50 league games unbeaten – Trearddur Bay are North Wales’ answer to Leverkusen!

Germany’s Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen are the talk of world football with their amazing undefeated streak.

Xabi Alonso’s invincibles routed hosts VfL Bochum 5-0 on Sunday to stretch their remarkable unbeaten run across all competitions this season to 50 consecutive matches – a European record.

On a considerably lower level, but majorly impressive all the same, Trearddur Bay made it 50 league matches without loss on Wednesday night.

Since re-forming at the start of 2022-23 and also rebranding, dropping the United to become simply Trearddur Bay, the Ynys Môn-based club are yet to lose a league fixture.

In their debut season, they won 24 and drew two of their 26 matches, finishing up champions of the Tier 5 North Wales Coast West Division One.

Meanwhile in the current campaign, the Beach Boys reached the big 50 this week by beating Cemaes Bay 2-1, making it 21 wins, three draws and no losses in 2023-24 and back-to-back league titles already in the bag. They still have four league matches to complete.

Yes, Trearddur Bay have a strong squad which some might say should do well, but it comprises on the whole a few of Anglesey’s best players, some brilliant youngsters, plus the added experience of former Welsh Premier League star Les Davies, still a class act but now 39 years of age.

I’ve heard or read detractors talking about “money being thrown around” at Lon Isallt, but without genuine facts to back it up.

It is the case with football in general, that any team doing exceptionally well gets the ‘cash card’ thrown at them. Maybe in some cases it makes a difference, but sometimes there are instances of clubs simply getting together a strong pool of players and doing really well.

Any team which signs North Wales football’s most prolific marksman Asa Thomas, a deadly net-finder at Tier 4 and 5 level and in the past T3, has a great chance of winning the league.

Trearddur have benefited from the 700+ goal legend’s finishing ability for the past two seasons; before that it was Bodedern Athletic and previously Morawelon and the original Trearddur Bay United among others.

But as Asa will tell you himself, it is not all about him. There are numerous quality players at the club as well as a thriving development side, many of whom have made major strides this season in the firsts when called upon.

It’s been far from easy for Bay in Tier 4. Their success in cups has left them with a chronic league fixtures backlog, they have had problems with players availability and injuries, yet still remain unbeaten in 24 games having won away against top teams such as Menai Bridge Tigers, Llanrug United, Nefyn United, Gwalchmai and Llanberis.

Trearddur Bay are not just flourishing in the present, they are building for the future, If I’ve said it once, I’ll say it 50 times, they deserve respect.

FOOTNOTE

As a matter of interest, Arsenal went a record 49 consecutive top-flight league games unbeaten from May 2003 to October 2004, breaking Nottingham Forest’s previous record of 42 set between November 1977 and November 1978.
The Gunners’ run ended in controversy at Old Trafford as a disputed penalty spurred Manchester United to a 2-0 win in October 2004.

TREARDDUR BAY FC (complete league record – Aug 6, 2022 to May 16, 2024)

OVERALL

Played 50
Won 45
Drawn 5
Lost 0
Goals For 233
Goals Against 40
Top scorer (league only): Asa Thomas 97

2023-24

(4 matches still to play. Home: Aberffraw, Llanberis; Away: Amlwch, Glantraeth – record up to 16.5.2024)

Played 24 Won 21 Drawn 3 Lost 0 Goals For 92 Goals Against 24 Points 66

15 May 2024
Trearddur Bay 2-1 Cemaes Bay
9 May 2024
Llanrug United 4-7 Trearddur Bay
27 April 2024
Llanberis 0-1 Trearddur Bay
20 April 2024
Mynydd Llandegai 1-3 Trearddur Bay
17 April 2024
Cemaes Bay 1-1 Trearddur Bay
6 April 2024
Trearddur Bay 3-2 Glantraeth
4 April 2024
Talysarn Celts 0-3 Trearddur Bay
2 April 2024
Trearddur Bay 1-1 Menai Bridge Tigers
22 March 2024
Menai Bridge Tigers 0-3 Trearddur Bay
16 March 2024
Llannerchymedd 3-8 Trearddur Bay
9 March 2024
Nefyn United 2-5 Trearddur Bay
24 February 2024
Trearddur Bay 1-0 Talysarn Celts
17 February 2024
Trearddur Bay 3-0 Penrhyndeudraeth
10 February 2024
Trearddur Bay 6-1 Pentraeth
13 January 2024
Gwalchmai 0-1 Trearddur Bay
6 January 2024
Trearddur Bay 2-2 Mynydd Llandegai
25 November 2023
Trearddur Bay 3-0 Nefyn United
18 November 2023
Trearddur Bay 6-4 Llanrug United
21 October 2023
Trearddur Bay 6-1 Llannerchymedd
14 October 2023
Penrhyndeudraeth 0-4 Trearddur Bay
16 September 2023
Pentraeth 0-6 Trearddur Bay
29 August 2023
Aberffraw 0-6 Trearddur Bay
12 August 2023
Trearddur Bay 6-1 Amlwch Town
5 August 2023
Trearddur Bay 5-0 Gwalchmai

2022-23

Played 26 Won 24 Drawn 2 Lost 0 Goals For 141 Goals Against 16 Points 74

6 May 2023
Trearddur Bay 9-0 CPD Y Fali
29 April 2023
Arriva 0-4 Trearddur Bay
22 April 2023
CPD Mountain Rangers 0-7 Trearddur Bay
18 April 2023
Caergybi 0-7 Trearddur Bay
15 April 2023
Bethesda Rovers 0-6 Trearddur Bay
8 April 2023
CPD Cefni 1-3 Trearddur Bay
25 March 2023
Holyhead Town 0-15 Trearddur Bay
18 March 2023
Trearddur Bay 3-0 Bontnewydd
11 March 2023
Trearddur Bay 5-1 Caergybi
4 March 2023
Trearddur Bay 3-1 Cemaes Bay
25 February 2023
Trearddur Bay 7-2 Arriva
18 February 2023
Bontnewydd 1-4 Trearddur Bay
11 February 2023
Trearddur Bay 6-0 Mountain Rangers
4 February 2023
Llanfairpwll 0-4 Trearddur Bay
28 January 2023
Trearddur Bay 4-0 Bethesda Rovers
7 January 2023
Llanystumdwy 1-1 Trearddur Bay
10 December 2022
Trearddur Bay 2-1 Llanystumdwy
3 December 2022
Gaerwen 0-10 Trearddur Bay
5 November 2022
Trearddur Bay 5-1 Llanfairpwll
15 October 2022
Trearddur Bay 4-2 Cefni
8 October 2022
Trearddur Bay 4-1 Llangoed & District
8 September 2022
Cemaes Bay 1-1 Trearddur Bay
29 August 2022
Trearddur Bay 12-1 Holyhead Town
17 August 2022
Y Fali 0-5 Trearddur Bay
10 August 2022
Trearddur Bay 5-0 Gaerwen
6 August 2022
Llangoed & District 2-5 Trearddur Bay