Connahs Quay Nomads vs Afan Lido (25-01-2020)

25.01.2020 2:30pm

Deeside Stadium, Connah’s Quay

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WHO’S WHO AT CONNAH’S QUAY NOMADS CHAIRPERSON Victoria Roycroft

FIRST TEAM MANAGER Andy Morrison

PRESIDENT John Gray

ASSISTANT MANAGER Jay Catton

CLUB SECRETARY Tom Houghton

FIRST TEAM COACH Craig Harrison

MEDIA OFFICER Nik Mesney

GOALKEEPING COACH Neil Ebbrell

MATCHDAY CO-ORDINATOR Trevor Green

HEAD THERAPIST Gemma Bamford

SUPPORTER’S LIAISON OFFICER Will Catterall

HEAD OF LOGISTICS Mal Latter

HOSPITALITY Roma Gray TREASURER John Nixon CLUB HISTORIAN David Rapson HONORABLE CLUB PATRONS Lord Barry Jones, Roger Speed LIFE PRESIDENTS Richard Jones, Bill Dudley

CLUB HONOURS Welsh Cup Winners 2018 League Cup Winners 1996 Europa League Play Off Winners 2016 Europa League Qualifiers 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Welsh Intermediate Cup 1981 Welsh Amateur Cup 1953 North Wales Coast FA Cup 1994 North Wales Intermediate Cup 1981 North Wales Amateur Cup 1952, 1953, 1955 Welsh Youth Cup 1948 North Wales Coast FA Youth Cup 1986, 2009 Cookson Cup 1988 Barritt Cup 1995 Clwyd League 1980, 1981 Clwyd League Challenge Cup 1981 President’s Cup 1981 Huws Gray Alliance League 2011, 2012 Welsh Premier League U19 2013 U19 National College Champions 2015, 2016, 2017

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CONTENTS 5 LIDO HEAD TO DEESIDE FOR CUP CLASH A preview of this afternoon’s JD Welsh Cup match 6 NOMADS LOSE OUT AT PARK HALL IN FINAL PHASE ONE GAME Match report from The Nomads’ 2-1 defeat at TNS

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8 REFLECTIONS David Rapson looks back at previous league encounters with Barry 10 PHASE TWO FIXTURES CONFIRMED A look ahead to the matches in Phase Two of the JD Cymru Premier 16 GREEN’S PIECE Trevor Green looks ahead to the Leageue Cup Final 18 LEAGUE TABLES A look at the league standings in the JD Cymru Leagues 20 NOMADS STAFF Who’s who behind the scenes

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22 FIRST TEAM STATS AND PLAYERS Match statistics and player profiles for The Nomads’ first team 24 FIXTURES AND RESULTS The full 2019/20 calendar

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LIDO HEAD TO DEESIDE FOR CUP CLASH This afternoon’s JD Welsh Cup fixture sees Afan Lido make their first trip to Deeside Stadium since March 2014.

Back then, it was a 3-0 victory to a Connah’s Quay Nomads side managed by Mark McGregor thanks to goals from Craig Jones, Luke Holden and Gary O’Toole, with our last encounter against the side from Port Talbot coming in south Wales at the end of the same season.

It was a fixture that saw The Nomads need a victory to secure safety in the Welsh top flight, and it was The Nomads who came out on top thanks to a thumping 8-1 victory, a result which not only secured our safety but also saw Afan Lido play their final game in the then Welsh Premier League.

The Nomads come into the fourth round tie after a 3-0 victory away at Abertillery Bluebirds in the previous round, while Lido have defeated Llandudno, Aberbargoed Buds and Monmouth Town to reach this stage.

Ahead of the game, Andy Morrison said “We’ve had a great run in the Welsh Cup in the last two seasons, winning in 2018 and getting to the final last year.

In getting to this stage, clubs from the leagues below have been on a great run - we have watched Afan Lido on a few occasions - they’re a squad full of Cymru Premier quality and had a convincing win in the last round against Llandudno so we are well aware of the challenge ahead.

In the cup, all we can hope for is a home game where our record is fantastic - we’ve shown this season that it will take a very good team to beat us.”

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JD Cymru Premier Saturday 18th January 2020 Park Hall, Oswestry, England

2-1 THE NEW SAINTS

CONNAH’S QUAY NOMADS

NOMADS LOSE OUT AT PARK HALL IN FINAL PHASE ONE GAME Connah’s Quay Nomads lost by two goals to one at The New Saints on Saturday evening in the JD Cymru Premier.

• Strong start for Nomads saw Wilde take lead • A Callum Morris own goal gave TNS equaliser • Simon Spender sent TNS 2-1 up with close range strike • Late chance goes begging for Nomads to confirm only second loss of the season There was much at stake in what was the final game of phase one before the JD Cymru Premier split, as Nomads travelled to Park in second place with just a point between themselves and league leaders TNS. They were also looking to defend a formidable record in the first half of the season before the split, as they had lost only one game in all domestic competitions, and conceded just 15 goals from 21 games.

A spate of injuries saw Andy Morrison make five changes to his side, seeing the likes of Callum Roberts and John Disney come into the defence, and Sameron Dool replace Bakare in the attacking midfield.

TNS boss Scott Ruscoe named a line up full of key players, as the likes of Jamie Mullan, Aeron Edwards, and golden boot holder Greg Draper all started.

The Nomads started the game on the front foot, forcing a corner within a minute which was taken by Callum Roberts and sent into the net after a goalmouth scramble, but the would-be goal was ruled out for a foul on keeper Paul Harrison.

Connah’s Quay then forced a free kick on the edge of the TNS area, which hit the wall via Roberts with a follow up effort from Disney going wide of the

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right post.

TNS’ first chance of the evening came in the 10th, when Draper shot at goal with the ball bouncing towards him from 12 yards out.

He was however denied by a good save from Lewis Brass, who dived near his bottom right post to push it away.

On 14 minutes, Nomads’ positive start paid dividends, as Callum Roberts made a run down the left wing and sent the perfect cross to Wilde, who headed into the top right corner at close range to make it 0-1.

Boosted by the opener, the travelling Connah’s Quay side continued to make their presence felt in the TNS end through good runs and crosses from the likes of Poole and again Roberts, who was proving highly effective for the Nomads’ attacks.

But on 26 minutes, the game was brought level from an own goal

by Callum Morris, who unfortunately met a low Jamie Mullan cross inside the six yard box to inadvertently send the ball into the net.

With the game level at 1-1 and half an hour played, both sides sought to tighten up, leading to few chances but many solid clearances at both ends.

In the 37th, a Roberts cross glanced across the TNS goal mouth, with no one available to get a touch on the ball at close range in a good chance for Nomads.

After successfully defending a corner in the 40th, Andy Morrison’s side went in at half time knowing they were very much in the thick of the top of the table clash.

The restart was a tight one, as both TNS and Nomads looked to take control of the possession before opening up to try and take the lead. In the 53rd, a TNS move saw them get close to goal, but Callum Morris made a vital interception to clear.

Nomads were again forced to defend in the 58th, when a threatening cross from the Saints’ Daniel Redmond was well headed away by John Disney. After the hour mark, Andy Morrison made his first change, swapping Sameron Dool for Ryan Wignall to bolster the Nomads’ attacking options. But just as Nomads went to push for a second, they were dealt a blow from a TNS counter attack, which led to Simon Spender striking from close range to make it 2-1 in the 69th minute.

Nomads then quickly moved to bring on Michael Bakare and George Horan in place of Jamie Insall and George Horan respectively, as they battled for the possession to find an equaliser. As the game entered its final 10 minutes, TNS tried to restrict Nomads’ movement in their final third, but some determined play meant much of the action was played in the Saints’ end.

On 85 minutes, a Declan Poole free kick was met close to the goal by Farquharson, but he couldn’t connect with it properly, allowing Paul Harrison to collect it. Two minutes later, a long throw in from Danny Holmes was met by Michael Bakare who again didn’t get enough on the ball to pull off a late equaliser.

The Nomads’ urgent search for a second goal continued late into injury time, with the fourth official indicating a minimum of five minutes at the end of the game.

With the likes of Horan, Farquharson, and Bakare all muscling into the TNS end, Nomads were targeting the goal at every opportunity including set pieces via Holmes’ long throw ins.

They went closest in the 93rd minute, when a Nomads attack saw the ball bounce to Roberts who found himself clear in front of the goal from around seven yards out, but his shot went over in an agonisingly close chance for a dramatic equaliser.

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NOMAD’S WELSH CUP RECORD IN THE 21ST

By David Rapson

Goals from Mike Wilde, Michael Bakare and Sameroon Dool saw Nomads progress past Abertillery Bluebirds in the third round of this season’s Welsh Cup to earn today’s home tie with Afan Lido. This will be Nomads’ 172nd game in the competition since first opposing Rhostyllen SC back in 1951.

Matches between Nomads and Afan Lido stretch back to the very first day of the then League of Wales in August 1992 but this will be only our second encounter in the Welsh Cup. The first was ten years ago this weekend in Round Four. Lido were a second-tier side then, as now, but upset the odds to beat us 2-1 after extra time. It was a deserved victory too, as the home team battered Nomads in a goalless first period before Sam McNutt latched on to a ball over the top to put Connah’s Quay ahead in the 69th minute. Rather than feeling sorry for themselves, Lido fought back and from an 87th minute free kick Mark Jones drove in an equalising goal. Ten minutes into extra-time Nathan White found himself free at the far post to net the winner.

Nomads’ team that day (30th January 2010) was: Terry McCormick: Tommy Baker, Allan Glover: Mark McGregor, Ben Alston, Alan Hooley; Jamie Petrie, Stuart Scheuber, Aaron Burns, Andy Olsen and Stuart Cook. Substitutes: Sam McNutt (for Hooley), Chris Herbert (for Burns), Mike Hayes (for Olsen) and Danny Pinch (unused).

The following season, when Nomads were also a second-tier club playing in the Huws Gray Alliance, saw us reach the semi-finals of the Welsh Cup before bowing out to a single goal scored by the Welsh Premier League champions-elect Bangor City. That transpired to be the first of five such semi-final ties for Nomads over a period of eight years during which time we lifted the trophy when defeating Aberystwyth Town 4-1 in May 2018. Last season’s Cup Final loss to The New Saints was disappointing but hardly unexpected if past results are anything to go by. We have opposed TNS in eight Welsh Cup ties since the 2003/04 campaign and failed to score in seven of them! We did beat them 2-1 on our way to winning the trophy two years ago and despite sharing a 0-0 draw after extra-time in 2007/08, Nomads managed to progress by winning the penalty shoot-out.

The Nomads’ record in the JD Welsh Cup since 2000

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Game

Season

Opponents

Round

Venue

Score

113

2000/01

Gresford Athletic

2

Home

3-0

114

2000/01

Maesteg Park

3

Home

1-2

115

2001/02

Penrhyncoch

2

Away

5-1

116

2001/02

Newtown

3

Home

3-2

117

2001/02

Carmarthen Town

4

Away

1-2

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118

2002/03

Brickfield Rangers

2

Home

3-0

119

2002/03

Newtown

3

Home

1-0

120

2002/03

Llandudno

4

Away

3-1

121

2002/03

Rhyl

5

Away

0-1

122

2003/04

Guilsfield

2

Away

8-1

123

2003/04

Bodedern

3

Away

2-1

124

2003/04

Total Network Solutions

4

Home

0-1

125

2004/05

Total Network Solutions

2

Away

0-5

126

2005/06

Cefn United

1

Away

2-0

127

2005/06

Lex XI

2

Away

2-4

128

2006/07

Aberystwyth Town

2

Home

2-1

129

2006/07

Newport YMCA

3

Away

3-1

130

2006/07

Llandudno

4

Home

3-1

131

2006/07

Llanelli

5

Away

2-6

132

2007/08

The New Saints

2

Home

0-0

133

2007/08

Guilsfield

3

Home

0-2

134

2008/09

Bangor City

2

Away

0-1

135

2009/10

Pwllheli

2

Home

2-0

136

2009/10

Airbus UK Broughton

3

Home

3-2

137

2009/10

Afan Lido

4

Away

1-2

138

2010/11

Pwllheli

1

Away

6-1

139

2010/11

Bethesda Athletic

2

Home

6-1

140

2010/11

AFC Porth

3

Home

5-3

141

2010/11

Carmarthen Town

4

Away

3-2

142

2010/11

UWIC

5

Home

4-0

143

2010/11

Bangor City

SF

Rhyl

0-1

144

2011/12

Gwalchmai

1

Home

7-2

145

2011/12

Llanidloes Town

2

Away

2-0

146

2011/12

Cefn Druids

3

Home

1-2

147

2012/13

Llanelli

3

Home

4-2

148

2012/13

Bangor City

4

Home

0-2

149

2013/14

Caersws

3

Away

1-2

150

2014/15

Monmouth Town

3

Home

5-3

151

2014/15

Bala Town

4

Home

2-2

152

2014/15

The New Saints

5

Home

0-1

153

2015/16

Prestatyn Town

3

Away

3-0

154

2015/16

Buckley Town

4

Home

4-1

155

2015/16

Cardiff Met University

5

Away

2-0

156

2015/16

The New Saints

SF

Newtown

0-5

157

2016/17

Goytre United

3

Home

3-2

158

2016/17

Haverfordwest County

4

Away

5-1

159

2016/17

Prestatyn Town

5

Away

2-2

160

2016/17

The New Saints

SF

Bangor

0-3

161

2017/18

Cwmbran Celtic

3

Home

3-0

162

2017/18

Porthmadog

4

Home

3-1

163

2017/18

The New Saints

5

Home

2-1

164

2017/18

Bangor City

SF

Rhyl

6-1

165

2017/18

Aberystwyth Town

Final

Newtown

4-1

166

2018/19

Guilsfield

3

Away

4-2

167

2018/19

Carmarthen Town

4

Away

3-1

168

2018/19

Caernarfon Town

5

Away

2-1

169

2018/19

Cardiff Met University

SF

Newtown

3-0

170

2018/19

The New Saints

Final

Cefn Mawr

0-3

171

2019/20

Abertillery Bluebirds

3

Away

3-0

172

2019/20

Afan Lido

4

Home

Played at Flint Played at Flint Nomads won 3-2 on pens

Nomads won 4-2 on pens

Nomads won 4-3 on pens

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PHASE TWO FIXTURES CONFIRMED The fixtures for Phase Two of the 2019/20 JD Cymru Premier have today been released.

The Nomads first game of Phase Two sees a trip to Jenner Park to face Barry Town United on Saturday 8th February, just one week after the Nathaniel MG Cup Final against STM Sports.

The following two Saturday’s in February see two home games for The Nomads with the visits of Caernarfon Town and the televised fixture against The New Saints.

March sees four more fixtures with games away at Bala and home to Newtown and Barry before another away trip to Caernarfon Town.

The season concludes in April with three games, an away trip to TNS with our final home game coming on the penultimate weekend of the season against Bala Town with the final game of the season a trip to Newtown.

The full list of fixtures is listed below; Sat 8th Feb: vs Barry Town United (Away) Fri 14th Feb: vs Caernarfon Town (Home) Fri 21st Feb: vs The New Saints (Home and live on Sgorio) Fri 6th March: vs Bala Town (Away) Fri 13th March: vs Newtown (Home) Sat 21st March: vs Barry Town United (Home) Sat 28th March: vs Caernarfon Town (Away) Fri 10th April: vs The New Saints (Away) Fri 17th April: vs Bala Town (Home) Sat 25th April: vs Newtown (Away) Please note that these fixtures are subject to change, so make sure you regularly check our website for all the latest fixture news.

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GREEN’S PIECE

BY TREVOR GREEN

Good Afternoon and welcome; It’s Welsh Cup day. Afan Lido have traveled up from Port Talbot full of hope to make a giant killing, and they have players who could deliver it. It’s a traditional tie and for the neutrals the only thing that might have made it better would have been for it to have been played at The Marston’s Stadium, we are not neutral and are glad to be playing it on Deeside. Lido have a playing squad full of professional experience with no fewer than five players who have tasted action at Football League clubs in Scott Coughlin (Cardiff City); Bradley Flay(Wrexham); Kaid Mohamed (Cheltenham, Swindon); Chris Jones, (Swansea City, Grimsby); Steve Cann (Derby County, Rotherham). With the very well known ex-Carmarthen pair of Liam McCreesh and Sacha Walters also in the side it’s a team not to be taken lightly. They are tucked in to sixth place in the Cymru South table just behind next weeks cup final opponents STM Sports. Any promotion hopes they had were probably stifled by losing five of their first eight games. Since October it’s been almost championship form though with twenty two points from twelve games. They are a free scoring outfit with forty one goals coming in the twenty games. However, they have conceded thirty four. Being the Welsh Cup there will be extra time and penalties if necessary. The game will be decided today. We give a warm welcome to all connected with Lido and wish them a pleasant off pitch stay and a safe journey home afterwards.

To get here Afan Lido have beaten Monmouth Town (3-1), Aberbargoed (2-1) and Llandudno (5-1) all at home. We came in at the third round and defeated a spirited Abitillery Bluebirds (3-0) down in South Wales.

TNS lead by four points going into Phase Two of the League having defeated us by 2-1 last Saturday. It was a tight game in which we more than held our own. The game was decided upon two very controversial refereeing decisions. Refs are human, they make errors and they don’t have VAR in the Cymru Premier (yet). I’m not criticising the individual official, but we seem to have more of these decisions go against us than any other club. They have but seconds to come to a decision: but the good ones are more often right. Unfortunately on Saturday, and in my opinion, he got them wrong. Within the first minute TNS goalkeeper Harrison collided with his own defender allowing the loose ball to be netted for what should have been a dream start for us, inexplicably the ref blew for a foul . Then in mid-second half Jamie Insall got inside center back Hudson and was fouled for what must have been a very clear penalty. It wasn’t given and within seconds the ball was swept down field and put into our net for what turned out to be the winning goal. Football is unpredictable and luck rules. Ours was out on the day. Such are titles won. Our play was OK but TNS are still the side to beat and they continued their success over us at home that has lasted for 16 Connah's Quay Nomads vs Afan Lido

twenty three years. It will be difficult for us to claw back the four point gap in the remaining ten games and to do so that barren run at Park Hall will need to be ended.

So, finally, the Nathaniel MG Cup Final will feature The Nomads.

After losing four successive semi finals by 1-0 (Denbigh, TNS, TNS and Cardiff Met) we made it to the last stage by defeating Bala Town 2-0 at Deeside Stadium. We play STM Sports in the final at Newtown with a 5:15pm kick off. Our opponents are Cardiff based (in the suburb of St Mellons, which gives them their name), and they play at the Cardiff University Sports fields. The club was formed as recently as 2007 mostly from players of the Sunday League side Willows FC. They played originally in the Cardiff Combination Premier League, before beginning a rapid rise. Winning South Wales Amateur League Division Two at their first attempt. Promotion to the Welsh League was obtained at the end of 2014–15 season, finishing as Champions. The club had to defeat Pontlottyn 4-1 at Cardiff City Stadium in the SWFA promotion play-off. The match featured the unusual situation of one of the club’s players being arrested during the match by police officers for an outstanding charge of assault and failing to answer to court. They gained promotion to Division Two which they won the 2018–19 season. The season included a record 20–0 League Cup away win over Caerau which saw five STM Sports players score hat-tricks. As Division Two champions, the club was eligible for promotion to the newly established Cymru South League but were not awarded Tier 2 license to be eligible to play at that level. The club won their appeal and under the Management of Nana Baah they sit fifth in their first season of direct affiliation with 33 points from 18 games, ten of which have been won and 44 goals scored. Young striker Callum Bateman has netted eighteen of them. This year there is a real prize for winning.

The victors will get to compete in the Scottish Challenge Cup alongside the League Champions. Make no mistake we want this silverware and maintaining our Scottish Campaigning really matters to us.

Lee Evans is refereeing today. He is assisted by Gareth Wyn Jones and Richard Dolphin with Cheryl Foster as 4th official. Without them we would not have a game and we thank them..

Enjoy the Game .

Trevor

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Pos

Club

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

GF

GA

GD

Pts

1

The New Saints

22

16

2

4

65

21

44

50

2

Connah’s Quay Nomads

22

13

7

2

39

17

22

46

3

Bala Town

22

13

2

7

46

18

28

41

4

Barry Town United

22

12

4

6

32

25

7

40

5

Caernarfon Town

22

10

4

8

31

30

1

34

6

Newtown

22

9

5

8

21

24

-3

32

7

Cardiff Met Uni

22

8

7

7

26

25

1

31

8

Cefn Druids

22

9

4

9

32

34

-2

31

9

Aberystwyth Town

22

6

5

11

28

46

-21

23

10

Penybont

22

3

6

13

25

46

-21

15

11

Airbus UK Broughton

22

3

4

15

19

57

-38

13

12

Carmarthen Town

22

2

6

14

24

45

-21

12

Pos

Club

Played

Pts

Pos

Club

Played

Pts

1

Prestatyn Town

22

58

1

Swansea University

20

45

2

Flint Town

21

46

2

Haverfordwest County

19

44

3

Colwyn Bay

21

38

3

Briton Ferry Llansawel

21

44

4

Guilsfield

19

37

4

Ammanford

19

34

5

Llanrhaeder ym Mochnant

20

36

5

STM Sports

18

33

6

Rhyl

23

35

6

Afan Lido

20

31

7

Conwy Borough

21

33

7

Llanelli Town

21

30

8

Bangor City

18

29

8

Cambrian and Clydach

18

27

9

Penrhyncoch

20

29

9

Goytre United

19

24

10

Llandudno

19

27

10

Undy Athletic

17

23

11

Ruthin Town

21

25

11

Llantwit Major

19

23

12

Gresford Athletic

21

23

12

Pontypridd Town

18

22

13

Llangefni Town

20

19

13

Cwmbran Celtic

18

18

14

Buckley Town

17

17

14

Taffs Well

17

13

15

Porthmadog

20

14

15

Cwmmaman United

16

9

16

Corwen

20

12

16

Caerau Ely

18

6

17

Llanfair United

19

2

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FIRST TEAM STAFF ANDY MORRISON - First Team Manager Morrison joined The Nomads in November 2015 and oversees all football development at the Club, working with the chairman and staff to create and implement the strategies that will help the Connah’s Quay club reach its’ full potential.

Morrison, who left Airbus UK Broughton in July of 2015, was instrumental in helping the Broughton-based club reach the Europa League Qualifying Stages for three successive seasons, finishing 2nd twice and 3rd in the Welsh Premier League between 2013 - 2015.

As a professional player, he captained the Manchester City side who won the Division 2 Play Off final at Wembley in 1999 and now represents the Etihad outfit as an Official Fan Ambassador.

JAY CATTON - Assistant Manager and Director of Football Previously a player with The Nomads but took on coaching role after four knee operations.

Completed UEFA A license and also has UEFA B license in coaching goalkeepers and a BA (Hons) degree in Sports Coaching and exercise Sciences.

Catton is not only the Assistant Manager of the first team, but also Academy Director, over seeing all aspects of The Nomads Academy, including the scholarship programme run in partnership with Coleg Cambria, and was also heavily involved in ‘The Quay 3G project.

CRAIG HARRISON - First Team Coach Former Middlesbrough, Preston North End and Crystal Palace defender, Harrison joined The Nomads in late October 2018 having previously enjoyed success as manager of TNS, winning the Welsh Premier League on six successive ocassions. Played alongside Andy Morrison during their brief spell together at Crystal Palace.

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PLAYER STATISTICS ° Indicates player no longer with club

Player

¹ Indicates player on loan to another club

Cymru Premier

Europa League

FAW Cup

Nathaniel MG Cup

Friendlies

A G

A G

A G

A G

A G

1 Lewis Brass

21 0

4 0

1 0

4 0

2 0

2 John Disney

16 (3)

1

4 0

0 0

1 (2)

1 (1)

3 Callum Roberts

16 (2)

0

4 0

1 0

3 0

2 0

4 Priestley Farquharson 16 (2)

2

0 (3)

0

1 0

1 0

2 0

5 George Horan

13 (1)

0

4 0

1 0

3 0

1 0

6 Danny Harrison

15 (1)

0

2 0

1 0

3 (1)

0

2 0

7 Michael Bakare

13 (8)

7

2 (2)

1 1

1 (3)

1

2 0

8 Callum Morris

18 (1)

3

4 1

0 (1)

3 1

2 0

9 Michael Wilde

20 6

4 0

1 1

1 (1)

1

0 (1)

10 Jamie Insall

19 (2)

12

2 (1)

0

1 0

3 (1)

1

2 0

11 Nathan Woolfe ¹

4 (3)

0

1 0

0 0

3 (1)

2

0 (1)

12 Declan Poole

16 (4)

3

4 0

1 0

4 0

2 0

13 Oliver Byrne

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

14 Conor Harwood

1 (6)

0

0 0

0 (1)

2 (1)

0 (1)

15 Danny Holmes

22 1

4 0

0 0

2 0

2 0

16 Jay Owen

16 (2)

0

4 0

1 0

3 0

2 0

17 Kris Owens

4 (6)

0

0 0

0 0

2 (1)

0 0

18 Ryan Wignall

5 (3)

1

1 (1)

1

0 0

1 1

0 (1)

20 Sameron Dool

6 (4)

0

0 0

1 1

3 0

0 0

21 Tom Weir °

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 (2)

22 Jacob Barratt

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

23 Eric Merner

1 0

0 0

0 (1)

0

0 0

0 0

25 Max Moore

0 (1)

0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

28 Sam Williams

0 (1)

0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

22 Connah's Quay Nomads vs Afan Lido

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0 0

1

0 0

CONNAH’S QUAY NOMADS SQUAD

1. Lewis Brass Goalkeeper

2. John Disney Defender

3. Callum Roberts Defender

Sponsorship Available

7. Michael Bakare Midfielder

8. Callum Morris Midfielder

4. Priestley Farquharson Defender

5. George Horan Defender

Sponsorship Available

Sponsorship Available

9. Michael Wilde Striker

10. Jamie Insall Striker

Sponsorship Available

6. Danny Harrison Midfielder

11. Nathan Woolfe Midfielder

12. Declan Poole Midfielder

On Loan at Airbus

Sponsorship Available

13. Oliver Byrne Goalkeeper

14. Conor Harwood Midfielder

15. Danny Holmes Defender

16. Jay Owen Midfielder

17. Kris Owens Midfielder

18. Ryan Wignall Midfielder

Sponsorship Available

Sponsorship Available

Sponsorship Available

Sponsorship Available

Sponsorship Available

Sponsorship Available

20. Sameron Dool Midfielder

22. Jacob Barratt Midfielder

23. Eric Merner Goalkeeper

Sponsorship Available

To sponsor any of the above players, email sponsor@the-nomads.co.uk Connah's Quay Nomads vs Afan Lido 23

2019/20 FIXTURES AND RESULTS JUNE SAT 22 SAT 29

RESULT

STARTING LINEUP

CLIFTONVILLE ABERDEEN

N N

1-0 0-0

BRASS BRASS

FARQUHARSON HOLMES FARQUHARSON HORAN

DISNEY HOLMES

ROBERTS ROBERTS

HARRISON HARRISON

POOLE POOLE

KILMARNOCK KILMARNOCK FK PARTIZAN

HR A HR

1-2 2-0 0-1

BRASS BRASS BRASS

DISNEY DISNEY DISNEY

HORAN HORAN HORAN

HOLMES HOLMES HOLMES

ROBERTS ROBERTS ROBERTS

HARRISON WIGNALL WOOLFE

POOLE POOLE POOLE

FK PARTIZAN RHYL CARDIFF MET CAERNARFON TOWN CARMARTHEN TOWN BALA TOWN

A A H A H A

0-3 2-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-0

BRASS BRASS BRASS BRASS BRASS BRASS

DISNEY HOLMES HOLMES DISNEY DISNEY FARQUHARSON

HORAN HORAN HORAN FARQUHARSON FARQUHARSON HOLMES

HOLMES ROBERTS ROBERTS HOLMES HOLMES HARRISON

ROBERTS WIGNALL DISNEY ROBERTS ROBERTS ROBERTS

HARRISON POOLE POOLE HARRISON HARRISON DISNEY

POOLE MORRIS MORRIS OWEN WIGNALL POOLE

H H H A A H

1-0 1-0 4-1 1-1 1-1 3-1

BRASS BRASS BRASS BRASS BRASS BRASS

FARQUHARSON FARQUHARSON HOLMES DISNEY FARQUHARSON HOLMES

HORAN HORAN HORAN HOLMES HORAN HORAN

HOLMES HOLMES ROBERTS HARRISON OWENS ROBERTS

ROBERTS ROBERTS DISNEY ROBERTS HARRISON HARRISON

DISNEY HARRISON BAKARE POOLE POOLE FARQUHARSON

BAKARE WIGNALL POOLE MORRIS DOOL MORRIS

A A H A A H

2-1 0-2 4-2 1-0 1-1 4-1

BRASS BRASS BRASS BRASS BRASS BRASS

FARQUHARSON FARQUHARSON FARQUHARSON FARQUHARSON FARQUHARSON DISNEY

HOLMES HOLMES HOLMES HOLMES HOLMES HOLMES

HORAN HORAN HORAN HORAN HORAN HARRISON

ROBERTS ROBERTS ROBERTS ROBERTS ROBERTS ROBERTS

DISNEY DISNEY DISNEY DISNEY DISNEY DOOL

MORRIS POOLE POOLE POOLE POOLE POOLE

H A H H A

1-1 4-0 3-1 2-0 0-0

BRASS BRASS BRASS BRASS BRASS

HOLMES HOLMES HOLMES HOLMES HOLMES

HORAN HORAN HORAN HORAN HORAN

DISNEY HARRISON HARRISON HARRISON HARRISON

ROBERTS FARQUHARSON ROBERTS ROBERTS DISNEY

HARRISON POOLE POOLE POOLE WIGNALL

POOLE MORRIS MORRIS MORRIS MORRIS

A A H H

3-0 0-2 2-1 2-1

BRASS BRASS BRASS BRASS

FARQUHARSON FARQUHARSON FARQUHARSON HOLMES

HORAN HOLMES DISNEY DISNEY

HARRISON HARRISON HARRISON HARRISON

ROBERTS ROBERTS HOLMES OWENS

POOLE POOLE POOLE POOLE

OWEN OWEN OWEN OWEN

A H A H

4-0 2-0 1-2

MERNER BRASS BRASS

DISNEY HOLMES HOLMES

FARQUHARSON HARRISON FARQUHARSON HORAN DISNEY OWENS

JULY THUR 11 THUR 18 THUR 25

AUGUST THUR 1 SAT 10 SAT 17 FRI 23 MON 26 FRI 30

SEPTEMBER SAT 7 TUES 10 FRI 13 SAT 21 WED 25 SUN 29

COVE RANGERS CEFN DRUIDS ABERYSTWYTH TOWN NEWTOWN GUILSFIELD PENYBONT

OCTOBER SAT 5 SAT 12 TUES 15 SAT 19 FRI 25 TUE 29

CARMARTHEN TOWN PARTICK THISTLE CAERNARFON TOWN CARDIFF MET ABERYSTWYTH TOWN FLINT TOWN UNITED

NOVEMBER FRI 1 SAT 9 FRI 15 SAT 23 SAT 30

THE NEW SAINTS BARRY TOWN UTD NEWTOWN BALA TOWN PENYBONT

DECEMBER SAT 7 FRI 13 FRI 20 THURS 26

ABERTILLERY BLUEBIRDS CEFN DRUIDS BALA TOWN AIRBUS UK

JANUARY 2020 WEDS 1 SAT 11 SAT 18 SAT 25

AIRBUS UK BARRY TOWN UTD THE NEW SAINTS AFAN LIDO

HOLMES OWENS OWENS HARRISON FARQUHARSON MORRIS

POOLE OWEN POOLE

FEBRUARY SAT 1 SAT 8 FRI 14 FRI 21

STM SPORTS BARRY TOWN UTD CAERNARFON TOWN THE NEW SAINTS

NN A H H

BALA TOWN NEWTOWN BARRY TOWN UTD CAERNARFON TOWN

A H H A

THE NEW SAINTS BALA TOWN NEWTOWN

A H A

MARCH FRI 6 FRI 13 SAT 21 SAT 28

APRIL FRI 10 FRI 17 SAT 25

KEY

JD CYMRU PREMIER

JD WELSH CUP

24 Connah's Quay Nomads vs Afan Lido

NATHANIEL MG CUP

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

TUNNOCKS CW CUP

FRIENDLY

HR Match played at Rhyl

NN Match played at Newtown

SUBSTITUTES MORRIS MORRIS

OWEN OWEN

BAKARE BAKARE

INSALL INSALL

RUSHTON MERNER

MERNER DISNEY

MORRIS MORRIS MORRIS

OWEN OWEN OWEN

BAKARE BAKARE INSALL

WILDE WILDE WILDE

MERNER MERNER MERNER

FARQUHARSON

MORRIS OWEN OWEN MORRIS MORRIS MORRIS

OWEN WOOLFE WIGNALL WOOLFE OWEN OWEN

INSALL BAKARE INSALL INSALL WOOLFE WOOLFE

WILDE INSALL WILDE WILDE WILDE WILDE

MERNER DARLING DARLING MERNER MERNER MERNER

FARQUHARSON

MORRIS MORRIS MORRIS OWEN MORRIS OWEN

OWEN OWEN WIGNALL BAKARE WOOLFE BAKARE

WOOLFE INSALL INSALL INSALL INSALL INSALL (2)

WILDE WILDE WILDE WILDE HARWOOD WILDE

MERNER DARLING MANLEY DARLING MANLEY MANLEY

HARRISON DISNEY HARRISON

OWEN MORRIS OWEN OWEN OWEN OWEN

BAKARE (2) OWEN BAKARE BAKARE BAKARE OWENS

INSALL BAKARE INSALL (2) INSALL INSALL WOOLFE

WILDE WILDE WILDE WILDE WILDE HARWOOD

MORRIS DOOL DOOL OWEN POOLE

FARQUHARSON BAKARE BAKARE DOOL DOOL

WOOLFE INSALL (2) INSALL INSALL INSALL

DOOL MORRIS MORRIS MORRIS

BAKARE DOOL DOOL BAKARE

OWEN BAKARE DOOL

BAKARE POOLE ROBERTS

BOLD NAME GOALSCORER

HARWOOD WILDE

WEIR WOOLFE

BARRATT WIGNALL

TRIALIST WEIR

TRIALIST

WOOLFE WOOLFE BAKARE

HARWOOD HARWOOD HARWOOD

WIGNALL

WEIR

WOOLFE HARWOOD BAKARE WIGNALL POOLE OWENS

HARWOOD OWENS WOOLFE BARRATT OWENS BARRATT

WIGNALL WEIR HARWOOD

INSALL BAKARE WOOLFE FARQUHARSON WOOLFE DISNEY ROBERTS DISNEY WOOLFE

POOLE WOOLFE OWEN OWENS BAKARE POOLE

OWENS POOLE OWENS DOOL WILDE HARWOOD

WIGNALL OWENS DOOL BARRATT OWEN OWENS

DOOL BARRATT BARRATT

MERNER MERNER MERNER MERNER MERNER MERNER

WOOLFE INSALL HARWOOD HARRISON HARRISON BAKARE

POOLE HARWOOD OWENS HARWOOD MORRIS INSALL

HARWOOD OWENS OWENS DOOL DOOL WILLIAMS OWENS DOOL HARWOOD OWENS WORTHINGTON WILLIAMS

DOOL

WEIR

ROBINSON

H.OWEN

DOOL ROBINSON

WILLIAMS H.OWEN

WILDE WILDE (2) WILDE WILDE WILDE

MERNER MANLEY DARLING MERNER MERNER

BAKARE WOOLFE DISNEY DISNEY ROBERTS

INSALL HARWOOD HARWOOD OWEN WOOLFE HARWOOD BAKARE WOOLFE FARQUHARSON BAKARE

DOOL

WILLIAMS

WIGNALL WIGNALL OWEN

WILLIAMS WILLIAMS WILLIAMS

INSALL BAKARE INSALL INSALL

WILDE INSALL WILDE WILDE

MERNER MERNER MERNER MERNER

DISNEY DISNEY BAKARE(2)

MORRIS HARWOOD HARWOOD FARQUHARSON HARWOOD

WOOLFE MOORE OWENS DOOL

HARWOOD WILLIAMS MOORE MOORE

ASTREOS H.OWEN H.OWEN

ALLEN ALLEN ALLEN

INSALL (2) INSALL INSALL

WILDE HARWOOD WILDE

DARLING BYRNE MERNER

ROBERTS MERNER HORAN

MOORE ROBERTS BAKARE

ROBINSON MORRIS HARWOOD

H.OWEN WIGNALL WIGNALL

WILLIAMS ALLEN

YELLOW CARD

RED CARD

INSALL INSALL FARQUHARSON HARRISON FARQUHARSON

FARQUHARSON FARQUHARSON

POOLE BAKARE BAKARE

SUBBED ON

BAKARE HARRISON HARRISON OWENS INSALL INSALL

HARWOOD DISNEY HARRISON

SUBBED OFF

a

OWEN WILLIAMS OWEN HARWOOD HARWOOD

AFTER EXTRA TIME

WEIR

WEIR BARRATT

BARRATT

WEIR WEIR

(4-2P) SCORE ON PENALTIES)

Connah's Quay Nomads vs Afan Lido 25

CONNAH’S QUAY NOMADS MANAGER: Andy Morrison COLOURS: Red, Red, Red

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 23 36 58

Lewis BRASS John DISNEY Callum ROBERTS Priestley FARQUHARSON George HORAN Danny HARRISON Michael BAKARE Callum MORRIS Michael WILDE Jamie INSALL Nathan WOOLFE Declan POOLE Oliver BYRNE Conor HARWOOD Danny HOLMES Jay OWEN Kris OWENS Ryan WIGNALL Sameron DOOL Jacob BARRATT Eric MERNER Callum MANLEY Cameron DARLING

Next Match Connah’s Quay Nomads vs STM Sports Latham Park, Newtown 1st February 2020 Nathaniel MG Cup Final

Connah's Quay Nomads vs Afan Lido

AFAN LIDO MANAGER: Paul Evans COLOURS: Yellow, Black Black

Scott COUGHLIN Ben SYMONS James PARRY Lewis HOLMES Alex GAMMOND Jack HURLEY Liam McCREESH Bradley FLAY Jamie KARNSANG Kaid MOHAMED Sean HANBURY Patrick FINNERAL Morgan FREEMAN Chris JONES Sacha WALTERS Steve MORRIS Craig JONES Steve CANN

Match Officials Referee: Lee Evans First Assistant: Gareth Wyn Jones Second Assistant: Richard Dolphin Fourth Official: Cheryl Foster