📣 NEW MANAGER 📣
We’re pleased to announce that Karl Seliaerts has agreed to become player/manager until the end of the season.
Selly’s experience and knowledge of the game will prove vital in the coming weeks as the team look to bounce back from a run of bad results
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📰Club Statement📰
Llanfair United Football Club would like to pay tribute to Andy McVeagh, who sadly passed away last week at the age of 56.
Our thoughts are with Edwina, Ryan and the family at this difficult time.
Football Club tribute link -
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⚽️ Top Goalscorer Update ⚽️
After 10 games, Josh Astley’s emphatic start has seen him score an impressive 22 goals in all competitions, including 16 in the league in only 6 games!
Tonight’s 93rd minute winner meant that Josh has now scored in all 10 consecutive games 👏🏻
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📣CLUB UPDATE📣
Ryan McVeagh who suffered a broken leg on Saturday is home after a successful operation. We wish Ry all the best with his recovery
Thanks to all who helped including
@RhosAelwydFC
who’ve been very supportive
Both teams & league agreed for result to stand at 0-0
Big day in the history of the club today as we open the doors(beer garden until Monday) to The Black Lion.
Friday 3-10
Sat & Sun 12-10
From Monday 12-11 with food available.
More details to follow or go to the Black Lion Facebook Instagram pages
💯 100 CLUB GOALS 💯
Congratulations to
@AstleyJosh
on scoring his 100th Llanfair United first team goal in today’s win, doing it style by scoring 6 to take his season total to 42 for the season and 104 for the club in total 💯⚽️🔥
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🏆 Special Recognition Award🏆
Last night gave us the chance to formally thank Rhys for 10 years of management winning 9 trophies along the way 👏🏻
Rhys also contributed brilliantly off the pitch and we recognised this with a special salver last night
Thank you Rhys 👏🏻
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🎯 Assists 🎯
After 10 games, Max has settled in brilliantly to life at Llanfair United, providing an impressive 12 assists in all competitions.
Max has linked up brilliantly with Josh Astley, providing 9 of his assists to the in-form front man 🎯
Llanfair United football club were saddened to hear about the passing of Clive Macnamee yesterday. Thoughts with family at this time.
Both teams held a minute silence before today’s game
@WelshpoolTown
🤩
@Ryanastley92
yn sgorio ar ei ymddangosiad cyntaf wrth i tîm dan 21 Cymru sicrhau eu buddugoliaeth fwyaf erioed!
FT: Gibraltar D21 0-7 Cymru D21
#U21EURO
🎉 Player of the Month 🎉
Congratulations to Max McLaughlin who has been named
@ArdalNorthern
East League Player of the Month for November 👏🏻
In November, Max scored 5 goals and assisted 4 times in 4 games.
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📣 TRANSFER NEWS 📣
Max McLaughlin has left the club to join Tier 2
@CHIRKAAAFC
after making 46 appearances for the club since joining in August 2021
All the best Max!
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Best wishes to Harvey Morris who suffered a leg break in yesterday’s game against
@WelshpoolTown
- a horror tackle which led to the penalty. Hopefully his recovery is swift 🤞🏻
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'A Decade to Remember' - 10 years ago, Llanfair Utd were preparing for a festive fixture in the Amateur Division 1 whilst the Reserves were in Division 2. Safe to say, that no one will have predicted what happened in the 10 years to come -
Last weekend, everyone at Llanfair United FC were saddened to hear of the passing of ‘Gwladi’, a loyal fan and supporter of the club for many years
Our thoughts are with the family & close friends. Ahead of the charity game, we will be holding a minute’s silence in her memory 💙
🔥 "Max is on fire, your defence is terrified" 🔥
A special mention to our young supporters yesterday, providing entertainment all game with their chants and songs! Well done boys 👏
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TRANSFER NEWS | We are pleased to announce the signing of
@Maxmclaughlin31
from
@Kerry_LambsFC
- Max is a talented forward player who will strengthen our attack and has gained valuable experience at this level, most recently at Kerry and Churchstoke ⚪️⚽️🔵
#welcome
#croeso
⚽️ Man of the Match ⚽️
Last night’s man of the match was Josh Astley. No surprise with an impressive seven goal haul. That’s 13 in 3 for Josh in competitive games 🔥🔥🔥
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Our hospitality room will make its debut today hosting committee members of
@RuthinTownFC
Matchday sponsorship opportunities will soon be available too. Please get in touch if you are interested ⚪️⚽️🔵
We’d like to say a huge thank you to Richard and Alison from the Goat Hotel for their fantastic hospitality, serving post match meals for the club for over 30 years. They have been nothing short of brilliant, and we appreciate their support.
📝 New Signing 📝
The club are pleased to announce the signing of former player Richard Astley who returns from New Zealand.
Rich has played for Ferrymead Bays in NZ and previously Caersws, Newtown and Guilsfield locally before moving out there.
Welcome back Rich ⚪️⚽️🔵
⚽️Man of the Match⚽️
Today’s man of the match was Josh Astley, a superb performance in front of goal. A perfect hat trick (right foot, left foot, header) topped off with a penalty ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
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TEAM OF THE DECADE - RIGHT WINGER ⚽️
Our right winger has been decided, congratulations to James Davies.
James played 155 times for Llanfair, scoring 100 goals. James also won Managers' Player and Players' Player in both 2016 and 2017 as well as Supporters' Player in 2017
The club are pleased to announce that our application for exemption from the FAW Central Reserve League has been accepted and our young Reserve side can play in the
@MontyLeague
for the 23/24 season
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📝 NEW SIGNING 📝
We are pleased to welcome back goalkeeper Lee Andrew from Llanrhaeadr! ‘Leggings’ was a huge part of our first promotion to Tier 2, winning a number of trophies as captain. Lee is also 8th in total apps for the club with 205! Welcome back
@Leggins17
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Fair play to groundsman Glyn Lewis, after the mud bath the pitch ended up in last week, he’s got it looking like this ready for the visit of
@LlandrindodAFC
2pm ko tomorrow
Great news for the club! We have been granted our Tier 2 Licence for the 2019/2020 season. Well done to all members of the club involved, another milestone in the club's development -
Congratulations to
@LlanfairUtdFC
Ladies who have tonight been crowned
@NWWomensFL
league winners for the second year running! Not the way we would have liked it to end it but reward for the excellent effort put in by the ladies at the start of the season 🏆
#Champions
📝 NEW SIGNING 📝
George Mitten joins from
@FCBerriew
! Midfielder George has plenty of local football experience at a range of levels having played for Welshpool, Montgomery, TNS, Llanidloes, Llanrhaeadr and Berriew. Welcome
@GeorgeMitten
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⚽️ 150 Club Appearances ⚽️
A little late on the announcement, but the away game at Machynlleth earlier this month was Josh Astley’s 150th for the first team. In that time Josh has scored 90 goals in all competitions 👏🏻
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⚽️ Top Goalscorer ⚽️
After 20 Llanfair United games, Josh leads the way with 29 goals in 17 games in all competitions. Also, with 4 assists to his name, Josh also leads the way with goal scoring involvements (33), being directly involved in 52% of Llanfair’s goals ⚽️ 🎯
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📣 FIRST TEAM MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
The club are pleased to announce that Karl Seliaerts has agreed to become manager for the 2023/24 season.
We’re also pleased that Paul Inns will be Selly’s assistant manager.
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⛑ New Defibrillator ⛑
A huge thanks to Llanfair Caereinion Town Council who fitted us a defibrillator on Mount Field. A key piece of equipment going forwards for football that can be equally as important to the community too 👏🏻
Thanks also to Aled Jones Electrical
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💯 100 CLUB APPEARANCES 💯
Congratulations to
@sellyboii
who made his 100th appearance for Llanfair United in yesterday’s win over Machynlleth 👏🏻
Selly has scored an impressive 45 goals in those games, with plenty of assists along the way too 🎯
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📝 NEW SIGNING 📝
Drew Cook joins from
@FCBerriew
! Versatile player Drew has previously played for Abermule, Llanidloes and Berriew, bringing more local experience to the squad. Welcome Drew!
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FT
@caerswsfc
1-2
@LlanfairUtd
| Two Karl Seliaerts goals for Llanfair, one in each half to earn a well deserved
#FAWTrophy
win after going down 1-0 after only 4 minutes 🔵⚽️⚪️
A huge loss for local football in Mid Wales, after the sad news that Bernie Jones has passed away. Will be missed by many. Thoughts to Sue and the family from everyone at Llanfair United 💙
⚽️ Junior Update ⚽️
Great to have local Everton youngster Ryan Astley training Llanfair U8 and U9s tonight. The kids loved every second of it and some great Q&A questions at the end, with a chance to get photos and autographs. Thank you
@Ryanastley92
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🔀 TRANSFER NEWS 🔀
Nyasha Mwamuka leaves for Llanidloes Town.
Nash has been excellent the past two seasons, both playing for the first team and managing our Ladies.
Thank you Nash and good luck in Tier 2
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10 years ago this weekend, we began making Mount Field bigger by taking away the south embankment with the help of a brilliant team of volunteers from the local area.
A monumental effort by everyone who was involved!
FEBRUARY AWARDS 🏆
Here are the latest monthly winners of the Mid Wales Football League
Division 1 manager: Rhys Stephens
@LlanfairUtd
Division 2 manager: Michael Barton
@FourCrosses_FC
Division 1 player: Joey Price
@radnorvalleyfc
Division 2 player: Daniel Price
@AberUniFC
⚽️ Man of the Match ⚽️
A superb match for Selly last night, heartbeat of the team providing three assists with an energetic performance form the 1st minute
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Llanfair United pick up their first 3 points of the season with a solid win and performance away at
@st_ffraidfc
A first half Selly header from a clever Paul Griff free kick was enough to seal the win
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We are aware of a racist allegation made against one of our players during the match v Bow Street. We take the allegation seriously & will carry out an internal enquiry. We do not condone racist behaviour & confirm our commitment to racism having no place in football.
Llanfair put a cat amongst the pigeons in the title race with a 2-0 win over league leaders
@caerswsfc
A Karl Seliaerts goal in the first half and a late Matt Spencer goal gave Llanfair a well deserved 3 points
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We’re so pleased to see our kit has arrived in South Africa courtesy of Cara via her work with
@team_schools
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The team are called The Mighty Brands in Lehae, a township near Johannesburg! The team are part of a local kids project ⚽️
@FAWales
@CentralWalesFA
@CountyTimes
We are pleased to announce that the club have once again been awarded with the
@FAWales
Tier 2 Licence - another testament to the hard work that goes on behind the scenes, thank you to all involved! -
2019 - 2020 AWARDS | Reduced awards this year due to COVID19 but one player stood out for the first team - Congratulations
@gethj93
! More details on the club website - ⚪️⚽️🔵
On Saturday, the McVeagh family kindly sponsored the game and unveiled a new plaque in memory of Andy, along with a new bench on the Andy McVeagh terrace 💙
Before tonight’s Semi Final, Lawrence and Josh were presented with their manager and player of the month awards respectively by Will Lloyd Williams of the FAW 👏🏻
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