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Caernarfon Town v Barry Town — Preview

Barry Town United make the trip north to the Go Goodwins Stadium on Sunday lunchtime taking on Caernarfon Town.

Both Town and Caernarfon come in to this fixture on the back of draws last weekend with Town earning a 0–0 draw at home to TNS while The Cofis left Haverfordwest with a 1–1 draw.

Sunday’s hosts come into this weekend top of the league with 11 points from 5 games and are the only side still unbeaten with 3 wins and 2 draws from their opening fixtures.

Richard Davies is in to his 3rd season in charge of Caernarfon and during Davies’ 2 full seasons in charge The Cofis improved on their league position each time finishing 5th in 23/24 and 4th last season. Davies had previously worked as both assistant manager and first team coach before getting the main job in 2023, since taking charge Davies has managed 84 matches winning 35.

Adam Davies joined Caernarfon from Airbus UK Broughton in 2023 and has 29 goals from 77 appearances. The Caernarfon striker has started off this season prolifically with 5 goals from 6 appearances in all competitions and is certainly one The Cofis key men.

Town and Caernarfon have met on 21 occasions with Town coming out with 8 wins, Sunday’s hosts have 10 while there have been 3 draws. Town’s last victory against The Cofis came in November 2023 with a 3–2 away win thanks to a late Ollie Hulbert winner.

Kick off is at 12:30 on Sunday at The Go Goodwins Stadium.

By Tierre Miller

Match Preview – Cardiff Met Away

Barry Town are back in action on bank holiday Monday making the short trip to the capital to take on Cardiff Met at Cyncoed Campus.

Monday afternoon’s opposition have drawn all 3 league games so far drawing with Caernarfon Town, Briton Ferry Llansawal and Haverfordwest County.

Town suffered late heartbreak on Friday night falling to a 3–2 defeat at home to Penybont in what was Towns first defeat of the campaign. Town have 4 points from the first 3 fixtures and will be looking to build on that on Bank Holiday.

Manager Ryan Jenkins is in to his second spell as Met manager. Jenkins who rejoined the club in July 2023 and has so far managed 85 matches, winning 34. Jenkins first took on the role in July 2022 where he managed the club on 27 occasions before stepping back in January 2023.

Met and Town are no strangers to each other and have met regularly over the years. The clubs have met 17 times in the JD Cymru Premier with Town edging the head to head record with 7 wins to Met’s 6. There has also been 4 draws between the sides.

Town were unbeaten against Monday’s opponents last season drawing 1–1 at Cyncoed and winning 2–1 at Jenner!

Kick off is at 14:30 on Monday and we hope to see as many of you at Cyncoed as possible!

Match Preview – Colwyn Bay

JD Cymru Premier football returns to Jenner Park Stadium this weekend with Colwyn Bay being the first visitors. The seagulls are back in the Cymru Premier this season after a year away, Michael Wilde’s men topped the Cymru North last season with 81 points.

Colwyn Bay come into this on the back of a 1–1 draw against Connah’s Quay Nomads on opening weekend. Town kicked off the new season with a 2–0 win at Llanelli last Friday and will be looking to put more points on the board this weekend.

Michael Wilde was appointed as manager of Saturday’s visitors in May 2024 following the clubs relegation from the JD Cymru Premier and after 39 games under Wilde’s leadership Colwyn Bay find themselves back in the top tier. Wilde who retired from playing in 2024 made 484 appearances in the Cymru Premier for the likes of Connah’s Quay Nomads, The New Saints and Flint Town United, The Seagulls boss who played as a centre forward during his playing days went on to net on 306 occasions.

Colwyn Bay have had a busy summer following promotion with 15 new players arriving at Blue Turtle Arena including Louis Robles, Matty Hill and Aaron Edwards. Tom Weir, Cai Owen and Guto Williams are all amongst the 10 to depart the club this summer.

Our last meeting with Colwyn Bay came in April 2024 where Town suffered a 1–0 defeat in North Wales. Town’s last victory over Saturday’s opposition came in October 2023 with a Kayne McLaggon goal securing a 1–0 win victory for Town away at Colwyn Bay.

Kick off is at the earlier time of 12:30 on Saturday, we hope to see as many of you there as possible as we welcome back JD Cymru Premier football to Jenner Park for another season!

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By Tierre Miller – https://medium.com/@tierremiller_

Barry Town vs Aberystwyth Town – Match Preview

Barry Town United return to competitive action Saturday with Aberystwyth making the trip to Jenner Park Stadium in the Nathaniel MG Cup second round.

Town’s last meeting with Aberystwyth came in March with Town running out 2–1 winners at Jenner Park. The visitors kicked off their Cyrmu South campaign last weekend and secured a 2–1 win against Llantwit Major.

Callum McKenzie replaced outgoing manager Antonio Corbiseiro in the summer. The 43 year old Welshman has previously managed Newton where he took charge of 14 games between November 2024 and April 2025.

Aberystwyth have had a busy summer with 16 players leaving the club and 17 arriving as the club look to bounce back to the Cymru Premier at the first time of asking.

Saturday’s visitors made it all the way to final of this competition last season but eventually lost 1–0 to TNS at the final hurdle. Town reached the semi final of this competition last season but just like Aberystwyth lost out to TNS.

Kick off is at 14:30 at Jenner Park Stadium on Saturday!

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Barry Town United vs Newport County — Preview

Barry Town United take on Sky Bet League Two opposition on Friday night with Newport County making the short trip to Jenner Park Stadium. This will be the second year running where Town take on The Exiles in pre season, Town came out 2–1 winners last year.

This is both sides final friendly before returning to competitive action next week. Town host Aberystwyth in the Nathaniel MG Cup next Saturday while County head to Barnet midweek in the Carabao Cup preliminary round.

So far in pre season Town have recorded wins over Newport City and Gloucester City. County have had a mixed bag in pre season so far with wins against Weston Super Mare, Pontypridd United, Worcester City and Undy AFC. County suffered a 3–1 defeat away to Torquay United last weekend and narrowly lost 1–0 to a strong Bristol City side behind closed doors on Tuesday.

New County manager David Hughes is no stranger to Barry Town having previously played and managed the club before leaving in 2013. Since then Hughes has gone on to work for both Cardiff City and Manchester United in the academy set ups. Hughes took the job at County in May replacing Nelson Jardim who left the club just before the end of the previous campaign.

Hughes isn’t the only link between both clubs with current Town man Robbie Willmott who made just under 300 appearences for County across 2 spells. Willmott was part of Newport’s FA Cup giant killings which saw County defeat sides like Leicester City, Middlesbrough and Leeds United. Willmott was also a key figure in the County side that forced Spurs to a FA Cup replay in 2018 after drawing 1–1 at Rodney Parade.

Newport have been pretty active in the window so far adding the likes of Michael Reindorf, Ged Garner, Nick Tzanev, Lee Jenkins and perhaps most notably Matt Smith who has 19 caps for Wales. County will be hoping these new signings can help the club kick on from last seasons 22nd place finish in League Two.

Ahead of the game I spoke with Newport fan Oliver Pughe to get a point a view from the County side of things. I started off by asking about new manager David Hughes. Oliver went on to say “From speaking to the new County Manager David Hughes at Newport’s 1–0 win away at Weston, it is important that this pre season campaign allows Hughes to gather a better understanding of his players as well as trying to carry out different tactics that could be used for the start of the season.”

I also asked Oliver about the upcoming season and how he thought County would get on. “Last year was disappointing but with a new manager and some real quality being added I don’t see why we can kick on and have a more comfortable season”.

Kick off is at 19:30 on Friday at Jenner Park Stadium.

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Tierre Miller