Runaway leaders TNS were stunned by two-late goals when Newtown rallied back from 3-1 down to end the Saints’ record-breaking run, as they were denied a 28thconsecutive victory. Newtown, who took the lead, trailed 2-1 at the break before a dramatic twist at Latham Park saw the Robins grab two goals inside the final ten-minutes as Nick Rushton and Jamie Price brought TNS’s incredible run to an end, with the world record for successive wins standing at 27 matches.

Ahead of the weekend’s action in the Dafabet Welsh Premier League, Matthew Burgess gives his weekly power rankings, as the big split approaches.

The New Saints bowed out of the Champions League as Cypriot side APOEL FC turned in a powerful second-leg display to book their place in the third qualifying round with a 3-0 aggregate victory. It means the end of another European adventure for a Welsh club with eyes on the huge wealth of the group stages, but New Saints manager Craig Harrison said: “I am immensely proud.

New Saints boss Craig Harrison believes his team’s Champions League draw with Cypriots Apoel Nicosia is their best result since he joined the Welsh club. Harrison, the Llansantffraid club’s director of football, was delighted with his side’s gutsy 0-0 draw at Park Hall on Tuesday night.