{"id":7672,"date":"2024-03-15T15:16:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/?p=7672"},"modified":"2024-03-19T15:20:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T15:20:02","slug":"felinheli-aim-to-continue-remarkable-genero-adran-north-season-as-llandudno-visit-cae-seilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/news\/felinheli-aim-to-continue-remarkable-genero-adran-north-season-as-llandudno-visit-cae-seilo\/","title":{"rendered":"Felinheli aim to continue ‘remarkable’ Genero Adran North season as Llandudno visit Cae Seilo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sunday represents a chance for Felinheli to record one of the biggest wins in their history.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last season saw the club finish in fourth place in the Genero Adran North; eleven points off of third place, and 25 points away from title winners Wrexham. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But having picked up ten points from their last 15 available to end the season, there was optimism amongst the squad that they had something to build on. However, no one thought Felinheli would be involved in a title battle this year like they are, according to Jenna Tugwell-Allsup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t expect to be where we are at all. I joined at the start of the season, and I always knew the Adran North was a very tough league. Playing the likes of Connah\u2019s Quay and Llandudno is very tough from a mental standpoint and a physical one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were kind of reorganising at the start of the season, so there wasn\u2019t much pressure on us. Our manager, Aron Jones-Evans, had faith in us and had a certain expectation with the squad he put together, but I don\u2019t think anyone would have thought we would be where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Felinheli certainly don\u2019t have the attraction that more-established clubs like Connah\u2019s Quay and Llandudno have, but that doesn\u2019t show on the pitch. Having defeated the Nomads 4-0 away from home, there is a renewed confidence in the team, a confidence that has taken them to where they are now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe play like we\u2019ve got nothing to lose because there\u2019s no kind of expectation on us. We try not to put pressure on ourselves, some individuals will but we as a team try not to. Going to Connah\u2019s Quay, we knew we had nothing to lose, and we also knew we had to pick up the intensity to really close that gap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had a couple of key players missing from the home game who were available for the away one, but something just clicked during that game. We had a lot of new signings, and it did take us a while to gel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou compare that to Connah\u2019s Quay and Llandudno who are well established sides, and their squads haven\u2019t changed significantly in a few years. We took a bit of time to get up and going, and we had a few losses, but we played with so much confidence that day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you look at it in finer detail, it\u2019s pretty remarkable what Felinheli are doing this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you were to ask Joe Bloggs off the street where Felinheli was, not many would be able to locate it on a map, but for Tugwell-Allsup, she and her side are very much enjoying defying the odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you talk to people outside of North Wales or even outside of the Gwynedd area, not a lot of people know where Felinheli is. We\u2019re a very small village situated between Caernarfon and Bangor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the squad we\u2019ve got from such a small place, it\u2019s amazing what we\u2019re doing. Connah\u2019s Quay are an academy level club, Llandudno is huge with a big catchment area. So, for us to be doing what we\u2019re doing is remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, they face their biggest test, as they take on top of the table Llandudno. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dudno can win the league with a win, but if Felinheli win this and all their remaining games, they can overtake the Seasiders if other results fall their way. All of this said, the last time they faced off against each other, the current leaders won 7-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That result hurt Felin, but Tugwell-Allsup knows this time around, things will be difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat 7-2 defeat in Llandudno was tough. It was on a Wednesday night, and midweek games are always difficult from a nutrition and work standpoint. I think we had five of what I would call our starting eleven missing for that game, and sometimes the loss of key players can be a psychological one as well as a physical one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSunday will be a very difficult game. It will be a big battle, and it\u2019ll come down to who can control themselves and cut out their mistakes and express themselves the most. Playing at home will give us a boost, but we\u2019ll go into the game with a mindset of, we\u2019ve got nothing to lose. Llandudno need to drop points for us to win, so there\u2019s a pressure on them to get the win on Sunday, because they are in a stronger position to win the league.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of if Felinheli win or not on Sunday, this will go down as their most successful season to date, and the influential midfielder is looking forward to seeing what the end of the season will bring them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing in the top three of the Adran North is a testament to our success. It\u2019s a competitive league and it\u2019s a real achievement for us to be where we are. We\u2019ve also got a semi-final against Rhyl in the NWCFA Women\u2019s Challenge Cup to look forward to, and then we could have a potential final against Llandudno, which would be very interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last season saw the club finish in fourth place in the Genero Adran North; eleven points off of third place, and 25 points away from title winners Wrexham.  But having picked up ten points from their last 15 available to end the season, there was optimism amongst the squad that they had something to build […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":7675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ftr_img_focal":{"x":0.4,"y":0.17},"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"class_list":["post-7672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adran-north"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7672"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7678,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7672\/revisions\/7678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}