Cowbridge is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan,Wales,approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of the centre of Cardiff.
Connah's Quay Nomads Football Club is a Welsh professional football club based in Connah's Quay,Flintshire. They play in the Cymru Premier.
Rhyl Football Club was a Welsh football club based in Rhyl in Denbighshire. It withdrew from footballing activities in April 2020 and had its entire footballing record for the 2019/2020 season expunged. It was formally dissolved 18 months later in October 2021
Mold Alexandra Football Club is a football club based in Mold in Wales. The club was founded in 1929 and played in local amateur leagues before joining the Welsh National League after the Second World War. The team enjoyed success in the 1980s and became a founder member of the League of Wales in 1992. The side were relegated from the division in 1995 and had dropped several tiers by the end of the decade. They play in the Cymru North which is in the second tier of the Welsh football league system.
Bangor is a cathedral city and community in Gwynedd,North Wales. It is the oldest city in Wales. Historically part of Caernarfonshire,it had a population of 18,322 at the 2019 UK Office for National Statistics. The city is best known for local landmarks such as Menai Suspension Bridge connecting the city and the Isle of Anglesey,Bangor Cathedral,Bangor University and Garth Pier.
Wrexham Association Football Club is a Welsh professional association football club based in Wrexham,Wales. The team competes in the National League,the fifth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1864,they are the oldest club in Wales and the third oldest professional association football team in the world.
Colwyn Bay is a town,community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic county of Denbighshire. Eight neighbouring communities are incorporated within its postal district. Established as its own separate parish in 1844 with just a small grouping of homes and farms where the community of Old Colwyn stands today,Colwyn Bay has expanded to become the second-largest community and business centre in the north of Wales as well as the 14th largest in the whole of Wales with the urban statistical area,including Old Colwyn,Rhos-on-Sea,and Mochdre and Penrhyn Bay,having a population of 34,284 at the 2011 census.
Chirk is a town and community in Wrexham County Borough,Wales,10 miles south of Wrexham,between it and Oswestry. At the 2011 census,it had a population of 4,468. Historically in the traditional county of Denbighshire,and later Clwyd,it has been part of Wrexham County Borough since a local government reorganisation in 1996. The border with the English county of Shropshire is immediately south of the town,on the other side of the River Ceiriog.
Coedpoeth is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough,Wales. The built-up area with Minera had a population of 5,723 in the 2011 census.
Association football is one of the most popular sports in Wales,along with rugby union. Wales has produced club teams of varying fortunes since the early birth of football during the Victorian period,and in 1876 a Wales national football team played their first international match. Football has always had a close rivalry with the country's de facto national sport rugby union,and it is much discussed as to which is Wales' more popular game. The Football Association of Wales (FAW),was established in 1876 to oversee the Wales national team and govern the sport in Wales,later creating and running the Welsh football league system.
Mark Alan Jones is a retired Welsh footballer.
Denbigh Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Denbigh,North Wales. They play in the Ardal Leagues North West,which is in the third tier of the Welsh football league system. The club plays home matches at Central Park.
Ysgol Morgan Llwyd is a Welsh-medium comprehensive school in Wrexham,in north-east Wales,UK. It is the first,and is the only Welsh-medium secondary school in Wrexham County Borough. It is named after the seventeenth century preacher and author Morgan Llwyd. The school has been open at its present location in Cefn Road since 2000. Previously it was located on Stockwell Grove. The Headteacher is Ms. Catrin Prichard.
Sport in Wales plays a prominent role in Welsh culture. Like the other countries of the United Kingdom,Wales enjoys independent representation in major world sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup and in the Rugby World Cup,but competes as part of Great Britain in some other competitions,including the Olympics.
Jamie Lee Reed is a footballer who is a player-coach for 1874 Northwich in the Northern Premier League Division One West.
Cricket is a popular sport in Wales;it started in the late 18th century,and has been played in Wales ever since. All cricket within Wales is regulated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB),making it effectively part of the English cricket system. Glamorgan County Cricket Club is Wales' only first-class county team,and Welsh players are eligible to represent England as Wales does not currently have its own Test cricket team or cricket body. Cricket is played within the Welsh schools system,and is considered one of the country's main summer sports.
Sport in Cardiff is dictated by,amongst other things,its position as the capital city of Wales,meaning that national home sporting fixtures are nearly always played in the city. All of Wales' multi-sports agencies and many of the country's sports governing bodies have their headquarters in Cardiff and the city's many top-quality venues have attracted world-famous sport events,sometimes unrelated to Cardiff or to Wales.
Coedpoeth United Football Club are a football club based in Coedpoeth,Wrexham County Borough. They currently play in the North East Wales Football League Premier Division.
Caerwys F.C. is a football club representing the Flintshire town of Caerwys in Wales,and they play their home games at Lon yr Ysgol at Caerwys.
