Cymru Premier & Nathaniel MG Cup round-up
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Connah's Quay Nomads beat New Saints 2-0 at Deeside Stadium in the Cymru Premier
JD Cymru Premier
Saturday, 12 December
Bala Town 4-1 Cardiff Met: Bala remain third in the table after a thumping victory over Cardiff Met. Will Evans, Antony Kay and Chris Venables struck to put Bala 3-0 up at the break. Oliver Hulbert pulled one back for Met but Venables' second completed a resounding win. Met drop to eighth after a first defeat in four games.
Caernarfon Town 2-0 Barry Town United: Mid-table Caernarfon scored twice in the last nine minutes to see off fourth-placed Barry. Jack Kenny broke the deadlock before Sam Jones sealed Caernarfon's win.
Cefn Druids 4-1 Haverfordwest County: Cefn Druids climbed off the bottom of the table thanks to an impressive 4-1 triumph over mid-table Haverfordwest. Cody Ruberto put Druids ahead late in the first half and Christoph Azaimale doubled the advantage before the hour. Charley Edge made it 3-0 before Jack Wilson pulled one back, but Niall Flint netted Druids' fourth two minutes from time.
Connah's Quay Nomads 2-0 The New Saints: Nomads gained revenge for their 1-0 defeat at Park Hall earlier in the season in a meeting of the Cymru Premier's top two sides. Aeron Edwards' close-range strike put the hosts ahead in the second half before Michael Wilde's towering header led to an own goal by Saints keeper Paul Harrison. The defeat ended Saints' unbeaten record as the Nomads moved level on points with the leaders, though they stay second on goal difference.
Penybont P-P Flint Town United: Match postponed because a significant number of Flint players have developed Covid-19 symptoms.
Aberystwyth Town P-P Newtown: Match postponed because the Newtown squad are self-isolating following a positive Covid-19 test.
Tuesday, 15 December
Aberystwyth Town 1-2 Caernarfon Town: Goals from Jack Kenny and Darren Thomas gave Caernarfon victory away at Aberystwyth, whose goal from Marc Williams was only an 89th-minute consolation.
Flint Town United 1-2 Cefn Druids: Richard Foulkes struck to give Flint a half-time lead, but Druids hit back to take three points through Alex Darlington and Iwan Cartwright.
Penybont 1-0 Cardiff Met: Lewis Harling's goal was enough for Penybont to edge the visiting Students.
Newtown 0-4 The New Saints: Saints bounced back from their first defeat of the season to thump hosts Newtown, who were able to fulfil the fixture after the Welsh Government reduced the self-isolation period from 14 days to 10 following a positive Covid test at Latham Park. Louis Robles, Ryan Astles, Adrian Cieslewicz and Ben Clark were the men on target for Saints.
Wednesday, 16 December
Haverfordwest County 2-1 Barry Town United: Ben Fawcett gave Haverfordwest the lead early in the second half josh Graham levelled for Barry. But Fawcett's second goal three minutes later secured victory for County and Barry ended the game with 10 man after Curtis McDonald was shown a second yellow card.
Nathaniel MG Cup First Round
Friday, 11 December
Southern Section
Cardiff City 2-0 Taffs Well
Isaak Davies scores from the penalty spot in Cardiff City's win over Cymru South side Taffs Well
Llanelli Town 1-2 Llantwit Major
Saturday, 12 December
Northern Section
Bangor City 3-0 Gresford Athletic
Colwyn Bay's Sion Edwards scored his side's second goal against Buckley Town
Buckley Town 2-2 Colwyn Bay (Colwyn Bay won 6-5 on penalties)
Conwy Borough 0-2 Ruthin Town
Holyhead Hotspur 1-0 Llandudno
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant 2-2 Llangefni Town (Llangefni won 4-3 on penalties)
Holywell Town P-P Llanidloes Town
Southern Section
Trefelin BGC 6-0 Ammanford
Pontypridd Town 2-0 Cwmbrān Celtic
Port Talbot Town 1-1 Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC (Cambrian & Clydach won 4-2 on penalties)
Risca United 5-2 Afan Lido
Goytre United P-P Penrhyncoch
Newport County P-P Undy Athletic
Welsh Premier Women's League Cup
Sunday, 13 December
Cardiff Met 2-0 Briton Ferry Llansawel
Port Talbot Town 5-1 Cascade YFC