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Soldier,Dad,leader of men. Caernarfon Town and Boxing fanatic. Love running and training.PTSD

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@markowen84
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1 year
Our Commanding Officer killed on this day in 2009 out in Afghanistan. An epitome of the word Leader. I will never forget how low morale was that next morning when we all got told of the news. 💂💂
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@markowen84
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Only in Wales i can go sit inside a church or cinema and pubs as from tomorrow but i can’t go and stand in a open air football ground to watch my lad play football.🤷⁦ @fmwales ⁩ get a grip
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@markowen84
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2 years
9th of July, a day i will never forget. The worst day of my life bar none. I still think back to this day 3 or 4 times every day. Sleep Easy Soldier. I’ll raise 🥃 tonight mate💂‍♀️💂‍♀️💂‍♀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@markowen84
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1 year
@J7healthJaveno Mate been struggling big time today with my PTSD. Seen this and instantly not only changed my outlook on the day, also made me realise how lucky I am
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@markowen84
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3 years
I’ve great for last 7/8 months, kept a lid on the old demon’s from Afghanistan but last few days i could feel it start to fester and chip away at me. Early night and a new day tomorrow. 💂💂
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4 years
Just home from Brecon after 2 days, quick shower then bed few hours head down then my first shift on the Ambulance in Caernarfon at 7am. Covid Military Support 💂‍♀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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1 year
In from work feeling sorry for myself. Thinking i had problems. One tweet from @J7healthJaveno inspiring folk. The world seems a much better place 👌
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1 year
A brain tumour Changed her life..her nerves are badly damaged!but today..she opened a car door…..walked…..opened my gym door…..walked and sat down ..BY HERSELF 💪🏿💪🏿 what a lady
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@markowen84
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9 months
@BellaMUFC Attention seeking wannabe no mark celeb. By the way im not a scouser either.
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@markowen84
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2 years
@curtiswoodhous8 Boils my piss when they put on that gangster wannabe accent. 🔔 ends
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1 year
Caernarfon have turned out in force to remember young Cofi Army lad Josh. 🟡🟢
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@markowen84
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9 months
Pint by “your seat” in the football club Malcs, Dad. Love you always Big Fella. Caernarfon has lost another character. F*cking devastated 💛💚
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3 years
41 years of age comeback to help out @LlangefniTownFC . At fault for 2 goals but got to say i’ve got to play a competitive game with my lad at a decent level. Great banter with my mate @asa_hamilton good to see you mate 🥊🥊
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@markowen84
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11 months
Love the way all these newsagents are boycotting the S*n newspaper over Huw Edwards (cheating on his wife ) Where was your outcry when they printed all those lies about Hilsborough and the 97???
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@markowen84
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3 years
My lad making his Welsh Cup debut for my beloved ⁦ @CaernarfonTown ⁩ 1st of my proudest moments in life
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3 years
A photo i can keep for rest of my days courtesy of @JonesiPelDroed . Me and my lad @Dionowen17 . Footballing Father&Son
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@markowen84
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4 years
The Boy turns into a Man. Happy 18th birthday to my son & best mate. Love you lid. 💛💚⁦ @dionethel18
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@markowen84
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4 years
I’ve made mistaske’s along the way, and pretty sure i will do many more. I was in a bad place xmas time with PTSD from Afghan the pain i saw on my kids’s faces drove me to get better. These words on the card means more than any present. 💛💚
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2 years
Obligatory Airport pint pic. Wales away
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@markowen84
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4 years
Getting back to normality after a tough few months fighting my demons. Never thought it would affect me that bad PTSD. Big thanks to everyone that was there for me. #fitness is key 💛💚
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@markowen84
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2 years
Hogia ar y cae
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9 months
Nice gesture by the Football Club. Big Malcs will always be by his very own spot.
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3 years
Faint o dda ydi clywad chwareuwyr Cymru yn sharad Cymraeg? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@markowen84
mark owen
1 year
A glass 🥃 raised in your memory tonight mate. Until the big Re-Org Sleep Easy 💂
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3 years
Great gesture by 2 modern day @CaernarfonTown greats. Travelled to watch my lad play away v Airbus today to be greeted by a complimentary ticket and free pint courtesy of @jaycrowther_19 and @GazEdwards_1983 . Very much appriciated 🟡🟢🟡🟢
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2 years
Respects paid, Absent Friend’s Remembered. Great turnout in Caernarfon. Was very emotional today when i spotted my kids in the crowd and the band played Abide with me. Medals safety kept for another year. 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️
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@markowen84
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4 years
Off to stand guard at our cenotaph 💂💂
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@markowen84
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2 years
@Cofiarmy ⁩ Youth & 1 old cont 😂🟡🟢
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@markowen84
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1 year
14 years to the day since the 1st Welsh Guardsman was killed out in Afghanistan during that tough summer of 2009. Gone but never forgotten Tobie Fasfous. 💂💂💂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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@markowen84
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3 years
9th of July 2009, the hardest day of my life. Private Brackpool shot in the head by the Taliban. Not a day goes by without it crossing my mind. A bleak,bleak day. Sleep Easy Brack’s. 💂💂
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2 years
Re united. An absolute Warrior of a bloke 💂‍♀️💂‍♀️💂‍♀️
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@markowen84
mark owen
3 years
@TheSportsman @Awaydays23 Best way to respond in my opinion. Walk off refuse to play and make authorities worry about TV rights and sponsorship money if this continues.
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@markowen84
mark owen
2 years
I thought seeing my lad play for Caernarfon Town 1st team at 16 would never be topped at being proud. However watching his performance for @CPDLlanberis in a local derby surpassed that. Keep at it soft lad @Dionowen17
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2 years
Proud of my youngest daughter Elliw this morning gaining the required GCSE’s to be able to go back to school and 6th form next year. Well done kiddo xx
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9 months
Lovely touch by @fish3EFC and the @CaernarfonTown squad. Epitomises everything about our club. Really appreciate it 🟡🟢🟡🟢
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2 years
Sent by the lad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🟡🟢
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4 years
Good move for the lad. Lot’s of hard work yet to put in but i know he has the footballing ability, however withe attitude he’s shown towards training this summer he’s heading in the right direction.
@LlangefniTownFC
𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗙𝗡𝗜 𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗙𝗖 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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NEW SIGNING ✍️ We are delighted to announce the signing of talented young full back Dion Owen. Welcome to The Town Dion @dionethel18 @LlangefniTownFC #cpdllangefnifc
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2 years
After a long 20 months of being medically downgraded I can finally “leagally” do everything I was doing anyway.😂 Fully Upgraded medically. So glad I kept my fitness levels up and more importantly a positive mindset. Now it’s time for more hard work
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Morning people. 4 years to the day i lost my old man. Didnt teach me much as a kid. But boy did he teach me how to face up to an illness and adversity as a Man. RIP GRIFF BACH
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2 years
Very rarely drink 🍺 these days, so a 2 day hangover after catching up with my mate is worth it despite suffering. Now back to teetotalness (until the next time) 💂‍♀️🇫🇯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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1 year
Couldn’t happen to a nicer club. @FlintTownFC just rewards for your stewards helping cowards escape. See ya. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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4 years
Love it when cunts call me racist.🤔🤔 Here i am with my best mate in the world. A man that i stood shoulder to shoulder with everyday fighting the Taliban. Yeah, racist me ......
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@markowen84
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5 years
Ive seen good times and a load of bad times at The Oval. Tonight was deffo The Very Best Friday Night under the lights. Top performance and atmosphere 💛💚💛💚
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2 years
What a turnout of Cofis 🟡🟢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍺
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@markowen84
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4 years
Still life in the old dog yet. Mindset is getting stronger by the day
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3 years
Proper football, standing with you’re mates and family. 🟡🟢
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3 years
Mad how i used to dread the drive back to camp on Sunday evenings. Now i dread the mundane of normal life. I’d do anything to have this time over again. 💂💂
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1 year
Regardless of how 💩we are or how little certain players think of the badge they represent, I’ll always love my club. Almost 40 years of following the Town. If you aren’t willing to fight then f*ck off 🟡🟢🟡🟢
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2 years
Happy Bday up there Dad (Ethel Bach) would have been 68 today. Gai 🍺 bach wedyn. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🟡🟢
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@markowen84
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2 years
Bit of Soldiering… Biggest regret in life was leaving the Army full time.
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@markowen84
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9 months
The journey from North Wales to South Wales is shite…. But made easier with the laugh on the bus 😂😂😂😂🟡🟢
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mark owen
3 years
Thanks to everyone that helped this morning, couldn’t have done it without you all. Thanks to @dazbillydre for the bacon baps and tea. Our Club, Improving The Oval for future generations. 🟡🟢
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3 years
All the best to my beloved @CaernarfonTown today. 3rd season in the top flight. 3rd top 6 finish and a shot at the play off final. Best supported club in the league, let’s hope the lads can get us 1 step closer to Europe. Imagine the Cofis in Europe 👌
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2 years
Well that’s my 1st 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿game since 2005 done. Had a great time seen some old faces and met new ones. Glad it was for 1 game only and now all eyes turn to Clyde away with the @Cofiarmy 🟡🟢🟡🟢🟡
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2 years
Great 3 points and good to see Boxer Savanna Marshall at the Oval.(even if she was supporting Aberystwyth). Fair Play to her, didn’t once refuse a picture with kids and adults alike. Town up to 4th 🟡🟢
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3 years
Love hearing and listening to the Chinook flying over my gaff. Takes the mind back to tough, challenging,heartbreaking at times but also good times when we got to do Soldiering at its purest form. 💂💂
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1 year
9th of July. The worst day of my life ever. Not a day goes past without the mind wandering back to that afternoon. RIP Brack’s. I’ll raise a glass 🥃 tonight 💂
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11 months
Great to see my Brother from another Mother today
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@markowen84
mark owen
2 years
Big football week ahead The Oval➡️Belgium ➡️Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇧🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. 🟡🟢
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mark owen
3 years
If you know you know. 😂😂
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mark owen
3 years
Watch out Dog owners in Caernarfon. There’s a gang of about 5 men going around looking to steal dogs. Romani Gypsy type looking blokes. Just confronted some of them and they did one sharpish. Just be careful. C*nts😡
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@markowen84
mark owen
3 years
Happy 19th Birthday to my son @dionethel18 Have a good day lad 🟡🟢
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mark owen
3 years
What a signing Mike Hayes has been for us. 👌🟡🟢
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mark owen
3 years
This could be the greatest day ever supporting @CaernarfonTown or it could not. Either way we are incredibly proud of the team and our Town. #onestepbeyond 🟡🟢
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@markowen84
mark owen
2 years
Can’t beat walking down to the Old Girl on a Friday night game @CaernarfonTown 🟡🟢
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@markowen84
mark owen
2 years
Clyde Away. 🟡🟢 Caernarfon and Proud
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@markowen84
mark owen
3 years
@davehiggy02 @SuperwhitesChat @TranmereRovers @TransalpinoO murial of the Legendary Johnny King @CaernarfonTown ’s ground The Oval👌🟡🟢
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@markowen84
mark owen
2 years
Happy Birthday to my lad/Best Mate @Dionowen17 who turns 20 today. 🟡🟢🟡🟢
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mark owen
1 year
Horrendous. Thoughts are with his family and friends at this terrible time. 💛💚💛💚
@Cofiarmy
🔰Cofi Army🔰
1 year
Awful news coming through this morning,one of our young supporters was tragically taken from us last night, one of the Cofi Youths for years and a staunch supporter of his hometown,can’t even imagine the pain his parents are going through, thoughts with the family!R.I.P Josh!💛💚
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mark owen
9 months
Barry Town away on the battle bus 🚌 tomorrow with the Cofi Army. Should be eventful. 🟡🟢 2.20 crew
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@markowen84
mark owen
3 years
Absolutely despise NYE. Always have done for some reason. Cup of horlicks and off to sleep. Have a good one wherever you maybe. Especially everyone connected with my beloved @CaernarfonTown @Cofiarmy 🟡🟢
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@markowen84
mark owen
3 years
Couple of hours labour of love at The Grand Old Lady this morning. 🟡🟢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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mark owen
1 year
Cracking night back @welshguards last night.🍻🍻
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mark owen
4 years
Leader. In every sense of the word. 11 years ago today we, The Welsh Guards lost our Commanding Officer, Lt Colnel Thornlow. Killed in action, Afghanistan. Leading from the front. Sleep easy Sir. “Cymru Am Byth” 💂💂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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mark owen
3 years
Can’t wait to go to games again 🟡🟢
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mark owen
3 years
As a kid i used to look forward to FA Cup final day all year. The whole build up, the game. Regardless of who was playing never missed it. FA Cup is special, 1st time in years it felt special again.
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mark owen
3 years
Welsh Cup away day. Huge crowd at Denbigh fair play
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@markowen84
mark owen
2 years
@Thefourteen12 @CTSport @FIFAWorldCup @FAWales @MoldAlexanderFC Community pitches. Free to use for kids just to be able to have kickabouts with their mates
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mark owen
3 years
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@markowen84
mark owen
1 year
It’s Football day. 🟡🟢🟡🟢 Cofi Army. 2.20
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mark owen
4 years
Where there is a will. There’s a way, not the best of games. 2 good goals and a whole lot of banter. Its how a Saturday should be. Cofi Army 💛💚
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mark owen
1 year
How’s that for a view to wake up to? Had worse starts to a Friday like👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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mark owen
9 months
@MilitaryBanter This bloke is my best mate. As much as we love banter, i think it’s important that everyone knows that Fiji Phil is probably the most genuine person you could ever wish to meet
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mark owen
3 years
🟡🟢Cofis Dre🟡🟢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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mark owen
4 years
Well Done lad @dionethel18 passing you’re driving test 1st time.
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mark owen
3 years
Been critical of @CaernarfonTown recent performances. Last night was nervy also some outstanding football. Biggest plus for me was the heart & desire that they showed.2nd to none. Great seeing local lads play for the badge and fans. 🟡🟢🟡🟢 @steveevo5 rolling bk the years
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mark owen
2 years
The 1st wave of lads leaving for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Say what you want about my club or Cofis but we travel to support our team. 🟡🟢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
@tizer99
Tizer99
2 years
1st battalion on its way to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💛💚⁦ @Cofiarmy ⁩ ⁦ @CaernarfonTown
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mark owen
1 year
I hate this social media world where every c*nt seem to think they can be judge/juror and executioner. If you don’t know the full facts, then keep you opinion to yourself. Blame on both sides. Judging before knowing helps no c*nt
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mark owen
4 years
Best job i ever had. Wish i could do it all over again 💂💂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
@Paz19Michael
Michael Parry
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@markowen84
mark owen
4 years
No entry....no problem. ⁦ @fmwales ⁩ sort it out. Football without fans is nothing. CTFC 🟡🟢
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mark owen
8 months
Great tonic when your under the weather. The Cofis are up to 3rd spot. Not bad for a small club destined for relegation 💛💚
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@markowen84
mark owen
4 years
Love my new spot. Enclousre season ticket 💛💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
@Cofiarmy
🔰Cofi Army🔰
4 years
Game behind closed doors? No problem for the Cofis🔰🔰🔰💛💚💛 @CaernarfonTown
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mark owen
4 years
Matchday chores done ⁦ @CaernarfonTown ⁩ tough game today.🟡🟢
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mark owen
9 months
It’s little touches like this that makes you realise that you are part of something special. Cofis are the best of all. 💛💚 #CofiArmy #2 .20Crew
@Cofiarmy
🔰Cofi Army🔰
9 months
Meddylion ni gîd efo @markowen84 @Dionowen17 ar teulu heddiw, odd ni gîd yn nabod ‘Malcs’, gentleman go iawn! #RIP 💛💚 All our thoughts are with @markowen84 @Dionowen17 and family today, we all knew ‘Malcs’, absolute gentleman! #RIP 💛💚
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mark owen
3 years
897 attendance 834 last home game there connection between the fans and team is as strong as i’ve ever witnessed 🟡🟢
@sgorio
Sgorio ⚽️
3 years
"Dyna chi gôl!" Gwych gan y Cofi Messi 🤌 60' ⚽️ @CaernarfonTown 1-0 Derwyddon Cefn
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@markowen84
mark owen
4 years
Where was the celeb outcry when Lee Rigby was murdered?? Can’t rememeber anyone taking a knee then. Or am i wrong????
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@markowen84
mark owen
3 years
Team talk ready for the weekend. 😂🟡🟢
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@markowen84
mark owen
2 years
Everywhere we go 🟡🟢
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@markowen84
mark owen
1 year
1st 🍺 down range. Next stop Prague
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@markowen84
mark owen
3 years
The Oval absolutely rocking tonight. 3-0 win and the joy of seeing a blue 💩 sky his pen. Road trip tomorow Forest v Millwall. Weekends were made for football. 🟡🟢
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