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2011–12 Welsh League Cup
The 2011–12 in Welsh football, 2011-2012 Welsh League Cup is the 20th season of the Welsh League Cup, which was established in 1992. First round First leg Sourcewelsh-premier.com Second leg Sourcewelsh-premier.com Second round First leg Sourcewelsh-premier.com Second leg Sourcewelsh-premier.com Semifinals First leg Second leg Final External linksOfficial League Cup Website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011-12 Wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Saints F
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestatyn Town F
Prestatyn is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Historically a part of Flintshire, it is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the east of Rhyl. Prestatyn has a population of 19,085, History Prehistory There is evidence that the current town location has been occupied since prehistoric times. Prehistoric tools found in the caves of Graig Fawr, in the nearby village of Meliden, have revealed the existence of early human habitation in the area. Roman The Roman bathhouse is believed to be part of a fort on the road from Chester to Caernarfon. However, much of "Roman Prestatyn" has been destroyed as houses have been built over unexcavated land. Medieval The name Prestatyn derives from the Old English ''prēosta'' ("priests, the genitive plural of ''prēost'') and ''tūn'' ("town"), and was recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' as ''Prestetone''. Unlike similarly derived names in England, which generally lost their penultimate syllable and became Preston, this villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newtown, Powys
Newtown ( cy, Y Drenewydd) is a town in Powys, Wales. It lies on the River Severn in the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It was designated a new town in 1967 and saw population growth as firms settled, changing its market town character. Its 2001 population of 10,780 rose to 11,357 at the 2011 census. Newtown was the birthplace of Robert Owen in 1771, whose house stood on the present site of the HSBC Bank.BiographRetrieved 15 September 2018./ref> The town has a theatre, Theatr Hafren,Theatre sitRetrieved 15 September 2018./ref> and a public gallery, Oriel Davies, displaying contemporary arts and crafts.Gallery sitRetrieved 15 September 2018./ref> It is the largest town in Powys and Mid Wales. Etymology Both the English and Welsh names for the town mean "new town", the Welsh version with addition of the definite article. History At the end of the 13th century, Edward I commissioned Roger de Montgomerie to construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latham Park
Latham Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Newtown, Wales. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Newtown F.C. The stadium holds 5,000 people and is named after former Wales international footballer George Latham. Over the years the club have played at a number of sites but the officers and general committee of the late 1940s took the decision to purchase and construct a new playing headquarters at a site to be called Latham Park. This decision was a far-sighted one, and the present board officers, committee, supporters and players owe much to their counterparts of some 60 years ago. The Control Techniques stand has 420 covered seats with dressing rooms for the club and the community use. A further stand has been constructed at the Llanidloes Road "Allotment End" side of the ground and the old "Shed" stand has been improved with new seating as well as new dug out facilities. The function room and social club has also seen a new extension built on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Talbot
Port Talbot (, ) is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately from Swansea. The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which dominates the south east of the town and is one of the biggest steelworks in the world but has been under threat of closure since the 1980s. The population was 37,276 in 2011. History Modern Port Talbot is a town formed from the merging of multiple villages, including Baglan, Margam, and Aberafan. The name 'Port Talbot' first appears in 1837 as the name of the new docks built on the south-east side of the river Afan by the Talbot family. Over time it came to be applied to the whole of the emerging conurbation. The earliest evidence of humans in the Port Talbot area has been found on the side of Mynydd Margam where Bronze Age farming ditches can be found from 4,000 BC. There were Iron Age hill forts on Mynydd Dinas, Mynydd Margam, Mynydd Emroch and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Road (Port Talbot)
Victoria Road is a field sports stadium located on Victoria Road in Port Talbot, Wales. Facilities The stadium has a capacity of 6,000 (1,000 seated) and is the home of Port Talbot Town F.C. The record attendance at the stadium is 2,640, set at a match against Swansea City in the FAW Premier Cup The FAW Premier Cup (until 1998 the FAW Invitation Cup) was a Welsh football cup competition, organised annually by the Football Association of Wales from 1997 to 2008. Since the FAW excluded clubs playing in English leagues (including six Welsh ... on 15 January 2007. The record league attendance is 804 for a game against Afan Lido on 27 January 2004, however, the club generally struggle to attract a large number of fans, with an average league attendance of just 207 between 1994 and 2010. In an attempt encourage more people to attend the club's games, spectators were allowed to pay whatever price they wanted for a ticket to watch the club's match against Bala Town on 5 Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bala, Gwynedd
Bala ( cy, Y Bala) is a town and community in Gwynedd, Wales. Formerly an urban district, Bala lies in the historic county of Merionethshire, at the north end of Bala Lake ( cy, Llyn Tegid). According to the 2021 Census, Bala had a population of 1,999. 72.5 per cent of the population can speak Welsh. Toponym The Welsh word ''bala'' refers to the outflow of a lake. History The Tower of Bala ''(Welsh: Tomen y Bala)'' ( high by diameter) is a tumulus or "moat-hill", formerly thought to mark the site of a Roman camp. In the 18th century, the town was well known for the manufacture of flannel, stockings, gloves and hosiery. The large stone-built theological college, ''Coleg y Bala'', of the Calvinistic Methodists and the grammar school (now Ysgol y Berwyn), which was founded in 1712, are the chief features, together with the statue of the Rev. Thomas Charles (1755–1814), the theological writer, to whom was largely due the foundation of the British and Foreign Bible Socie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maes Tegid
Maes Tegid ( en, Tegid Field) is a community playing field in Bala, Wales. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of Bala Town (). The stadium holds 3,000 people, with 504 seats and has been used by Bala Town since the 1950s. The seats at Maes Tegid are second-hand from Chesterfield and Coventry City, and were installed when Bala won promotion to the Welsh Premier League. Bala Town use Rhyl's Belle Vue stadium for European matches due to UEFA stadium regulations. In January 2016, Bala Town begun discussions to install a synthetic 3G pitch at Maes Tegid. In February 2016 it was announced by the Football Association of Wales The Football Association of Wales (FAW; cy, Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru) is the governing body of association football and futsal in Wales, and controls the Welsh national football team, its corresponding women's team, as well as the Welsh ... that Bala Town had been successful in applying for a synthetic 3G pitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Rule
Glenn Paul Rule (born 30 November 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or full back for City of Liverpool. Career Born in Birkenhead, Rule attended Woodchurch High School between 2001 and 2006. When he left Woodchurch he signed a youth contract at Chester City and was one of several youngsters who graduated to the first-team squad after 2007. He made his debut as a substitute against Carlisle United in October 2007 as a 17-year-old. His English Football League debut arrived with a starting place at Morecambe on 26 December 2007 and he ended the campaign with four league outings to his name. His first appearance of the following season saw him play at full–back in Chester's 2–1 home defeat by Port Vale on 19 October 2008, going on to enjoy 22 league outings during a campaign which ended in relegation from Football League Two. Rule was involved in the Chester youth sides that made the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup in both 2006–07 and 2007–08 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Hunt (footballer)
Lee Hunt may refer to: * Lee Hunt (footballer), in 2007–08 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds * Lee Hunt (basketball), player in 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 27, 1981, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship game on Marc ... See also * * Leigh Hunt (other) {{hndis, Hunt, Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth () is a university and seaside town as well as a community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located in the historic county of Cardiganshire, means "the mouth of the Ystwyth". Aberystwyth University has been a major educational location in Wales since the establishment of University College Wales in 1872. The town is situated on Cardigan Bay on the west coast of Wales, near the confluence of the River Ystwyth and Afon Rheidol. Following the reconstruction of the harbour, the Ystwyth skirts the town. The Rheidol passes through the town. The seafront, with a pier, stretches from Constitution Hill at the north end of the Promenade to the harbour at the south. The beach is divided by the castle. The town is divided into five areas: Aberystwyth Town; Llanbadarn Fawr; Waunfawr; Llanbadarn; Trefechan; and the most populous, Penparcau. In 2011 the population of the town was 13,040. This rises to nearly 19,000 for the larger conurbation of Aberystwyth and Llanbadarn Fawr. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Avenue (Aberystwyth)
Park Avenue (Welsh: ''Coedlen y Parc'') currently called Aberystwyth University Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Aberystwyth, Wales and has served as the home of Cymru Premier side Aberystwyth Town since 1907. The stadium capacity is 5,000 with 1,500 seats. It is a 4G artificial turf pitch. In May 2021, the ground was designated UEFA Category 2 status after successful inspection by Standards Officer Scott Struthers. The ground is adjacent to the River Rheidol and close to the shore of Cardigan Bay. The ground has a bar, named after John Charles, who played in the Wales national football team. Layout The ground has five areas: the Railway End, named after the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line; the Dias Stand after a former Green Legend; the Rhun Owens Stand after a former secretary; the Shed End and the Narks Corner. History The ground has hosted the final of the Welsh League Cup on eleven occasions. The club renamed the hospitality room the 'Lolf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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