FAW Premier Cup Draw


FAW Ours again?

By Chris O'Brien
December 21 2002

The draw for the Quarter Finals of the FAW Premier Cup was made live on BBC Wales this afternoon. Cardiff City will face a tricky trip to...... The draw for the Quarter Final of the FAW Premier Cup was made live this afternoon on BBC Wales

The draw for the Quarter Final of the FAW Premier Cup was made live this afternoon on BBC Wales.

 

Cardiff City will face a difficult trip to Mid-Wales to face Total Network Solutions, who currently lead the Welsh Premiership.

 

TNS and Glasgow Rangers are the only two clubs in Great Britain who are currently unbeaten.

 

The complete draw is as follows:

 

Total Network Solutions vs Cardiff City

Newport County vs Swansea City

Afan Lido vs Wrexham

Rhyl vs Barry Town

 

Games will be played on the week commencing January 27th.

 

The Bluebirds were won of four clubs who were seeded with an away tie for the draw. The other 3 were Wrexham, Swansea City and Welsh Premiership champions, Barry Town. The other four sides in the draw had to qualify for the quarter final stage through groups of 4 clubs.

 

The Group Tables were as follows:

 

Group A

Pos.

Team.

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points

1.

Afan Lido

6

4

0

2

12

2.

Rhyl

6

3

2

1

11

3.

Cwmbran Town

6

2

0

4

6

4.

Caersws

6

1

2

3

5

 

Group B

Pos.

Team.

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points

1.

TNS

6

4

1

1

13

2.

Newport County

6

1

4

1

7

3.

Bangor City

6

1

3

2

6

4.

Connah's Quay

6

1

2

3

5

 

Cardiff City won the competition for the first time last season, after beating arch-rivals Swansea City in the final, Wrexham in the Semis and Newtown in the Quarter Final.

 

Although Cardiff are unlikely to field their first XI in the Competition, they will definitely want to win the trophy, and should name a decent line-up when they face TNS in the Quarter Final.

 

City's Premier Cup record last year was as follows:

 

Cardiff City's FAW Premier Cup Record 2001/2002

 

Quarter Final

Newtown 0-3 Cardiff City

Scorers: Jeanne, Collins, Wallis

Attendance: 480

Team: Kendall, Thompson, Giles (Huggins), Hamilton, Jones, Hughes, Jeanne (Fish), Evans, Collins, Wallis, Maxwell

Unused Subs: Porter, Anthony, Heal

 

Semi Final

Wrexham 1-1 Cardiff City

(Cardiff City won 4-3 on penalties)

Scorers: Jones

The Racecourse Stadium

Attendance: 826

Team: Walton, Low (Evans K), Simpkins, Hughes (Giles), Prior, Collins, Hamilton (Wallis), Jones, Fortune-West, Brayson, Maxwell

Unused Subs: Evans G, Fish

 

Final

Cardiff City 1-0 Swansea City

Scorers: Kavanagh

Ninian Park

Attendance: 6,229

Team: Walton, Weston, Legg, Boland, Prior, Collins, Jeanne, Kavanagh, Fortune-West, Bowen, Maxwell (Hughes)

Unused Subs: Kendall, Jones, Simpkins, Bonner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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