Onwards in 2012

We kicked off the new year with a positive, although losing, performance at home to Taffs Well in the Cup. The lads played with a passion and determination that I am sure will see us right for the remainder of the season. In addition the Neath League lads won their first game of the new year with a good performance.

We are up at AFC Porth on Saturday to watch a repeat of their Bambi on Ice routines we saw during the FAW Welsh Cup game earlier in the season. Huw, the AFC Porth Secretary, and I have been having some enjoyable banter in recent weeks about this and I am sure this will continue throughout the game.

Off the field we are putting all our efforts into getting the new ground up and running and there is a dedicated team working on this led by Martin Blizzard. The Rec has served us well but is looking very tired and is nowhere near the required standard. That said, we did ask the FAW for a grant to help us with pitch barriers but they said NO because of out of date criterea information and an unwillingness to accept eBay as a valid source of barriers !!

The Clubhouse is really bouncing and the live coverage of the Swans is helping us no end ....

I was gutted to see Neil Warnock and Keith Curle given the elbow at QPR but happy that Sparky, and his hangers on, have taken over. Allegedly Samba and Drogba are on the target list ....

Spent last week on a Canal Boat on the Llangollen Canal which was terrific and the photo below is of us crossing the Pontyscyllte Aquaduct ... 127 feet up with not much keeping us in .....

Happy New Year then and I hope to see you down The Rec soon supporting the lads !