TNS begin defence at Porthmadog

Welsh Premier champions Total Network Solutions begin the defence of their title with a trip to Y Traeth to play CPD Porthmadog on 27 August.

Promoted Cardiff Grange Harlequins will play their first ever Welsh Premier fixture at Airbus UK.

It will be the first competitive match in charge of Airbus for the new Wingmakers' manager, Gareth Owen.

Llanelli start life under new Director of Football, Lucas Cazorla Luque, with a home tie against Bangor City.



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Welsh Premier opening day fixtures, 27 Aug 2005:
Airbus UK FC v Cardiff Grange Harlequins
Caernarfon Town v Caersws FC
Haverfordwest County v Connah's Quay Nomads
Llanelli AFC v Bangor City
Newi Cefn Druids v Aberystwyth Town
Newtown AFC v Carmarthen Town
Porthmadog FC v Total Network Solutions
Port Talbot Town v Welshpool Town
Rhyl FC v Cwmbran Town

A tough start for Cwmbran Town at runners up Rhyl.

UEFAQ12: FT FK Atlantas 3-2 Rhyl
(Agg 4-4) Rhyl win on away goals rule

Well done Rhyl !! x) x) d;

Only the 2nd league of wales team to reach the 2nd phase of Europe.

x) l) d; d; x) l)

Heard that the Atlantas manager was a bit of a nutter!!!

Carmarthen as well !!! x)

Welsh duo get Scandanavian draw

Rhyl and Carmarthen will both face Scandanavian opposition in the second qualifying round of the Uefa Cup.
A trip to Norway awaits Rhyl against Viking FK, conquerers of Northern Ireland side Portadown, with the away leg first up on 11 August.

Carmarthen Town's reward for their first-round win over Longford is a tie against Danish seeds FC Copenhagen.

The Danes must come to Wales for the first leg, as Carmarthen and Rhyl chase a place in the first round proper.

Former Blackburn boss Roy Hodgson is the manager of Viking, while he has also previously been in charge of Copenhagen.

The draw for the second qualifying round of the Uefa Cup took place in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday.

The British and Irish teams were part of the Northern section of the draw, meaning they could not be paired with sides in the Southern-Mediterranean and Central-East sections.

The second leg matches will be played on 25 August.

Well done both x)

Welsh clubs reject summer switch

Welsh Premier clubs have voted against a proposal to restructure the season to play games over the summer months.

Connah's Quay Nomads were the only club in favour of following the example of the Eircom League in Ireland at a league meeting in Caersws on Sunday.

Said Rhyl boss John Hulse: "It would give us nothing in benefits."

But the clubs have agreed to allow the Welsh Premier board to look into the possibility of having a two-week mid-season winter break.

Fools !

Must be better to play over the summer, although it would be a bit ;hot;

Should have better crowds in the summer. No football to keep the fans at home ! Lol)

What more could you want, a day at Barry Town then onto the beach for a bit of sun ! Lovely Lol)

I know they are not having the best of seasons, but have always had a liking for the name really

Connah's Quay Nomads {rspk}


x)

A few stupid names in this shite league Lol)

Like Total Network Solutions ? Lol)

Newi Cefn Druids. Lol)

Airbus UK. Lol)

and Cwmbran Town. {lmao} {lmao}

Welshpool climbed to second in the Welsh Premier table with a 3-0 home win over Carmarthen, Steve Rogers getting two and Mike Thompson the other.

Llanelli are hot on their heels, goals from Cortez Belle and Ivan Nofuentes seeing them to victory over Connah's Quay.

Port Talbot slipped back with a 2-0 home loss to Bangor City.

Airbus UK scored a resounding 3-0 triumph at Newtown.

Caernarfon were held to a 2-2 home draw by Cwmbran.

Porthmadog hammered bottom side Cardiff Grange Quins 4-0.

On Friday night, leaders TNS continued their march towards the title with a 2-0 home win over Caersws, Mike Wilde getting both goals.

Their nearest challengers Rhyl were held to a surprise 1-1 draw by Newi Cefn Druids at Belle Vue.

Gareth Barton stunned the home crowd with his equaliser in the 92nd-minute.

Aberystwyth's Tim Hicks scored at both ends in their 1-1 draw at Haverfordwest, the equalising own-goal coming in the 89th minute.

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It must be the Newport managers who make the players play shite Lol)

It must be with 2 of them scoring yesterday, and thats all we know about !