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Post by manulike on Aug 8, 2018 9:51:07 GMT
They're the Danish champions I'd say this is the end of the road for them sadly. Not the biggest fan of TNS as their owner slags off Wrexham at every opportunity but it's still Welsh representation but I can't see them beating the Danish champs over 2 legs. Definitely agree, this is the end of the road for TNS, but its first leg, so may be tight to a point, its £5 a ticket and not far away. Also interested in this one. Doesn't look like Midtjylland have any of the national team players, despite being Danish Champions?
Ben Cabango seems to be doing well on loan from the Swans - is fiveattheback going? Any other Welsh young guns to look out for in the TNS squad?
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Post by phillywelsh83 on Aug 8, 2018 10:28:37 GMT
Definitely agree, this is the end of the road for TNS, but its first leg, so may be tight to a point, its £5 a ticket and not far away. Also interested in this one. Doesn't look like Midtjylland have any of the national team players, despite being Danish Champions?
Ben Cabango seems to be doing well on loan from the Swans - is fiveattheback going? Any other Welsh young guns to look out for in the TNS squad?
They are not the team they were. A few years back they had players like Pione Sisto, Mikkel Anderson, Marco Urena, Tim Sparv & Jakob Poulsen. They lost a few players now, still have Sparv & Poulsen though. Will be an interesting game. Appears they have signed the former Celtic defender Erik Sviatchenko too. Im looking forward to it - though still haven't received my tickets, so will have to wait and see. |
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Post by CrackityJones on Jan 4, 2019 14:47:45 GMT
This has got to be good for the profile of the league:
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Post by claretcymro on Jan 4, 2019 16:54:54 GMT
A great signing both for Llanelli and the Welsh Premier League. Owain Tudur Jones and Malcolm Allen were talking about this move and Llanelli's efforts to sign a number of other better quality players during their televised match against Carmarthen on New Year's Day. If they succeed hopefully the bottom of the league might become as tight as the top.
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Post by cadno on Jan 4, 2019 18:33:34 GMT
Fantastic news, I'll definitely go to a game at Stebo soon now.
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Post by chislenko on Jan 4, 2019 22:52:32 GMT
Its not a few years since a much travelled and we'll known Wales away regular was having to give them money out of his own pocket for them to put a game on.
Do they now have new benefactors?
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Post by derynglas on Feb 18, 2019 11:46:17 GMT
Congratulations to Connahs Quay Nomads who reached the final of the
Scottish Irn Bru cup. Winning their semi final against Edinburgh city
on penalties after a 1-1 draw live on S4C off course and in front of their
record crowd of 1086.They will play Ross county who lead the Scottish championship
in the final next month.
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Post by welshiron on Feb 18, 2019 12:14:31 GMT
Great effort from them getting to the final
Just need more people to start watching their local team and standards will improve.
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Post by biwmares on Feb 26, 2019 6:32:16 GMT
Apparently Colwyn Bay FC are on the verge of quitting the English league.
MEETING UPDATE FROM LAST NIGHT
The club have tonight reluctantly decided to explore a possible return to Welsh football on financial grounds.
They are to hold talks with the FA of Wales later this week before making a final decision.
The club needs £100,000 a year more revenue to stay competitive in the English system and with lack support from the town in terms people coming to games and business investment, that is looking impossible.
To try and stay competitive in England was no longer viable and would mean the club going out of business altogether inside two years.
Chairman Bill Murray said there were three options:
1 Stay as we are and see the club fold.
2 Stay in England on a drastically reduced budget and face repeated battles against relegation .
3 Start again in local Welsh Football and look to build from there to possible Welsh Premier status in three or four years.
If the club go for the third option, Craig Hogg and Neil Coverley said they would stay with the club providing there was a realistic and feasible plan in place with a view to taking the club forward.
The chairman and manager agreed their hearts want to stay in England, but with the current financial situation, their heads say return to local Welsh football and rebuild - otherwise there could soon be no club at all
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Post by welshiron on Feb 26, 2019 8:35:43 GMT
I wonder if they will be put straight into tier 2 with the current re shuffle.
What are the views of the other clubs in north Wales.
Maybe merthyr next as they are always going bust.
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Post by BA Baracus on Feb 26, 2019 8:40:13 GMT
Apparently Colwyn Bay FC are on the verge of quitting the English league. MEETING UPDATE FROM LAST NIGHT The club have tonight reluctantly decided to explore a possible return to Welsh football on financial grounds. They are to hold talks with the FA of Wales later this week before making a final decision. The club needs £100,000 a year more revenue to stay competitive in the English system and with lack support from the town in terms people coming to games and business investment, that is looking impossible. To try and stay competitive in England was no longer viable and would mean the club going out of business altogether inside two years. Chairman Bill Murray said there were three options: 1 Stay as we are and see the club fold. 2 Stay in England on a drastically reduced budget and face repeated battles against relegation . 3 Start again in local Welsh Football and look to build from there to possible Welsh Premier status in three or four years. If the club go for the third option, Craig Hogg and Neil Coverley said they would stay with the club providing there was a realistic and feasible plan in place with a view to taking the club forward. The chairman and manager agreed their hearts want to stay in England, but with the current financial situation, their heads say return to local Welsh football and rebuild - otherwise there could soon be no club at all Probably a good move... the circumstances under which they stayed in the English system have changed in the 25 years since the League of Wales/WPL was formed. The FAW is a different beast too. And the standard of the WPL is much higher than it was back then. Colwyn Bay had a great couple of seasons a few years ago when they got two promotions on the trot and ended in the Conference North (just one division below Wrexham) but they were clearly punching well above their weight against richer and bigger teams then. And it didn't last. The last few years they've probably been at their natural position or thereabouts, so you've got to wonder whether it's better for them to be playing against local rivals of a broadly similar standard in Wales rather than trawling around the hinterlands of Lancashire and Greater Manchester. The FA Cup is a big cash cow for teams of that size, and they haven't had a decent run in years. Interesting what they say about lack of support from businesses in the town... maybe that would change with a shift into the Welsh pyramid. Targeting the WPL is acheivable and doing it via the lower divisions first means they shouldn't rub people up the wrong way. |
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Post by welshiron on Feb 26, 2019 9:00:08 GMT
What tier are they expected to join.
Barry and Llanelli had to start in division 3 of the Welsh league so 3 promotions before the premier.
Different circumstances but probably a fair level.
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Post by BA Baracus on Feb 26, 2019 9:25:56 GMT
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Post by welshiron on Feb 26, 2019 9:49:21 GMT
Forgive my ignorance but what level is that.
How many promotions needed to get to wpl
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Post by BA Baracus on Feb 26, 2019 10:23:10 GMT
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Post by conwy10 on Feb 27, 2019 0:32:49 GMT
Totally classless statement from Colwyn Bay. Imagine the FAW put out a statement saying they’ve reluctantly agreed to accept Colwyn Bay into the league. Let them go bust in the English league if there’s any doubting their desires to be in the league, see how reluctant they’ll be then...
I think they’ll struggle in the Welsh leagues. Good luck to them paying travel expenses to Holyhead Hotspurs away when they’re based in Wrexham. Probably have to start their squad from nothing.
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Post by welshiron on Feb 27, 2019 7:38:26 GMT
Totally classless statement from Colwyn Bay. Imagine the FAW put out a statement saying they’ve reluctantly agreed to accept Colwyn Bay into the league. Let them go bust in the English league if there’s any doubting their desires to be in the league, see how reluctant they’ll be then... I think they’ll struggle in the Welsh leagues. Good luck to them paying travel expenses to Holyhead Hotspurs away when they’re based in Wrexham. Probably have to start their squad from nothing. Totally agree. we don't want to join you but we have to so please be grateful |
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Post by BA Baracus on Feb 27, 2019 8:19:13 GMT
Totally classless statement from Colwyn Bay. Imagine the FAW put out a statement saying they’ve reluctantly agreed to accept Colwyn Bay into the league. Let them go bust in the English league if there’s any doubting their desires to be in the league, see how reluctant they’ll be then... I think they’ll struggle in the Welsh leagues. Good luck to them paying travel expenses to Holyhead Hotspurs away when they’re based in Wrexham. Probably have to start their squad from nothing. Totally agree. we don't want to join you but we have to so please be grateful Cack-handed to say the least. There's a lot of bitterness over how the FAW went about forming the LoW and forcing clubs into it. Court cases, playing home games in England for several season. Perhaps that goes some way to explaining where they're coming from. From what I understand, though I've not seen it, they have ditched "reluctantly" from a revised version of the statement. Hopefully, the conditions are right now... time has passed, the WPL is of a much higher standard and FAW isn't run by the shambling amateurs and vested committeemen of yore. |
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Post by biwmares on Mar 4, 2019 18:51:38 GMT
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Post by biwmares on Mar 7, 2019 19:05:36 GMT
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Post by conwy10 on Mar 7, 2019 20:16:35 GMT
An amazing cost cutting measure they could try is use local players and wherever they end up is their level...
Phase out all the mercenaries, bring through local players, family and friends will attend matches, community interest will sky rocket. I never get why people want to buy their way to success and then complain that they haven’t got enough money to keep trying to buy their way to success.
Train at the brand new 4G at Eirias Park, don’t pay travel expenses (if they want to play for the club they’ll find a way there) minibus/coach from the ground to away games for the players, calculate last years expenses and whatevers left come up with a pay structure for the players based on that. What the hell will a club like Colwyn Bay spend £100,000 on let alone need another £100,000...
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Post by derynglas on Mar 7, 2019 23:26:57 GMT
Y Clwb Pel Droed on twitter reporting that Colwyn Bay FC have voted
to join the Welsh pyramid system.
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Post by BA Baracus on Mar 8, 2019 9:42:46 GMT
An amazing cost cutting measure they could try is use local players and wherever they end up is their level... Phase out all the mercenaries, bring through local players, family and friends will attend matches, community interest will sky rocket. I never get why people want to buy their way to success and then complain that they haven’t got enough money to keep trying to buy their way to success. Train at the brand new 4G at Eirias Park, don’t pay travel expenses (if they want to play for the club they’ll find a way there) minibus/coach from the ground to away games for the players, calculate last years expenses and whatevers left come up with a pay structure for the players based on that. What the hell will a club like Colwyn Bay spend £100,000 on let alone need another £100,000... Agree with that in theory, but didn't Caernarfon go down the "local players only" route some 10 years ago with disasterous consequences? |
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Post by welshiron on Mar 8, 2019 14:21:00 GMT
You will never have all local players.
My team only have 3 or 4, although we do have 2 playing in the wpl as well.
The others all live within 15 -20 mins away.
This is tier 2.
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Post by BA Baracus on Mar 8, 2019 15:39:06 GMT
You will never have all local players. My team only have 3 or 4, although we do have 2 playing in the wpl as well. The others all live within 15 -20 mins away. This is tier 2. I'd count 15-20 minutes away as being local to be fair. This isn't a problem exclusive to Wales btw. Lots of small-town English non-league teams draw in players from the nearest big urban conurbation. Out of interest, does anyone know where the bulk of Merthyr's squad come from/traditionally come from? |
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Post by conwy10 on Mar 8, 2019 20:29:04 GMT
An amazing cost cutting measure they could try is use local players and wherever they end up is their level... Phase out all the mercenaries, bring through local players, family and friends will attend matches, community interest will sky rocket. I never get why people want to buy their way to success and then complain that they haven’t got enough money to keep trying to buy their way to success. Train at the brand new 4G at Eirias Park, don’t pay travel expenses (if they want to play for the club they’ll find a way there) minibus/coach from the ground to away games for the players, calculate last years expenses and whatevers left come up with a pay structure for the players based on that. What the hell will a club like Colwyn Bay spend £100,000 on let alone need another £100,000... Agree with that in theory, but didn't Caernarfon go down the "local players only" route some 10 years ago with disasterous consequences? I’ve never understood why there is a need to look miles outside. They haven’t got enough money so the alternative is to go crying online about how the community hasn’t got any interest in them. Why not cut their cloth accordingly and try to build a following organically. I can’t imagine Ramsbottom ship in players from miles away or need over £100,000 additional funds to continue. I’d imagine that’s local football. |
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Post by conwy10 on Mar 8, 2019 20:41:50 GMT
You will never have all local players. My team only have 3 or 4, although we do have 2 playing in the wpl as well. The others all live within 15 -20 mins away. This is tier 2. Could that be the problem with Welsh football though? Bangor based in Wrexham, Conwy based in Deeside, last I heard Colwyn Bay was based in Wrexham too. They take themselves too seriously and think they’re above the local talent and their community. If I was in charge of a club I would prefer to represent the area, build ties with the locals and build the club up as the focal point of the community. If outsiders want to buy into that, represent the club and take on that philosophy brilliant, but I certainly wouldn’t move the training 30 miles away and only travel in for the matches. If you aren’t good enough, your coaching staff can’t get the players ready and your youth system isn’t working then there’s the problem. |
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Post by manulike on Mar 19, 2019 19:48:11 GMT
Didn't want to start a new thread but ... Wales C v England C live from Salford KO 7.45pm Giggs, Osian and Dutch Albert all there ;-)
EDIT Ended 2-2. Good game.
Number 8 Aeron Edwards was very good. As was number 10 Venables. Hope Wrexham sxouts were out there!
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Post by marsvolta on Mar 19, 2019 21:42:50 GMT
Didn't want to start a new thread but ... Wales C v England C live from Salford KO 7.45pm Giggs, Osian and Dutch Albert all there ;-) EDIT Ended 2-2. Good game.
Number 8 Aeron Edwards was very good. As was number 10 Venables. Hope Wrexham sxouts were out there!
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Post by garynysmon on Mar 20, 2019 13:45:23 GMT
Positive result for the league last night with the 'C' team securing a 2-2 draw against their English counterparts. www.faw.cymru/en/news/battling-wales-c-earn-draw-against-england/I was in Salford last night and thought we were well worth a draw. Around 150 Welsh fans in attendance with the Barry Town boys making a lot of noise! |
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