FELINFACH RESERVES 2010/2011

2nd Team Coach: David Miles      Assistant Coaches: Mervyn Davies, Rob Jones   

Training is Wednesday 6pm till 8.30pm in Felinfach, please attend, if you can't attend for any reason please let us know. 

Forthcoming Fixtures/ Results

Res Cup: Saturday 4th September Away Llanybydder kick off 3pm (2-0)

With hopes high of getting a win on there first game of the season, hopes where dashed with 20 minutes to go. the boys kept the game very tight up until the last 20 minutes, in the first half possession didn't pay off, with chances missed, Llanybydder after the break stepped up a gear and made they chances count, with the season ahead we can learn from this, and aim to finish in the top four this season.

 Man of the match: Jamie Davies

Res Cup: Saturday 11th September Home Ffostrasol Kick off 3pm

Res Cup Saturday 18th September Away Crannog Kick off 3pm 

FELINFACH RESERVES 2009/2010

Top (left to right): Derek "Death" Hopkins, Steve James, Jamie Davies, Liam "LK" Knowles, Rob Jones, David Miles (manager), James Timmis, Haydn Green.

Bottom: William Roberts, Martyn Lloyd, Jordan Walker (vice captain), Richard Brennan, Daniel "Denzil" Davies (captain), Nessim Aroussi.

Not pictured: Morgan Davies, Ray Francis, Sean Golder, William Golder, Chris Roberts, Richy Lance 

 LATEST NEWS

Reserve Team Training - Please note that training is now every Wednesday on Felinfach Field between 6pm and 8pm. All players are expected to make every effort to attend. 

Forthcoming Fixtures

 Pre-season games

Tuesday 27th July - 1st Team XI (3) v 2nd Team XI (0)

Saturday 7th August v's Pencader 3pm kick off (home)   (0-0)

Tuesday 10th August New Quay res 7pm kick off (away) (1-1)

Sunday 15th August Bargod Reserves 3pm kick off (away) (4-4)

Tuesday 24th August, Crannog Res 7pm kick off (home) (2-2)

Season Starts:

Res Cup: Saturday 4th September Away Llanybydder kick off 3pm (2-0)

Res Cup: Saturday 11th September Home Ffostrasol Kick off 3pm

Res Cup Saturday 18th September Away Crannog Kick off 3pm

Pre-season training recommences on Wednesday 30th June 2010 in Felinfach Playing Fields from 6pm to 8.30pm. New players welcome!

 Club Tour 2011 - Amsterdam! 

Following the overwhelming success of the recent tours to Cork and Blackpool and to co-incide with the beginning of the clubs 30th Anniversary season, provisional arrangements have been made for the club to travel to Holland in August 2011 where we will spend 2 nights and play one friendly against a local Dutch side. At this stage is it planned that we will fly out from Birmingham airport early on a Friday morning in late August, stay Friday and Saturday night within half an hour of Amsterdam before flying back to Birmingham on the Sunday evening.

Costs for the trip are expected to be somewhere in the region of £200-£250 and will be limited to a maximum of 25. To book your place please let Dave Dalton know as soon as possible. A non-refundable deposit of £50 will be required to secure your place.

 For the latest team fixtures & results go to: 

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 RECENT  MATCH SUMMARIES 

 Managers End of Season Review:  

Well what can I say? The season started off very slow, but was a fantastic challenge for all. It was a first for me, to coach/manage an adults side (despite 75% of my players being under 18), with the blend of experience and youth it took a while to become the team that only lost 1 game in its last 8 games (a fantastic run in). I will say this without the experience of Rob, Jamie, Tom (superman) Mervyn, Fitz, Derek, Jinx and Steve, the team wouldn't have gelled as well as they did, they always provided positive encouragement, which gave the younger boys great confidence.

So would I change anything about last season? NO no way, I'm proud of the boys they did well.

So what's next???? After listening to the boys at presentation night, they want promotion which I have no doubt, that we can achieve, if we can carry the form of the last 8 games into the new season ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. 

I maybe losing some boys to UNI, but we still have a players to push for promotion, we still have space for a few new players.

End of season awards went to....................

Young Player : Liam Knowles, a work horse in  the centre of midfield, as the season went on he become the play maker of the team, we had our ups and down's. if he wasn't going to UNI I'm sure he would knocking at the door for a first team position.

Managers Player: Morgan Davies, I'm well proud of this players, he gave me nothing short of 200% in every game, he played in every position except goalkeeper, and did he best in every position.

Well that leaves just one award (Players Player)

Players Player : Jamie Davies, this player is the best defender I have every seen, and funny to boot, not only can he make big clearances with his feet, but with his head, butt, shoulder, knee, you name it he will use it. 95% of the players voted for him.

Well deserved.

Come on you Felinfach!  

 Bargod Rangers 2 v Felinfach 2 

 Felinfach 1 v Pencader 0 

Felinfach Reserves came out winners in this closely contested affair after a Merfyn Davies penalty mid way through the second half saw them edge home 1-0. Man of the match Liam Knowles got the penalty after being bundled over in the area as he was about to strike home. 

 Felinfach 2 v Ffostrasol 0 

Felinfach Reserves came out comfortable winners against visitors Ffostrasol Reserves and perhaps should have made the final scoreline even more emphatic than 2-0. The fact that the Felinfach pitch was again very heavy down the centre perhaps didnt help but Felinfach will no doubt be pleased to get back on the winning trail again.

The first goal came through an own goal by Ffostrasol with the second coming after good work down the wing by Liam Jones as crossed in for striker Martyn Lloyd to bundle it in at the far post.

An all round good performance by the team with the Man of the Match this week given to the ever improving youngster Haydn Green playing his first season with the club. Manager David Miles will be hoping it can continue next week in their early KO game in Bargod.

Lampeter Youth 2 v Felinfach Youth 10

Felinfach Youth got through to the semi finals of the CWFA Youth Cup after an exhilarating performance against local rivals Lampeter Town in the Quarter Finals

Despite most of the players having played only 24 hours beforehand for the senior teams, Felinfach soon got into their stride and raced into a 3-0 lead after 30 minutes with goals from Nessim Aroussi and James Timmis. The match was then effectively over after Lampeter were forced to take their goalkeeper off with a knee injury and did not have any substitutes available to take his place. Felinfach then settled fully into their rhythm and came in at half time 5- 0 up after further goals from Nessim Aroussi and Jamie Owen.

The second half continued in the same way with Lyn Jones in particular playing some wonderful through balls for the strikers to run on to. Chances were aplenty and more goals from Nessim Aroussi taking his tally to an amazing 6 for the match, Jamie Owen (2 on the day) and finally a fine effort from goalkeeper Sean "Teddy" Thomas who swopped shirts with Jamie Owen in the final 10 minutes capped a fine afternoon for the youngsters. The Lampeter school corridors will be echoing to the sounds of "Felinfach, Felinfach, Felinfach!" for the next few days at least!! 

Squad: Denzil Davies (capt), Jordan Walker (vice capt), Nessim Aroussi, Jonnie Davies, James Davies, Morgan Davies, Haydn Green, Lyn Jones, Liam "LK" Knowles, Martyn Lloyd, Jamie Owen, William Roberts, Sean Thomas, James Timmis (unavailable: Liam "LJ " Jones, Gethin Jones)

 24/1/10 Felinfach Res 3 v Lampeter Res 6 

Felinfach put in a much improved performance against local rival Lampeter Reserves in this nine goal encounter. Felinfach shocked their visitors by going 2-0 up but an injury to the impressive Tom Knowles meant they lost their rhythm and Lampeter got back to 3-3 with 20 minutes remaining. The Felinfach youngsters then understandably tired and eventually went down by 6 goals to 3. The Felinfach scorers on the day were Merfyn Davies, Richy Lance (who both got their 1st goals of the season) and in form striker Martyn Lloyd. Overall this was a very encouraging performance with a number of players now beginning to force their way into the reckoning for selection.

 12/12/09 Llanybydder Res 12 v Felinfach Res 1 

The lack of match action in recent weeks clearly had an affect on this game where Felinfach never really got started against a strong Llanybydder side. Best to move on to the next game we think!

 30/10/09 Felinfach Res 1 v Crannog Res 3 

A much improved performance from the Reserves saw them eventually go down by 3 goals to 1 against a strong Crannog side. Keen to bounce back after the poor showing against Lampeter Reserves the week before, Felinfach did work hard and another day may have got more of a reward for their efforts. Captain Denzil Davies was the Felinfach scorer with his first strike of the season.  . 

23/10/09 Lampeter Res 5 v Felinfach Res 1 

The Reserves played their 1st game of the season under floodlights against local rivals Lampeter and came up against a solid and well organised home team. Faced with having to re-organise the side from the previous weeks victory, Felinfach never really got going and went down to a 5-1 defeat with young striker Martyn Lloyd again getting on the teamsheet. It will be interesting to see if they can immediately bounce back in time for next weeks home game against Crannog Reserves.

  17/10/09 Felinfach Res 6 v Aberporth Res 1 

Wow! Felinfach Reserves picked up from where they left off last week with a 6-1 thumping of Aberporth Reserves. They even came back from a goal down to go into half time at 2-1 thanks to goals from left winger Steve James and 16 year old striker Martyn Lloyd who netted his 1st ever senior team goal! Further goals in the 2nd half from Richard Brennan (2) and one more each from Martyn Lloyd and Steve James saw them complete another fine all round team performance with this weeks man of the match going to Martyn Lloyd for his well taken first ever senior team goals.

The only downside was a serious injury to Nessim Aroussi who had to be taken to hospital with broken and damaged shoulder ligaments. He is likely to be out of action for between 6 and 12 weeks.

We Wish him a speedy recovery.

  10/10/09 Felinfach Res 5 v SDUC Res 1 

Well done lads! Dave Miles and his team got their first win of the campaign with a thumping 5-1 win against SDUC. Nessim Aroussi got his 1st ever senior team hat trick while Liam "LK" Knowles got his second in as many weeks with Richard Brennan also netting his first of the season to make up the nap hand! A very encouraging performance by everyone capped by a fine Man of the Match performance from capain Denzil Davies.

3/10/09 Pencader Res 7 v Felinfach Res 2 

Despite the scoreline, the Reserves were well in this game until the last 20 minutes after which they tired quickly. Nevertheless penalties from Nessim Aroussi and Liam Knowles meant they finally got on the scoresheet and will stand them in good stead over the next couple of weeks when they hope they will be re-inforced by the return of more experienced players. Men of the match for Felinfach were 16 year olds William Roberts and Morgan Davies. 

26/9/09 Felinfach Res 0 v Bargod Res 4 

The Reserves battled hard in this tie despite only having 10 men through late withdrawals that affected both of the senior squads this weekend. They never gave up battling despite missing key players Rob Jones and vice captain Jordan Walker who had been drafted into the 1st team and hopefully will find an improvement in the next few weeks once players become available again. Man of the Match for Felinfach was Martyn Lloyd who never gave up running all afternoon.

 19/9/09 Felinfach Res 0 v Llanybydder Res 5 

Felinfach Reserves played their 1st home game of the season against a strong Llanybydder Reserves side but rarely troubled the visitors before eventually going down by 5 goals to nil. Nevertheless if was good to see a 16 man squad available for this game and augers well for the season ahead. Man of the Match was Jordan Walker who put in a tremendous amount of work in the heart of the side.

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