After developing his craft as a trainee with Crewe Alexandra and West Bromwich Albion, Steve Evans joined TNS in 1999 and was a cornerstone of the side that won the league title in 2000. One of the Welsh Premier’s most prominent players, he led the Saints to the double in 2004-05 as they won the…
Marc Lloyd Williams started his Welsh Premier career at Porthmadog but hit the heights in the 2001-02 season when his 47 goals for Bangor made him Europe’s leading goalscorer. He was voted player of the year by Welsh Premier managers and his exploits would have earned him the European Golden Boot had Wales enjoyed a…
It’s 15 years since Barry Town last lifted the Welsh Premier title and plummeted down the leagues following financial meltdown. But could the Dragons be about to bring the good times back to Jenner Park? At the turning point in the Welsh Premier season, when the league splits into two sections, Barry sit proudly at…
After learning his trade in the English lower leagues, Lee Trundle arrived in the Welsh Premier at Rhyl for the 2000-01 season. He made 18 appearances for the Lilywhites and scored 15 goals. But his stay at Belle Vue was short-lived, a hat-trick in a friendly against Wrexham brought a swift departure to the League Two…
Already an experienced campaigner when he started his Welsh Premier career aged 34, Ken McKenna scored 38 goals in 35 matches for Conwy as he finished his first season as the league’s top scorer for 1994-95. After three successful seasons for the Tangerines, he moved to Bangor City at the start of the 1997-98 season…
Jamie Moralee started his career at Crystal Palace and spent 11 seasons floating around Football League sides until former Eagles colleague Peter Nicholas signed him for Barry Town from Colchester United in 2000. Before his arrival at Barry, Moralee bagged 20 goals in 76 appearances for Millwall over two seasons from 1992-94 as they nearly…
A final 2-1 defeat against Denmark at the Cardiff City Stadium saw Wales miss out on their chance of promotion to the top tier of the Nations League, with the Danes winning the promotion place at their expense. Denmark’s 0-o draw in Dublin and Wales’ 1-0 win there in the second round of fixtures had…
The Welsh Cup saw the start of its 131st season at the weekend when the first qualifying round produced plenty of thrilling action. The northern section produced just one shootout, with Pwllheli beating Llannefydd 4-1 on penalties after the sides drew 3-3. In the south three-times runners-up Cwmbran Town edged a close encounter against Tredegar Town,…
Wales Euro 2016 hero Hal Robson Kanu has been omitted from the squad to play the Republic of Ireland and Denmark in Nations League qualifiers having announced his retirement from international football. The 29-year old West Brom forward made 44 appearances for Wales, scoring five goals, including two at the Euro 2016 finals. Most famously scoring…
There’s a long way to go in the race to become the Welsh Premier’s top scorer for 2019, but Cardiff Metropolitan University’s Eliot Evans has already got his nose in front of his rivals with three goals in the opening two games of the season. Evans bagged his first of the season in the Archers’…
