Welsh Players on Loan

These Welsh players just won’t stop playing musical football teams.

Let’s see who this season’s movers and shakers are – Bury loanee Owain fon Williams being the Shaker.

Championship Loanees
Sam Vokes - Wolverhampton Wanderers to Bristol City
Craig Bellamy - Manchester City to Cardiff City
Jason Koumas - Wigan Athletic to Cardiff City
Sanchez Watt - Arsenal to Leeds United
Aaron Ramsey – Arsenal to Nottingham Forest
Jermaine Easter – Milton Keynes Dons to Swansea City

League One Loanees
Kayelden Brown – West Bromwich Albion to Tranmere Rovers, then Dagenham & Redbridge
Jason Brown – Blackburn Rovers to Leeds United, then Leyton Orient
Lewin Nyatanga – Bristol Rovers to Peterborough United
Nicky Adams – Brentford to Rochdale
Shaun MacDonald – Swansea City to Yeovil Town
Owain Tudur Jones – Norwich City to Yeovil Town
Gavin Williams – Bristol City to Yeovil Town

League Two Loanees
Jason Price – Carlisle United to Bradford City
Owain fon Williams – Stockport County to Bury
Rhys Taylor - Chelsea to Crewe Alexandra
Tony James – Burton Albion to Hereford United (now back at Burton)
Nathaniel Jarvis – Cardiff City to Southend United (now back at Cardiff)
Anthony Pulis – Southampton to Stockport County

Others
Joe Partington – Bournemouth to Eastbourne Borough
Rhys Day – Oxford United to Mansfield Town
Kerry Morgan - Swansea City to Newport County
Jack Mackreth – Tranmere Rovers to Burscough
Jonathan Meades - Cardiff City to FK Moss (now back at Cardiff)

League One Results 20th November 2010 (Part 1)

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Bristol Rovers
Brighton are just four points clear at the top of the table after Bristol Rovers grabbed a stoppage time draw. But Brighton’s unbeaten home record remains intact.
Byron Anthony had a mixed game, scoring the goal to put Bristol Rovers 1-0 up before conceding the penalty to put Brighton ahead. If you must do both, Byron, it’s so much better to do them the other way around. Byron also picked up his fifth yellow card of the season. At least five Welsh players have ‘achieved’ that this season.
Ben Swallow started for Bristol Rovers for the first time this season. Eliot Richards was on the bench.

Charlton Athletic 3-2 Yeovil Town
Yeovil gave Charlton a tougher time of it than Peterborough did in the last match but the result was just the same in terms of three points going to Charlton.
Gavin Williams and Shaun MacDonald both played the full match for Yeovil but Gavin picked up his fifth yellow card. Nathan Jones and Owain Tudur Jones dropped to the bench.

Colchester United 3-2 Hartlepool United
Hartlepool thought they’d snatched a point in the 88th minute but Colchester won in injury time with a dramatic and controversial penalty.
Lee Beevers came off the bench after 79 minutes. Lloyd James didn’t come off the bench at all.

Dagenham & Redbridge 0-1 Oldham Athletic
Dagenham remain in 22nd place on goal difference despite losing to Oldham.
New loan signing Kayelden Brown made his first start for the Daggers but Tony Roberts was only on the bench, presumably due to his back injury.
Joe Jacobson was an unused substitute for Oldham but all Oldham’s substitutes were unused in this match.

League One Fixtures/News 20th November 2010 (Part 1)

Brighton & Hove Albion v Bristol Rovers
Brighton are unbeaten at home but you should never write off Bristol Rovers. They lose to the most embarrassing teams – but they also beat some pretty good ones.
Byron Anthony is expected to play at right back for Bristol Rovers. Ben Swallow is expected to be given his first start of the season. Eliot Richards will probably be on the bench.

Charlton Athletic v Yeovil Town
Yeovil have found wins hard to come by this season and now they face Charlton, a team that has just put five past the formerly high-flying Peterborough United.
Gavin Williams has fully recovered from an ankle injury and could start alongside Owain Tudur Jones and Shaun MacDonald. Nathan Jones might also start for Yeovil again.

Colchester United v Hartlepool United
Both teams had a disappointing end to last season, with Colchester missing out on the play-offs despite being there for most of the season, while Hartlepool were deducted three points and came very close to relegation. Things are looking similar this season. Colchester are in the play-offs but currently only on goal difference while Hartlepool really don’t want to lose another three points. Although I doubt they’d enjoy three points in any circumstances.
Lee Beevers and Lloyd James are most likely to be on the bench for Colchester.

Dagenham & Redbridge v Oldham Athletic
Dag & Red are in the bottom four but they’ve only lost once at home this season. Quite a lot better than Oldham’s away record.
Tony Roberts returns for Dag & Red after missing four matches with an ankle injury. Kayelden Brown is at Dag & Red on loan but he’s only been on the bench so far.
Joe Jacobson could be on the bench for Oldham.

League One Results 13th November 2010 (Part 2)

Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Rochdale
Sheffield Wednesday’s victory over Rochdale was their third win in three matches.
Rochdale’s Welsh substitutions mirrored Cardiff’s Welsh substitutions even down to the time of substitution. After 71 minutes, Nicky Adams came off and Matt Done went on but Matt was not replacing Nicky.

Swindon Town 2-1 Colchester United
Swindon moved closer to the top half of the table after beating Colchester, who lost an away match for the first time this season.
No Welshmen in this game. Billy Bodin (Swindon) and Lee Beevers and Lloyd James (both Colchester) were all unusued substitutes.

Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Plymouth Argyle
Tranmere moved out of the relegation places with victory over Plymouth, who are ahead of them only on goal difference.
Tranmere are still without ankle injury victim Ash Taylor but he is back in training.
Carl Fletcher (Plymouth) is likely to be able to out with a leg injury for at least another fortnight.

Yeovil Town 1-3 Dagenham & Redbridge
Dag & Red moved ahead of Yeovil on goal difference after beating them 3-1, their first away win of the season.
Nathan Jones started for Yeovil. The assistant manager says he is proud to have more appearances with Yeovil than with any other club in his career.
Owain Tudur Jones played despite a recent thigh strain and got the assist but that probably wasn’t much of a consolation. Shaun MacDonald also started for Yeovil and came close to scoring. Gavin Williams was a late substitute.
Goalkeeper Tony Roberts was absent from Dag & Red’s squad due to an ankle injury. So they did especially well to win. But Dag & Red did have one Welsh player on the bench: Kayelden Brown, who has signed on loan from West Bromwich Albion. He has previously played on loan at Tranmere Rovers this season.

Welsh Player News 9th September 2010 (League One)

Bournemouth defender Rhoys Wiggins wants to play for Wales! Not that I’m surprised but I never get tired of hearing things like that. So far he has ignored his family’s claims that he’s playing with the wrong-shaped ball.

Brentford manager Andy Scott says new signing Nicky Adams can only get better. But he meant it in a good way.
http://www.epsomguardian.co.uk/spor

Carlisle United manager Greg Abbott says he’s in no hurry to start handing out new contracts – even though several players, including Jason Price, will be out of contract in the summer.

Crystal Palace made a bid for Jermaine Easter on deadline day but Milton Keynes Dons manager Karl Robinson was not impressed.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/nationwide2/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer_league_1_and_2/10/09/02/manual_173915.html

Ben Davies was proud to score twice for Notts County as they celebrated 100 years of playing at Meadow Lane. Ben thinks Notts County have a chance of beating the mighty Charlton Athletic at the Valley. Manager Craig Short is very glad Ben is still at the club. Derby did make an offer for him which was rejected but luckily they didn’t come back with an offer he couldn’t refuse. Ben is hoping to score at least 17 goals for Notts County this season. He’s got four already.

Joe Jacobson says Oldham Athletic are feeling very confident after an unbeaten start to the season. Joe says he wants to get back into the first team, despite spending the summer on the transfer list.

Peterborough United’s Arron Davies is likely to be out for three weeks. He's understandably frustrated.

Carl Fletcher is back in training for Plymouth Argyle after recovering from a thigh injury. He could be ready for the next match but manager Peter Reid doesn’t want to risk him.

An article about Ryan Doble’s participation in the Wales under-21 match against Italy was posted on the Southampton website.

Ash Taylor is fed up with life on the sidelines. The young defender/midfielder is one of many Tranmere players on what must be a very crowded treatment table. Ash’s knee is on the mend but he’s got a way to go yet.

Kayleden Brown has returned to West Bromwich Albion after his one-month loan to Tranmere came to an end. They wanted to keep him but he’d have ended up missing half the matches because of Wales’ under-21 matches.

Owain Tudur Jones says his good friendship with the Yeovil Town technical coach was the main reson for his move (though I’m sure his footballing skills played a small part). He’s looking forward to sharing the pitch with Shaun MacDonald again.

League One Results 21st August 2010 Part 2

Peterborough United 4-2 Huddersfield Town
I was a bit surprised to see that many were predicting an instant return to the Championship for Peterborough – and, for that matter, Huddersfield - and certainly to begin with Peterborough didn’t look obviously like a team who were Championship-bound. But after being 2-0 down after the first 33 minutes, Peterborough fought back to a 4-2 victory although admittedly Huddersfield had forgotten how to play football during half-time which probably helped.
Before the match, it was suggested that Arron Davies might get a place in the starting line-up and this prediction turned out to be absolutely right. Arron nearly scored so let’s hope he keeps his place.

Rochdale 1-2 Colchester United
Both managers were unusually complimentary about their opposite numbers as Rochdale played well but didn’t manage to prevent Colchester from taking the points.
Rochdale didn’t seem to have any Welsh players last season but this season they have Matt Done, who signed from Hereford United. I didn’t know about him when he was at Hereford either but it’s not surprising they’ve got loads of Welsh players, they’re right next to Wales. Matt stayed on the bench for this match
Lee Beevers and Lloyd James were on the bench for Colchester and Lee made his first appearance for Colchester for ages with a 79th minute substitute appearance.

Swindon Town 1-1 Brentford
Brentford got their first point away to Swindon Town. Swindon are only a few points above them but they didn’t have a great start last season either and they got to the play-off final. Both teams played well and had chances to win it but neither team did it.
Nicky Adams has only just signed for Brentford from Leicester City but he was on the bench and made his debut as a 68th minute substitute.

Tranmere Rovers 0-3 Bournemouth
Tranmere aren’t really one of the big sides in League One but Bournemouth will rightly be happy with a 3-0 away win. This result might suggest a problem with Tranmere’s defence but they seemed to struggle more in attack. As for Bournemouth, they certainly look the strongest of the promoted teams.
Kayelden Brown made a half-time substitute appearance for Tranmere.
Rhoys Wiggins played well in defence for Bournemouth and showed he’s not that bad in attack either. Joe Partington was on the bench but he correctly predicted that Josh McQuoid would score and got a hug in return – not to mention an invitation to stay at Josh’s house the night before the next home game. Maybe he’ll get a lot more than a hug next time.

Walsall 2-1 Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth opened the scoring in the first half but Walsall fought back to take the win. Plymouth didn’t play badly but they’ll need to improve their defending although for now they are only two points from the play-off places.
Sean Geddes was on the bench for Walsall.
Carl Fletcher played the full match for Plymouth and got what is likely to be the first of many yellow cards. They’ll miss him when he’s suspended.

Yeovil Town 0-2 Hartlepool United
Hartlepool looked like a team in trouble but after this away win, maybe Yeovil are in more trouble still. They really didn’t play well but even so, Hartlepool were quite lucky.
Nathan Jones was in the starting line-up for Yeovil but he played little more than an hour before getting booed off. Even though it was his free kick that led to Yeovil nearly scoring.

League One Fixtures 21st August 2010 Part 3

Tranmere Rovers v Bournemouth
Tranmere are in much the same position as they were this time last season but as though Bournemouth are currently looking much better off, that will change if they lose this match.
Tranmere’s Ash Taylor is out with a knee injury but loanee Kayelden Brown from West Bromwich Albion should be in the squad again. But I’m still not 100% sure how to spell his name, it changes every week.
Rhoys Wiggins should starts but Joe Partington is yet to make the bench for Bournemouth this season.

Walsall v Plymouth Argyle
Both teams will probably need to win to ensure they stay in the top half of the table – but how is that going to happen?
Sean Geddes will probably be on the bench for Walsall. Carl Fletcher will wear the armband for Plymouth.

Yeovil Town v Hartlepool United
Yeovil are hoping for another season in the third tier – and I wouldn’t say it’s impossible but they might like to get a few more Welsh midfielders on loan. Gavin Williams (Bristol City), Owain Tudur Jones (Norwich City) and Shaun MacDonald (Swansea City) did very well for Yeovil last season but they’re all struggling for game time with their current sides – Owain and Shaun haven’t even made it onto the bench for their clubs.
Hartlepool are winless but let’s look at it another way. Hartlepool are unbeaten.
Nathan Jones could start for Yeovil again.