Merthyr rocks in the park again

Penydarren Park hosted the annual Rock In The Park music festival on Saturday and once again the local community responded with over 600 persons enjoying the event.

Limehouse Lizzy headlined the event but were supported by local bands to once again showcase the talent available in South Wales.

The event raised much needed funds for the Martyrs and provided an opportunity for the Trust run club to present its stadium as a venue for the whole community.

Merthyr supporters show their support for Godre'r Coed fields

Merthyr Town FC expressed its support for the campaign to save the school field at Cefn Coed today with the first appearance of its supporters cricket team to take on the Cefn Social club team who are organising matches on the threatened community facility to widen its use and also show the benefits of exercise.

The school field site has been earmarked as a possible venue for the new Ysgol Y Graig school however locals are concerned that one of the few green field sites in the villages would be lost whilst other venues for the new building are available.

Further information could be seen via the following newslink - http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/merthyr/2011/04/14/cefn-coed-residents-protest-at-plans-to-build-primary-school-on-popular-playing-fields-91466-28514702/

The 20/20 cricket was a low scoring affair with the Football club team struggling to 31 all out despite a great performance with the bat by Lee Normanton.

The Cefn Social team also struggled with the lively wicket but managed to knock off the runs to win by 3 wickets.

It is hoped that the Merthyr Town FC cricket section will play a few more matches during the summer.

(Captain Jason Scanlon is pictured above inspecting the wicket before today's match).

Martyrs back at Penydarren Park

It's been a long road for the Supporters Trust at Merthyr Town FC but finally the end of the struggle to resurrect our famous club is near.

This weekend saw the first friendly match of the pre-season with Llanelli the visitors to Penydarren Park for the club's return to its home.

A season in exile twenty miles away in Taffs Well did not deter the club from gaining promotion from the Western League Division One and now the faithful supporters can return to their normal pre-match routines as the Martyrs return home.

The first match was a tough return for Merthyr Town who faced a Llanelli team preparing for their Europa Cup tie with Dynamo Tbilisi (a creditable 2-1 win last week for the Reds!), it was the West Wales team who took the spoils with a handsome 9-1 win.

No one seemed to mind at the game as we were home.

Tuesday evening saw the return of Dean Clarke to Penydarren Park as the Martyrs took on local rivals Newport County in a benefit match for the combative midfield who has played over 370 matches for us over 10 years. A great servant to the club and it was great to see 500 supporters fill the stands to pay credit to his career.

The pre-season will continue but all eyes in the town are now fixed on 13th August when Dawlish Town provide the opponents for the first competitive match for the reformed club at its spiritual home.

Up the Town!

Merthyr Town FC supports local Homeless project

Merthyr Town FC has placed its support behind the Bling Cafe project being undertaken at the old Flooks store on Pontmorlais Circus.

The project being undertaken by the Llamau charity won a £60,000 people's lottery grant last week with many of our supporters taking part in the telephone vote.

For more information on the project please visit the following link;

http://www.llamau.org.uk/

It is hoped that the Flooks project will be the start of the renovation of the Pontmorlais area of the town whic of course includes Penydarren Park.

We will be working with our colleagues on the Town & Park Communities First Partnership to support future projects that help to revitalise our community.