| Merthyr Town 17:35 - Nov 9 with 6363 views | SgorioFruit |
keep an eye on them this season,
top of their league, the league top goalscorer scored 4 for them today.
currently three promotions away from entering league 2
imagine 5 welsh clubs in the football league.
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| Merthyr Town on 06:19 - Apr 1 with 1858 views | Whiterockin |
| Merthyr Town on 00:45 - Apr 1 by BarryTownSwam |
Two more years in the English system and Merthyr will, again!, go bust.
The higher they climb the greater the financial investment required to stay afloat yet alone prosper. Great club and I wish them well but let’s be realistic shall we ?? |
In fairness Merthyr have been averaging 1,500 attendance this year while Barry in The Cymru Premier probably average about a third of that. It shows the power of the English pyramid system compared to the Welsh. |  | | |
| Merthyr Town on 06:59 - Apr 1 with 1827 views | SgorioFruit |
| Merthyr Town on 00:45 - Apr 1 by BarryTownSwam |
Two more years in the English system and Merthyr will, again!, go bust.
The higher they climb the greater the financial investment required to stay afloat yet alone prosper. Great club and I wish them well but let’s be realistic shall we ?? |
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| Merthyr Town on 16:59 - Apr 1 with 1738 views | BarryTownSwam |
I wish Merthyr well. I watch them if Barry are away at the far flung corners of our country and love going to Penydarren Park. I suspect Merthyr will get 1500+ crowds whatever league system they play in. Proper fans who get behind the team. |  | | |
| Merthyr Town on 23:28 - Apr 1 with 1650 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Merthyr Town on 16:59 - Apr 1 by BarryTownSwam |
I wish Merthyr well. I watch them if Barry are away at the far flung corners of our country and love going to Penydarren Park. I suspect Merthyr will get 1500+ crowds whatever league system they play in. Proper fans who get behind the team. |
Their average home crowd over last 10 years has not been 1,500.
(Obviously Covid needs to be discounted to be fair).
Non covid is nearer 500/600 as an average, not 1500.
There has been an uptick this year.
They would not have gone bust if home crowds had been 1500. |  |
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| Merthyr Town on 10:14 - Apr 6 with 1397 views | felixstowe_jack |
| Merthyr Town on 23:28 - Apr 1 by Kilkennyjack |
Their average home crowd over last 10 years has not been 1,500.
(Obviously Covid needs to be discounted to be fair).
Non covid is nearer 500/600 as an average, not 1500.
There has been an uptick this year.
They would not have gone bust if home crowds had been 1500. |
Merthyr average attendance this season 1140
Average attendance Cymru league this season 399 with Penybont averaging 580 and perpetual winners TNS averaging just 310.
Cymru league south this season 210 with Afan Lido averaging 318
Cymru league north this season 272 with Colwyn Bay averaging 732
Show the complete lack of interest within Wales for this league. | |
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| Merthyr Town on 10:29 - Apr 6 with 1372 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Merthyr Town on 10:14 - Apr 6 by felixstowe_jack |
Merthyr average attendance this season 1140
Average attendance Cymru league this season 399 with Penybont averaging 580 and perpetual winners TNS averaging just 310.
Cymru league south this season 210 with Afan Lido averaging 318
Cymru league north this season 272 with Colwyn Bay averaging 732
Show the complete lack of interest within Wales for this league. |
You seem to hate everything Welsh, its very very strange.
It must kill you that Cymru has been to a World Cup and Euro’s over recent years.
❤️🏴 and now our womens team are also successful.
The Cymru Prem is work in progress, but the standard, facilities and crowds are growing/improving.
The league is only 30 years old.
Its not trying to be a professional league.
Its trying to be a semi-pro league of 16 teams from 26/27.
Merthyr have every right to join or not in my book.
I would not have offered them monies if i was the FAW.
It will happen of course, Merthyr have a boom and bust history. That will repeat.
Will you wish Llanelli and Ferry well as the local teams in the Cymru Prem next season ?
Ferry have had over 1,000 a few times already in their first season up.
Just wait until thet are in the top half of the table.
Cymru South and Cymru North improving and very competitive, you must hate it !! | |
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| Merthyr Town on 21:54 - Apr 6 with 1271 views | SgorioFruit |
Colwyn Bay attendance was 1378 yesterday. | |
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| Merthyr Town on 08:39 - Apr 7 with 1161 views | felixstowe_jack |
| Merthyr Town on 10:29 - Apr 6 by Kilkennyjack |
You seem to hate everything Welsh, its very very strange.
It must kill you that Cymru has been to a World Cup and Euro’s over recent years.
❤️🏴 and now our womens team are also successful.
The Cymru Prem is work in progress, but the standard, facilities and crowds are growing/improving.
The league is only 30 years old.
Its not trying to be a professional league.
Its trying to be a semi-pro league of 16 teams from 26/27.
Merthyr have every right to join or not in my book.
I would not have offered them monies if i was the FAW.
It will happen of course, Merthyr have a boom and bust history. That will repeat.
Will you wish Llanelli and Ferry well as the local teams in the Cymru Prem next season ?
Ferry have had over 1,000 a few times already in their first season up.
Just wait until thet are in the top half of the table.
Cymru South and Cymru North improving and very competitive, you must hate it !! |
I don't hate everything Welsh. What ever put that silly idea into your mind?
Just pointing out to you why Merthyr will not want to drop down several levels of the football pyramid to join a very low standard of football in the Cymru league.
I do find it extraordinary that some people in Wales are prepared to except second best. They seem to lack ambition and the desire to improve themselves.
Good luck to Merthyr and Wrexham striving to better their performances.
As you point out, after 30 years, the Cymru league still has far lower attendances than the Welsh league it replaced. Their use to be far more local derbies in the old Welsh league. Teams like Haverfordwest, milford Haven, Pembrokeshire Borough, Llanelli, Ferndale, Tony Pentre etc all use to attract far bigger crowds than the Cymru league.
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| Merthyr Town on 11:40 - Apr 7 with 1105 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Merthyr Town on 10:29 - Apr 6 by Kilkennyjack |
You seem to hate everything Welsh, its very very strange.
It must kill you that Cymru has been to a World Cup and Euro’s over recent years.
❤️🏴 and now our womens team are also successful.
The Cymru Prem is work in progress, but the standard, facilities and crowds are growing/improving.
The league is only 30 years old.
Its not trying to be a professional league.
Its trying to be a semi-pro league of 16 teams from 26/27.
Merthyr have every right to join or not in my book.
I would not have offered them monies if i was the FAW.
It will happen of course, Merthyr have a boom and bust history. That will repeat.
Will you wish Llanelli and Ferry well as the local teams in the Cymru Prem next season ?
Ferry have had over 1,000 a few times already in their first season up.
Just wait until thet are in the top half of the table.
Cymru South and Cymru North improving and very competitive, you must hate it !! |
A lot of Welsh people carry these opinions and have done so over the decades. The valleys people who use to turn the TV aerial to HTV West to avoid hearing Welsh language news.
You must remember that many Valley and urban people immigrated to Wales 200 yeas ago to work in the mines and later had sympathy with the Labour party where centralisation was the mantra. These good folks do not hate Wales h just think the English including Tory's can run Welsh affair better than the locals.
This all changed in 1999 with Blair and the formation of the WAG. As we see elsewhere loyalty to the origins can go back through the generations.
There has always been more money in England which has massive urban centres which are now international not English. It is the same as with the football.
Skysports went to Merthyr about 15 years ago for an u21 game. The coverage was aborted as the OB van could not get to the ground.
Merthyr have shown no ability to get to the EFL A few years ago they spent money of the squad and could not pay the tax bill. They had to have a whip round. They will have no difficulty beating Clevedon Devizes and co but will run into a brick wall v. Yeovil, York, Scunthorpe Maidstone etc
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| Merthyr Town on 17:52 - Apr 7 with 1015 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Merthyr Town on 08:39 - Apr 7 by felixstowe_jack |
I don't hate everything Welsh. What ever put that silly idea into your mind?
Just pointing out to you why Merthyr will not want to drop down several levels of the football pyramid to join a very low standard of football in the Cymru league.
I do find it extraordinary that some people in Wales are prepared to except second best. They seem to lack ambition and the desire to improve themselves.
Good luck to Merthyr and Wrexham striving to better their performances.
As you point out, after 30 years, the Cymru league still has far lower attendances than the Welsh league it replaced. Their use to be far more local derbies in the old Welsh league. Teams like Haverfordwest, milford Haven, Pembrokeshire Borough, Llanelli, Ferndale, Tony Pentre etc all use to attract far bigger crowds than the Cymru league.
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Last season TNS beat Swans u21s in the final of the Nathaniel Cup - 5-1.
If the Cymru Prem is a ‘a very low level of football’, then how would you describe our u21 pro players ? | |
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| Merthyr Town on 19:16 - Apr 7 with 983 views | GVJack |
| Merthyr Town on 11:40 - Apr 7 by ReslovenSwan1 |
A lot of Welsh people carry these opinions and have done so over the decades. The valleys people who use to turn the TV aerial to HTV West to avoid hearing Welsh language news.
You must remember that many Valley and urban people immigrated to Wales 200 yeas ago to work in the mines and later had sympathy with the Labour party where centralisation was the mantra. These good folks do not hate Wales h just think the English including Tory's can run Welsh affair better than the locals.
This all changed in 1999 with Blair and the formation of the WAG. As we see elsewhere loyalty to the origins can go back through the generations.
There has always been more money in England which has massive urban centres which are now international not English. It is the same as with the football.
Skysports went to Merthyr about 15 years ago for an u21 game. The coverage was aborted as the OB van could not get to the ground.
Merthyr have shown no ability to get to the EFL A few years ago they spent money of the squad and could not pay the tax bill. They had to have a whip round. They will have no difficulty beating Clevedon Devizes and co but will run into a brick wall v. Yeovil, York, Scunthorpe Maidstone etc
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That's not fair. I know he was prime minister at the time but the Wives and Girlfriends acronym coined by the press had nothing to do with Tony Blair | | | |
| Merthyr Town on 20:52 - Apr 7 with 956 views | felixstowe_jack |
| Merthyr Town on 17:52 - Apr 7 by Kilkennyjack |
Last season TNS beat Swans u21s in the final of the Nathaniel Cup - 5-1.
If the Cymru Prem is a ‘a very low level of football’, then how would you describe our u21 pro players ? |
Easy answer TNS were a team of men playing boys. | |
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| Merthyr Town on 20:58 - Apr 7 with 946 views | felixstowe_jack |
| Merthyr Town on 11:40 - Apr 7 by ReslovenSwan1 |
A lot of Welsh people carry these opinions and have done so over the decades. The valleys people who use to turn the TV aerial to HTV West to avoid hearing Welsh language news.
You must remember that many Valley and urban people immigrated to Wales 200 yeas ago to work in the mines and later had sympathy with the Labour party where centralisation was the mantra. These good folks do not hate Wales h just think the English including Tory's can run Welsh affair better than the locals.
This all changed in 1999 with Blair and the formation of the WAG. As we see elsewhere loyalty to the origins can go back through the generations.
There has always been more money in England which has massive urban centres which are now international not English. It is the same as with the football.
Skysports went to Merthyr about 15 years ago for an u21 game. The coverage was aborted as the OB van could not get to the ground.
Merthyr have shown no ability to get to the EFL A few years ago they spent money of the squad and could not pay the tax bill. They had to have a whip round. They will have no difficulty beating Clevedon Devizes and co but will run into a brick wall v. Yeovil, York, Scunthorpe Maidstone etc
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Merthyr were in the football league for 10 years. At the time the population of Merthyr was over 90,000 the 4th largest town/city in Wales. It population has fallen over the 100 years and is now around 50,000. | |
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| Merthyr Town on 21:31 - Apr 7 with 902 views | KeithHaynes |
| Merthyr Town on 17:52 - Apr 7 by Kilkennyjack |
Last season TNS beat Swans u21s in the final of the Nathaniel Cup - 5-1.
If the Cymru Prem is a ‘a very low level of football’, then how would you describe our u21 pro players ? |
On that day a level below 😉 |  |
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| Merthyr Town on 23:32 - Apr 7 with 839 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Merthyr Town on 20:58 - Apr 7 by felixstowe_jack |
Merthyr were in the football league for 10 years. At the time the population of Merthyr was over 90,000 the 4th largest town/city in Wales. It population has fallen over the 100 years and is now around 50,000. |
Merthyr were in the EFL 1920-1930. A long long time go. They have had 95 season to get back and not gone very close. Their greatest days were in Europe via the Welsh cup. | |
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| Merthyr Town on 20:11 - Apr 8 with 696 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Merthyr Town on 23:32 - Apr 7 by ReslovenSwan1 |
Merthyr were in the EFL 1920-1930. A long long time go. They have had 95 season to get back and not gone very close. Their greatest days were in Europe via the Welsh cup. |
Facts. | |
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| Merthyr Town on 07:21 - Apr 9 with 600 views | SgorioFruit |
With last nights results Taunton 1-1 AFC Totton, the Mighty Merthyr take one step closer to the conference south last night, and ultimately one step closer to the same football league that the Swans play in.
Two wins needed from their remaining four games.
It's on. | |
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| Merthyr Town on 07:31 - Apr 9 with 580 views | trampie |
| Merthyr Town on 23:32 - Apr 7 by ReslovenSwan1 |
Merthyr were in the EFL 1920-1930. A long long time go. They have had 95 season to get back and not gone very close. Their greatest days were in Europe via the Welsh cup. |
The football league was basically a closed shop, look at Altrincham, Yeovil, Wigan etc over the years, either not in the EFL or only getting in more modern times, reelection to the league was basically a closed shop.
Merthyr won the Southern League 5 times in 6 years in the late 40s early 50s making them no doubt the strongest non league team in the UK, only Southampton (of Premier league and FA cup winning fame) have managed to win that league as many times as Merthyr.
Merthyr finished 4th in the Conference in the 90s with Colchester getting promoted to the league and Wycome finishing second both are now league teams.
Merthyr are historically a very strong football team, pre season what are now Premier league teams (then div 1) used to play Merthyr in pre season friendles (nowadays they go to America and Asia) |  |
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| Merthyr Town on 17:35 - Apr 18 with 311 views | SgorioFruit |
THEY'VE DONE IT
DA IAWN MERTHYR BOIS BACH, YMLAEN [Post edited 18 Apr 17:38]
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| Merthyr Town on 20:45 - Apr 18 with 243 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Merthyr Town on 17:35 - Apr 18 by SgorioFruit |
THEY'VE DONE IT
DA IAWN MERTHYR BOIS BACH, YMLAEN [Post edited 18 Apr 17:38]
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Congratulations on an excellent season. 🏴 | |
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| Merthyr Town on 21:25 - Apr 18 with 216 views | SgorioFruit |
| Merthyr Town on 20:45 - Apr 18 by Kilkennyjack |
Congratulations on an excellent season. 🏴 |
Diolch Brawd | |
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