

Ten-man Druids dumped out
Cefn Druids were unceremoniously dumped out of the JD Welsh Cup as James Davies’ hat-trick helped Llanfair United to a shock 4-1 victory at Mount Field. Druids’ cause wasn’t helped as they had to play 85 minutes of the match with ten men after Rakim Newton was shown a straight red card early on. Huw Griffiths recalled Filippo Mosetti Casaretto, Jordan Barrow and Jordan Harper to the starting line-up while Ellis Healing and Newton were given their debuts as international and w


Druids depleted ahead of cup tie
Cefn Druids will make a second attempt to travel to Llanfair United on Saturday with a shortage of numbers in the squad. After the original date last weekend was called off because of a frozen pitch, Druids have agreed to switch the game back to the original conference date despite being without Naim Arsan and Adam Hesp who are away on Wales futsal duty. Stuart Cook will face a race against time to return from his international duty with England while Kyle Parle is unavailabl


Cup tie rearranged
Cefn Druids’ JD Welsh Cup tie away to Llanfair United has been rearranged following last Saturday’s postponement. As the Mount Field pitch was frozen ahead of the tie, Druids will now travel to Llanfair Caereinion this coming Saturday, 28 January, with kick-off at 1.30pm. #Llanfair #Druids #WelshCup


Llanfair tie POSTPONED
This afternoon’s JD Welsh Cup tie between Llanfair United and Cefn Druids has been postponed. Referee Rob Jenkins inspected the Mount Field pitch and deemed it unplayable because of its frozen state. The new date for the tie will be announced once the Wales futsal squad is formally announced. #Druids #Llanfair #WelshCup


Griffiths urges patience and discipline
Cefn Druids’ squad has been urged to keep its discipline and patience ahead of Saturday’s JD Welsh Cup tie away to Llanfair United. Druids travel to Mount Field for the re-arranged tie with Ellis Healing and Rakim Newton vying to make their debuts after signing this week. Jonathon Taylor and Ashley Ruane will miss out, however, as both are cup-tied. Manager Huw Griffiths has called on his side to be focussed on the job in hand during Saturday’s game as he is anticipating a tr


Newton and Healing part of triple signing
Cefn Druids have made three more signings in the January transfer window ahead of Phase Two of the Dafabet Welsh Premier League starting. Midfielder Rakim Newton has joined after being released by Rhyl earlier in the season, utility player Ellis Healing has returned to the country after a spell in Australia while striker Jonathon Taylor has signed from Welsh National League side Llay Miners Welfare. Nineteen-year-old American-born Newton was a product of the Wrexham Academy,

Phase Two fixtures released
The fixtures for Phase Two of the 2016/17 Dafabet Welsh Premier League have been released, with Cefn Druids starting off on the road. Huw Griffiths’ side will start the Play-Off Conference with a trip to Belle Vue to take on Rhyl, a side Druids have already done the double over in the first part of the season. A home game to Aberystwyth Town follows with Llandudno visiting The Rock on Good Friday. The season finishes at home to Airbus UK Broughton on Saturday 22 April. Druids


Sgorio stalemate
Cefn Druids 0 Carmarthen Town 0 Cefn Druids and Carmarthen Town brought Phase One of the Dafabet Welsh Premier League to an end by playing out a goalless draw in front of the live Sgorio cameras. Clear cut chances were at a premium as neither goalkeeper was forced into any serious action at The Rock. Druids made two changes from the side that won at Aberystwyth Town with goalkeeper Michael Jones restored to the starting line up in place of Filippo Mosetti Caseretto, who dropp


Cup tie brought forward
Cefn Druids’ JD Welsh Cup tie away to Llanfair United has been brought forward because of international call ups. Both Naim Arsan and Adam Hesp have been called up to the Wales Futsal Squad for the UEFA European Futsal Championship qualifiers which take place for Wales between 26-29 January. As a result, the match away at Mount Field – which was scheduled to be played on 28 January – will now take place next Saturday, 21 January, with a 1.30pm kick-off. #WelshCup #Llanfair #D


Manager calling on squad to be aware
Cefn Druids’ manager Huw Griffiths is calling on his squad to be aware of whatever tactics they come up against in Saturday evening’s televised fixture at home to Carmarthen Town. The match, which will be broadcast live on S4C’s Sgorio, will determine where both sides will finish ahead of the league split – with the visitors looking for a top six ending. Griffiths is wary of the threat posed by The Old Gold ahead of the match, especially with a guaranteed play-off berth in th