THE NEW SAINTS 4 KF SHKENDIJA 0 (KF SHKENDIJA WIN 5-4 ON AGG) No team in the history of the UEFA Champions League has progressed from a 5-0 first leg deficit, but The New Saints will be wondering what might have been after almost staging a truly remarkable comeback against KF Shkendija. Scott Ruscoe’s side […]

The New Saints suffered a nightmare start to their Champions League qualifying campaign after Besart Ibraimi hit four goals as the Saints were thumped 5-0 by Macedonian side KF Shkendijai. The Saints travelled to Macedonia for the first qualifying round, first leg tie in good spirits after a positive pre-season campaign but were no match […]

Perennial Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints launch their latest attempt at making it through to the main stages of European competition in Macedonia tonight (7.15). The New Saints face Macedonian champions KF Shkendija in the first qualifying round of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League and despite there being little known about their opponents, […]

Craig Harrison, the manager who helped make The New Saints dominant in Welsh Premier League football, has taken charge at relegated Bangor City. Former Hartlepool United and Airbus manager Harrison was unveiled during a press conference in North Wales this afternoon, a media event broadcast love on Facebook. He immediately announced a first signing for […]

Andy Morrison and his Connah’s Quay Nomads team are well up for the cup. They defeated six-times Welsh Cup winners The New Saints 2-1 to set up a semi-final tie against Bangor City, who had defeated Penydarren BGC 7-0 on Sunday. Williamson, an Inverness-born Scot, was delighted with his team after their win against TNS, […]

Luke Wall and Yves Zama both scored hat-tricks for Bangor City in their crushing 7-0 JD Sports Welsh Cup victory against Penydarren BGC. South Wales Alliance club Penydarren suffered their first defeat of 2017-18 in league or cups. Bangor were clinical with their finishing and moved comfortably into the semi-finals, while Penydarren can reflect with pride […]

A veteran striker who killed off Cardiff City’s Premier League hopes eight years ago and a former Bluebirds first team coach are planning a Welsh trophy triumph. Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Bangor City’s player/assistant manager, played and scored for Blackpool in their 3-2 Championship play-off final win against Cardiff at Wembley Stadium in 2010. The Liverpool-born forward, […]

Penydarren BGC are still unbeaten going into March. The team from Merthyr Tydfil are still chasing four trophies. Manager Kerry Mullins and his Penydarren team lost their 100 per cent record in all competitions in a 1-1 Highadmit South Wales Alliance draw against Brecon Corries, but bounced back immediately with a 2-0 victory against Ynyshir […]

Josh Francombe, an American footballer from Sandy Springs in Georgia, is in the Wales under-16 squad for a Uefa Development Tournament in Greece. Josh is the first American and Jewish American to play for Wales juniors and says: “It’s been a surreal experience for me. “I didn’t think I’d ever be able to play at […]

Penydarren BGC and Conwy Borough are the first teams through to the FAW Trophy semi-finals. South Wales Alliance team Penydarren won 2-0 against Welsh Alliance visitors Llangefni Town from Anglesey, while Conwy were convincing winners against Cardiff-Based Grange Albion. The other two quarter-finals – Llanrug United v Greenfield and Rhos Aelwyd v Buckley Town – […]

Penydarren BGC, the only non-Welsh Premier League team in the JD Sport Welsh Cup quarter-finals, have been draw against Bangor City away. Pen travelled to North Wales for a 4-0 win against Llandudno Junction earlier in the competition, bit face a far stiffer test against Bangor, whose manager is former Cardiff City coach Kevin Nicholson. […]

Penydarren BGC, from the fifth level of Welsh football, are gatecrashing the Welsh Premier League party. The boys from Merthyr Tydfil, who play in the South Wales Alliance, are the only team from outside the Welsh Premier League to qualify for the JD Welsh Cup quarter-finals. Pen defeated Pontypridd Town 2-1, thanks to two goals […]