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Welsh Cup Final for Dean

Dean John

Bangor City v Port Talbot Town, Welsh Cup Final 2010, Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli. 4:30pm, Saturday 1 May 2010

This season’s Welsh Cup Final will be officiated by Dean John.

The FAW this morning announced his appointment to the pinnacle game of the domestic football season, which will be played in Llanelli on Saturday May 1st.

West Wales FA Referee John, aged 40, will take his place in the middle for the showpiece event at Parc Y Scarlets, when holders Bangor City take on first-time Finalists, Port Talbot Town.

It is becoming tradition that the honour of refereeing The Welsh Cup Final is bestowed on an official only once during their career and recognises the quality and consistency of their performances throughout a season.

The Cwmbwrla based official, expressed his delight at the announcement, saying; “It is always a great honour to receive an appointment from the FAW and this marks the biggest and most important of my career.”

It’s something you always dream about when you work your way up the refereeing ladder, but you never imagine realising that dream.

“It’s something you always dream about when you work your way up the refereeing ladder, but you never imagine realising that dream.

“I’d just like to say a big thanks to everybody that’s helped me along the way, especially my wife and other friends and family.”

The good news for John has already been spreading around footballing circles as he added;

“I’ve already had messages of thanks from fellow referees and even Welsh Premier League managers, which is really pleasing.”

John has taken charge of one FAW Final before, when he was in the middle for the FAW Youth Cup final between Cardiff City and Newport County in 2004/05.

This season’s Assistant Referees are Martin Williams (Wrexham, North East Wales FA) and Hywel James (Cardiff, South Wales FA) while the Fourth Official will be Mike Jones (Wrexham, North East Wales FA).

Winning club will receive £25,000 from The FAW’s Competition Prize fund, the losing club £15,000.

Next Meeting dates;  

 AGM.   Monday 24th May

See Gallery for photos.

Congratulations to Tim Drean

Tim has been appointed to referee the WWFA Intermediate Cup Final on Wednesday 13Th May at the Liberty Stadium, between Bonymaen Colts and South Gower.

Lloyd Bevan  Simon Preston  David MorganSimon Preston and the fastest goal in the Goalplate-Cup-Final-2009-Cwm-albion-colts-vs-Union-Rangers

Swansea Junior League under 13’s Plate Cup final

Swansea Junior Football League under 13’s Plate Cup Final played on Monday 4th May 2009 at B.P Llandarcy Park. Match Officials ;- REFEREE – Simon Preston SEN. ASST. – Lloyd Bevan ASST. – David Morgan Teams – Cwm Albion Colts v’s Union Rangers Cwm Albion Colts won 1-0 breaking the record for the fastest goal scored in a junior league cup final on 12 seconds !confirmed by the match officials. my thanks to Lloyd & David excellent teamwork well done !

Swansea ref on World Cup duty

Swansea referee Mark Whitby has been appointed by FIFA to take charge of the World Cup Qualifying match between Luxembourg and Latvia on Saturday March 28.

He will be assissted by Eddie King from Ystradgynlais and Tonypandy based Phil Thomas. The fourth official will be Lee Evans from Bethesda.

Congratulations to the following society members who have been appointed to the following WWFA cup finals.

Ray Nedin  Juniors Cup: Stebonheath Park, 02/05/09. ko 11.00am.

Referee: Viv Nedin.

Assistant Referees: Adrian Hartley & Robert Godfrey.

4th Official: Colin Discombe.

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WWFA Under 13 Tesco Cup final
Referee Phil McIntyre.  4th Official Alan Gray.

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Youth Cup final: Stebonheath Park, 02/05/09. ko 2.30am.

Assistant Referees: Mike Hopkins & David Kennedy.

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Tony Nakonecznyj Senoir Cup: Stebonheath Park, 05/05/09. ko 7.30am.

Referee: Lee James

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FAW Referee Dean John, who is rated as one of the Top Officials in the Principality Welsh Premier League, will take charge of an Irish Premier League match this evening.

Although he was originally appointed on the Longford Town versus Shelbourne game, which was a Second Division encounter, he will now be in the middle for the Premier Division match between Bray Wanderers and Drogheda United.

The referee from Cwmbwrla in Swansea flew out from Cardiff on Friday morning to Dublin and he will be pleased to see a familiar face when he arrives at the Stadium this evening. The 4th Official is Conor Fitzgerald who was the Irish Referee in the 2007 Four Nations Tournament in Inverness, which Dean also represented Wales at.

The appointment is part of the successful Referee Exchange that exits between Wales and Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland. Prestatyn-based Andy Harms has also been up to Scotland this year, whilst Lee Evans, Darren Adie, Mark Whitby and Huw Jones have also benefitted by going away on the exchange, which is organised by National Referees Officer Rodger Gifford.

Irish News.

Irish Premier League.

Bray Wanderers v Drogheda Utd.

Friday 8th May

WELSH Premier referee Dean John was involved in a controversial incident in the Irish Republic on Friday night.
The Swansea official took charge of the Irish Premier League game between Bray Wanderers and Drogheda United as part of the FAW’s referee exchange programme.
The visitors recorded their first win of the season after the game took a twist with 18 minutes remaining.
Assistant referee Mark Douglas summoned the Welsh whistler over to the touchline and, after deliberating, John brandished a straight red card to Bray’s stand-in skipper Chris Dean for an apparent off the ball incident.
But, although the incident seemed to galvanise the Wicklow outfit who went agonisingly close to levelling matters in the 78th minute, United held on for a 1-0 win thanks to a first-half goal from Brian King.