Caerau FC

[fairplay]

Mattbryant, since being a member of this forum I have never seen somebody so bitter towards a club who fought for their rightful existance against the FAW and won.I always make judgements by the use of'what would I do if my club was in a similar situation' and the answer would be to fight all the way.Maybe you would just roll over and die as a club. Please see the justice in this and join the majority of football followers and congratulate Barry in keeping their place in the Welsh League.

[westsideblue]

Congrats to Caerau that they have managed to save themselves @ the brink of extinction

[blaenavonbluesafc]

Aug 4, 2013 16:48:44 GMT 1 veritas said:

I was going send a long reply to Rocky and others' theory about the FAW and Caerau but "Ianto" said nearly all of it for me !

It's not the FAW, it's the three problem areas he identified. viz,
(a) Sufficient players of ability in your locality.
If you haven't got enough of them , you need-
(b) Enough money to pay players to come and play for you.
If the money runs out, you are in trouble
and, finally,
(c)you need people to raise money and run the club.
Look at these clubs who have dropped out of the League or folded since 2001:-
Porthtowyn, Maesteg, Gwynfi, Garw, Llangeinor, Blaenrhondda, Ferndale, Pontyclun, Abercynon, Tondu, Pontlottyn, Blaenavon and Fields Park/Pontllanfraith.
All from Valley areas where there weren't enough good players locally and where the clubs couldn't afford to pay players to come and play for them and also sometimes couldn't get people to help run the club.
The effect of all this is that the Welsh League is contracting to an area bounded by the M4 corridor from Port Talbot to Newport.
Nothing to do with the FAW or Welsh League Committees , League organization or pyramid systems- just a lack of money and people to run the clubs.

Think you'll find that Blaenavon Blues left the Welsh league in 1991..... how time flys

[veritas]

Aug 12, 2013 8:25:30 GMT 1 blaenavonbluesafc said:

Aug 4, 2013 16:48:44 GMT 1 veritas said:

I was going send a long reply to Rocky and others' theory about the FAW and Caerau but "Ianto" said nearly all of it for me !

It's not the FAW, it's the three problem areas he identified. viz,
(a) Sufficient players of ability in your locality.
If you haven't got enough of them , you need-
(b) Enough money to pay players to come and play for you.
If the money runs out, you are in trouble
and, finally,
(c)you need people to raise money and run the club.
Look at these clubs who have dropped out of the League or folded since 2001:-
Porthtowyn, Maesteg, Gwynfi, Garw, Llangeinor, Blaenrhondda, Ferndale, Pontyclun, Abercynon, Tondu, Pontlottyn, Blaenavon and Fields Park/Pontllanfraith.
All from Valley areas where there weren't enough good players locally and where the clubs couldn't afford to pay players to come and play for them and also sometimes couldn't get people to help run the club.
The effect of all this is that the Welsh League is contracting to an area bounded by the M4 corridor from Port Talbot to Newport.
Nothing to do with the FAW or Welsh League Committees , League organization or pyramid systems- just a lack of money and people to run the clubs.

Think you'll find that Blaenavon Blues left the Welsh league in 1991..... how time flys