October 2007 Archives

CONNAH'S QUAY NOMADS 1 (Cadwallader pen 62)
RHYL 2 (Wilson pen 28, Hunt 80)
THE only good thing about this game from a Rhyl fans point of view was the result.
Needing just a point to qualify for the League Cup quarter-finals as group winners, substitute Lee Hunt's 80th minute header secured victory for the Lilywhites in what was a very poor encounter at the Deeside Stadium on Tuesday.

CONNAH'S QUAY NOMADS v RHYL
LEAGUE CUP GROUP TWO
TUESDAY 7.30pm
JOHN Hulse insists there is no margin for error when his Lilywhites travel to the Deeside Stadium to take on Connah's Quay Nomads in tonight's League Cup group two decider.
Rhyl need just a point to qualify for the quarter-finals as group winners, but defeat would hand top spot to Bangor City and leave the Lilies needing to rely on finishing as one of the best two runners-up to progress to the last eight.

HE has been arguably John Hulse's most exciting signing this season - and now he has won international recognition.
Tony Pennock has named Rhyl's Craig Jones among 10 young Welsh Premier players in his Wales Under-23 semi-professional squad to face Italy next month.

LLANRUG UNITED 2 (Bohana 53, Owen 82)
RHYL RESERVES 1 (Booker 8)
OFF-COLOUR Rhyl crashed to a fourth defeat in seven league games on Saturday, leaving managers Jon Stazicker and James Ainsworth totally perplexed as to why it is all going wrong.
After leading 1-0 at half time and looking a good bet for three points, the Lilywhites simply threw it away in the second period.

ANDY Moran netted his 150th career goal for Rhyl in Friday night's 4-1 victory at NEWI Cefn Druids.
Moran, 28, joined the Lilywhites in 2001/02 and has gone on to become the club's record marksman in the Welsh Premier League.

NEWI CEFN DRUIDS 1 (Lewis 90)
RHYL 4 (Connolly 31, O'Neill 65, Moran 67, Sharp 90)
AFTER disappointing results against TNS and Welshpool, a big performance was needed from Rhyl tonight - and they delivered it!
The Lilywhites edged up to third in the Welsh Premier with an emphatic victory at Plaskynaston Lane against a Druids side which were not in the same class.

JOHN Hulse admits he is concerned over the long-term future of midfielder Jimmy Kelly after the ex-Chester City and Wrexham schemer was again unable to complete 90 minutes on Saturday.
The 34-year-old was substituted in the 69th minute of a disappointing home draw with Welshpool when a knee injury sustained in a pre-season friendly again flared up.

NEWI CEFN DRUIDS v RHYL
WELSH PREMIER LEAGUE
FRIDAY, 7.30pm
IT will be reunion time for John Hulse when he visits Plaskynaston this Friday - but there can be no room for sentiment from Rhyl's manager.
Three points are paramount for the Lilywhites if they are to maintain the pressure on the Welsh Premier's top two Llanelli and TNS.

CALLING all the heroes.....they're shooting up the town boys!
So then, it's NEWI (North East Wales Idiots) Cefn Druids this Friday and a visit to one of the greyest parts of the region.
Who would ever visit that Wrexham overspill unless they built a prison there - more convenient for Ricky Evans at least!

RHYL FC might consider following in the footsteps of Welsh Premier rivals TNS by introducing an artificial pitch at Belle Vue in the future, manager John Hulse has revealed.
There has been much criticism of the all-weather surface at the Park Hall Stadium in Oswestry, which the Lilywhites played on in their 1-0 loss to The New Saints on October 14.