{"id":12536,"date":"2026-01-16T19:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/?p=12536"},"modified":"2026-01-17T14:24:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:24:30","slug":"holly-jones-joins-barry-town-united-until-the-end-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/cy\/holly-jones-joins-barry-town-united-until-the-end-of-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Jones joins Barry Town United until the end of season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-07_Cardiff_v_trefelin_ac_429-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12538\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">CARDIFF, WALES &#8211; 07 JANUARY 2026: Holly Jones of Cardiff City Women in the Bute Energy Welsh Cup 25\/26 fixture between Cardiff City Women FC and Trefelin BGC Women at Cardiff International Sports Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. (Pic by Ashley Crowden\/FAW)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Barry Town United have added to their defensive ranks, with Cardiff City defender Holly Jones joining until the end of the season. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jones has signed on a deal until the end of the season with an agreement that  will see her return to the Bluebirds ahead of the 2026\/27 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The central defender has been a key part of The Bluebirds&#8217; U19s backline in recent times, with the athletic and committed Jones at the heart of City&#8217;s defensive efforts in Phase One of the U19s league. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jones has also captained the U19s, whilst also receiving first team callups after her impressive performances. The 17-year-old has three senior appearances in all competitions this season for Iain Darbyshire&#8217;s side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc26 Holly Jones | Cardiff City | Centre-Back <br><br>Less established in the Adran Premier but a very bright future, Cardiff City U19s captain Holly Jones is everything you want in a defender. <br><br>A reliable, committed and athletic centre half, who is able to play out from the back, Jones\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5gjJ76c9P5\">pic.twitter.com\/5gjJ76c9P5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Harry Ware (@HarryWare07) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarryWare07\/status\/1985780472866336875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally joining Cardiff City from Tredegar Town AFC, Jones will now spend the rest of the campaign at Jenner Park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her first game in a Barry shirt could be at the Swansea.com Stadium on Sunday 25th January, as The Linnets travel to Swansea City. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Town United have added to their defensive ranks, with Cardiff City defender Holly Jones joining until the end of the season. Jones has signed on a deal until the end of the season with an agreement that will see her return to the Bluebirds ahead of the 2026\/27 campaign. The central defender has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":12538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,99,138],"tags":[153,147,139,201],"class_list":["post-12536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports","category-the-adran-leagues-show-extra","tag-barry-town-united","tag-cardiff-city","tag-genero-adran-premier","tag-holly-jones"],"acf":[],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-07_Cardiff_v_trefelin_ac_429-scaled-e1768438920893.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12536"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12608,"href":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12536\/revisions\/12608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cymrusport.cymru\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}