Flint Town United have won the Huws Gray Alliance Cup at the sixth time of asking. They overcame Gresford Athletic 8-7 is a dramatic penalty shootout at Ruthin Town FC. Flint had Aleiu Sheriff after he was booked twice in a minute, but the Silkmen still emerged winners in a fiercely contested final. Sheriff was […]

When Cardiff City earned promotion via the play-offs in 2003 captain Graham Kavanagh and his team-mates immediately lost the trophy. It was forgotten when the majority of Bluebirds players abandoned a sponsors evening at the Marriott Hotel and dashed just across the road from Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. The party began in a bar owned by […]

The courts of the Windsor Lawn Tennis Club in Penarth may not be the green, green grass of home for Llanelli tennis player Evan Hoyt, but they are the next best thing. The 23-year-old, whose senior career has been dogged by injury following a hugely promising spell as a junior, is hoping the home soil tournament will help continue his recent return to form and fitness.

Bala Town and Cefn Druids have both benefited from Connah’s Quay’s JD Welsh Cup success over Aberystwyth as the final stages of the JD Welsh Premier League season are confirmed. Bala Town would have entered a four-way European play-off if Connah’s Quay had lost yesterday’s final, but Bala are now the grateful recipients of an […]

Canadian winger Junior Hoilett was voted Cardiff City players’ player of the season at the Bluebirds’ awards night at the Holland House Hotel. Owner Vincent Tan, chairman Mehmet Dalman, Neil Warnock and his team were among 450 guests at the presentation evening held a few hours after City clinched promotion to the Premier League. Lifelong […]

Aberystwyth Town 1 Ryan Wade 45’+1 Connah’s Quay Nomads 4 Michael Bakare 22′ Mike Wilde 26′ 40′ Andy Owens 90′ Connah’s Quay have won the JD Welsh Cup for the first time since 1929 following a commanding 4-1 win over Aberystwyth Town. The Nomads overpowered Aberystwyth in the opening half coasting to a three-goal lead […]

Bluebirds fans were in good voice at Canton Cross Vaults pub. Staff at the pub were wearing ‘In Warnock We Trust’ T-shirts, while Lee Marvin’s version of ‘I was born under a Grange End Star’ rang out over speakers. Roads around the pub were closed and the atmosphere was amazing. A ground record 32,478 spectators […]

Neil Warnock’s Bluebirds go for gold when they play Reading at home on Sunday. dai-sport journalist Terry Phillips has been reporting on Cardiff City for a quarter of a century. Here is the final of his reflection on the club’s promotion seasons. Cardiff City faced problems before and after their 2003 League One play-off final […]

Matthew Burgess breaks down Sunday’s Welsh Cup final. It’s been a considerably long time since either Connah’s Quay or Aberystwyth tasted Welsh Cup success – 89 years for Connah’s Quay and a 118 for Aberystwyth, to be precise, which means both clubs will be savouring the thought of lifting the famous old trophy at Latham […]

Irish striker Padraig Amond netted the 102nd goal of his career and earned Newport County a point in their final League Two fixture of the season. Amond headed a first half equaliser, his 15th goal of the season, in a 1-1 draw against Carlisle United at Brunton Park. Newport have finished 11th in the table […]

Neil Warnock’s Bluebirds go for gold when they play Reading at home on Sunday. dai-sport journalist Terry Phillips has been reporting on Cardiff City for a quarter of a century. Here is part three of his reflection on the club’s promotion seasons following the Cancer Research Wales Legends Evening at Cardiff City Stadium. Danny Shittu set […]

Llanishen SRC players James Jackson and Richard Sweetnam fought out a tough match on day one of the Ross Scaccia Squash Tournament. They clashed in the C event with Jackson winning 11-9, 10-12, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7 and he now plays Lee Papworth in the quarter-finals today. Top seed Mark Jukle defeated Phil Best 11-6, 9-11, […]

Like Phileas Fogg – who went around the world in 80 days – Neil Warnock is a man who seems to enjoy the journey more than the destination. The Cardiff City manager is one stride from the Premier League, but you could be forgiven for thinking he will be disappointed when the travelling is over. The Premier League? Yeah, it’s alright if you like that sort of thing, Warnock seems to imply. But a record eight promotions? More than any manager has ever done before? More than Graham Taylor, Jim Smith and Dave Bassett – who Warnock reminded all present on Friday pipped him to the award of Sheffield United’s greatest manager (not that it still hurts)? Now, you’re talking.

Mike van der Hoorn insists Swansea City’s fighting spirit will be enough to keep them in the Premier League. The Dutchman known at the Liberty Stadium as “Iron Mike” is renowned for his physicality and bruising tackles – an untypical trait among his countrymen more generally regarded for slide-rule passing than slide-tackles. But the raw-boned van der Hoorn has been a key component in Carlos Carvalhal’s team this season, usually playing as a central defender in a five-man defence.

Scott Williams admits he will have a tear in his eye when he plays his final match at Parc Y Scarlets on Saturday. The Wales centre will line up for his region in Llanelli for a final time when the champions host the Cheetahs in their Guinness Pro 14 play-off quarter-final. Williams, 27, has spent a decade at the region but is moving down the road to join the Ospreys in the summer.

S4C will continue to show live coverage of top flight domestic Welsh football for the next four years after securing a new broadcast agreement with the Football Association of Wales (FAW), it has been announced. The new agreement will see the channel’s flagship football series, Sgorio, broadcast up to 33 live matches every year from […]

Michael Flynn will keep his Newport County management team together for next season, but he is going to be ruthless when it comes to his squad. Former Cardiff City manager Lennie Lawrence and assistant manager Wayne Hatswell will continue to work alongside Newport-born Flynn through 2018-19. He has big decisions to make on which players […]

Shaun Beck, Flint Town United’s record goalscorer, is intent on finishing his playing days on a high. The striker has made a decision to retire from playing and his last appearance for home town club Flint will be in Saturday’s Huws Gray Alliance Cup final against Gresford Athletic at Ruthin Town (2.30pm). Beck, though, could […]

Cardiff Devils are the best team in Britain. Now Cardiff City are intent on promotion to football’s elite group of clubs. Both teams have made astonishing recoveries from the edge of disaster. It wasn’t too long ago that Devils were ninth out of 10 teams in ice hockey’s Elite League, while the Bluebirds looked likely […]

Neil Warnock’s Bluebirds go for gold when they play Reading at home on Sunday. dai-sport journalist Terry Phillips has been reporting on Cardiff City for a quarter of a century. Here is part two of his reflection on the club’s promotion seasons. Craig Bellamy stood at the front of the open top bus as it drove […]