15 Wednesday Mar 2017
Posted in R
Friday 10th March 2017 ko 19.45
Welsh League Division One
RISCA UNITED 1 (Williams 46)
MONMOUTH TOWN 3 (Lewis 38 43 Kareem 56)
Att 147
Entry £5
Programme £1.50
Our coach left Castell’s depot at Caerphilly, and took the best part of an hour to reach Sophia Gardens in Cardiff where most of its occupants where waiting our arrival at a pub. I did find myself question the wisdom of scheduling of a rugby match at the Millennium Stadium to clash with Friday night rush hour in Cardiff. Continue reading
30 Monday May 2016
Posted in G
Tags
Aberbargoed, Buds, Football, Goytre United, Wales, Welsh League
Saturday 21st May 2016 ko 14.30
Welsh League Division One
GOYTRE UNITED 2 (Harris 6 Ryan 14)
ABERBARGOED BUDS 3 (Maisey 8 Hughes 46 Meacham 54p) Harding sent off (2nd booking) 90
Att c100
Entry £5
Programme £1
This turned into something of a mad dash! The original plan was to watch Margam-based Tata Steel but a deluge over the Neath/Swansea/Port Talbot area saw my game correctly waterlogged off, so using a little local knowledge I ducked under the M4 and made for Goytre. For the avoidance of doubt this is the Goytre that’s near Port Talbot, not the Goytre who play in Penperlleni, south of Abergavenny. It really doesn’t help that Goytre and Goytre United are in the same division! Mind you I remember when you could watch the local derby that really isn’t! Click here! Continue reading
29 Sunday Nov 2015
Posted in A
Tags
Aberbargoed, Buds, Centre for Sporting Excellence, CSE, Risca, United, Wales, welsh football, Ystrad Mynach
Friday 27th November 2015 ko 19.30
Welsh League Division One
ABERBARGOED BUDS 4 (Haggett 21 Shaw 37 Meacham 48 K Thomas 82) K Thomas missed penalty 37
RISCA UNITED 3 (Williams 16 32 Thomas 68)
Att 113 at Centre for Sporting Excellence, Caerphilly Road, Ystrad Mynach
Entry £5
Programme £1
Badge £3
It’s all change in the footballing world of Caerphilly for this season, with the opening of the Centre for Sporting Excellence in nearby Ystrad Mynach. The facility was built in 2014 by the local county council on the site of the former hospital and close to Penallta RUFC’s Ystrad Fawr ground. It’s an unusual, but highly impressive facility with two international-grade artificial pitches each with a 500-seat stand. One is for rugby, and one for football. It’s hardly surprising with a facility this good, that two sides have moved in, and since those two sides, Aberbargoed and Risca were playing each other, it was the obvious time to visit. Continue reading
14 Saturday Feb 2015
Posted in A, Uncategorized
Tags
Aberbargoed, Buds, Cwmbran Celtic, FAW, Glyndwr Michael, South Wales Amateur league, Wales, Welsh League
Wednesday 11th February 2015 ko 19.30
Welsh League Division Two
ABERBARGOED BUDS 1 (McCarthy 50)
CWMBRAN CELTIC 1 (Thomas 7)
Att c60
Entry £5
Programme £1
I wish there were more teams with lights in the Welsh League, I could enjoy mid-week fixtures here a lot more often. It takes my mind back to happy days when the Welsh Groundhop dealt in the cards of the Welsh League and the South Wales Amateur league. We tried to pronounce the likes of Ynysddu, and Blaenrhondda, and quaffed pint after pint in the Otley Arms in Trefforest. As one half of GroundhopUK, we will return to the Valleys one day, and the imminent merger of the Amateur and Senior Leagues will help that process.
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