Welcome to the pictorial achieve of Lonlas Youth Club. If you have any photos or can help with the detail for the photos below, please contact us.

Lonlas Under 14s 2008/2009 Under 15s 2008/2009 Lonlas Under 7s 2008 Lonlas Under 7s 2008 Lonlas Seniors Lonlas Under 14’s 2007/08 Plate Runners Up
Under 15 2006/7 Under 13 2006/7 Under 12 2006/7 Lonlas Under 8's 2004 - 2005
Lonlas under 10's 2004 - 2005
Lonlas Rangers Under 17s - 2005/2006 West Glam Junior League - Champions 2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2003/2004 West Glam Challenge Cup - Runners Up 2003/2004 Bakenberg Cup (Holland) - Fairplay Trophy Winners 2000/2001 Tongerlo Cup (Belgium) - Winners 2003/2004 Happy Homes Neath League - Youth Cup Winners 2004/2005 Happy Homes Neath & District Youth League – Champions 2005/2006


Lonlas Celtic Under 16s - 2005/2006 West Glam Junior League - Runners Up 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003,2004 West Glam Challenge Cup - Winners 2002/2003, 2003/2004 West Glam Junior League & Cup Double - Winners 2004/2005

Neath & Port Talbot School Boys - Under 15 team photo (1970-1971) "Lets Reunite" Dai Rees managed Sandfields Afan Lido League of Wales Goytre M Morgan played for Cwrt Sart. Had trials for Leeds Utd C. Harris played for Cwrt Sart. Had trials for Leeds Utd & Wales B. Flyn (Captain) played for Sandfields, Burnley, Leeds, Capt Wales (managed) Wrexham, Swansea and is currently involved with the Welsh squad with J. Toshack. T. Jenkins - Neath Grammar. Trials for North Hampton, Briton Ferry Welsh League W. Davies managed Port Talbot, Neath Colin & Conrad Rees both managed Skewen Welsh League S. Cole (Cuddy) Cymmer Afan. Sadly no longer with us G. Hammond - former manager of the Skewen Macwerther youth. Presently managing Lonlas Rangers Senior team
Happy Homes Neath League - Youth Cup Winners 2004/2005 (Wayne Harris, Paul Semmens, James Brown, Daniel Evans, Tom Semmens, David James, Daniel Harris, Keiron Williams, Adam Wells, Darren Morgan, Paul Wells, Richard Davies Gareth Dagless, Zac Saxby, Lucas Dixon, Dale Borelli, Nathen Riberio) Lonlas 3 - Pontardawe Town 0
	Zac Saxby Double medal winner Boys & Girls Clubs of Wales Athletics Meeting 2005

Katie Beesley recieving her Boys & Girls Clubs Of Wales shirt from Roberto Martinez (Swansea City Captain 27/11/04)

Lonlas Forge Merseyside Connections

During a recent holiday in Bulgaria, Sandra Hammond struck up a friendship with the two Liverpool ladies pictured above. Whilst partaking of a few Brandies the girls forged a close friendship that has continued following their return to the UK. The girls discussed every manner of subject during their holiday, but one topic, which proved of great interest to the girls, was our very own Lonlas Youth Club. Let me introduce you to the two ladies in the photo – on the left we have “Calamity Jane”, who is looking for a Liverpool supporting millionaire who will buy her an executive box at Anfield and on the right we have lovely Liver bird Sheila. All three girls keep in touch daily by phone and the conversations usually include Lonlas. The girls in Liverpool log onto our site on a daily basis and check out the News pages and have been very interested in the history of our club. These “Three Musketeers” motto really is “One for All” and they all share happy memories supporting their chosen teams. Incidentally should a rich Scouser with an executive box at Anfield read this, you can contact Jane via this site!!

Lonlas Rangers Boxing Day Family Day 2004, Skewen Cricket Club

Lonlas demonstration to save playing fields.

Children and parents of Lonlas demonstrate their opposition to the Community Councils decision to end 40 years of soccer on Tennant Park pitch 2 for the convenience of the local rugby club!

Demonstration was held on Saturday September 4th, 2004.

Lonlas Boys Club Winners :
Faulkner Cup
(One of the first club teams)

Lynn Collins
Lewis Duford
Roy Williams
David Phillips
Michael Evans
Andrew Millard
Anthony Gilbert
Lynn Davies
David Williams
Ken Davies

St. Athan Boys Club
Leaders Course

Picture of Lonlas team from clubs history

David Morgan
David Evans
Peter Florance
Alun Herbert
Hedley Lewis
Nigel Griffiths
Stephen Thornton
Kevin Griffiths
Michael Haley
Wayne Thomas

David Massey
Peter Florance
Alun Herbert
David Evans
Jack Wilsher
David Morgan
Lyn Collins
Richard Packington
Marc Winchester
Leighton Williams
Stephen Dyer
Michael Jenkins
Jason Ball
Stephen Davey
Michael Healey
Robert Fuge
Mathew Greenhall

Peter Florance
Alun Herbert
David Evans
David Massey
Jack Wilsher
David Morgan
Nigel Griffiths
Carl Owen
Nicholas Powell
Michael Haley
Stephen Davey
Neil Thomas
Jason Ball
Mark Hartson

John Griffiths
Jeff Curtis
Alan Tancock
Gwyn Smith
Gordon Rees
Terry Phillips
Barrie Wathan
Allan Bruton

	Youth club champions show off their trophies. Displaying a selection of their trophies are the under 12's squad, who were undefeated league champions in the Neath Football League (1987). The team were als double cup winners, West Glamorgan five-a-side champions and quarter-finalists in the Boys Club's of Wales tournament.
Bill Frankland (Trainer), Ron Richards (Manager), Jonathan Davies, Wayne Gutteridge, Marcus Jones, Jon Smith, Stephen Thomas, Ian Morris, Byron Williams, Andrew Ward, Paul Hutt, Stephen Williams, Andrew Richards, Craig Richards, Richard Barlow, Mike Glover, Andrew Frankland, Shaun Bowen.

Proudly displaying their new football kit, supplied by Brian Dennis and Glan Davies of Neath Vale Services, are Lonlas Boys Club Under 12's.

Glan Davies
Brian Dennis
James Jenkins
Gareth Davies
Christopher Hughes
Shaun Davies
Dario Diiulio
Jonathan Preece
Gareth Llewelyn
Lee Mordecai
Jason Jones
Jamie Williams
Mark Jones
Anthony Williams
Lee Jones
Wayne Davies

F.A.W. Development Squads featuring Lonlas Players from 2000/2001.

Zac Saxby
Ryland Duffield
Nathan Ribeiro
Thomas Semmens
Gareth Vaughan

New Kit for Lads
By Malcolm Rees

A group of 50 youngsters from Skewen will be playing in a soccer tournament in Holland this weekend in brand new kit thanks to kind-hearted local people.
Lonlas Boys’ Club feared the teams would have to appear in old threadbare shirts and shorts after a sponsor organised to provide new kit pulled out at the last minute.
The old jerseys were so bad that they were likely to disintegrate in the next wash, said one of the club leaders Mr. Ceri Howells.
The youngsters were setting off for the Dutch soccer tournament today. Three teams, under 13’s, under 14’s and under 15’s are taking part.
Lonlas Boys Club had planned the journey for months and the lads were incredibly disappointed when the sponsor pulled out at the last minute, said Mr. Howells.
But the youngster’s blushes at the tournament have been saved.
For Fox and Company of Neath Abbey have provided three sets of jerseys while Brookfield Medical Supplies at Lonlas stepped in with a complete kit for one of the teams.

Neath Liberal Club also provided £150 to help finance the trip. Said Mr. Howells “I was amazed by the response. It is better than I could ever have hoped for. All three teams have brand new kits to play in the tournament.”

" The firms and the Liberal Club have been fantastic. They have transformed the visit”. Nearly 50 boys and a number of adults left Lonlas at 3 a.m. They play their first game in Holland tomorrow and are due back late on Tuesday.

Added Mr. Howells, “Everyone is excited about the trip”. “The lads have been saving hard and with their new outfits they are looking forward to the visit even more”.

1,200 miles raise £750
News paper cutting

Seven Skewen scavengers have completed their own mission impossible by travelling 1,200 miles by train to raise more than £750 for Children In Need.

The youngsters, all aged 13 and 15, and members of Lonlas Youth Club, set off from Skewen, Neath for the marathon trip to London and then Edinburgh and back on Wednesday.

And they spent the entire journey walking up and down the trains with their collecting buckets to boost their sponsorship money.

Club Leader Mr. Kerry Howell said: “We left Swansea station at 5.51 a.m. on Wednesday and arrived back at 12.45 a.m. on Thursday. We collected on the trains as we went along, they must have walked miles”. The scavengers went first to Paddington Station, by underground to King’s Cross, up to Edinburgh on the Flying Scotsman and back again.
“ We would like to give special thanks to the guard on the Swansea to Paddington train, Mr. Roy Woodgate, who kept announcing that we were collecting and giving the latest total. He also arranged for us to have lunch in the British Rail staff canteen when we got there”.
The journey took 18 hours and raised £758 with more money to come in from sponsors. The seven youngsters were Tracy Britton, Helen Best, Helene Owen, Craig Richards, John Smith, Paul Hutt and Richard Barlow, all from Lonlas.

Certificates awarded to R. Barlow(1989)

	Andrew Wright Richard

John Hartson and Richard Barlow representing Boys Clubs Of Wales.

Former West Wales Print Director Trevor Bond presents a trophy to Lucas Dixon (right) of Lonlas Youth Club following his first competition fight.