Welsh Football

The April issue of Welsh Football has been published and can be ordered (price £3.00). 

This issue contains:

- Latest action from the JD CYmru Premier and review of Phase 1 of the season

- Football in Abertillery 1907-2021

- Spotlight on CPD Penrhyncoch

- Interview with FAW Head Physio Sean Connelly

- Works Clubs of Wales - Part 2 :  Gwent clubs

- Memories of South Wales Switchgear AFC

- 25 Years ago - Barry Town's first LoW title

- 125 Years Ago - looking back at the 1895-6 season

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Welsh Football issue 227 (March 2021) is now available  as a single issue or subscription (see our latest subscription offers)

(Publication date 25th February 2021)

This issue features an artwork depicting Maes Tegid by former Holywell Town manager Glyn Griffiths, and contains a range of features, comment, history and data.

Detailed content includes:

Editorial and comment on current state of football in Wales 2020-21
News from the JD Cymru Leagues
Club spotlight on Waterloo Rovers
'Workers' Playtime' - a new series on works football in Wales
South Wales Constabulary FC remembered
Lost clubs and grounds: New Tredegar Town
History - looking back 25 years to early 1996
History - looking back 50 years to Cardiff City's meetings with Real Madrid in 1971
History - looking back 100 years to early 1921
The foundation of the South Wales FA
Women's football: Jayne Ludlow's departure and the domestic pyramid restructure
Four page stats supplement containing latest international and domestic data, including JD Cymru Leagues transfers.

 NOTE: As this issue cannot be sold at matches or in club shops, Welsh Football magazine will accept orders for the cover price of £3.00 and will absorb the postage costs.

 The magazine will also be available via the following: CPD Porthmadog, Bangor 1876, Barry Town United, Stanchion Books (stanchionbooks.com), and WH Smith Albany Road, Cardiff. It can also be ordered from any independent bookshop in Wales - many are operating a postal or click-and-collect service during lockdown.

The second edition of our new Welsh Football Xtra series is now available as a digital read, via the MatchDay digital app on Android and Apple smartphones, priced at only £1.99. 

Contents: 

WELSH AMATEUR CUP / FAW TROPHY   (12 pages)
Dave Collins charts the 130-year history of the world’s first amateur competition

RHYDYPENAU PARK  (2 pages)
Lawrence Hourahane recalls another forgotten home of Cardiff Corinthians

BEAUTIFUL GAME, BEAUTIFUL WALES  (3 pages)
Announcing the results of Welsh Football’s recent art competition

BARRY DISTRICT’S INAUGURAL SEASON  (10 pages)
Philip Sweet tells the story of the first ever season of football in Barry, 1892-3

THEY PLAYED IN MERIONETHSHIRE  (9 pages)
Stuart Townsend looks at towns and villages that once hosted senior football

THE START OF A LOVE AFFAIR  (3 pages)
Dave Collins remembers the year he fell in love with grassroots Welsh football

A limited edition print version will be available from early February.  Pricing to be announced. 

PUBLICATION DATE:  18th December 2020

Welsh Football issue 226 brings you a stunning view of Park Avenue at sunset on the front cover, and the inside pages are, as usual, packed with a range of material - something for everyone. 

We review recent action and news on both the international and domestic scenes, and take stock of where this strange 2020-21 season stands at present. We have comment on recent developments in the return to play process. 

Feature articles include a spotlight on Aberfavenny Women FC, and another in our 'Lost Grounds' series, covering the Halfway Ground, Connah's Quay. 

We look at the history of the competition now known as the FAW Trophy, which started out as the FAW Junior Cup. 

We reflect on the effect of the pandemic on football programmes, and review some of the official competition websites around Wales. 

Our series of Looking Back historical articles takes us back 25 years (Barry Town's emergence in the League of Wales), 50 years (midwinter cup and league action from 1970-71), 100 years (domestic and international news from 1920) and 125 years (1895-96). 

As always, this issue can be ordered individually (£3.00) or as the first in an annual subscription. It is always worth contacting us to check on current offers. 

Ordering and payment details can be found here.