200 goals in a season doesn’t happen that often – Bangor City 1876 just did it, remember this team doing it too?
When I first noticed CPD Dinas Bangor City 1876 had passed 200 goals in all competitions this season, it made me wonder how common an occurrence is this?
My conclusion was, after almost 40 years in North Wales sport reporting, it is not a regular thing at all.
Especially in today’s North Wales football scene, where many cup competitions have been scrapped or trimmed and league sizes cut, 200+ goals in a season is fairly rare.
In lifting a treble of Ardal North West title, FAW Amateur Trophy and Ardal Northern League Cup as well as reaching the Welsh Cup semi-finals, Bangor scored 217 goals in 51 matches.
This got me thinking of other prolific goal scoring teams I’ve covered over the years.
One which stands out is the Cefn Albion side of 2014-15.
It was their debut season, they won four competitions, just missed out on a fifth and amassed 237 goals in just 37 matches – not far off an average of seven goals a game!
That was phenomenal, especially for a brand new team, and I still believe that group of players have never received the recognition they deserve.
The tier system in the Welsh pyramid either hadn’t officially started then, or if it had it didn’t get the focus then that it does now. Tier is a buzz word in Welsh football now like never before.
Cefn Albion played in the North East Wales League – Tier 5 at the time.
Its successor – the current North East Wales Football League – was founded in 2020 following the reorganisation of the Welsh pyramid and encompasses Tiers 4, 5 and 6.
The phenomenal Albion
- In 2014/15, newly-founded Cefn Albion scored more goals in North Wales senior soccer than any other team – a stunning 237 in just 37 matches.
- They reached double-figures on six separate occasions, their biggest win a 17-1 hammering of Mold Town United.
- Cefn won the North East Wales League quite comfortably in the end, although they were given a decent run for their money by runners-up Aston Park Rangers.
- In 22 league outings they rattled up an astonishing 150 goals.
- Albion were also unstoppable in scooping the Premier Cup, Presidents Cup and Horace Wynne Cup to make it a quadruple
- They were denied a full house on the final night of the season when they were pipped 2-1 by Aston Park Rangers in the Clwyd Cup Final.
- Cefn’s only other loss in 37 games was away to Connah’s Quay Tigers in the league.
- Their top scorer was Nicky Williams with 59 goals, closely followed by Oliver Davies on 53.
CEFN ALBION STATS 2014-15
WINNERS
North East Wales League
President’s Cup
Premier Cup
Horace Wynne Cup
OVERALL MATCH RECORD: Played 37 Won 35 Lost 2 Goals For 237 Goals Against 29
LEAGUE: Played 22 Won 21 Drawn 0 Lost 1 Goals For 150 Goals Against 15
PRESIDENTS CUP: Played 4 Won 4 Goals For 32 Goals Against 4
PREMIER CUP: Played 4 Won 4 Goals For 20 Goals Against 2
HORACE WYNNE CUP: Played 4 Won 4 Goals For 25 Goals Against 5
CLWYD CUP: Played 3 Won 2 Lost 1 Goals For 10 Goals Against 3
GOALSCORERS
59 – Nick Williams
53 – Oliver Davies
24 – Alex Williams
15 – Sean Jones
14 – Jamie Foulkes
13 – Torne Samuels, Nic Jones
10 – Josh Williams
9 – Lee Price, Tom Evans
6 – Nathan Williams
4 – Paul Griffiths
2 – Adam Davies, Mark Richards, Craig Roberts
1 – Josh Valentine, Scott Rogers