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OCT-30 |
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Lido
fined £500 for cup league cup game
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The club have been fined
£500 for failing to control their players in the recent league cup game
against Caerleon at Cold Bath Road.
£200 has been suspended
until the end of the season.
Tony
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OCT-30 |
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Funeral
arrangements for Len Llewellyn
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The funeral of Leonard (Len)
Llewellyn will take place this Friday 2nd November 2007.
There will be a funeral service at Glanafan Court (Condon's) Chapel
of Rest at 12.00 (noon) and then interment at Margam Cemetery at 12.45pm.
After the service all family and friends are invited back to Afan Lido
Football and Sports Club for refreshments.
Tony
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OCT-30 |
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Former
Lido player Craig Jones makes Wales squad
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The club (and Webby) would
like to congratulate former Lido youth & senior player Craig Jones on
his inclusion to the welsh under 23 squad.
Craig who signed professional
forms for Llanelli in pre-season has played 12 games in all competitions
this season for the reds scoring 1 goal, makes the squad of 16 managed by
Tony Pennock.
Their
first game against Italy will be played on Wednesday 14 November 2007 in
the Municipal Stadium, Varese with a kick-off 2.30pm.
Future games for Wales
will be away to England in February 2008 and at home to Finland in
November 2008.
Craig's dad Steve is on
the Lido club committee and is junior club treasurer, and must be a very
proud dad.
The whole of the Lido
wishes Craig the very best of luck in the competition.
Tony
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OCT-28 |
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U19's
coast to cup victory over Camb & Clydach
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The under 19's entertained
Cambrian & Clydach in the youths welsh cup tie at the Marston Stadium
today.
The youths had little
trouble in overcoming their opponents running out comfortable winners 8-2
with goals from Ceri Cook (3) Nathan Hodgson (2) Tom Darlington, Carl
Payne, & Corey Thomas.
Tony
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OCT-28 |
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Reserves
lose in extra time to Caerleon in cup tie
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We travelled to Caldicot
looking to preserve our unbeaten league record, we did keep the record in
tact (5 draws & 2 wins) but failed to take all 3 points, against
Caldicot who played most of the 2nd half with 10 men, they had a player
sent off for a 2 legged challenge. Not much else to report from the game.
Tony
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OCT-27 |
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Lido
draw a blank in Caldicot despite a one man advantage
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We travelled to Caldicot
looking to preserve our unbeaten league record, we did keep the record in
tact (5 draws & 2 wins) but failed to take all 3 points, against
Caldicot who played most of the 2nd half with 10 men, they had a player
sent off for a 2 legged challenge. Not much else to report from the game.
Tony
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OCT-26 |
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The
much awaited top of the table clash postponed
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Tomorrow we were due to face
Baglan under 12's in a top of the table clash at Evans Bevan.
Both teams are unbeaten
with Lido on a 100% win record of 4 wins from 4 games, while Baglan have 3
wins and a draw from their 4 games. But we will have to wait for another
day for the battle of the big 2.
Tony
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OCT-26 |
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Squad
for Caldicot game tomorrow
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Don't know if there has been
a league match between the two sides before, but to the best of my
knowledge the last time we met was in the welsh cup on October 2nd in the
2004-05 season when we beat them 1-0 with Karl Reynolds scoring the only
goal.
The squad for tomorrow's
game is.
Wyn Walters - C Latham -
C Martin - P Evans - S Parry - K Lewis - S O'Leary - K Howells - Greg
Hurley - A Pearson - S Davies - C Edwards - A Keefe - C Thomas - R Mcreesh
- D Williams.
Dan Williams makes a
welcome return to the squad following his injury in the Ton Pentre game.
In other club news Keeper
Gareth Scantlebury has re-signed for the Lido, Scants was most recently
with Maesteg.
The Memory Man comes
to the rescue
Having seen my write up about not knowing whether we had played
Caldicot Town previously in a league game. Peter Reynolds put me right
that we have indeed played Caldicot Town before in league competition. We
played them in the welsh league division 1 in the 1996-97 season beating
them home and away.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1 AWAY
2-0 C Piper, K Reynolds
SATURDAY APRIL 26 HOME 3-1 M Cook (2), S O'Leary
In that year we finished 6th in
the table, while Caldicot Town ended bottom of the league and were
relegated, this being their first season back in the top division since,
lets hope history repeats itself and we get an away win tomorrow.
A player who scored in the home
win back all them decades ago is back in the squad for tomorrow's game,
being the evergreen Shaun O'Leary, so the omens are looking good, I wonder
if Caldicot have a player still playing in the first team that played in
the same fixture in 1997 ??
Tony
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OCT-20 |
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Lido
back to winning ways as Croesy's bad start goes on
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We got off to a flying start
at the Marston today, we were 2-0 after just 13 minutes.
We took the lead on 8
minutes with a goal from Chris Latham. Andy Pearson doubled that lead 5
minutes later. And in injury time we went 3-0 up with a 2nd from Andy
Pearson, to go in at the break comfortably ahead.
The 2nd half didn't quite
go the way of the first as we failed to add any more goals and just a
consolation for the visitors when they scored in the 82nd minute.
A good win as our
unbeaten start to the season continues, 6 games unbeaten.
More tomoz.
Tony
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OCT-18 |
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Team
News for Croesyceiliog game
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We have a full squad to choose
from for tomorrow's home game with Croesyceiliog. The 16 selected are.
Wyn
Walters - Craig Martin - Paul Evans - Carl Evans - Greg Hurley -
Chris Latham - Kieran Howells - Karl Lewis - Steve Parry - Steve Davies
- Andrew Pearson - Shaun O'Leary - Corey Thomas - Andrew Wright - Aaron
Keefe - Ceri Cook
Tony
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OCT-18 |
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Two
Lido players join Red Dragons
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Two of Lido's players have
joined nearby side Baglan Red Dragons.
Phil Holmes & Thomas
Wellington have joined the South Wales amateur league side who are
currently enjoying life at the top of the table.
Good luck to both players
with their new team.
Tony
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OCT-18 |
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Another
blast from the past re-joins Lido
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It's hard to stay away from
the Lido, as this week shows.
Along with Paul Ev's and
Greg Hurley coming back to the club, former captain and favorite Shaun O'Leary
is set for a return after leaving at the end of last season due to his new
job in the Fire service.
Shaun is expected to sign
tonight and may be available for Saturday's squad to face Croesy at the
Marston.
Tony
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OCT-17 |
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Player
of the month vote is back
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This seasons player of the
month vote is late kicking off, mainly because we haven't played many
games, so I have lumped the votes for August & September together.
Click the link below to
cast your vote, or visit the main link in the navigation menu for the
first's.
Cast your vote here
Tony
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OCT-17 |
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Remaining
monthly Lido fixtures
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Afan Lido v Croesyceiliog
Welsh League Div 1
Saturday 20th October
Marston Stadium
Kick Off 2.30pm
Lido 18s v Barry 18s (league)
Sunday 21st October
Marston Stadium
Kick Off 2pm
Lido 19s v ENTO Aberaman 19s (League)
Wednesday 24th October
Marston Stadium
Kick Off 7.00pm
Lido Reserves v Caerleon Reserves (League Cup)
Saturday 27th October
Marston Stadium
Kick Off 2.00pm
Caldicot v Afan Lido
Welsh League Div 1
Saturday 27th October
at Caldicot
Kick Off 2.30pm
Lido 19s v Cambrian 19s
Youth Welsh Cup
Sunday 28th October
Marston Stadium
Kick Off 2.00pm
Tony
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OCT-17 |
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New
daily record lasted just 24 hours
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Monday's daily website
record lasted just 24 hours as Tuesday's figure topped that, the new daily
record set was 1,661.
Tony
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OCT-16 |
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New
daily record for the website
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Yesterday the website received
it biggest daily visits since start up. We broke the milestone of 1,500 to
set a new record of 1,505 :)
Tony
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OCT-15 |
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All
square between Taffs & Lido
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Tonight's game was only our
5th league game of the season away to Taff's Well, and it was the home
side who drew first blood, when they opened the scoring in the 43 minute.
But Andrew Pearson drew
us level on 73 minutes to level things up.
But neither side could
muster up a winner so all square tonight and that still leaves us unbeaten
after 5 game, but still just the one win.
Report to follow 2moz.
Tony
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OCT-15 |
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U19's
lose in cup to West End - U19 league updated
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The Under 19's were in cup
action yesterday, when they came up against West End in the MacWhirter Cup
at Prideri.
And it was the Swansea
side who came out on top 1-0.
There were 3 games played
in the league yesterday and the table is updated View
league table
Tony
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OCT-13 |
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Team
news for the Taffs Well game
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The squad line up for Monday
night's game away to Taffs Well is.
Wyn Walters - Aaron
O'Keefe - Craig Martin - PAUL
EVANS - Kieran Howells
- GREG HURLEY
- Carl Edwards - Chris Latham - Andrew Pearson - Steve Davies - Corey
Thomas - Andy Wright - Luke Harrington - Shaun Best - Tom Wellington -
Ceri Cooke - Dale Lambrick.
Did you notice Paul Evo
and Greg Hurley are back, welcome home boyz :)
Tony
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OCT-13 |
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Reserves
romp home in 7-0 win
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The Reserves had a comfortable
win today in the league when Pontyclun were the visitors to the Marston. The
team ran out 7-0 winners, with goals from Tom Wellington (3) Shaun Best
(2) and one a piece from A Wright & D Thomas. More
to follow.
Tony
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OCT-13 |
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Under
13's win against Porthcawl
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The U13's played Porthcawl
Utd today and came out on top in a close scoring game, they eventually win
out 3-2.
Our scorers were Kieran
Evans, Jack Underwood and Sam O'Connor.
Tony
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OCT-13 |
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U12's
romp home against Porthcawl
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Our under 12's kept up their
100% record this morning when they played Porthcawl BGC, the side had only
recently played them already and ran out 9-2 winners, today's margin was
even bigger winning by 10-0.
Report from Gaffer Phil
to follow.
Tony
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OCT-10 |
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Draw
made for Reserve cup 2nd round
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The draw has been made for
the Harris Printers Reserve cup 2nd round.
But first we must play
the winners of Caerleon v Dinas Powys, to then play Ystradgynlais
at home in the 2nd round proper.
The
date of the tie against the
winners of Caerleon v Dinas Powys has yet to be arranged.
The Under 19's will meet
Cambrian & Clydach in the 2nd round of the welsh youth cup on Sunday
October 28th, the game will be played at the home.
Tony
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OCT-9 |
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Upcoming
games for Lido sides
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Lido Senior Matches for
next 7 days:
Lido 19s v Carmarthen 19s (league)
Tuesday 9th October
Marston Stadium
Kick Off 7pm
Lido Reserves v Pontyclun Reserves (League)
Saturday 13th October
Marston Stadium
Kick Off 2.30pm
West End 19s v Lido 19s (Cup)
Sunday 14th October
Pryderi Park
Kick Off 2pm
Lido 18s v Grange Quins 18s (league)
Sunday 14th October
Marston Stadium
Kick Off 2pm
Taffs Well v Afan Lido (Welsh league)
Monday 15th October
at Taffs Well
Kick Off 7.30pm
Lido 18s v Cwmafan 18s (league)
Tuesday 16th October
Marston Stadium
Kick Off 7pm
Tony
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OCT-7 |
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Afan
Lido play away to Queens Park in rd3
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The draw has been made for
the 3rd round of the welsh cup and we have been drawn away to Queens Park,
we face the long journey to Glasgow and Hampden Park to meet Queens.
Only joking this Queens
Park or GAP Queens Park as they are now known currently lie 5th in the
Cymru Alliance. They play out of the impressive Queensway Stadium in
Wrexham which boasts over 1,000 seats.
This season they were
saved from relegation by failure of lower league teams from claiming their
place in the CA league. Things really started to look up when they were
bought out by GAP personnel
ltd Wales No 1 Recruitment Agency.
Their aim is to secure welsh premier status in the near future.
The
full draw for the 3rd round is
Aberystwyth Town v Neath
Athletic
Bryntirion Athletic v Dinas Powys
Caerleon v Brymbo
Caersws FC v Bangor City
Connah's Quay Nomads v Guilsfield
ENTO Aberaman v Caerau Ely
GAP Queens Park v Afan Lido
Haverfordwest County v Ton Pentre
Llangefni Town v Mynydd Isa
Llanrug v Llanelli AFC
Nefyn United v Caernarfon Town
NEWI Cefn Druids v Holyhead Hotspur
Newport YMCA v Carmarthen Town
Newtown AFC v Maesteg Park
Rhyl FC v Port Talbot Town
Tywyn Bryncrug v Welshpool Town
Ties to be played on Saturday 3 November 2007.
Tony
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OCT-7 |
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U18's
beat Barry in cup
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Our under 18's travelled to
Maslin Park to face Barry Town in the cup, and came away with an
impressive 2-1 victory.
Lido's scorers were Remi
Whitelock and Ceri Cook.
Tony
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OCT-6 |
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Lido
come back to claim victory in Cup
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The Lido had to come back
from a goal down to overcome Croesyceiliog in the welsh cup today.
The visitors took the
lead after the 13th minute, but their lead was short lived when new old
boy Andy Pearson drew Lido level on 18 minutes.
Lido had to wait until
the 75 minute to take the lead when Andy Pearson scored his and Lido's
second on 75 minutes.
Steve Davies killed the
tie late on with Lido's third to finish the scoring at 3-1.
Tony
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OCT-5 |
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Squad
for 2moz's cup game against Croesyceiliog
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Our squad for tomorrow's cup
game is below, and we are back to full strength for this tough looking
fixture. Our two league meetings last season with Croesy were both tight
affairs and both games were decided by the odd goal, we won the home game
3-2 with goals Ianto (2) and S Parry, while Croesy won their home game 2-1
Ianto scoring for Lido.
They have made a
disappointing start to their 2nd season in division 1 and only managed
their first league win at the 7th attempt last time out, but it was
against the strong outfit ENTO Aberaman, winning 3-2 at home and they came
back from 2-0 down to clinch the victory.
Lido squad:
Wyn Walters
Aaron Keefe
Craig Martin
Justin Williams
Kieran Howells
Christopher Latham
Stephen Davies
Carl Edwards
Stephen Parry
Andy Pearson
Corey Thomas
Tomas Wellington
Shaun Best
Luke Harrington
Andrew Wright
Shaun Morgan
Carl Evans
Tony
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OCT-2 |
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Another
record month for the website
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September turned out
to be another record month for the Afan Lido website, surpassing July's
record of 22,893.
With the bad luck of just
failing to record 29,000 by just one visit. The new record is 28,999 and
another new record was having 10 days with over 1,000 visits. The average daily
visits was 967, and a new record was set on Sept 24th with 1,461.
October looks like being
another good month when we just failed yesterday to record a new daily
record by 19 visits (1,442)
The new UK
Soccer news feature has turned out to be another big hit in
attracting visitors to the website along with Lido & Welsh soccer
news.
View
stats page
Tony
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OCT-1 |
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Mixed
results for the under 11's
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There were mixed results for
our under 11 teams over the weekend.
Afan Lido rangers were
beaten 2-1 Corus Steel, but the Colts beat Cwmavon 5-1.
More info on both games
to follow.
Tony
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