Dinas Powys League game

Gaffer’s Notes

Good afternoon and welcome to the officials, players and supporters of Dinas Powys Football Club to the Marston’s Stadium for this afternoon’s MacWhirter Welsh League Division One match.

I’d also like to welcome our referee Garwyn Davies from Morriston and his assistants Mike Birt from Cockett in Swansea and Gareth Dowdeswell from the Mayals in Swansea.

Our opponents are in the top half of the table and have this week lost their manager to Port Talbot therefore the players will be looking to perform admirably in his absence.  Playing Dinas Powys is always a tough match and I expect today to be no different against determined opponents.

Our last home match we convincingly beat Newport YMCA 7-0 with Mark Jones scoring 3, Sam Wade 2, Scott McCoubrey and Luke Borrelli scoring a goal apiece.  Last Saturday we progressed in the League Cup with another convincing win at Llansawel winning 6-1.  Mark Jones continued his rich goalscoring form with 5 goals and Ian Jones scored a penalty.

Scott McCoubrey is suspended for today's game and Shaun Morgan has an ankle injury.  The players are very determined at the moment and are putting in some great displays. 

We must all remember that the team is very young and that they need time to continue their progression at the moment, so I hope that the supporters give this young team a chance to show what they can do with plenty of encouragement.

We must also remember what we are trying to achieve at this club and that is to play in the Welsh Premier League and to achieve this we must be right both on and off the field.

Hope you can enjoy the game with encouragement

 Enjoy the game,

Craig

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