CPD Seintiau Bangor Saints FC

Great afternoon of coasteering in Porth Darfarch for some of the boys thanks to AngleseyPursuits

Space available in our current under 12’s squad for the coming season 💙⚽️

Please get in touch or email [email protected] if your child would like to join a great established team ⚽️💙

Bangor Saints U12s 2026/27

Do you have a child going up to Year 7 in September and is looking for a football team.?
We have a couple of spaces for players to join the squad.
Please message or send an email for more information 😇💙⚽️

Some of the clubs biggest supporters are holding a summer fair!! If anyone is able to support or would like to hire a table please get in touch

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cxx4oFUQk/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Not long now until the Glanadda Community Centre summer fair ☀️ 22nd August

If anyone would like to hire a table or has any donations please contact the numbers on the poster

Always a fab little fair - everyone welcome

Bangor Saints are Looking For Volunteers, to Coach a new under 7s for 2026/27 Season.
Dbs and Course(s) Fully funded.

This saturday, our Social Media Officer Sophie is getting Muddy!

Sophie is taking part in the Pretty Muddy 5K in Liverpool to raise money for Cancer Research in memory of her Uncle and Grandad!

Any donations towards this cause would be highly appreciated 💙🎀💕

Sophie's Race for Life Cancer is happening right now, which is why I'm taking part in a Race for Life Pretty Muddy to raise money and save lives. 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Every single pound you donate makes a difference to Cancer Research UK’s groundbreaking work, so please sponsor ...

As The season comes to an end for 2025-26...
We would like to Thank our coaches past, present and future.

AN OPEN LETTER TO EVERY VOLUNTEER COACH
Dear Coach,

You probably don’t hear this often enough.

Thank you.

Thank you for setting your alarm on a Sunday morning when everyone else is enjoying a lie-in.

Thank you for standing in the freezing rain, the pouring rain and, occasionally, the blazing sunshine.

Thank you for giving up evenings that could have been spent with your own family.

Thank you for planning sessions long after everyone else has gone to bed.

Thank you for pumping footballs up in your shed, pitch side
For washing bibs.
For loading goals into your car.
For marking pitches.
For chasing registrations.
For replying to messages at 10 o’clock at night.
For wondering whether you’ve picked the right team.
For worrying about the child who’s gone quiet recently.
For making sure every player gets home safely.
For doing a hundred jobs that nobody ever sees.
Most people only notice coaches for ninety minutes on a Sunday.
What they don’t see is everything that happens during the other six days.

They don’t see you ordering kit
Booking pitches.
Organising referees.
Completing safeguarding courses.
Updating Full-Time.
Attending league meetings.
Checking weather forecasts.
Cancelling sessions.
Rearranging fixtures.
Finding volunteers.
Organising presentations.
Applying for grants.
Fixing broken nets.
Finding spare shin pads.
Replacing forgotten water bottles.

Trying to make football affordable for every family.

The truth is, you’re often the first person to arrive and the last person to leave.

And you do it because you care.
Not because anybody pays you.
Not because anybody makes you.

Because somewhere along the line, you decided children deserved the opportunity to enjoy football.

That decision matters more than you probably realise.

Because while you’re teaching passing, shooting and defending…

You’re also teaching something much bigger.

Respect.
Teamwork
Resilience.
Confidence.
Kindness.

How to win with humility.
How to lose with dignity.
How to encourage a teammate.
How to keep going when things don’t go your way.

Children won’t remember every drill you set
They won’t remember every scoreline.
They won’t remember every league table.
But they will remember how you made them feel.

They’ll remember the coach who believed in them when they didn’t believe in themselves.
The coach who gave them confidence to try again after making a mistake.
The coach who noticed when something wasn’t quite right.
The coach who celebrated effort just as much as goals.

Years from now, they’ll remember your encouragement far more than your tactics.
Of course, coaching isn’t always easy.

Sometimes you’ll question yourself.
Sometimes you’ll drive home wondering if you got everything wrong.
Sometimes you’ll read criticism online.
Sometimes you’ll receive messages that knock your confidence.
Sometimes you’ll lose players.
Sometimes you’ll lose matches.
Sometimes you’ll wonder whether it’s worth carrying on.

Those days happen to every coach.
But here’s something worth remembering…

For every complaint you receive, there are dozens of parents quietly grateful for what you do.

For every difficult conversation, there are children who can’t wait to see you at training again.

For every frustrating Saturfau-Sunday morning, there are hundreds of memories you’re helping to create.
Grassroots football isn’t built by television money.
It isn’t built by famous players.
It isn’t built by expensive facilities.
It’s built by ordinary people doing extraordinary things every single week.
People like you.

The volunteers who never ask for recognition.

Who quietly unlock the clubhouse.
Set out the cones.
Collect the corner flags.
Pack everything away again.
And then do it all again next week.
Without you, there are no teams.
Without you, there are no matches.
Without you, there are no football memories.

So if nobody has said it recently…

Thank you.

Not because you’re perfect.
Not because coaching is easy.
But because you keep turning up.
Week after week.
Season after season.
Changing lives in ways you may never fully realise.
You may never manage at Wembley.
You may never lift a major trophy.
You may never become famous.
But somewhere, years from now, an adult will smile when they remember their childhood football coach.
And there’s every chance that coach will be you.
That’s a legacy few people ever get to leave.

Thank you for everything you do for grassroots football

⚽ CPD Seintiau Bangor Saints FC U15s are celebrating after receiving brand-new kits thanks to Royal Mail's Kits 4 Kids programme.

The team was selected from thousands of nominations from across the UK and the new kit will help reduce costs for families while boosting team spirit and pride. 👏

Read more here 👉 https://www.thebangoraye.com/bangor-saints-fc-celebrates-as-royal-mail-funds-new-kit/

FORWARDED ON FROM Grassroots Football UK

A Message from a Player about their Dad, the Coach...⤵️

"People often say, “It must be great having your dad as coach!” Sometimes it is, but often it’s not that simple.

When others have family cheering just for them, I share mine with everyone. My dad’s support is spread across the whole team, and sometimes what I do is missed. When people criticise the coach, they’re criticising my dad. That hurts not just him, but me too. I see how those comments follow him home, how they affect his mood and our family time.

Game days are different for me. While others relax before or leave right after, I’m helping set up or pack away. I feel the pressure to always perform, because I’m “the coach’s kid,” and people expect me to be perfect.

What most don’t see is the hours my dad puts in outside of training, the stress he carries, or how he hides his tiredness from work just to give us all a great session. He’s a volunteer, sacrificing so much, and I’m proud of him.

So please remember, being the coach’s son or daughter isn’t about 'getting everything', It’s about giving everything."

Looking forward to 2026/27 season we are hoping to start another team at the club 😇💙⚽️ Next seasons *Under 7s*

Bangor Saints U12s 2026/27

Do you have a child going up to Year 7 in September and is looking for a football team.?
We have a couple of spaces for players to join the squad.
Please message or send an email for more information 😇💙⚽️