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Nov 19 2003




By Paul Scott Bangor Mail


TWO small Anglesey clubs are featured in the latest edition of a
Welsh football magazine.

Bodedern and Glantraeth football clubs are spotlighted in the
November issue of Welsh Football magazine, an authority on grass
roots soc cer in Wales.

CPD Bodedern is a favourite of the magazine which also featured the
club three and a half years ago.

It seems clear the editor is impressed with the continued progress
of the Gwynedd League side.

The spotlight looks over the last few years at the club and its
achievements in league and cup competitions.

It also details the atmosphere at the club, describing how match
days seem like a family get together.

Writer Dave Collins says: "I was struck by the fact that officials
and players are clearly a close-knit, local unit, from chairman Reg
Bryant himself."

The magazine also looks at the club's ground and facilities as well
as giving directions for

The spotlight falls upon Glantraeth for much more obvious reasons.

The Cymru Alliance side have had a dramatic rise to prominence in
recent years, and it hasn't gone unnoticed by the soccer Press.

This feature chronicles the club's emergence potential fans.

right up to the historic giant-killing of Bangor City at Farrar Road
in the Welsh Cup this season.

Players and backroom staffare discussed in the article, as is the
ill-fated merger with rivals Llangefni Town.

The magazine is clearly impressed with the club. It states: "The
Glantraeth model may not be everyone's typical idea of the
ingredients for a successful soccer club but it certainly works."

Again there are directions to the ground for would-be supporters.

Aside from the spotlights the monthly Welsh Football covers all
aspects of soccer in Wales from the Welsh Premier down.

There are results, tables, opinions and statistics to keep avid
Welsh football fans informed.

There is also a focus on the football scene in North Wales.

To obtain a copy of November's Welsh Football write to 57 Thornhill
Road, Cardiff, CF14 6PE or e-mail welshfootball@....

Copies cost £2.40 each, including postage. For more details about
the magazine log on to www.welsh-football.net.