The Welsh Football League’s failure to provide

a promotion candidate means that once more

only one club is relegated from the Welsh

Premier League.

The southern feeder league’s only FAW

Domestic Licence holder, Haverfordwest

County, failed for the third consecutive season

to gain the magical top two slot that would have

guaranteed promotion.

The last southern club to be promoted, Afan

Lido FC, are now relegated and replaced by

north-east Wales club Cefn Druids, themselves

former WPL members.

Meanwhile, the postponed Carmarthen Town v

The New Saints match will now be played

tomorrow, Tuesday the 29th of April and will

decide third place in the Championship

Conference.

The hosts need to win to overtake Bangor City

and also claim home advantage throughout the

UEFA Europa League Play-offs.

Venables wins WPL

Golden Boot With nearest rival Rhys Griffiths only managing

one goal on Saturday, Aberystwyth Town’s

Chris Venables twenty-four league goals wins

him this season’s award with Griffiths on 22

goals and Bala Town’s Mark Connolly in third

place with 21

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Statement by the WPL

regarding flares Unfortunately, at two live televised matches

this month in WPL grounds, there have been

incidents of flares.

These are not only illegal and against all

stadium Ground Regulations, but most

significantly of all, can seriously injure or

even kill spectators or players.

As a League and as clubs, we are all trying

very hard to market ourselves as a family

friendly, safe environment, but these

incidents completely go against these

principles. The only consequence is

negative.

The Corbett Sports WPL Secretary has

written to all member clubs write to remind

them that we should be proactive against

further incidents, by conveying messages to

the most important people; Fans and

Security.

UEFA Play-off matches If Aberystwyth Town win the Welsh Cup on

Saturday, Bala Town will visit Rhyl FC in

the Qualifying Round on May 5th Bank

Holiday Monday - kick-off 15:00.

Otherwise only the bottom four clubs in the

Championship Conference will compete on

the semi-finals on Saturday May 10th

This Week’s fixtures

Tuesday 29th April CHAMPIONSHIP CONFERENCE

Carmarthen Town v The New Saints FC 15:30

Last six encounters

09/03/10 1 2 Tim Hicks 54' Chris Sharp 48' 82; 293

12/01/11 1 3 Nick Harrhy 45' Stephen Pockett 3'(og) Matt Berkeley 22'

Scott Ruscoe 73'(p)

212

17/12/11 0 1 - Alex Darlington 5' 237

15/09/12 0 0 - - 297

16/04/13 0 1 - Mike Wilde 80' 297

14/01/14 0 0 - - 153

ALL-TIME RECORDS

Home wins 5 Away wins 9 Draws 4 Aggregate Score 19 – 28

CURRENT FORM (last 6 matches) Home Team DLLLWW Away Team WDDWWW

Match officials: Referee: Dean John; Assistants: Lewiss Edwards & Phil Thomas

4th Official: Richard Harrington

FAW WELSH CUP

FINAL

Saturday 3rd

May

Referee:

Brian James

Assistants:

Darren Adie

Teifion Cook

4th Official:

Nick Pratt

LIVE ON S4/C

SUSPENSIONS Tom Field Airbus UK Broughton 2 matches from 20/04/14

Steve Abbott Airbus UK Broughton 2 matches from 20/04/14

Gary Isaac Afan Lido FC 1 match from 23/04/14

Adie Harris Port Talbot Town 3 matches from 23/04/14

Mike Roddy Airbus UK Broughton 2 matches from 26/04/14

Craig Jones gap Connah’s Quay 2 matches from 26/04/14

WELSH PREMIER U19 LEAGUE

Tuesday 29th April Bala Town v Newtown AFC

Sunday 4th May Airbus UK Broughton v Newtown AFC

Bala Town v Conwy Borough

Sunday 11th May Newtown v gap Connah’s Quay

Sunday 18th May Conwy Borough v Newtown AFC

To be re-arranged: Airbus UK Broughton v Prestatyn Town

Airbus UK Broughton v Bangor City

Shared Access Welsh Premier Womens League Thursday 1st May

Newcastle Emlyn v Aberystwyth Town

K Bowen T Bevan G Elliott

Sunday 4th

Caernarfon Town v PILCS

Allys Clipsham E Edwards Laura Griffiths

Cardiff City v Cardiff Metropolitan

G Townsend G Chilton M Street

Llandudno Junction v Wrexham

Ceri Pritchard A Dogan Miss C Smith

Swansea City v Llanidloes

B Stitfall J Delve J Taylor

REMAINING FIXTURES Wednesday 7th May

Newcastle Emlyn v Swansea City

Thursday 8th May

Aberystwyth Town v Llanidloes

Sunday 11th May

Cardiff City v Caernarfon Town

Newcastle Emlyn v Cardiff Metropolitan

PILCS v Swansea City

Wednesday 14th May

Llanidloes v PILCS

Sunday 18th May

Llandudno Junction v Newcastle Emlyn

Llanidloes v Swansea City

PILCS v Aberystwyth Town

Wrexham v Caernarfon Town

Sunday 25th May

Newcastle Emlyn v PILCS

CLUB NEWS

ABERYSTWYTH TOWN www.atfc.org.uk Aber Town's excellent crowd of 463 for their last home match against Port Talbot ensured that the Black and

Greens' attendance figures for 2013/4 are the highest for ten years.

The crowd brought the overall figure for the Corbett Sports Welsh Premier League (WPL) matches to 6432, or an

average over 16 games of 402. This represents a 21% increase on last season, and the highest average since

2003/4.

"It is clear that the attacking style of football Manager Ian Hughes has brought to the Club is popular with the

supporters," said Club Marketing Director Thomas Crockett, and the Players and Management have regularly paid

tribute to the support which has helped ensure Town have the second best home playing record in the WPL.

"Friday night matches help enormously to boost WPL crowd figures, and It is true we have also put on a number

of Promotional events this season, such as a Sponsors Day, two Schools Visits, four Student Promotions, a Family

Fun Day and a Club Photograph," said Crockett, "so the hard work of Tom Bates, Stuart Jones, Luke Crocker and

Chris Heffernan on the Marketing Committee has been a really important factor in our attendance boom."

"On behalf of the Club I'd like to take this opportunity to thank our supporters for their fantastic loyalty over the

season, and reassure them we are doing everything possible to ensure we can bring Europa League football to

Park Avenue in July."

Club Stalwart Sion James passed a significant milestone on Saturday when he made his 300th Welsh Premier

League appearance at Bastion Gardens, Prestatyn.

Penrhyncoch born and bred, Sion is one of the longest serving players at the club and has been an integral part of

the first team over the last nine years. He began his career at Aberystwyth before spending time at Carmarthen

Town, Barry Town and Penrhyncoch before returning to Park Avenue in 2004 to cement his place in the first

team.

Happy to play where needed, Sion plays in a variety of positions across the back and midfield, but has made most

of his starts as a centre back. Sion won supporters and players player of the year in season 2009/10, and his best

moment at Aber was surely scoring against his beloved Liverpool in a friendly at Park Avenue in 2009 - though a

hat trick scored at Bow Street a few weeks later ran it close!

AFAN LIDO FC pit hero o u s afan i ofoot a u No news

AIRBUS UK BROUGHTON www.airbusfc.com THE Wingmakers ended their most successful Welsh Premier campaign ever with a 1-1 draw away at

Newtown's Latham Park, to top last season's points tally by five.

It was a creditable outcome for management duo Andy Preece and Andy Morrison, who were again

without several key squad members due to injuries and suspensions and handed a second start to

youngsters Zy Edwards and Aaron Hassall.

This article courtesy of www.airbus fc.com, the Airbus UK Broughton FC website.

..

BALA TOWN www.balatownfc.co.uk No news.

BANGOR CITY

Manager Nev Powell has issued a rallying cry for the supporters to turn out and back the team in the

Europa League play-offs. Speaking after the 2-0 victory of rivals Rhyl, Nev said

"The Bangor fans are a twelfth player to us and always have been. The reason we have been so

successful over the past five years is the Bangor following. I'm sure in two weeks’ time we'll have a big

crowd spurring the lads on and we are all looking forward to it immensely. The fans play a massive part

in what we do".

Nev was also full of praise for his playing staff, paying particular praise to the youngsters.

"You look at the start of the season and we had the budget cut and a lesser playing squad and I think the

club just wanted to ensure we stayed in the league this season but the players have over achieved. You

look at the squads other clubs have assembled and the wage bills other clubs have got, but it still looks

like we have a chance of finishing third so it's all credit to the young players in there because we have

got a wafer thin squad.

“As we have seen last week, if you lose two or three out of them it's really difficult when you are

playing the likes of TNS and the big squads. The players have enjoyed it (the season), it's been a long,

hard road and we've got the play-offs to look forward to and wouldn't it be great if we could get back

into Europe. We've invested a lot of money into our new ground and we've got the training facility

coming and it's not about spending all of the money on the players. We had a modest budget when we

won the league and we want to try and do that again. It's getting harder and harder every year. Clubs

want that dream of Europe and they are throwing as much money as they can at it.

“We've earned the right to be in that play-off semi-final and the players are going to enjoy it. If we can

get into Europe it will be massive for us”.

CARMARTHEN TOWN www.carmarthentownafc.org No news.

gap CONNAH’S QUAY www.the-nomads.co.uk No news!.

NEWTOWN AFC www.newtownafc.co.uk Newtown midfielder Sean Evans is facing time on the sidelines after rupturing his Patellar Tendon during the

Robin's 3-0 win over Rhyl on Good Friday.

Evans suffered the injury late on in the clash after flying into the lilywhites dugout, and he was later taken to

hospital. The former Manchester United man had an MRI scan and the results were today revealed.

Club Physio Wayne Peter who has been keeping a close eye on Evans injury released the news.

He said: "Sean's MRI scan showed he has suffered a grade three rupture of the Patellar Tendon with extensive

damage to other soft tissue within the knee joint.

"After being discharged from hospital on Friday evening I thought it necessary he went for a scan and he will now

see a leading knee surgeon imminently who will direct his rehabilitation.

"I would like to wish Sean all the best in what is another major injury setback for him, but with the attitude he has

I am positive he can come through this even stronger. And I am committed to helping him achieve that and see

him doing what he does best on the pitch in the future."

In his career Evans has suffered other serious injuries, such as a broken leg during a match while at AFC Telford

United. Boss Chris Hughes said today how big of a loss Evans will be to the side, and has praised the work done

by physio Peter and his assistant Sophie Love.

He said: "Sean is going to be a big loss for us as he is just coming in to form, however myself and the

management team, as well as the players need to pull together now.

"I speak for everyone at the club, players, supporters and directors when I wish Sean all the best in his recovery,

and I am sure he will be back scoring goals soon.

"Also a big thanks goes to Wayne and Sophie for the work they have done in helping Sean so far."

Evans won't play a part in the rest of Newtown's season, and it is not known for how long the knee injury will

keep him out of the game..

PORT TALBOT TOWN www.porttalbottown.co.uk PORT Talbot Town have received a second Healthy Heart grant from national charity Heart Research UK and

sandwich franchise SUBWAY stores for the community work it is doing with teenagers.

Port Talbot Community Sports, the charitable arm of Port Talbot Town FC, has been awarded nearly £9,000 to

fund their second healthy heart project with a new focus – the first time a second grant has been awarded to a

Welsh organisation.

The club previously received funding for its ‘Lion Heart’ project which brought

healthy heart messages to primary school pupils aged 8-11 and reached 10

primary schools in the Neath Port Talbot area. Due to the success of this project,

Port Talbot Community Sport wants to broaden its reach by teaching teenagers

and youth clubs how to look after their hearts.

The Healthy Heart project will be completed by 10 local youth clubs each

receiving four weeks of heart healthy sessions. The sessions will be two hours long with the first hour focusing on

the negative impacts of alcohol, smoking and drug miss-use as well as how to have a healthy diet and the

importance of exercise for the heart. The club’s GenQuip Stadium will be the host of the project which is the

perfect environment for the activity side of the session. The hour long coaching session will consist of football,

tag rugby, Kwik cricket and others, to help encourage the teenagers to try a variety of different sports. Every

quarter a football festival will be held at the stadium to inspire teenagers to stay active and healthy. On March 31

over 150 girls aged six to 11 from 11 local schools took part in a 22-team round-robin tournament, they were also

joined by Wales manager Chris Coleman.

All participants will also receive a free match ticket to a Welsh Premiership football match.

Lee John, Head of Community Development at Port Talbot Community Sports says: “We are absolutely thrilled

about the new grant, as the first organisation to be awarded the grant on two occasions we are very grateful.

“In the new project we will be working very closely with the local ‘Youth Service’ where we will be engaging

with local teenagers in the Neath/ Port Talbot area, at peak anti-social behaviour times. The project will focus on

raising awareness of important heart health subjects.

“We hope to provide sustainability to the project long term, as all youth clubs will have a volunteer base within

their community – this will be linked with our ‘Time Banking’ System. We are delighted to be promoting positive

heart messages in the Neath Port Talbot area and working with HRUK and sandwich franchise SUBWAY®

stores.

Barbara Harpham, National Director at Heart Research UK says: “We are delighted to award Port Talbot

Community Sport this second grant to help teenagers learn about how to look after their hearts.

“We were really pleased with the success of their previous project and are looking forward to seeing how they

progress. Educating teenagers about the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle through projects like this are

great way of making it fun and interactive, creating good habits that will hopefully stay with them for a lifetime.”

Manaaz Akhtar, Regional Marketing Director for the SUBWAY® brand in Europe, says: “The SUBWAY® brand

is delighted to be able to fund this worthwhile initiative. Thanks to the fundraising efforts of our staff and

customers in Wales, we have managed to support a unique community project which will help to promote heart

health.”

PRESTATYN TOWN www.ptfconline.co.uk Reserve team manager Mark Boulton has sadly decided to step down as manager due to ill health. Mark has been

a great servant to the club over the years, bringing in numerous trophies to the club as well as bringing through a

large number of players from the reserves to the first team. Bolly`s success has led to the Daily Post’s Dave Jones

describing Bolly as probably the greatest manager the Clwyd League has ever known.

Everyone at the club wishes Mark a speedy recovery, and we are sure he will still be a regular at Bastion Gardens.

Another game where we did not take our chances; being in control for large parts of the game we didn't take our

chances like other games this season and a lapse in concentration means we lose the game by the odd goal.

I think it’s disappointing for the board and the fans - and I'm really disappointed myself that we did not stay up in

the league by the right manner by winning the last game of the season. A disappointing season for us over all and

something we have to reflect on and make sure we come back better and stronger for next season- more like the

Prestatyn we have been for the last seven years

RHYL FC www.rhylfc.co.uk No news.

THE NEW SAINTS FC www.tnsfc.co.uk No news

SCORECARD

Tuesday 22nd April 2014 Aberystwyth Town 6 Geoff Kellaway 16' 24' Mark Jones 18' Chris Venables 27' 90'+4

Rhydian Davies 90'+3 Port Talbot Town 1 Rhys Griffiths 48' Aberystwyth Town 4. Peter Hoy, 2. Sion James (15. Luke Sherbon 65'), 3. Antonio

Corbisiero, 5. Stuart Jones, 7. Chris Venables, 8. Bari Morgan (17.

Tom Shaw 41'), 9. Mark Jones, 10. Geoff Kellaway (19. Rhydian

Davies 70'), 11. Cledan Davies, 16. Craig Williams, 18. Wyn

Thomas

Sub not used: 31. Jamie Butler Red Cards: None Yellow Cards: Kellaway 59'

Port Talbot Town 29. Steven Hall, 18. Jason Bertorelli, 4. Ashley Evans, 26. Rhys

Griffiths, 11. Lee John, 6. Gethin Jones, 19. Adie Harris, 15. Jake

Parry (20. Sam O'Sullivan 57'), 22. Daniel Sheehan, 5. Lee Surman,

14. Sacha Walters

Subs not used: 12. Leigh De Vulgt, 17. Duane Saunders

Red Cards: Harris 86' Yellow Cards: Harris 29' & 86' Evans 30' Griffiths 80'

Attendance: 463 Referee: Mark Petch

Saturday 26th April 2014 Afan Lido FC 1 Greg Hurley 26' gap Connah’s Quay 8 Mike Hayes 17' 83' Gary O'Toole 21' 40' 70' Paul Mooney 49'

Luke Holden 53' Lee Healey 89' Afan Lido FC 1. Daniel James, 16. Scott McCoubrey, 12. Gareth Phillips, 7.

Connor Harris, 37. Joshua Evans, 35. Jandir Zola (35. Shayne

Hegarty 71'), 18. Greg Hurley (45. Chris Rees 69'), 34. Andrew

Pearson (15. Jake Howe 16'), 17. Alex Gammond, 36. Casey

Thomas, 10. Luke Llewellyn

Subs not used: 42. Christian Robbins, 6. Paul J Evans, 19. Jack

Underwood, 46. Michael Pursey Red Cards: None Yellow Cards: Llewellyn 37' Harris 87'

gap Connahs Quay 25. Terry McCormick, 3. Sean Smith, 47. Jack Riley, 12. Jack

Rowlands, 4. Mark McGregor (2. Chris Rowntree 71'), 24. Gary

Roberts, 15. Paul Mooney (5. Lee McArdle 63'), 8. Daniel Forde, 9.

Mike Hayes, 27. Gary O'Toole, 11. Luke Holden (26. Lee Healey

60')

Subs not used: 7. Simon Everall, 34. Abe Dobson, 46. Sean

Cookson Red Cards: None Yellow Cards: Holden 57'

Attendance: 123 Referee: Huw Jones Bangor City 2 Chris Jones 38' Les Davies 52' Rhyl FC 0 - Bangor City 1. Jack Cudworth, 2. Declan Walker, 3. Chris Roberts, 4. Michael

Johnston, 6. Anthony Miley, 20. Ryan Edwards, 19. Damian Allen,

11. Sion Edwards (17. James Colbeck 84'), 7. Chris Jones, 9. Les

Davies (14. Joe Culshaw 90'+3), 8. Robert Jones (15. Jamie

McDaid 74')

Subs not used: 13. Nick Bould, 16. Iolo Hughes, 23. Gerwyn Jones,

22. Corey Jones Red Cards: None Yellow Cards: S.Edwards 60'

Rhyl FC 1. Alex Ramsay, 3. Liam Benson, 14. Ryan Astles, 10. Josh

Williams (16. Danny Laverty 56'), 18. Sean Dowling, 8. Paul

McManus, 25. Mark Cadwallader (19. Jonathan Bathurst 56'), 7.

Danny Hughes, 23. Carlos Roca (27. Tom Jones 80'), 15. Peter

Dogan, 17. David Forbes

Subs not used: 40. Michael Askew (gk), 30. Daniel Williams, 20.

Greg Strong, 6. Mark Powell Red Cards: None Yellow Cards: Bathurst 71' Dogan 75' Hughes 83'

Attendance: 559 Referee: Lee Evans

Carmarthen Town P Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch The New Saints FC P

Newtown AFC 1 Zach Evans 40'(p) Airbus UK Broughton 1 Mike Pearson 42' Newtown AFC 31. Chris Mullock, 19. Craig Williams, 5. Kieran Mills-Evans, 6.

Shane Sutton, 21. James Bloom (20. Tom Goodwin 27'), 4. Lance

Jones (16. Callum Wright 85'), 8. Matthew Cook, 17. Zach Evans,

9. Luke Boundford, 7. Matthew Hearsey, 11. Neil Mitchell

Sub not used: 14. James O'Neill Red Cards: None Yellow Cards: None

Airbus UK Broughton 1. James Coates, 4. Mike Pearson, 5. Ian Kearney, 7. Andy Jones,

8. Glenn Rule, 10. Steve Jones, 15. Sam Hart, 16. Aaron Hassall,

18. James Owen (25. Myles Hart 80'), 24. Zyiac Edwards, 39. Jason

Oswell (9. Chris Budrys 80')

Subs not used: 27. Chris Doran, 31. Lee Emberton Red Cards: None Yellow Cards: Kearney 40' Hassell 74' S.Hart 75'

Attendance: 282 Referee: Mark Whitby

Port Talbot Town 2 Guillem Bauza 14' Rhys Griffiths 74' Bala Town 1 Stephen Brown 29'(p) Port Talbot Town 29. Steven Hall, 5. Lee Surman, 22. Daniel Sheehan, 6. Gethin

Jones, 2. Ryan Green, 4. Ashley Evans (20. Sam O'Sullivan 84'),

11. Lee John, 23. Guillem Bauza (14. Sacha Walters 70'), 26. Rhys

Griffiths, 9. Martin Rose, 12. Leigh De Vulgt

Subs not used: 1. Conah McFenton, 13. Keiran Williams, 15. Jake

Parry Red Cards: None Yellow Cards: Hall 28' Green 36'

Bala Town 1. Ashley Morris, 2. Daniel Collins, 4. Stuart Jones, 12. Dave

Morley, 6. Conall Murtagh, 7. Mark Connolly, 9. Sean Thornton,

11. Steffan Edwards (18. Lewis Codling 60'), 17. Stephen Brown,

22. Ryan Wyn Jones, 10. Ian Sheridan (24. Chris Mason 75') Subs not used: 23. Matthew Boswell (gk), 5. Ryan Valentine, 21.

Stephen Fisher Red Cards: None Yellow Cards: S.Jones 41' Codling 68'

Attendance: 167 Referee: Dean John Prestatyn Town 0 - Aberystwyth Town 1 Luke Sherbon 79' Prestatyn Town 1. Dave Roberts, 2. Chris Davies (21. Kieran Ellis 77'), 3. Jack

Lewis, 4. Dave Hayes, 5. Sean Hessey (6. Gareth Wilson 44'), 7.

Michael Parker, 27. Rob Hughes, 23. Greg Stones, 10. Lee Hunt,

12 . James Stead (17. Adam Eden 82'), 11. Ross Stephens

Subs not used: 14. Dale Lee, 17. Carl Murray, 16. Tom Kemp, 26.

Scott Williams Red Cards: None Yellow Cards: Hughes 59' Parker 87'

Aberystwyth Town 4. Peter Hoy, 2. Sion James, 3. Antonio Corbisiero, 5. Stuart Jones,

7. Chris Venables, 9. Mark Jones, 11. Cledan Davies, 14. Krzystzof

Nalborski, 15. Luke Sherbon, 16. Craig Williams, 19. Rhydian

Davies (17. Tom Shaw 86')

Subs not used: 8. Bari Morgan, 18. Wyn Thomas, 31. Jamie Butler,

10. Geoff Kellaway Red Cards: None Yellow Cards: None

Attendance: 307 Referee: Kevin Parry

TABLE Home Away Championship Conference P W D L F A W D L F A Pts G.Diff The New Saints FC 31 13 3 0 53 7 9 4 2 33 12 73 67 Airbus UK Broughton 32 9 3 4 29 14 8 6 2 27 20 59 22 Bangor City 32 8 1 7 27 29 6 5 5 20 21 48 -3 Carmarthen Town 31 7 3 5 27 20 6 3 7 26 31 45 2 Newtown AFC 32 7 4 5 23 23 5 2 9 23 35 42 -12 Rhyl FC 32 7 3 6 25 24 4 2 10 18 25 38 -6 Play-off Conference

Aberystwyth Town 32 9 5 2 46 25 6 4 6 26 23 51 24 Bala Town 32 7 3 6 29 18 6 3 7 32 27 45 16 Port Talbot Town 32 5 5 6 20 17 5 3 8 25 36 38 -8 gap Connah’s Quay 32 5 4 7 19 28 5 4 7 28 37 38 -18 Prestatyn Town 32 4 6 6 25 21 5 2 9 17 26 35 -5 Afan Lido FC 32 2 2 12 14 56 1 4 11 7 44 15 -79R

Aberystwyth Town deducted 3pts for fielding suspended player # Airbus UK Broughton deducted 1pt for fielding ineligible player

TOPSCORERS

Surname Firstname Club VENABLES Chris Aberystwyth Town 24

GRIFFITHS Rhys Port Talbot Town 22

CONNOLLY Mark Bala Town 21

DOIDGE Christian Carmarthen Town 16

DRAPER Greg The New Saints FC 16

HUNT Lee Prestatyn Town 16

WILDE Mike The New Saints FC 16

DAVIES Les Bangor City 14

O'TOOLE Gary gap Connah’s Quay 14

HAYES Mike gap Connah’s Quay 12

WELSH PREMIER U19 LEAGUE Wednesday 23rd April Bangor City 5 Sam Faulkner 1' Craig Whelan 5' 16' Shaun Cavanagh 49' Alwyn Roberts 84'

Rhyl FC 0 -

Conwy Borough 2 Aden Shannon 6' 21'

Bala Town 5 Matty Evans 15' Wade Muscart 16' Peter Hope 20' 78' Meilir Williams 73'

Flint Town United 5 Jamie Hayes 11' Josh Robertson 20' Stuart Hayes 25' 35' Gareth Roberts 45'

gap Connah’s Quay 3 Sean Cookson 59' Kieran Gaul 74' Jack Riley 90'

Sunday 27th April Bala Town 4 Peter Hope 25' Osian Davies 44' Wade Muscart 50' Ryan Jones 70'

Aberystwyth Town 0 -

Bangor City 3 Phil Warrington 30' 32' 77'

Newtown AFC 0 -

TABLE Home Away

P W D L F A W D L F A Pts G.Diff

The New Saints FC 20 10 0 0 55 7 7 0 3 31 11 51 68

Bangor City 18 7 1 1 29 8 4 3 2 24 15 37 30

gap Connah’s Quay 19 6 3 1 44 13 4 2 3 28 21 32 38

Prestatyn Town 18 7 0 3 28 21 3 2 3 16 22 32 1

Airbus UK Broughton 17 5 0 2 28 14 4 2 4 20 21 29 13

Bala Town 18 5 2 1 23 8 4 0 6 22 27 29 10

Flint Town United 20 5 1 4 21 17 2 3 5 20 27 25 -3

Aberystwyth Town 20 6 1 3 18 17 2 0 8 10 40 25 -29

Rhyl FC 20 3 3 4 21 21 1 1 8 7 31 16 -24

Newtown AFC 16 2 2 5 13 22 0 0 7 2 40 8 -47

Conwy Borough 18 0 2 7 8 43 0 2 7 11 33 1 -57

Gap Connah’s Quay an Con y Borough e u te 3pts for non-fulfilment of fixtures

The New Saints are champions for 2013-14

SHARED ACCESS WOMENS WELSH PREMIER LEAGUE

Wednesday 23rd

April Llanidloes FC 0 -

Cardiff Metropolitan 3 A y Pi ton 35’ Sophie S hers he 68’ E ie Sargent 77’

Thursday 24th

April Caernarfon Town 3 Anna Jones 50' 70' 78'

Aberystwyth Town 2 Lowri Walker 2' Gemma Kay 10'

Sunday 27th

April Aberystwyth Town 1 Lowri Walker 23'

Llandudno Junction 1 Stacey Treadwell 47'

Caernarfon Town 0 -

Swansea City 5 Emma Beynon 18' 50' Katie Davies 34' Lisa Owen 55' Sarah Adams 80'

Cardiff Metropolitan 1 Emily Brown 3'

PILCS 3 Caitlin Tew 1' Lyndsey Davies 5' Amy Thrupp 53'

Llanidloes FC 0 -

Cardiff City 1 Lauren Hancock 21'

Newcastle Emlyn 1 Vicky Prior 32'

Port Talbot Town 2 Claire Dayley 5' Rachel Ball 54'

TABLE Home Away

P W D L F A W D L F A Pts G.Diff

Cardiff Metropolitan 18 9 0 1 60 4 7 1 0 32 8 49 80

Cardiff City 18 5 2 1 12 6 7 2 1 30 18 40 18

PILCS 15 5 2 1 48 17 6 0 1 22 5 35 48

Swansea City 16 4 3 2 24 11 4 1 2 21 6 28 28

Port Talbot Town 20 4 1 5 19 24 3 3 4 14 24 25 -15

Llanidloes FC 16 3 3 2 17 11 3 0 5 10 30 21 -14

Wrexham FC 18 3 3 3 18 14 2 2 5 11 18 20 -3

Newcastle Emlyn 15 3 1 2 19 13 2 2 5 14 19 18 1

Llandudno Junction 18 1 0 7 8 29 1 5 4 17 29 11 -33

Caernarfon Town 17 4 0 5 21 33 0 0 8 7 64 9 -69

Aberystwyth Town 17 1 1 7 7 23 1 0 7 7 32 7 -41

Northop Hall resigned from the League and their record was expunged

Caernarfon Town deducted 3 points for non-fulfilment of fixture

THE LAST WORD from Gwyn Derfel

I had hoped that the League fixtures would have been completed before penning this article – but

obviously the footballing gods had other ideas over the weekend.

I accept that re-scheduling the Carmarthen and New Saints match for tomorrow night is not ideal but

both clubs were consulted regarding a number of alternative dates and so Tuesday it is.

If the Old Gold do manage to beat the Champions they will secure home advantage through the Play-Off

process so there’s still plenty to play for.

The Play-Off Semi Finals will happen on May the 10th.

However if Aberystwyth beat TNS in the Welsh

Cup Final on Saturday then Bala will travel to Rhyl next Monday for a Quarter Final game – so the

excitement keeps coming. Even if you’re not an Aber or TNS fan – please do your best to support the

event. If it’s as half as good as last season’s final from a neutral’s perspective – it will be well worth it.

For the last time this season I visited the Marston’s Stadium on Saturday. Although the young Lido side

were heavily beaten again, by an impressive Gap Connah’s Quay team – they fought hard until the final

whistle and showed a lot of heart and promise. I wish them all the best in the Welsh League and would

like to place on record my personal thanks to Alan Howells at the club for his co-operation since I have

been in post.

As this season has proved time and time again – football has a habit of churning up unpredictable

results. I went to watch unbeaten Cardiff Met host PILCS on Sunday – and the students only needed a

point to be crowned Shared Access Welsh Premier Women’s Champions. PILCS however put Met’s

treble celebrations on hold as they won 3-1 on Cyncoed’s impressive 3G pitch.

It’s great being a neutral supporter sometimes. Enjoy your week.

Y GAIR OLAF gan Gwyn Derfel

‘Roeddwn wedi gobeithio y byddai holl gemau’r Cynghrair wedi eu chwarae bellach wrth gwrs ond

‘doedd y duwiau pêl-droed ddim yn gwenu arnom dros y penwythnos.

‘Rwy’n derbyn yn llwyr nad yw ail-drefnu gêm Caerfyrddin yn erbyn Y Seintiau Newydd nos yfory’n

ddelfrydol ond gwnaed y penderfyniad wedi trafodaethau helaeth gyda’r ddau glwb – felly nos Fawrth

amdani!

‘Rydym yn gwybod wrth gwrs y bydd Rownd Gyn-derfynol y Gemau Ail Gyfle’n digwydd ar y 10fed o

Fai – ond bydd Y Rhyl yn croesawu’r Bala mewn gornest Go Gyn-derfynol brynhawn Llun nesaf - os y

bydd Aberystwyth yn curo’r Seintiau yn Ffeinal Cwpan Cymru’r Sadwrn yma. ‘Rwy’n siwr bydd nifer o

gefnogwyr Maes Tegid yn mynd i’r Cae Ras – felly hefyd gefnogwyr timau eraill ein Cynghrair sydd

ddim o reidrwydd yn dilyn y ddau glwb sydd yn y Ffeinal fawr. O safbwynt rhywun di-duedd, os bydd y

gêm ddydd Sadwrn hanner cystal ậ Rownd Derfynol y llynedd – bydd yn chwip o achlysur.

Am y tro diwetha’r tymor yma gwyliais Lido Afan yn herio Gap Cei Connah dros y Sul. Er i’r bechgyn

lleol golli’n drwm eto – ‘roedd ymdrech ac addewid yr hogia’ ifanc i’w canmol. Hoffwn ddymuno pob

lwc iddynt yng Nghynghrair Cymru y tymor nesaf a hoffwn hefyd ddiolch ar goedd i Alan Howells yr

Ysgrifennydd am ei waith a’i gefnogaeth ers i mi ymgymryd ậ’m swydd ddwy flynedd yn ôl.

Cyn cloi hoffwn longyfarch PILCS, lwyddodd i chwalu record ddi-guro merched Met Caerdydd ddoe

(Sul). Byddai pwynt yn unig wedi cadarnhau’r trebl i’r myfyrwyr – ond genod Gwent hawliodd y

triphwynt ar faes 3G campus campws Cyncoed. Mae’n dal yn debygol mai Met wnaiff ennill y

Cynghrair – ond yn eu tymor cyntaf yn yr Uwch Gynghrair mae PILCS wedi profi bod y gallu ganddyn

nhw i hawlio Pencampwriaeth yn y dyfodol agos.

Mwynhech eich wythnos a diolch am ddarllen.

Compiled by Mel Thomas at Soccerfile Wales

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