Gwynedd League
Monday 6th January 2020
Kick Off 19.45 Actual 19.48
Bangor 1876 4 Waunfawr 0, attendance 243
8’ 1-0
24’ 2-0
45’ 3-0
88’ 4-0
@ Treborth Playing Fields, 3G Pitch
Treborth Road
Bangor
LL57 2RQ
£2 Admission
No Programme.
Bangor 1876 were set up by fans disillusioned with the goings on at Bangor City. The club are based at the new 3G Pitch at the Bangor University complex at Treborth Playing Fields. I came here on 20th November 2018, when I saw Pwllheli beat Amlwch Town 3-0 in a Welsh Alliance match, but that game was played on the floodlit grass pitch that is just beyond the new synthetic pitch. In fact, on that night, there was little evidence that a new caged pitch would appear in a matter of months.
The newly formed club are already ‘too big’ for the Gwynedd League (level 5 of Welsh football) where they have started off at. Arriving at the ground, the first thing you notice are the amount of match day stewards, with proper organised parking. There is bar/tea bar, which is rare at this level, and a well stocked club shop set up in one corner of the clubhouse. Plenty of home fans decked out in club hats and scarves too. The crowds they get are superb, and not just for this level. Some clubs in the top tier of the Welsh Pyramid can only dream of these sorts of numbers! I have seen no official attendance for tonight’s game, but I did a count of 243. According to their website, they had a crowd of 440 for their game last Monday evening, although I’m not too sure where the other 200 would have gone, as it is only a two sided spectator area, although there is a 100 or so seated stand on the halfway line, and that was only half full tonight.
They back up their off field ‘professionalism’ with a team to match. They came into this having won all twelve league matches so far and have really dished out some thrashings along the way. They have played four home midweek matches in the league before tonight, winning 10-0, 12-0, 14-0 and 13-2, so when they opened the scoring after eight minutes, I feared the worst, as games that one sided are not great to watch. Not as a neutral, anyway. A right wing cross was headed in from 6 yards to make it 2-0 after 24 minutes, but the visitors were holding on, even if the result was never in doubt. Waunfawr had a great chance to pull a goal back right on halftime, but their striker lifted the ball over the crossbar having been put clean through and from the goal kick, Bangor went down the other end and added a third goal, with the last kick of the half, following a shot on the turn from ten yards.
The second half was one way traffic, but with a bit of luck and some good saves by their ‘keeper, Waunfawr kept the score down to a respectable level, before the fourth goal was added two minutes from time, with a calm finish from the edge of the box. Bangor march on towards their inevitable league title, now having 13 wins from their 100% winning start. They have now scored 87 goals and conceded just 7. The lead at the top is now eight points, but it is all over bar the shouting!
