Yesterday we lost an incredible man who has been with our club for many years across different sections.
Tony spent many years in our Academy when it first launched over 10 years ago and was the most honest and loyal man any football club could ask for. More recently he served as our Women’s Assistant Manager and Head of Youth Female Football which he put his heart and soul into for the development of future female players for this club.
Our heart is with his family and the people that were so very close to him at this time. We are all with you
We will continue to raise money and support the work that Prostate Cymru and Velindre Cancer Centre do so please support us where and when you can as we keep the amazing work that these charities do so very close to our hearts and have affected many great people at our club
A minutes applause for Tony will be held ahead of this evenings game against Cambrian United. You will always be in our hearts Tony. Forever Yellow and Blue 💛💙
🚨 Chido Obi on Bruno Fernandes impact:
“Yes, he’s a great player… but for us young lads, it’s different. We don’t really see him as just a player. It’s like having a manager on the pitch.
Even off the pitch, he checks in. Calls the lads, even the ones out on loan, asking how things are going, how they’re adapting. It’s not something you see often.
It reminds you of what you hear about Sir Alex Ferguson… knowing his players, staying close to them. That’s why everyone looks up to him.
So when people talk about his future, I don’t think it’s a question. He’ll go into management. Not the tactical type… but the kind players give everything for. That’s just how he is.”
@DoctorLemma Modern day version of this, at least 90% of them would be holding their phones filming themselves for attention. This is simply people enjoying life. Love it!
Saturdays used to be untouchable.
You’d kick things off with Soccer AM in the morning — pure chaos, big laughs, and cult icons like Rocket, Tubes, and the legendary Helen and Tim. It never took itself too seriously, and that was exactly the point.
Then came Soccer Saturday in the afternoon. Jeff Stelling steering the ship, flanked by proper characters. No goal slipped through the cracks, and nobody delivered a last-minute equaliser quite like Chris Kamara.
And the perfect finale? Match of the Day. That theme tune kicked in and you knew you were settling down for an hour of Premier League brilliance, with Lineker, Hansen, and Shearer dissecting the action.
Morning to night — football had it covered.
No subscriptions. No gimmicks. Just proper telly.
What a time to be a football fan.
🗣️ Henrik Larsson: "I'm tired of the game because more than ever it's about the money. I understand I made good money from my career. You can't compare me to a factory worker.
For me as a professional player, I never cared about money. It was about playing football, the love of the game."
🗣️Miroslav Klose: "I said stop playing football because I no longer recognized it. Today, young people think about other things. As a child, I only thought about training and becoming someone in this sport that I always loved. At Lazio and in the national team, after each training session, I put myself in a bathtub full of ice to avoid injuries. But the young people on the team systematically refused.
When they saw me picking up the bags of balls to put them away at the end of training, they said to me 'But who tells you to do that?'. At that moment, I said to myself: "You're 20 years old and you can't help a 60-year-old worker? They care more about whether their cleats go with their socks. That's why I said stop. The football I knew no longer exists.
Today's young people think first of cars, contracts with their sponsors, and their new crampons. It is only after all these things that football comes. For them, their image is the most important thing. Whereas for me, all that mattered was football in its purest form."
A few years back, when it had been a really tough few months for the girls with losses of 16–0, 11–0, 14–0, 13–0 and so on, they very bravely decided to carry on in the league — saying, “we won’t learn if we don’t keep playing!” Then came the moment they scored their first ever goal, and it honestly felt like winning the World Cup (and was celebrated just as loudly!) by players, coaches and parents alike. And not only did they get their first goal — a second followed just minutes later, ending in a final score of 10–2! 🫶🏻
The team were managed and coached by three mums.
Captured below is a very tearful, proud coach mum and her daughter — the first goal scorer ❤️