Tier 4 league structure comes together

The confirmation of the Central Wales Football Association (CWFA) line-ups for the Mid Wales West and Mid Wales East leagues has completed the tier four structure of the Welsh football pyramid for the 2020-21 season. The CWFA has announced that 13 clubs will compete in the Mid Wales League East, with nine clubs participating in…

Draw for European clashes in early August

The start of the 2020-21 Champions’ League and Europa League campaigns is less than a month away, with Wales’ representatives set to learn their fate when the draw for the early rounds takes place on Sunday, 9 August. Connah’s Quay Nomads, playing in their first Champions’ League campaign, will find out their opponents in the…

Championship climax a real thriller

Last night the climax to the Championship season certainly lived up to expectations… with those destined for the play-offs, those on for automatic promotion and those set for the drop to League One in a state of constant flux as the evening progressed. West Brom, Brentford and Fulham were fighting out the second automatic spot…

Play-offs

Two from three in play-off showdown

Wednesday night promises to be an exciting evening in South Wales, when football fans will be glued to TVs, radios and phones eager to follow developments in the final round of games in the Championship season. Both the Bluebirds and Swans have it all to play for with just three points separating the sides… and…

Tier 3 goes regional in league revamp

Following last year’s restructuring of the top two tiers of Welsh football into the Cymru Leagues, the Football Association of Wales (FAW) has unveiled its plans for tier three, the second instalment of its review of the Welsh pyramid announced two years ago. The FAW’s National Leagues Board (NLB) confirmed 64 clubs will compete at…

Autumn date against England at Wembley

Wales have added an international against England to their autumn calendar, with the clash against the Three Lions slotting in ahead of the second phase of games in the 2020-21 Nations League campaign. The match against England will form one of two triple headers in October and November, which will be played behind closed doors…

Bluebirds hold edge in race for play-offs

With four games to go just one point separates Welsh rivals Cardiff City and Swansea City in the Championship table, both seemingly chasing the final play-off spot. The Bluebirds are currently in sixth place occupying that position… with the Swans hot on their heels in seventh. So which team has the better chance of reaching…

Bosnia next on the agenda for U21s

The finals of the 2019-21 Uefa European Under-21 Championships will be played in two stages following the rescheduling of the football calendar due to the Covid19 pandemic. The group stage will take place from 24-31 March 2021, while the knockout phase will run from 31 May to 6 June. The original venues of Hungary and…

Dates for European clashes revealed

The dates for the 2020-21 Uefa Champions League and Europa League have not been greatly affected by changes to the calendar brought about by the Covid19 pandemic, with the qualifying stages scheduled to take place from next month as planned. The deadline for national associations to enter teams to the competitions will be 3 August…