Aberystwyth Town are delighted to announce the signing of defender David Thompson from Bangor City.

28 year old Liverpudlian Thompson is an experienced left footed defender known for his buccaneering forward runs, and he was famously part of Bala Town’s Welsh Cup Winning side of 2017. 

In the Welsh system David has also played for Rhyl, Llandudno and most recently Bangor City for whom he signed in the summer. His know how at Welsh Premier level will be a boost to Town’s defensive credentials in 2020.
Less well known is that David is also a talented musician and singer who performed an accomplished solo set at the Welsh Premier League AGM in June 2017.

​Everyone at Park Avenue welcomes David to Aberystwyth Town – and he will go straight into the Squad for this evening’s match at Caernarfon Town, wearing number 3.

Aberystwyth Town are delighted to announce the signing of influential midfielder Ilan Hughes from Ruthin Town.

Ilan has caught the eye for a number of seasons at Ruthin where he was Club Captain, and impressed the Black and Greens Management Team in their recent Welsh Cup tie against the Denbighshire side with his work rate, technique and passing ability.

He famously scored from the half way line for Ruthin in a televised Welsh Cup tie at Llandudno two years ago (a goal you can view here), and will be another strong addition to Aber’s midfield after the capture of Pavel Vieira yesterday.

A 26 year old Welsh speaker from Corwen, Ilan will be a popular addition to the Black and Greens roster and will wear the number 19 shirt.

Croeso i Goedlan y Parc Ilan gan bawb yng Nghlwb Peldroed Tref Aberystwyth!

Aberystwyth Town are delighted to announce the signing of Guinea-Bissau International Pavel Vieira from Bangor City.

Midfielder Pavel is a well-known character having played in the Welsh Premier League for Bangor City, then in the Cymru Alliance for Airbus UK Broughton – with whom we won the 2019 League Title, before rejoining Bangor this summer. He has made 19 appearances for the Citizens this season, scoring twice.

Born in Guinea-Bissau, 27 year old Vieira spent his youth career in Portugal and made his professional debut for S.C. Olhanense in the Primera Liga. On 10 August 2011 he made his debut for the Guinea-Bissau national team, a 4–1 friendly win over Equatorial Guinea at the Estádio do Restelo in Lisbon. He subsequently played for a series of Clubs in Portugal before joining Bangor in 2016.

Pavel’s transfer has been confirmed by the FAW and he will be allocated shirt number 5 in time to join the Black and Greens squad for tomorrow night’s game at Caernarfon Town.

Everyone at Aberystwyth Town FC welcomes Vieira to Park Avenue. Bem-vinda Pavel!

JD Cymru Premier
Friday 10th January (ko 7.45pm)
Caernarfon Town v Aberystwyth Town

After a ten day break the Black and Greens will be raring to go as they kick off their 2020 JD Cymru Premier campaign away to Top Six chasing Caernarfon Town on Friday evening, on Matchday 21. Aber already know they will be competing in the Play Off Conference after the split, and with 11 points to make up on seventh placed Cefn Druids (as things stand), positive results are needed as soon as possible.

Town’s home defeat to Newtown a week last Monday felt desperately unfair, with the Robins’ fortuitous winner coming deep into injury time, after it seemed that Mathew Jones’ 83rd minute penalty had earned Aber a deserved point. Having lost only 1 of their last 6 away games, and that to the Champions TNS, Mathew Bishop’s men will travel with confidence of achieving a positive result.

Friday’s match however promises to be extremely difficult with the Cofis needing a point to get over the line and confirm their JD Cymru Premier Championship Conference spot. After a season of impressive consistency, a run of injuries have left Sean Eardley’s men with one point from their last three games – however their home record is impressive, backed as they are by a vociferous home crowd. The Seasiders will be wary of a strong mid Wales influence on Caernarfon’s side, with Jamie Breese from Llanidloes and Alex Ramsay from Llanfyllin banging in and keeping out the goals respectively. Onetime Black and Green star Darren Thomas is a huge influence, though Jamie Crowther is sidelined after an injury.

​Kick off at the Oval is at 7.45pm and directions can be found on Caernarfon Town’s excellent website here: https://caernarfontownfc.co.uk/contactus.aspx. Join the Black and Greens Bandwaggon for a Rollercoaster 2020! 

Aberystwyth Town FC - Squad Update

The international transfer window opened yesterday and atfc.org.uk can confirm that a number of Players have moved on with the Club's blessing.

Adam Hughes and Tom Price's loan periods came to an end yesterday as planned, and both have returned to their Parent Clubs, The New Saints and Swansea City respectively.

Meanwhile Alex Boss and Steff Edwards will be freed from their registrations to sign for other Clubs in North Wales.

Aberystwyth Town FC thanks Adam, Tom, Alex and Steff for their contributions and wishes them all the best for the future.

Black and Greens supporters can be reassured that the Club will replace these Players in due course, and new signings will be announced once the paperwork is completed.

JD Cymru Premier
Monday 30th December
Aberystwyth Town 1 Newtown 2

Aberystwyth Town endured injury time heartbreak at Park Avenue in last night’s last home game of 2019, as George Harry’s 94th minute header condemned them to defeat in a match they truly deserved to draw, following a super second half comeback. Lifumpa Mwandwe gave the visitors the lead in the third minute, only for Mathew Jones to level the scores with an 84th minute penalty: but Harry’s late late show ensured the Robins took all three points.

On a clear night the visitors got away with one early on when Sean McAllister’s challenge on Marc Williams in the area was not punished with a penalty, and seconds later the lively Mwandwe capitalised on a defensive mix up to prod home a crucial goal for Newtown, and deflate the home side. After an awful start Mattie Jones’ left wing cross saw Geoff Kellaway head just wide, but in truth the visitors were the better side early on, dominating possession, with Jack Kelly heading wide from Alex Fletcher’s corner. Joe Kenton sent in a dangerous cross, and then had a shot cleared while Stuart Jones in the home defence did well to deny Fletcher another opportunity. Kieran Mills-Evans headed wide from another corner, while Town’s efforts were failing to hit the target, other than Edmilson Vaz’s 35 yard volley which Dave Jones did well to grab at the second attempt. George Harry fired over for Newtown, while for Aber Lee Jenkins headed over from Wes Baynes’ corner. Mathew Jones also had a volley deflected for a corner, which was then cleared, but in truth after a fairly limpid performance Aber were glad to be still in the game at the break with a 0-1 scoreline.

The Black and Greens were transformed after the break and thoroughly dominated proceedings. Williams won a corner in the first seconds, and soon afterwards the combative Tom Price sent a cross which Stuart Jones headed back for Williams to nod goalbound, only for Jones to save the day again. Williams then saw a shot deflected for a corner, and Wes Baynes’ long range volley was touched onto the crossbar by the busy Jones. Mwandwe sent a volley wide but Aber were winning every ball,  bossing the game and pressing for an equaliser. Williams headed wide from another Baynes delivery, and with the Dias Stand singing in appreciation of an improved performance, Paulo Mendes did brilliantly to gather the ball, turn and unleash a shot which fired just wide. Williams was denied another penalty, and Mwandwe called Connor Roberts into action for a routine save before normal service resumed. Lee Jenkins was next to volley wide from a Baynes free kick, and then saw another attempt cleared off the line. Finally, Baynes’ ball in was headed back by Mendes, and a penalty was awarded for a challenge in the box. Up stepped Mattie Jones to equalise with aplomb from the spot and it seemed at last that justice had been done. Ryan Edwards volleyed wide for Aber in injury time, and then right at the death Harry popped up in Aber’s box with a back headed which somehow crawled over the line, to the utter dismay of Aber’s loyal home supporters, and the game was won.

This result was very, very cruel on the Black and Greens who can be proud of an excellent second half performance: however Aber will be focused on getting results as January 2020 and Phase II homes into view, with Town in ninth place in the JD Cymru Premier.