Baglan Community Church Football Club News

Baglan 1 - 4 Glenwood - In the UCL cup quarter finals, Baglan were knocked out by Division 1 leaders Glenwood. It was a brave performance from the Baglan lads but they were on the back foot for most of the game and were unable to produce the magic to take them through to the semi finals. Glenwood had 2 disallowed goals and 2 penalties awarded to them within the first 20 minutes of the game and looked comfortable throughout. A piece of individual brilliance from Baglan's Rod Singh, got the only goal for the yellow shirts.

Baglan 2 - 3 Penarth - After a poor performance, some very windy weather conditions and some controversy, Baglan lost their first match in 7 games away to Penarth in Cardiff. Scott Stimson scored a cracking first half goal for Baglan and Chris Parry netted from the penalty spot in the second half. Baglan will be eagerly anticipating the return tie in their own back yard and their players are sure to be fired up for it.

Baglan 1 - 1 Rhondda Royals - Baglan draw 1-1 with unbeaten league leaders Rhondda Royals after a more than committed performance. Steffan Rogers scoring on his debut for Baglan cancelled out an earlier own goal. Every Baglan player gave 100% effort and it was their best performance to date. Thanks to Rhondda Royals as well who made it a great game.

Baglan 4 - 2 Koinonia - A Chris Parry hat trick sealed all 3 points for Baglan in this game. Baglan are now unbeaten in five games and have won their last three games. Some lovely Arsenal like flowing counter attacks were on display from a confident Baglan side today, who made hard work of the game by blowing a 2-0 lead. Baglan welcome top of the league Rhondda Royals next week and will hope for a better result and performance than the last time these two sides met.

Baglan 2 - 0 Pontypridd - In a scrappy game on a windy day at Western Avenue, Baglan tried to get the ball down and play some nice football. A cracking first half penalty save from Baglan keeper Mike Clarke spurred on Baglan to a 2-0 victory over Pontypridd. Both goals came from headers from Chris Parry corners scored by Dai Singh and Christian Lloyd respectively. Baglan will look for another win next week to build confidence for their quarter final cup tie.

Baglan 2 - 1 SUCU - Baglan picked up their first win in 6 games with a 2-1 victory over SUCU at Ashleigh Road today. Nick Jones put Baglan ahead in the middle of the first half, turning in a shot from Rod Singh that had hit the post. After a relatively comfortable first half for Baglan, they found themselves on the receiving end of a soft penalty decision early on in the second half. Baglan keeper Mike Clarke got his hand to the penalty but was unable to keep it out of the net, making the score 1-1. The rest of the second half was evenly fought out with both sides creating clear cut chances but not converting them. Eventually Scott Stimson turned in a Chris Parry flick on to win the game for Baglan, 2-1. A highly enjoyable game and SUCU were a fantastic bunch of friendly lads to play against.

Baglan 1 - 1 Mount Pleasant - Baglan took the lead in the 75th minute after being on the back foot for most of the game but defending extremely well. An excellent through ball was calmly slotted home by Baglan front man Scott Stimson. Baglan managed to hold firm for another 10 minutes but unfortunately conceded an own goal with 5 minutes remaining. With both teams seemingly happy to take a draw, the remaining 5 minutes was tediously played out for a 1-1 draw.

Baglan 4 - 4 Real Rhondda - In a closely fought game against an improved Real Rhondda side, Baglan drew 4-4 and took away a point. Baglan were leading 4-2 at one stage in the game and will be disappointed to have been pegged back. Chris Parry and Nick Jones both scored 2 goals each for Baglan. Baglan were unlucky not to win the game after hitting the crossbar 3 times during the game. Real Rhondda were a great bunch of lads and it was an enjoyable game.

Baglan 5 - 6 Brackla - In a highly competitive game, Brackla sneaked away with a 6-5 victory. The scoring went 2-0 to Brackla, 2-2, 3-2 to Brackla, 3-3, 5-3 to Brackla, 5-5, 6-5 to Brackla. Baglan never lead in the game and will rue missed chances as they created many goal scoring opportunities. A 40 yard chest and volley from Baglan Captain Rhys Williams was the highlight of the match. This match was definitely one for the fans.

Baglan 2 - 2 ABC Ammanford - On a freezing cold and windy day at Western Avenue, Baglan and ABC battled out a 2-2 draw in the UCL Cup. Baglan took the lead in the first half with a long range free kick from Liam Edwards. ABC rallied in the second half and took a 2-1 lead. With 8 minutes left on the clock, Christian Lloyd headed in a corner taken by Chris Parry to tie the game. This draw meant that Baglan won their cup group and progressed to the quarter finals.

Baglan P - P Penarth Vale - Due to a waterlogged pitch, the game between Baglan and Penarth Vale has been postponed. This game will be re-arranged for later on in the season.

Baglan A - A Gendros - Due to Gendros 1st's suspension from the UCL league until the end of the 2007/2008 season , the cup result between themselves and Baglan has been annulled.

Baglan 1 - 10 Rhondda Royals - Baglan suffered a crushing away defeat against a first class Rhondda Royals side that will undoubtedly win the league this season and probably go undefeated. Rod Singh scored the consolation goal for Baglan. Baglan travel away to face 1st Division leaders Gendros in the cup next week in which should prove an even tougher game.

Baglan 8 - 1 Koinonia - A first class performance from Baglan CC FC saw them thrash Koinonia 8-1 at Western Avenue. Nick Jones netted 4 neat goals with some quality finishing and Jon Parry, Christian Lloyd, Neil Tallamy and Liam 'The Legend' all scored 1 goal each. Baglan are now unbeaten in 8 games in all competitions and have only lost once in their last 14 games. Baglan face their toughest game of the season (so far) next week when they face the unbeaten Rhondda Royals away from home.

Baglan 1- 1 Pontypridd - In a game which could have gone either way, both teams ended up picking up a point in a 1-1 draw. Baglan hit the bar twice in the first half before Ponty took the lead early in the second. An equaliser fifteen minutes from time from Rod Singh saw the game finish all square.

Baglan 5 - 1 SUCU - An improvement from the week before saw Baglan beat SUCU 5-1 in the Cup. Scott and Christian both scored braces and unbelievably Liam "The Legend" Edwards scored his first goal for the club. Two wins out of two now for Baglan in the cup and they will be confident of progressing to the quarter finals.

Baglan 5 - 3 SUCU - In a closely contested game, Baglan managed to take all 3 points. SUCU took the lead before Baglan hit back with 2 quick goals and then another before half time. SUCU pegged another goal back half way through the 2nd half making the score 3-2. Baglan added a 4th and then a 5th before SUCU scored a consolation goal late on. Baglan also missed a penalty. Baglan will be happy to take the 3 points but will feel they should have perhaps score a few more goals.

Baglan 2 - 2 Mount Pleasant - On a good pitch at Ashleigh Road, Baglan recorded their second consecutive draw in the league. Mount went 1-0 up before they were pegged back by a Chris Lloyd header. Mount then took the lead again before Nick Jones ghosted in at the back post and smartly finished a Chris Lloyd cross to tie the game once more. Ex Baglan player Andrew Stilwell debuted for Mount in this game.

Baglan 1 - 1 Inter Aberdare - A poor performance from Baglan saw them scrape a point against an under strength Inter Aberdare side. Baglan took the lead early in the second half with a wonderful goal from top scorer Chris Parry. He took on 3 of Inter's players before curling a magnificent strike into the top right corner. From this point on Inter created a number of good opportunities before finally equalising with 8 minutes left to play. The game finished 1-1.

Baglan 3 - 0 Koinonia -Baglan got their cup campaign up and running with a 3-0 victory over Koinonia. Goals from Christian, Parry and Scott rounded up the scoring on the day. Koinonia will feel that they deserved something out of the game and they probably did. Baglan's first ever clean sheet in a competitive match was one positive to take from this game.

Baglan Team Photo - Here is a team photo of Baglan for the 2007/2008 season. Player names can be found in the gallery section of the site.

Real Rhondda 2 - 3 Baglan - An average performance from Baglan saw them run out 3-2 victors over Real Rhondda. Baglan will feel that they deserved a couple more goals after some questionable refereeing saw Baglan have 2 goals chalked off for offside. Chris Parry scoring another brace and Nick Jones grabbing the other goal.

Baglan 6 - 3 Gendros 2nd's - Baglan bounced back from their 1-0 defeat last week to record an impressive 6-3 victory over fellow promotion contenders Gendros 2nd's. Chris Lloyd, Chris Parry and Rod Singh all scored braces to give Baglan their first 3 league points of the season.

Brackla 1 - 0 Baglan - In a game of few chances Brackla just managed to edge out Baglan 1-0 in their first league game of the UCL 07/08 season. Both teams will feel disappointed with their performance but will hope to step up their game in the coming weeks.

2 Clean Sheets - Baglan's first ever clean sheet came in a 5-0 friendly win over Koinonia at home. They followed this up with another clean sheet and a 1-0 friendly win over NCC away from home to conclude their pre-season friendlies.

Baglan 8 - 3 Gendros - Baglan's third friendly of the 07/08 season. With the scores tied at 3-3 and 10 minutes left on the clock, Baglan turned the screw and took the tempo of the game up a notch to score 5 goals in the last 10 minutes and beat Gendros 8-3. Scott scoring 4, Parry 2, Nick 1 and Andrew 1.

Baglan 4 - 4 Parklands - In Baglan's second friendly of the 07/08 season, they played in a hard fought 4-4 draw against Division 1 side Parklands.

Baglan 9 - 4 Pontypridd - In Baglan's first friendly of the 07/08 season, they managed to put in a convincing performance beating Pontypridd 9-4 at home on Astroturf.

Baglan's New Kit Unveiled - Baglan Community Church are proud to unveil our new kit for the 2007-2008 season. It is yellow and black with long sleeves and black numbering on the back. We will be using our red and black kit as a spare for kit clashes.

Baglan Appoint Manager - Baglan Community Church have appointed a manager for the 2007-2008 season. His name is Philip Richards and we wish him all the best for the forthcoming campaign.

Baglan Move Home - Baglan Community Church will no longer be playing their home games at Ashleigh Road, they will be playing them at Western Avenue in Baglan.

Baglan's New Kit Unveiled - Baglan Community Church are proud to unveil our new kit for the 2006-2007 season. It is red and black stripes with long sleeves and gold numbering on the back.

Resolven Name Change - The team formerly known as Resolven FC have had a change in back room staff and as a result of this have now been renamed 'Baglan Community Church'.