Vauxhall Motors v Ruthin Town
Saturday 1st July 2023
VanEupen Arena AstroTurf
Kick Off Time 3pm

By Ethan Hoijord

The Motormen return to action this Saturday afternoon as they host Cymru North side Ruthin Town, in the first of many summer 2023 friendlies.

Vauxhall come in to this busy schedule on a great high, having clinched the North West Counties Premier Division league title a couple of months prior. Thus, there is plenty of excitement around Ellesmere Port.

Assistant Manager, Joe Heath, has brought his time at The Motors to an end as he will be looking to achieve success in Australia. We wish him the best with that!

The experienced Alan Morgan has came in to provide assistance to manager Mick McGraa in what is a year to look forward to.

Ruthin provide the first summer test, simply nicknamed ‘The Town’ they finished 5th in The North Division last season.

In their early history Ruthin reached the Welsh Cup Final. However, they lost 2-1 to Druids.

It was quite a successful start to their time as a club as six players appeared for Wales between 1880 and 1895, Winger William Pierce Owen netting six in twelve appearances.

Ruthin Town FC Information:
Nickname – The Town.
Formed – 1880.
Ground – Memorial Playing Fields, capacity 2000.
Managers – Ste Connor and Phil Hudson joined the Denbighshire side in 2020 after winning honours at Brymbo, Woodchurch Athletic and Ashville.
Honours – North Wales Alliance Cup Winners 1967 and 1973. North East Wales FA Challenge Cup Winners 2018 and 2022. Welsh National League Wrexham Area Second Division Champions 1980. Third Division Champions 1979. Premier Division Cup Winners 1992, 2014 and 2016. League Cup Winners 1980.
Playing colours – Blue (Home) Red (Away).