaining

substitute Jason Price equalised but a draw was not enough. In the 9th minute of time added on player manager

Mickey Copeman went up for a corner. The ball was cleared off the goal-line by a Chepstow defender; it hit Copeman

on the back and rebounded into the net. Celtic had achieved a last gasp win and, by winning their final match against

Seven Sisters, Celtic escaped relegation on goal difference. The following season, 2006/7, Celtic now back at their

upgraded and newly named ground, Celtic Park, were transformed. They only lost 2 games all season and enjoyed a

24 match unbeaten run. They went to Risca for their last match already promoted but needed to win to secure the

Championship ahead of Llanwern. With 3 minutes left Celtic were 1-0 down playing with 10 men after a red card for

Kevin Payne. Then Sammy Winter equalised with a speculative long range shot and in the last minute a Risca

clearance found full back Ben Graham outside the box. He hit a perfect looping volley over the goalkeeper's head and

into the net. Celtic were champions. In Division 2 Celtic consolidated their position in seasons 2007/8 and 2008/9

during which they introduced a number of players from their new partnership with Fairwater High School Football

Academy in Cwmbran managed by Celtic coach Della Cheedy.

In 2009/10 Celtic were front runners destined to win the Championship. However they lost two key defenders who

transferred to Aberaman Athletic at a crucial time and vital points were dropped. Nevertheless Celtic still finished their

games in 1st place and would win the title if Penrhiwceiber failed to win at Newcastle Emlyn. The home side was 2-0

up at one stage but Ceiber clawed their way back to win 3-2 and deny Celtic the championship. At the end of the

season Mickey Copeman stood down after 7 years in the role during which he secured 3 promotions for the club from

the Gwent County League to the top division of the Welsh League. In their first season in the 1st division, 2010/11

under new manager Ben Graham, Celtic struggled during the first half of the season and were firmly planted in the

relegation zone but a superb run-in during which they won 7 and drew 3 of 14 games earned them 12th place out of

16. In 2011/12 a good start was made under Alan Dibble who stepped down in September with the team in 5th place,

to be replaced by Gareth Morgan. Either side of Christmas, Celtic were 2nd

but they had a dismal end of season run

and again finished 12th. In 2012/13 with head coach Della Cheedy at the helm, Celtic started brightly with some fine

performances including a 4-2 win versus reigning champions Cambrian & Clydach but they lost their way in the New

Year and at one stage were in last place. However, with characteristic determination they dragged themselves up the

table and sealed another season in the top division with a resounding 5-1 win against Haverfordwest County. Under

Steve Morgan in 2013/14 Celtic underperformed finishing 4th from bottom and with Afan Lido relegated from the

Welsh Premier League, Celtic were relegated despite appealing to an FAW arbitration. With Della Cheedy back as

manager in 2014/15 Celtic finished 7th

in Division 2. This season the club’s youthful management team comprises

former goalkeeper Nicky Church (manager) and ex-team captain Craig Cheedy (assistant).

Dates For Your Diary

Nathaniel Car Sales League Cup

Round Two - Saturday 7 November 2015

Round Three - Saturday 9 January 2016

Round Four - Saturday 12 March 2016

Semi Final – Saturday 16 April 2016

Final – TBC

FAW Welsh Cup

Round One - Sat or Sun 3 or 4 October 2015

Round Two - Sat or Sun 31 Oct or 1 Nov 2015

Round Three - Sat or Sun 5 or 6 December 2015

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 Three - Saturday 17 October 2015

Round Four - Saturday 21 November 2015

Round Five - Saturday 23 January 2016

Round Six - Saturday 20 February 2016

Semi Final - Saturday 19 March 2016

Final - Saturday 16 April 2016

Away Days!

Our next away game is at Pontardawe in the Welsh League on the 26th September, with a kick off

time of 2.30pm. Hopefully we will have a supporter’s minibus running to this game, please see

noticeboard for details. Pontardawe play their home games at Parc Ynysderw, for those of you who

will be driving to the game the address for your sat nav is: Parc Ynysderw, Ffordd Parc Ynysderw,

Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 4EG (Follow Signs for Pontardawe Leisure Centre). I am led to believe

that the nearest hostelry is the Pontardawe Inn (location B on the map below, this is where the

players go for after match hospitality). The address is: The Pontardawe Inn, "The Gwachel" 123

Herbert Street, Pontardawe, SA8 4ED. The map below shows the route to take between the ground

and the pub. Google shows that it is 0.4 miles between the two.

Latest Results:

Welsh League Reserve Division East: Risca United 4 - 1 Caldicot Town

A solitary Sam Hooper goal brought the only cheer for the day for the Reserves against a good Risca side.

East Gwent Division One: Caldicot Town 7 - 3 Tintern Abbey

Tom Corner ran riot scoring 4 goals as Caldicot cruised to victory over Tintern Abbey. Corner now tops the

golden boot chart with 7 goals so far this season. Is there a call up in prospect to the reserves for this goal

scoring machine? Luke Hall with a brace and Elliot Thomas were the other Caldicot Town scorers.

South Wales Womens & Girls League Division Two: Caldicot Town Ladies 2 - 2 Cascade YC

Caldicot Ladies kicked off their league campaign with a draw at home to Cascade YC in the second division

of the SWWGL. Two goals from Helen Cadogan ensured Caldicot had a share of the points.

Welsh League Youth Division East: Caldicot Town 3 - 6 Ton Pentre

The Youth team had a tough start against a very good Ton Pentre side losing 6-3 the only highlight was

Dylan Griffiths scoring a hatrick in 40 mins. Jacob Ovendale opened up the scoring for Ton Pentre after just

12 minutes and it was 2-0 during the 23rd minute of play when Kieran Tann broke inside from the right wing

to place the ball low past our goalkeeper. Daniel Kinsey ran though the Caldicot defence to make it 3-0 in the

40th minute. Tann was involved in Ton Pentre’s fourth goal when he played a through ball for Tyler Rees to

flick it on for Jamie Coombes to slot the ball past the goalkeeper. Ton Pentre were now dominant and made

it 5-0 in the 73rd minute when Tann burst through the Caldicot defence to score. Shortly after, Dylan Griffiths

grabbed a goal back for Caldicot for 5-1. Rees scored Ton Pentre’s sixth goal of the match when some

sublime trickery saw him break through the Caldicot defence in the 84th minute. Before the full-time whistle

was blown, Caldicot managed to score two further goals through Griffiths, who completed a hat-trick making

the final score 6-3.

Pictures from our away win at

Penlan

Caldicot's Mitchell Slape is held at bay

Manager Mark Williams applauds the

opening goal

Shane Jeremiah is swamped by the

relieved Caldicot players

What’s on at Jubilee Way:

Saturday 17

th October: A fund raising

evening for the club.

Halloween Disco: Saturday 31

st October.

Please see notice board for ticket details

Welsh Cup 2nd Preliminary Round: Penlan 1 - 2 Caldicot Town;

Report by Mark Anderson (edited by Kev!)

Caldicot travelled west to Swansea and came away with a narrow victory against Penlan.

This game was full of incident, mostly unsavoury from a minority of Penlan players who not

only let themselves down but the rest of their team mates down. I will try my best to report on

the football side of things but it will be hard having witnessed the scenes I did at Saturday’s

game. (The most bizarre game I’ve witnessed in a long time..the editor) From the kick-off the

Penlan boys were fired up and are a team used to winning so Caldicot were going to have to

be on their metal if they were to get a result. It is worth noting at this stage that Manager Mark

Williams was missing 8 regular players from the squad due to work commitments and Andrew

Wenzel’s, wedding, which took place in Cyprus ( a number of players flew out to celebrate

the event). After two minutes the number 10 for Penlan was barking out expletives at our

linesman for daring to give a throw-in in favour of us and so from that early on you had the

sense that this was going to be an interesting game. The game had barely settled down when

early Caldicot pressure saw the ball fall to Sam Watkins at the edge of the Penlan area where

the normally left footed Watkins used his right foot to the same effect as his curled shot that

gave the Penlan keeper no chance. The perfect start but would it quite down the home side?

The next quarter of an hour in the game saw Penlan literally try and stamp some authority on

the game as the abusive number 10 started to froth at the mouth and question the sexuality

of anyone from Caldicot, amazingly he nearly survived the whole half before picking up a

much deserved yellow card. His strike partner also joined him in the book for something

totally avoidable, the temperature rose to boiling point both on and off the pitch. Amidst all the

aggro Penlan were actually playing some decent football but the team’s inability to control

themselves was ultimately going to prove their downfall. Caldicot were holding firm but were

struggling to find a second goal, at last half-time came with Caldicot holding a slender lead.

Into the second half and after being fed another load of raw meat the Penlan boys came out

firing on all cylinders and managed to last 5 mins in before another yellow was shown. This

time however it was the number 9 second yellow and so off he went to the disbelief of Penlan

who must obviously get away with that sort of thing on a regular basis.....the Caldicot faithful

were starting to see how most teams must dread going there especially if you do not have a

strong Referee. Luckily we did and he was also being assessed so this meant he had to be

strong and he did not let himself down. You could say he deserved man of the match

although I know no one present from Penlan would agree as there were calls after the game

for none of their player to shake his hand! The next bit of action was, yes you guessed it,

another red card. This time there was no one on the pitch who deserved it more than the 10,

who then decided to come back around our side of the pitch looking to start trouble. In a

word I would sum up this player as a "Disgrace" and an embarrassment to the side he

represents. The Penlan management were called onto the pitch (I assume that's what

happened) by the Referee to calm them down but they seemed to have little control over the

players. The blood was up and egged on by their fans they were not going to change their

style of play any time soon. Caldicot with a two man numerical advantage were struggling

more than when they faced eleven men as Penlan pulled all players back behind the ball

once they lost possession making it difficult for Caldicot to their credit. With 15 minutes gone

in the second half the final red card was awarded to the Penlan number 5. The Centre Half

had been overly aggressive throughout the game and after picking up a yellow only minutes

before, the Referee was then dishing out a second yellow for what I can only assume was

something he said. This by now had incensed the home team, management and support but

the Referee was standing firm in what would I am sure been one of his hardest games he has

had to officiate? The game should now be a formality for Caldicot who were playing against

8 men. There were thoughts that Penlan might try and get the game abandoned but it

appeared that with the three players sent off the remaining ones at least for their part seemed

intent on playing some football. With 30 minutes gone and Caldicot looking like they were

going to settle for a 1-0 win the unthinkable happened.......Penlan equalised! Now the focus

was on football, the remaining Penlan players were knocking it around and causing Caldicot

some difficulty. As they pushed forward they found themselves with a shooting chance which

was hit low down to Matt Sandiford’s right hand side. The big keeper saved well but the

defence had switched off as the rebound was tapped in, queue wild celebrations.

Caldicot were in shock and the players on the pitch were being put through the ringer by the

home support who couldn't believe that we were a Welsh League team. Manager Mark

Williams then brought on his only subs in youngsters Reece Norris and Ryan Coles where

you could have understood if they did not fancy going on but on they went as Caldicot tried to

regain the initiative. Mitchell Slape hit a powerful drive which would have been certain goal

had it have been either side of the keeper and a Rory Gary looping header was saved

superbly by the keeper who in all fairness had a very good game.

Now into Extra Time it appeared that Caldicot were back on top and so they should have

been with a three man advantage! Penlan were defending for their lives as Caldicot had the

luxury of plenty of possession although they struggled to find an opening. Jason Thorn was

presented with a couple of chances that were once again dealt with by the Penlan keeper.

With the final 15 minutes underway it looked very much like this was going to go to penalties.

The home side were by now obviously very tired and posed little threat to the Caldicot goal

were as at the other end Caldicot were lacking the guile to unpick the Penlan defence who

were well organised and earned much credit on reflection for their efforts made after the three

earlier sending’s off. With 5 minutes gone Caldicot at last found a goal that turned out to be

the winner. Shane Jeremiah picked up the ball in his own half and carried it forward. The

Penlan defence already stretched let Jeremiah continue and when within twenty yards the

Caldicot defender struck a left foot shot that went low before hitting the right hand post and

bouncing into the net much to the relief of the whole team and travelling supporters.

The standard of refereeing during the game is what you see in the Welsh League week in

week out, he was not going to be intimidated so full credit to him. As for Caldicot I was proud

to see them stand strong.