Chairman Vaughan Parry and Vice Chairman Keiron Fox with builders of new stand "MAF ENGINEERING"





Cyril Davies and Keith Cherrett Officially Opening the New Stand at the Welfare
(Click on the picture below to view more photographs of the new stand under construction)




Vaughan Parry, Keiron Fox , Ron Smith presenting James Pearce with his 2008/09 managers player trophy!!

James Pearce 2008/09 managers player with Ron Smith who has kindly purchased and donated the new trophy!!

NEWS 29/7/09

Llay welfare football club as a whole are heading into the 2009/10 full of excitement and optimism both on and off the pitch. The club over the recent months have secured grant funding to build a 70 seater stand at our Llay Base along with covered area for 40 standing spectators and modernised home and away dugouts. Building work is very near to completion and will be ready for the start of the season sees pics below.

As a Club although in a very good position on and off the pitch are still in search of Major sponsorship for the coming season. A club like ours although we raise most of our money ourselves by various fundraising events is heavily dependent on donations/ Sponsorship. This Year we have introduced a number of alternative sponsorship opportunities such as Ground Advertising Boards and Individual Player Sponsorship
Please see our sponsor’s link for further Details.

As a club we would like to thank Jason Jones (Double J) who has been taking Pre-Season training at the Club. Jason is well known locally for his football pedigree having played many years in the area’s top flight’s with successful spells at Colwyn Bay, Oswestry and Bala to name a few and it is a pleasure to have him on board. Jason although reluctant to sign a playing form this season has been working hard over the last couple of weeks providing vigorous but very enjoyable training getting the players ready for the start of the season.

On the playing side 1st team manager Keiron Fox and 2nd Team manger Jeff Hennessey have both worked tirelessly over the close season securing the signings of some exciting new players to add to the current players retained from last year’s squad hopefully to mount a serious challenge on all front’s this coming year.

Llay Welfare would like to welcome the new players and wish them all the best for the coming season: -

Mike Platt (Goalkeeper) a summer acquisition from local rivals Gresford. Michael is 6 ft Stupid and has all the attributes to become a quality keeper hopefully he can fill the big gloves left by Dave Bloor Last season.

Steven Haliwell (Defender) aka Haggis has rejoined after a year away again from Gresford. Haggis is know as an old school no-nonsense defender and will always give 100% and his vast experience at playing at this level will only help the club.

Darran Jones (Midfield) another ex-Gresford has signed and is another good acquisition Darran is already one of the fittest /strongest members of the squad who will give the manager plenty of different options all over the pitch.

Pics Groundwork.. …. All involved would like to thank the Chairman’s Wife For Producing the Good’s with the wonderful Bacon Butty’s Provided Much Appreciated….

Laying the Foundation’s

The Llay Welfare FC Committee and playing squad would like to congratulate Andy Davies and his partner on the birth of their newborn son Harry.

The football club would also like to welcome back Stephen Gadie to the playing squad who has re-joined us from Castell Alun Colts having previously transferred earlier on in the season.

The Committee would also like to thank all who attended, supported and participated in the recent “Welly Factor” fundraising night. Along with much needed financial gain for the Club the night was a huge success and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Thanks must go to our judges on the night Trevor Manning, James Chadwick, Jane Holmes and Barry Morris. Special thanks also goes to Johnny Bryan who not only did a fabulous job as our presenter for the night but played a big part in organising the event along with a big effort from the Llay Welfare Football Club sub-committee who ensured the event was a sell-out.

Squad Steps Down

It is with great regret that we have to announce that Llay Welfare club secretary Paul Wright has stepped down from his role due to his appointment as administrator with The North East Wales F.A. Squad has been with the club for over 30 years as player, Assistant Manager, Secretary, Treasurer and Chairman.

The club would like to thank Paul for all his hard work over the years and wish him good luck in his new role.

A fantasy football league has been setup for this season with the Daily Telegraph.

Click on the link :- Telegraph Fantasy Football