Airbus UK Broughton
Football Club
The
Wingmakers - May 2010 news
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May 31 Gaffer Craig confirms new coaching staff. Airbus UK
Broughton FC Manager Craig Harrison has issued a Statement
of thanks and of plans at the Club Coaching Set up for the
forthcoming season. “I would like
to place on record my thanks to Carl Darlington for the
effort and commitment he provided us with during his time
at the Airfield, Carl is a top class coach and a top
quality lad too, and he will certainly prove a Quality
Addition to the TNS Coaching Set Up over the coming
season. Both Myself and Thomo (Andrew Thomas) would like
to wish Darlo the very best of luck at his new club.”
Harrison
continued “Replacing
Carl will be Mark Allen who steps up into a Player/Coach
role and Jamie Smith will continue in a Player / Coach
role also, both lads offer us fantastic experience with
Skip (Mark Allen) having notched up over 350 Welsh Premier
Starts and Smudge (Jamie Smith) has over 300 appearances
as a Professional Footballer, their experience will be
crucial over the course of the Season” “Both have the
respect of the Squad due to their experience and
characters and Myself and Thomo are looking forward to
working with them both” Some Facts on
both players:
Jamie Smith
Joined Wolves as a youth trainee and made his first team
debut in 1994. Made 104 appearances for the club before
leaving in October 1997 as part of the deal that saw
Dougie Freedman and Kevin Muscat move to Molineux from
Premier League Crystal Palace. He remained at Selhurst
Park for seven seasons adding 175 appearances, joining
Bristol City on a free transfer. Ended the following
season on loan at Brentford and was signed by his former
Bees' manager Martin Allen at the Milton Keynes Dons. Came
out of retirement and played for Halesown Town before
joining Airbus UK as a player in January 2010 after
spending some time with the club the previous season in a
coaching capacity.
Mark Allen
Central defender and ex-Watford reserve who signed for
Cefn Druids from Bangor City in December 1999. Also has
previous experience at Wolves, joined Newtown for 2004/5.
Transferred to Airbus UK in November 2006. Appearances 351
(24 sub) scoring 26 goals.
Finally Harrison went on to add a final thanks to Marc
Lloyd Williams for his efforts throughout the course
of last season “ Jiws scored the goals that propelled us
towards the Super 12 Qualification and broke the Club
scoring record for goals in a season at the same time, I
would like to thank Jiws for his efforts and wish him and
the entire Lloyd Williams Family the very best for the
future”.
May 31 Craig signs new deal. Airbus UK
Broughton are pleased to announce that Manager Craig
Harrison has agreed a new Contract with the Club, Harrison
has successfully lead the Squad to Super 12 Membership for
the forthcoming season. Harrison will
continue to be assisted by Andrew Thomas.
Manager
Harrison has also agreed new deals with: Kristian Rogers,
Chris Doran, Ryan Edwards, Giovanni Feliciello, Mark
Allen, Matty Woodward, Rhys Roberts, Gareth Sudlow, Ashley
Williams, Matty Cook, Jack Abraham, Danny Desormeaux,
James McIntosh, Tom Rowlands, Carl Owen and has added
young prospect Jake Cassidy from Llandudno Junction. Harrison is
also still in negotiations with Jack Rowlands, Paul
McManus and a number of last season’s Youngsters and new
targets to complete a Squad capable of holding its own in
the new Super 12 League.
Chairman Paul
McKinlay commented: “I am
delighted that Craig has extended his contract. He has
done a great job over the last 18 months, to bring real
professionalism on the pitch and our results speak for
themselves. We are playing good attractive football, with
a young team, who under Craig’s leadership will I am sure
achieve their potential next season. Hopefully we can add
further young players to the squad over the summer”
Manager Craig
Harrison commented: I am delighted
to extend my contract with the Club, The 3 main points for
resigning my contract were 1. My Working relationship with
the Chairman 2. Working for a Club that is desperate to
continue moving forwards 3. The opportunity to continue to
work with and improve the same set of players. All in all
the continuity we have excites me for the future, getting
into the super 12 was target and we achieved that both on
and off the field, 99% of the squad has resigned which is
fantastic for the Club and bringing in 2 or 3 new faces
will freshen up the squad and will help us hopefully build
upon last season`s successes. I am really looking forward
to the new season in the Super 12. Further good
news from the Airfield is that Airbus UK Broughton FC is
pleased to announce an intriguing `Summer of Football` Pre
Season Campaign.
There is a
triple delight for Airbus Supporters/ local supporters
with news Everton FC-
Sat 17th July 3pm Chester
FC-Tuesday 20th July 7.30pm Wrexham FC-
Wednesday 28th July 7.30pm All 3 are to
visit the Airfield in July. To entice Supporters to visit
all 3 games Airbus UK Broughton FC are to offer a Special
Package - £12 for all 3 matches!
Ticket
information for Everton 3for2 Ticket Offer please call –
01244 522302 Prices on the
day or evening of each game will remain at £6 Adults £3
Concessions for those who have not purchased a ticket in
advance, with Airbus UK Broughton donating half of the
gate for the Chester FC match to Chester FC.
May 31 List of pre-season friendlies
arranged so far. Cefn Druids –
Plaskynaston Lane – Wednesday 30th June –
7.15pm Llangollen
Town – The Airfield – Wednesday 7th July –
7.30pm Winsford
United – Barton Stadium – Saturday 10th July –
3.00pm Ellesmere
Rangers – Beech Grove- Wednesday 14th July –
7.30pm Everton FC –
The Airfield – Saturday 17th July – 3.00pm Chester FC –
The Airfield – Tuesday 20th July – 7.30pm Porthmadog FC
- Y Traeth – Saturday 24th July – 2.30pm Wrexham FC –
The Airfield – Wednesday 28th July- 7.30pm Droylsden FC –
The Airfield – Saturday 31st July – 3.00pm Buckley Town –
Globe Way – Tuesday 3rd August – 7.30pm
May 29 Marc Lloyd Williams say's his
goodbye's to Airbus.
Airbus say's adios to last season's top scorer Marc Lloyd
Williams who will not be re-signing for the club next
season. Jiws featured in every league game last season
for the Wingmakers (the only player in the squad to do so)
with 28 starts and 6 from the bench, he was top scorer in
the league for the Wingmakers with 17 goals, a record
total for the club in the welsh premier. Jiws said "I
thoroughly enjoyed my time at the club and as a family we
were made to feel very welcome by everyone concerned with
the club and we fully appreciate that. "I will not be
re-signing for the forthcoming season and I would like to
wish the club the very best of luck for the future".
Jiws will be a hard act to follow as 20 goals a season
strikers don't grow on trees. Good luck to Marc with his
future endeavours.
May 18 Airbus u14's win final of national
academy cup
Airbus u14's beat Aberystwyth 5-1 in the final of the FAW
academy cup in Newtown. The week before they beat Connahs
Quay at the Airfield to claim the title of north Wales
champions, and in doing so qualified for the national
finals against Aberystwyth who were the south Wales
champions.
The match report is
taken from the Airbus academy website and written by Dave
Riley
Airbus UK
Broughton Academy celebrated their first ever Academy Cup
triumph on Sunday as the Under 14 lifted the trophy.
The Under 14 took to the field
on Sunday morning in the eagerly anticipated National
Final of the Academy Cup in Newtown.
Lining up in
a 352 formation Airbus hit the ground running and
after creating some early chances through Rhys Cooper
and Josh Rimmer the Wingmakers took the lead on the 10
minute mark. A through ball into the channel from Rhys
Wingeatt found Liam Walker through on goal and the
'Bus striker took his shot early and guided it into
the far corner. An excellent start from the 'Bus.
Aberystwyth
soon started to find their feet in their feet in the
game and created a few chances of their own, mainly
from set pieces. It was one of these set pieces that
nearly gave Aber the equaliser, a corner somehow
evaded everyone and flashed across the front of the
Airbus goal. The Wingmakers managed to survive until
the halftime whistle and went in 1-0 up.
Aber's
equaliser though did arrive not long into the second
period as Airbus started a little slowly. Another Aber
set piece was not cleared properly and their defender
smashed an unstoppable effort into the top corner to
give Nathan Williams no chance.
Airbus could
have one of two ways from here, fold and give Aber the
trophy or fight back and really make a game of it. The
North Wales champions chose the latter and were back
in front thanks to Josh Rimmer's first of the day. The
game could have been made safe virtually straight from
the re-start as Liam Walker hit the post from a tight
angle. However, the third goal was not far from coming
as Josh Rimmer pounced again to bag his second of the
afternoon.
With Airbus
seemingly in cruise control Josh Rimmer completed his
hat-trick on the biggest Academy stage. A Rhys Cooper
through ball was collected by Josh who rounded the
keeper and then saw his shot blocked. But instead of
flashing the ball back into a crowd of players he
coolly took his time and picked his spot. The
Wingmakers were almost home and dry. Liam Walker
rounded off Airbus' day with 5 minutes to go after
another through ball found it's way to him, and like
Josh minutes earlier he rounded the keeper and slid
the ball home from 12 yards.
A massive
congratulations to the Under 14 squad on delivering
the Academy's first ever National Championship and
they should be immensely proud of the way they have
played this season. Also, another huge congratulations
to Coach and Academy Director Lee Starkey who has
worked brilliantly with the boys all season and also
deserves his share of the plaudits for what both the
Under 14 and the whole Academy has achieved this
season.
May 18 Airbus appoint Commercial director
The club was delighted to hear the
news late this afternoon that our appeal for the Club
Domestic License was successful and we have been granted a
domestic license for the new season. As a result we will
be in the Super 12 for next season. We are grateful to
LABC for their support in resolving the one remaining
issue from our original application, with regard to the
safety certificate.
This is the
culmination of a number of years of effort and we can now
plan for an exciting season ahead with some great matches
at the “Airfield”.
Confirmation
from the F.A.W. is a great start to our official closed
season. Summer work started today on both football pitches
and training areas to verti-drain, overseed and top dress.
Steve Dolman, Airbus groundsman said, “we hope to have our
pitches the best they have ever been by the start of the
new season”
The club is also pleased to announce
a new “Commercial Director” to the Executive Committee.
Stewart Roberts joins us from local club Buckley Town to
play an integral part in moving the club forward to
compete with the best in Wales. Stewart said, “I am extremely happy
to be joining a forward moving Club in Airbus UK
Broughton, the achievements over the last few seasons at
the Airfield are there for all to see, both on and off the
field”.
“I will be doing everything I can to add real value to the
Commercial and Operational Standards already in place at
the Club.”
“The Chairman and Executive Committee’s goals are both
exciting and realistic, and the general committees hard
work and commitment certainly mean the future looks
exciting”.
Stewart will be working hard to increase commercial
involvement in the club, and would be delighted to hear
from local organizations and companies who wish to be a
partner for Airbus UK Broughton F.C. as they take their
place among the elite of Welsh Football.
Jonathan
Williams
General
Manager
May 17 Airbus take their
place in new set up Airbus UK Broughton today received their license
on appeal and will take part in next season's league of 12
clubs. All the hard work and money spent by the club has
paid off as we join 11 others in the elite league in
Wales. A big shock is that last season's champions Rhyl
the league's best supported team won't be in it, they
failed to gain a license and will be relegated to the
Cymru Alliance. Obviously there will be a big stampede
by other clubs to try and sign up their top players. The clubs who gained a license on
appeal were: Airbus UK Broughton Bala Town
Bangor City Llandudno Porthmadog Clubs
who failed were: Afan Lido GAP Connah's
Quay Llangefni Town Rhyl FC So next
season's line up will be: Aberystwyth Town
Airbus UK Broughton Bala Town Bangor City
Carmarthen Town Haverfordwest County FC Llanelli
AFC Neath FC Newtown AFC Port Talbot Town
Prestatyn Town The New Saints FC
