Y Fersiwn Gymraeg: Ryan Williams, Safbwynt Gwahanol a 'Sconegate'.

Fel Cymro balch rwy'n teimlo'n aml y dylwn i ysgrifennu llawer mwy yn fy iaith frodorol. Mae'n iaith gyntaf i mi, yr un rwy'n ei defnyddio drwy'r dydd, bob dydd, ac eto rwy'n ysgrifennu rhan mwyaf o bethau yn Saesneg. Does dim esgus mewn gwirionedd, heblaw am ddweud, doeddwn i wirioneddol ddim yn cymryd fawr o sylw o fy ngwersi Cymraeg yn yr ysgol gan fy mod yn siared yr iaith yn rhugl, yr un fath â phawb arall oni'n adnabod.

Gyda hyn mewn golwg, rwy'n rhoi cynnig, am y tro cyntaf, ar fersiwn Gymraeg o gofnod blog a, cyn belled a fod o'n ddarllenadwy, mi fydda i'n gwneud fy ngorau i cario ymlaen gyda fersiwn Cymraeg a Saesneg o flogiau'r dyfodol. Peidiwch â bod yn rhy feirniadol gyda fy ymgais gyntaf.....

Ar ôl cyhoeddi cofnod blog dim ond pedwar diwrnod yn ôl, ydw i yn sefyllfa anghyffredin iawn o fod yn ôl y tu ôl i'm desg ac o flaen y gliniadur, ac yn rhoi cynnig arall ar rannu sylwadau gyda themau i ymwneud a'r Cofis, a rhoi diweddariad cyflym i unrhyw rai sydd â diddordeb.

Gorffennais y cofnod olaf drwy nodi nad oedd y tîm wedi gwneud yn rhy ddrwg hyd yn hyn am dîm pêl-hir oedd yn saff o fynd lawr i'r ail gynghrair ar ôl tymor yn yr Uwch Cynghrair ac, er gwaethaf y golled siomedig a gafwyd i'r Drenewydd, nid oes dim wedi newid.

Mewn gwirionedd, nid yw perfformiad y tîm yn erbyn y 'Robins' ond yn atgyfnerthu'r hyn yr wyf i, a'r rhan fwyaf o gefnogwyr y clwb, wedi bod yn ei ddweud drwy'r tymor: Rydym mewn safle gwych yn y Gynghrair ond, yn seiliedig ar ein perfformiadau, mae'n bosibl y dylem fod yn herio Cei Connah, Y Barri a'r Seintiau Newydd am y teitl.

Nic Bould

Ella bod hwn yn ddatganiad braidd yn feiddgar o ystyried ein bod dim ond ychydig dros hanner ffordd drwy ein tymor cyntaf yn ôl yn uwch gynghrair Cymru, ond byddwn yn herio unrhyw un sy'n amau fy marn ar hyn i wrthbrofi nad ydym yn haeddu dipyn mwy o bwyntiau ar y Bwrdd nag sydd gennym ar hyn o bryd.

Y gem ym Mharc Latham yw'r enghraifft ddiweddaraf lle oedd perfformiad y tîm yn haeddu mwy na'r canlyniad. I ddweud y gwir, roedd yn fy atgoffa o'n gêm yn yr un stadiwm ym mis Awst pan gollodd y Cofis er i ni reoli cyfnodau hir o'r gêm a chreu'r rhan fwyaf o'r cyfleoedd i sgorio. Ar ôl dweud hyn, mae'r Drenewydd yn dîm da ac mae ganddynt y profiad i fynd drwy gyfnodau anodd mewn gemau ac ennill ar y diwedd, yn enwedig ar gae eu hunain.

Roedd y gêm ei hun yn gracar ac, ar ôl yr ugain munud gyntaf roedd yn anodd i fi gredu bod Dre ddim ar ar y blaen. Roedd y gwesteiwyr ar y rhaffau yn gynnar ac rwy'n siŵr bod y chwaraewyr yn teimlo'n rhwystredig bod nhw heb wneud y fwyaf o hyn.

Aeth y Drenewydd ar y blaen ar ôl hanner awr, a dyma oedd y sgôr hanner amser, ond oni dal i deimlo bod gan Gaernarfon ddigon i ddod yn ôl am fuddugoliaeth. Roedd pethau'n edrych yn dda i ni ar ôl dwy gol sydyn gan Sion Bradley a 'dyn y gêm', Darren Thomas, ond sgoriwyd y Drenewydd yn syth ar ôl gol Messi ac, yn rhwystredig iawn, aethant yn eu blaenau i sicrhau'r pwyntiau drwy ymdrech wych gan Alex Fletcher.

Messi oedd 'Chwaraewr y Gêm' yn erbyn y Drenewydd.

Cafodd Darren Thomas ei enwi'n ddyn y gêm ar y diwrnod ac yr wyf yn sicr yn cytuno ond mae'n rhaid ei fod wedi bod yn alwad agos rhwng Messi, Sion Bradley a Ryan Williams, ond y gwir ydi oedd y tîm i gyd yn ardderchog.

Er gwaethaf y golled, yr oedd llawer o bethau positif o hyd i'w cael, ar ac oddi ar y cae. Roedd gweld Nic Bould yn cael ei gem lawn gyntaf yn Uwch Gynghrair Cymru, a chwarae'n dda, yn sicr yn un ohonyn nhw. Arwyddodd Nic i'r  clwb yn ystod yr haf a, gydag Alex Ramsay wedi'i sefydlu'n gadarn fel ein gôl-geidwad, mae ei gyfleoedd i ddisgleirio wedi bod yn brin hyd yn hyn.

Fodd bynnag, dydd Sadwrn oedd ei drydydd cychwyn ar gyfer y tîm cyntaf, ac o be ydw i wedi gweld, mae'n o'n hedrych yn 'prospect' da i ni at y gorffennol.  Gwelais ef yn chwarae i'r tîm o dan 19 oed yr wythnos diwethaf ac fe wnaeth yn dda yn y gem yna hefyd felly, tra bod i efallai wedi bod yn poeni yn y gorffennol ar yr adegau cafodd Rambo ei anafu, nid yw hyn gymaint o boen i mi rŵan. Gyda llaw, chwaraeodd y tîm o dan 19 yn dda iawn yn erbyn Llandudno ac mae'n ddigon bosib bod un neu ddau ohonynt wedi gwneud argraff dda o flaen tîm rheoli'r tîm cyntaf, gydag Eards Richard a Mike yn bresennol. 

Ryan Williams

Positif mawr arall i'r Cofis ar y diwrnod oedd perfformiad gwych Ryan Williams. Ryan yw dyn tawel y tîm yn fawr iawn ac, fel swyddog cyfryngau'r clwb, mae'n debyg fy mod i mor euog â neb bod o ddim bob amser yn cael y clod y mae o'n haeddu.

Roedd cyffro mawr ymhlith y cefnogwyr pan wnaethom gyhoeddi ei fod wedi ymuno â ni o Wrecsam yn ystod haf 2017 ond, yn anffodus, oedd ei dymor cyntaf yn yr Oval yn rhwystredig iawn oherwydd anaf.

Yda ni gyd yn hapus bod Ryan wedi mwy na gwneud i fynnu am hyn tymor yma. Rwyf wedi clywed bod Ryan ar fin torri i mewn i dîm cyntaf Wrecsam pan nath anaf  ei ddal yn ôl ac rwy'n sicr yn gallu gweld pam y byddai mor agos i'r tîm cyntaf yno. Mae'n beldroediwr go iawn ac oherwydd hyn, gall addasu i nifer o safleuon o amgylch y cae.

Er ei fod yn faeswr, mae Ryan wedi chwarae yn y cefn am y rhan fwyaf o dymor yma, ac wedi bod yn rhagorol, boed hynny yn ôl ar y dde neu yn galon y llinell gefn. Mae ei ansawdd gyda'r bêl yn amlwg a gallwch weld y canolwr ynddo pan mae'n chwarae allan o'r cefn. Mae Ryan hefyd yn hogyn iawn ac yn llysgennad gwych i'r clwb. Felly, ymddiheuriadau iddo am beidio bob amser â rhoi'r penawdau cyfryngau mae'n eu haeddu, ond gobeithio y bydda i'n gallu rhoi digon o sylw iddo yn y blynyddoedd i ddod.

Messi a Brads yn dathlu yn y Drenewydd.

 Un o'r themau ydw i'n ail-gylchu yn ddiweddar yn y blog yw bod pêl-droed dyddiau yma yn wahanol iawn i'r gêm roeddwn i'n ei hadnabod fel hogyn ifanc. Un ' datblygiad' hynod o hyll yn ddiweddar yw bod cefnogwyr rhai clybiau yn teimlo, yn ôl pob golwg, bod pob collhed yn ddiwedd y byd ac yn rheswm i cwestiynnu'r rheolwr a chwaraewyr. Diolch byth, mae cefnogwyr Tref Caernarfon yn wahanol a, cyn belled â bod pawb yn rhoi eu holl beth i'r achos, bydd y Cofis yn cefnogi'r rheolwr a'i dîm. Fydd hyn byth yn broblem gyda Eards a'i garfan gan eu bod bob amser yn gadael popeth ar y cae. Yn union fel y gwnaethant yn y Drenewydd.

Cyn symud ymlaen o gêm dydd Sadwrn, roedd yn gret o syniad gan y gwesteiwyr i gynnig baps sglodion am ddim i bawb yn y cae, er i mi golli allan oherwydd camgymeriad costus ar fy rhan. Ydw i ddim am fynd i ormod o fanylder ond es i i'r 'canteen' ar gyfer fy mwyd yn hytrach na Chlwb y cefnogwyr, ac er bod y wraig garedig yno wedi tynnu sylw at fy camgymeriad, roeddwn yn teimlo'n rhy anghyfforddus i ganslo fy archeb, felly gorfod talu nes i! I fod yn deg, roedd yn werth y £1.50c ac yn enwedig wrth bod y canteen yn atgoffa fi o 'gaffi Sid' yn Only Fools and Horses!

Yr oedd digwyddiad arall yn ymwneud â bwyd ar y diwrnod sydd yn haeddu ei grybwyll er bod rhaid i fi fod yn bwyllog gyda'r manylion am resymau a ddaw'n amlwg. Os fyswn i'n egluro'r manylion yn llawn, byddai'r geiriau Llywydd, sgon menyn, cyn is-gadeirydd a phoced yn cael lle amlwg ac felly, am fod ofn cywilydd ar unrhyw un byddai i yn gadael y stori i'ch dychymyg!

Bydd y tîm yn wynebu'r pencampwyr, y Seintiau Newydd, ar ddydd Llun, 25ain Chwefror ac ella bod hyn am fod yn achlysur unigryw oherwydd ydw i ddim yn siŵr os ydi’r Cofis erioed wedi chwarae gêm Uwch Gynghrair ar nos Lun o'r blaen. In sicr fydd o’n brawf diddorol i ni ac i'r Gynghrair. Trefnwyd y dyddiad i hwyluso cais sgorio i ddarlledu'r gêm ar eu platfform byw ar Facebook, a defra I ddim disgwyl amdani!

Gan ystyried bod YSN yn glwb proffesiynol, mae am fod yn dasg anodd i'r Cofis ond mae'r hogiau wedi bod yn gystadleuol yn ein gemau diweddar gyda nhw ac, wrth gwrs, wedi curo nhw tymor yma ar eu tir eu hunain. Mae'r chwaraewyr wedi profi bod nhw digon da i gystadlu ar y lefel yma ac mae un peth yn sicr, bydd Eards a'i dim yn barod am yr her, yn enwedig o flaen dorf fawr arall yn yr Oval.

Ryan Williams, a Different Perspective and Sconegate.

Having published a blog entry just four days ago I find myself in the very rare position of being back behind my desk and in front of the laptop, having another go at putting some Cofi themed thoughts together and providing a quick update for any interested parties.

I finished the last entry by stating that the team had not done too badly thus far for a relegation doomed long ball team and, despite Saturday’s disappointing defeat to Newtown, nothing has changed. In fact, the team’s performance against the Robins simply reinforced what I, and the majority of Town supporters have been saying all season: We’re in a great position in the league but, based on our performances, we should possibly be challenging for the title.

This may seem a rather bold statement considering we are just over half way through our first season back in the Welsh Premier League, but I would challenge anyone who doubts my sentiments to disprove that we don’t deserve a fair few more points on the board than we have now.  

A rare start for Nic in goal.

The match at Latham Park is the latest example of where the team’s performance deserved more than defeat. In fact, I found it very reminiscent of our fixture at the same ground back in August when the Cofis lost despite controlling long periods of the game and creating the majority of goalscoring opportunities. Having said this, Newtown are a good side and have the experience to get through sticky periods in matches and clinch victories, especially on their own patch.

The match itself was a real thriller and after a barnstorming first twenty minutes I found it hard to believe that Town were not ahead. Caernarfon had the hosts on the ropes early on and I’m sure the players were frustrated at not quite being able to make their superiority count.

Newtown went ahead on the half hour mark, a lead they kept up to half-time, but despite this I still felt Caernarfon had enough to get back into the match and possibly gain victory. Things looked good for us after a quickfire double from Bradley and man of the match Darren Thomas but the Robins equalised immediately after Messi’s netfinder and, frustratingly, went on to secure the points courtesy of a very good winning goal by Alex Fletcher. Darren Thomas was named our man of the match on the day which I certainly agree with but it must have been a close call between Messi, Sion Bradley and Ryan Williams, all of whom were excellent.

Nic Bould.

Despite the defeat, there were still many positives to be had, on and off the field. Seeing Nic Bould being given his Welsh Premier League debut, and playing well, was certainly one of them. Nic signed for the club during the Summer and, with Alex Ramsay firmly established as our number one, his opportunities to shine have been rare thus far.

However, Saturday was his third start for the first team and, from what I have seen, he looks to be a real prospect for us. I saw him play for the Under 19’s last week and he did well then too so, whilst I may have been worried in the past whenever Rambo was injured, this was not so much the case this week, and won’t for as long as Nic is our number two. Incidentally, the Under 19’s gave a strong Llandudno side a real run for their money and a few of the side may well have done themselves a favour in front of the first team management team, with Eards, Richard and Mike all in attendance.  

Another massive plus for the Cofis at Latham Park was the continuing outstanding form of Ryan Williams. Ryan is very much the quiet man of the team and, as the club’s media officer, I suppose I am as guilty as anyone that he does not always get the credit he deserves.

When we announced that he had joined us from Wrexham in the summer of 2017 there was a real buzz amongst supporters. Unfortunately, his first season with us was a disjointed affair due to injury but he has more than made up for it this time around. I have heard that Ryan was on the verge of breaking into the Robins’ first team when injury held him back and I can certainly see why he would be. He is a proper footballer and, as such, can adapt to a number of positions around the pitch.

Ryan Williams. 

Despite being a midfielder, Ryan has played in the back for most of this campaign, and has been outstanding, whether it’s at full back or at the heart of the backline. His quality with the ball is obvious and you can see the midfielder in him when he plays out from the back, especially from the centre half position. Ryan is also a great guy, and a great ambassador for the club so, apologies to him for not always giving him the media headlines he deserves, but hopefully I’ll be able to give him his share of the limelight in the years to come.

A re-occurring theme recently in this blog is that modern day football is very different from the game  I knew as a youngster. One particularly ugly recent ‘development’ is that supporters of some clubs seemingly feel that every defeat is the end of the World and cause to question the manager and his players. Thankfully, Caernarfon Town supporters are a different kind and have a very different perspective.  In so long as everyone is giving their all to the cause, the Cofis will back the manager and his team. With Eards and his charges, this will never be a problem as they always leave everything on the pitch. Just as they did at Newtown. 

Darren Thomas against Newtown.

Before moving on from Saturday’s match, it was an excellent gesture by the hosts to offer free chip baps to everyone at the ground, although I missed out due to a schoolboy error on my part. I won’t go into too much detail but I headed for the canteen for my freebie instead of the supporters club and, although the kind lady who served me pointed out my error, I was too embarrassed to cancel my order thus ending up paying. To be fair, it was worth the £1.50p and especially so since the canteen reminded me of Sid’s Café from Only Fools and Horses! 

Scone-Gate. There was another food-related incident at the ground that warrants mentioning although, again, details must be vague for reasons that will become obvious. If I was to fully explain the details, the words President, Buttered Scone, Former Vice Chairman and Pocket would feature prominently and so, for fear of embarrassing anyone Ii will leave the story to your imagination. 

The team’s next fixture may well be a first for the club, as we will be facing champions The New Saints on Monday, 25^th February. I’m not sure if the Cofis have ever played a league match on a Monday evening before but it should certainly be an interesting trial for us and the league. The date was arranged to facilitate Sgorio’s request to broadcast the match on their facebook live platform, and I can’t wait for it!

Taking into account that TNS is a professional outfit, it seems a daunting task for the Cofis but we have proved competitive in all our recent matches with them and, of course, defeated

Brads.

them earlier this season on their own ground. The players have already proved they’re good enough to compete well at this level and one thing’s for sure, Eards and his charges will be well up for the challenge, especially in front of what could be another big crowd at the Oval.

Before that, however, former World Boxing Champion Tony Bellew will be visiting the supporters’ club for a special event, which promises to be a memorable evening for everyone who has a ticket. Despite the fact he’s an Everton supporter, he seems a really good guy and I’m looking forward to hearing his stories from inside and outside the ring. I believe there are still a few tickets available  from the club’s commercial manager, Phil Jones, who can be contacted on Twitter @PhilOval.

That’s it for now, except to say that I am working on an exclusive interview for the blog with Nathan Craig, about his time with us up to now, and hopefully we’ll be able to publish this in the next week or two. In the meantime, get your tickets for Bellew if you haven’t already done so! 

The Serial Whistleblower, False Teeth and George Clooney

There was a time, for a very long time, when Saturday owned football. Weekend matches were the exclusive property of Saturday afternoon and it seemed that the only team that strayed from this tradition, anywhere in the World (as far as I knew back then!)  was Tranmere Rovers, who only ever played at Prenton Park on Friday evenings.

When the BBC and ITV bought the rights to broadcast live matches in the eighties, this resulted in some top flight fixtures being moved to Sundays, and occasionally Fridays. Then, along came Sky and, at the behest of this mass media monstrosity, Saturday has become ‘any other day’ for supporters of the beautiful game.

The last quarter of a century has seen most traditions connected with the game disappear faster than dodgy businessmen to sunny European countries and it is now television that rules football, not Saturday. Kick off times are everywhere, seven days of the week and, of course, for most of us it’s great to have so much action to watch.

If you’ve reached this point, you may well be asking what has all this got to do with Caernarfon Town Football Club?

The answer is not much, directly, but it does seem to me that the traditional Saturday afternoon at the match is a very rare occurrence these days, even for semi-professional clubs such as ours. Before carrying on, I should add that I fully understand the need to reschedule fixtures at Welsh Premier League level to accommodate Sgorio who do such a fine job of covering the game in Wales (my opinion of the date and time of our recent Welsh Cup tie is another matter).   

I also support Friday evening matches at the Oval. Business, attendance and atmosphere-wise, it’s a no-brainer, and it’s always an occasion to savour when the Cofis stride onto the pitch under the lights. It’s something I’ve wanted the club to do for a number of years and, thankfully, this season we have the opportunity to host most of our home fixtures on Fridays, which is working out well for everyone (except opposing teams!).

However, from time to time I do like to touch base with the old traditions, and our recent match with Barry Town meant we could do just that, as the sides squared off for a rare Saturday afternoon encounter.

Aware that the first team squad were having their medicals in the morning I got to the ground early in the hope of a few photos and interviews for the club’s youtube channel. I soon changed my plans, however, when I realised that it did not seem wholly appropriate for a middle-aged man, camera in hand, to be seen anywhere near the players as they undertook their tests, under the watchful eye of former Town goalkeeper, Remi Dolagala, also known as the Cofi George Clooney.  

A figure always seen early doors on match days at the Oval is Terry ‘Ten Clubs’, who proceeded to tell me, in no small detail, about his recent escapades around town. These included tales of his latest female admirers working in a charity café and his plans to buy a Caernarfon Town bobble hat for a well-known local football presenter, who shall remain nameless for now.  

Leo Smith on his Caernarfon debut

Rather more interesting was meeting a charming couple from Derby, who were making their first trip to the Oval. Roger and Brenda are autograph hunters, a hobby that sees them travel the length and breadth of Britain. It was interesting, but not surprising, to hear them say they had been to a number of Welsh Premier League grounds in recent years and been disappointed with the low attendances. With this in mind, I’m sure they would have been pleasantly surprised with the crowd of seven hundred and fifty two that turned up to see us take on the then league leaders.

Sean Eardley handed Leo Smith his debut in the yellow shirt and the recent loan signing from Wrexham did not disappoint, producing an assured display in midfield. In fact, his performance mirrored the teams’, as the Cofis made a steady start in an edgy first half but stepped up a level after the break to dominate proceedings.

Wonder goals from Sion Bradley and Nathan Craig were worth the price of admission alone, and the two-nil scoreline was a fair reflection of the match. Barry defeated us twice in the first phase and on both occasions I had felt we deserved more. They won at the Oval courtesy of a very late winning goal, whilst we had spurned a number of opportunities in a 1-2 defeat at Jenner Park, and so it was good to turn them over this time around.

Sion Bradley

In the last blog I mentioned how good Darren Thomas had been playing since early December and he carried on his form against Barry, setting up both goals with well-weighted passes, not to mention his excellent run with the ball leading up to Sion Bradley’s opener. Both he and Nathan were included in Sgorio’s five a side team of the week and rightly so. There were a few names in contention for the Player of the Match and it was Gareth Edwards who got the vote and again. The big man is having a superb season at the heart of our defence and if ever there is a case for someone getting better with age, Gaz is it. 

Although I had had second thoughts on covering the players’ medicals, I did manage to find myself present when Sean got the squad together for the pre-match talk in the Board room and was impressed with how much he knew about our opponents, with little pieces of information passed onto the players about certain individual players.

I enjoyed being a fly on the wall at the session and can only say that it was as far away as you can get from a memory I have of my one and only manager in local football. He had been so hung over whilst watching us play in Holyhead that, whilst trying to issue instructions about five minutes into the action,  his false teeth flew out of his mouth and onto the pitch. But, as Eards would say, it’s all about levels, isn’t it?!

Finally, how refreshing was it to see Barry manager Gavin Chesterfield in his post-match interview giving Caernarfon the credit they deserved for the victory? It’s not often you’ll hear managers doing this and, if they do, they’ll nearly always accompany such comments with a hard-luck story about missed chances or the referee’s performance. Gavin didn’t go down this road and showed the class that one or two others in his position would do well to try to emulate.

Sitting in on the post match team talk

A trip up the A55 to the Deeside Stadium was next on the schedule and, on a wet and windy evening, the Cofis ended up on the end of a rather harsh 2-6 defeat to Connahs Quay Nomads. The scoreline seems odd for a match between sides occupying two of the top four positions in Welsh domestic football at the time but, in all honesty, the on-field action was a much fairer reflection of the sides’ merits than the result itself.

Town had defeated Andy Morrisons’ side at the same ground earlier in the campaign and, taking into account our fine recent form, I felt we were in with a chance of another decent result against the new league leaders. There were a number of Cofi absentees on the night but it’s a sign of the strength of our squad that Sean could still field a really strong starting eleven and bench.

Messi was unplayable against Barry

My initial optimism for an entertaining match evaporated as soon as I realised who the referee was. I mentioned in the last blog how poor the officiating had been during our New Year’s Day draw at Llandudno and it was a real blow to see the same official in the middle again so soon after that debacle of a performance. The rumblings of discontent amongst the Town supporters I spoke with said it all really and, sure enough, the serial whistleblower lived up to expectations, especially in a stop start first half.

As for the match itself, I thought the team played well and when Cai scored to make it 2-3, I felt we were on top and about to claim at least a point. Of course, this proved not to be the case and, in my opinion, Nomads striker Michael Bakare was the difference between the sides on the night. He was a real threat throughout and scored a stunner for the hosts’ sixth goal.

Cai was on the scoresheet against Connahs Quay

The final scoreline was a cruel one, as Caernarfon were very much in contention until the final ten minutes. I don’t feel anyone could fault the players’ commitment and desire, a point proved when the Cofi Army clapped the team off at the final whistle. And talking of the Caernarfon supporters, they were incredible on the night. There must have been around two hundred Cofis in the stand and the noise they generated was every bit as loud as that heard at our recent Welsh Cup tie. A Caernarfon supporter recently tweeted that, in twenty years of following the side he has never known such a positive feeling around the club and that sums it up for me too.

As always, Nathan and Eards were up for post-match interviews and I’ll make no excuses for repeating what I’ve already said on social media about Sean’s post-match comments. Listening to managers bemoaning bad luck and poor decisions whilst failing to credit their opponents has become a sad new facet of modern day football and those who do it need to look at Sean’s interviews. Win, lose or draw, he always has a good word to say about the opposing side and it’s a real pity that more managers can’t follow suit.

We have another two matches against the Nomads to look forward to before the end of the campaign and I can’t wait to see what Eards and his management team have up their sleeves to avenge this defeat. One thing’s for sure, the Oval will be bouncing for both fixtures!

A final thought for now: We’re fifth in the league, have a Welsh Cup quarter-final to look forward to and boast the best average home attendance in the Welsh domestic football. Not too bad for a relegation doomed long ball team is it?