Mark Hughes has admitted his Bradford City team will now have to do it the hard way if they are to win promotion from League Two. The former Wales manager watched his side lose 3-2 to Crewe in a frantic affair at Gresty Road that put paid to Bradford’s automatic promotion hopes.

Wales feel the legacy left by Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey and others at Euro 2016 has been integral to them qualifying for a first major youth tournament for over 40 years. Later this month Wales will join the likes of England, France and Germany at the UEFA European Under-17 Championship finals in Hungary.

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney joined the party as thousands of fans lined the streets to celebrate Wrexham’s return to the Football League with a trophy parade on Tuesday evening. Phil Parkinson’s side, who needed a league record haul of 111 points to beat Notts County in a gripping National League title race, showed off their trophy, along with the women’s team, who have earned promotion to the Genero Adran Premier.

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson will take the lead on any new transfers as the club prepare for life back in the English Football League, according to co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Parkinson’s side produced a fitting Hollywood finale to their Vanarama National League promotion bid by securing the title to end a 15-year exile.

Sabri Lamouchi has insisted the ball is in Cardiff City’s court over whether or not he remains at the club next season. Lamouchi’s final home game in charge ended with Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Huddersfield, but with the Bluebirds already having secured their Championship status before the match because of other results, thoughts are now turning to next season.

The New Saints manager Craig Harrison watched his team win the JD Welsh Cup Final with a 6-0 thrashing of Bala Town but insisted it was not a performance that impressed him. Declan McManus notched his 32nd goal in as many matches this season to launch an emphatic victory – the biggest win in the Welsh Cup final since Wrexham blasted seven goals past Shrewsbury Town at The Racecourse in 1931 in their 7-0 victory.

Russell Martin has urged his Swansea City players to finish the season strongly after their thin hopes of making the play-offs perished at Hull City. The Swans cannot make the top six after they claimed just a point in a 1-1 draw at the MKM Stadium.

Wales and Nottingham Forest defender Neco Williams says he is ‘gutted’ that he will miss the rest of the season after sustaining a fractured jaw in his side’s 3-1 win over Brighton. Attention will now turn to Wales’ medial staff in hoping to ensure the 22-year-old is fit and available for Wales’ European Championship qualifiers against Armenia and Turkey in June.

Sabri Lamouchi feels his mission to keep Cardiff City in the Championship is almost complete following their dramatic late win at fellow strugglers Rotherham. Cedric Kipre struck with just two minutes left to seal a 2-1 win that all-but guarantee the Bluebirds’ survival and keeps Rotherham firmly in trouble.

Sabri Lamouchi insists he and his Cardiff City players would have signed for this. The Bluebirds have three matches to play – starting with their re-arranged fixture at Rotherham on Thursday night – and are two places and three points above the relegation zone.

Steve Cooper insists Nottingham Forest still have work to do after they moved out of the Premier League relegation zone with a 3-1 win over Brighton. The Welsh manager has boosted his hopes of retaining Forest’s status in the top flight with a huge three points.

Steve Cooper is not surprised Nottingham Forest are fighting for Premier League survival but he insisted there is a belief they can avoid relegation despite a dismal run of form. The only Welsh manager in the Premier League, Cooper led Forest to the top flight for the first time in 23 years last season, where the Midlands side spent 46 of the first 52 days in the Championship drop zone but gained promotion via the play-offs.

Every successful Hollywood movie deserves a sequel – so get ready for Wrexham 2 or, more specifically, Wrexham League Two. The club that recorded every cough and spit of their near miss last season through the “Welcome To Wrexham” documentary series spent this season filming series two. They got their Hollywood ending.

Niall Flint is the hero Aberystwyth Town will toast this summer after the club made sure they will be in the JD Cymru Premier next season – for the 32nd consecutive time. It was Flint who grabbed the Aber winner in stoppage time in their weekend thrilling 3-2 win over Caernarfon Town.

Dan Fish masterminded a narrow 13-10 win for Cardiff in the WRU Premiership Cup final, picked up the man of the match award and then promptly announced he will be retiring as a player as the end of the season. It as his boot, both off the kicking tee and in a tactical battle with opposite number Matt O’Brien, that kept Cardiff in a fight before he created enough space for replacement full back Joe Goodchild to win the game with a spectacular corner try.

Cardiff City Women’s manager Iain Darbyshire compared Ffion Price to David Beckham after they secured their second consecutive victory in the FAW Women’s Cup. The Bluebirds earned a comfortable 4-0 win over Briton Ferry Llansawel Ladies at Merthyr Tydfil.

Ben Foster was left clinging on to his GoPro camera “with dear life” after Wrexham fans celebrated promotion back to the English Football League with a mass pitch invasion. Foster’s goalmouth camera which films footage for his popular YouTube videos was targeted as the final whistle blew on Wrexham’s 3-1 victory over Boreham Wood on Saturday night.

Wrexham are just 90 minutes away from ending 15 years of pain. A victory over Boreham Wood on Saturday evening and the prize will be in their grasp – a return to the Football League they dropped out of in 2008. It has been a titanic struggle between the Dragons and their National League title rivals Notts County all season, better than anything any of the four leagues above them could muster.

Wales and Bournemouth midfielder David Brooks has revealed how his treatment for cancer left him struggling to get up the stairs as he battled his way back to fitness. The 25-year-old Wales international made a welcome return to competitive action against Aston Villa last month, having last featured in a game in September 2021, shortly after which he was diagnosed with stage two Hodgkin lymphoma.

Sabri Lamouchi believes Sory Kaba’s “goal of the season” can inspire Cardiff City to remain in the Championship. The Bluebirds gave their hopes of avoiding relegation a huge boost by coming from behind to win 3-1 at Watford. Ismaila Sarr gave the Hornets an early lead but their slim hopes of gate-crashing the play-offs were dented by three Cardiff replies in the space of 10 first-half minutes.