2010–11 in Welsh football

The 2010–11 season was the 136th season of competitive football in Wales.

Overview

Men's national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Win Draw Loss

Friendly match

11 Aug 2010	Wales	5 – 1	Luxembourg	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	David Cotterill 35' Joe Ledley 48' (pen.) Andy King 55' Ashley Williams 78' Craig Bellamy 82'	Report	Joël Kitenge 44'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Euro 2012 Qualifying

The Welsh men's national team were drawn into UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G.^[1]

All fixtures for this group were negotiated between the participants at a meeting in Frankfurt, Germany on 21 and 22 February 2010.^[2]

3 Sep 2010	Montenegro	1 – 0	Wales	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica
19:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Mirko Vučinić 30'	Report		Attendance: 9,862 Referee: Anastassios Kakos (Greece)

8 Oct 2010	Wales	0 – 1	Bulgaria	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
19:30 BST (UTC+01)		Report	48' Ivelin Popov	Attendance: 14,061 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

26 Mar 2011	Wales	0 – 2	England	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
15:00 GMT (UTC)		Report	Frank Lampard 7' (pen.) Darren Bent 14'	Attendance: 68,959 Referee: O.Benquerença (Portugal)

Nations Cup

In February 2011 Wales would play the inaugural game of the new Nations Cup, which was staged in Dublin, Republic of Ireland during February and May 2011.^[3]^[4]^[5]

8 Feb 2011	Republic of Ireland	3 – 0	Wales	Aviva Stadium, Dublin
19:45 WET (UTC)	Darron Gibson 60' Damien Duff 67' Keith Fahey 83'	Report		Attendance: 19,783 Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

24 May 2011	Wales	1 – 3	Scotland	Aviva Stadium, Dublin
19:45 IST (UTC+01)	Robert Earnshaw 36'	report	James Morrison 55' Kenny Miller 63' Christophe Berra 70'	Attendance: 6,036 Referee: Raymond Crangle (Northern Ireland)

26 May 2011	Wales	2 – 0	Northern Ireland	Aviva Stadium, Dublin
19:45 IST (UTC+01)	Aaron Ramsey 36' Robert Earnshaw 69'	report		Attendance: 529 Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Women's national team

As hosts of the 2011 FIFA World Cup, Germany did not have to play qualifying.

Friendly matches

25 Aug 2010	Wales	8 – 1	Bulgaria	Rhosymedre Stadium, Rhosymedre
19:00 BST (UTC+01)	Jessica Fishlock 11' Helen Lander 15', 51' Jayne Ludlow 29' Jasmin Dutton 60' Cheryl Foster 60' Gwennan Harries 74' Nia Jones 89'		63' Gergana Tznakova	Attendance: 607 Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)

13 Feb 2011	Wales	2 – 4	Scotland	Bridge Meadow Stadium, Haverfordwest
12:30 GMT (UTC+0)	Gwennan Harries 17' Helen Lander 78'		33' Jane Ross 44', 87'Hayley Lauder 80'Joanne Love	Attendance: 200 Referee: Dean John (Wales)

20 Apr 2011	Wales	5 – 1	Luxembourg	Marston Stadium, Aberavon
18:00 BST (UTC+01)	Amie Lea 4', 38', 70' Zoe Atkins 52', 90'		Amy Thompson 19'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Paul Fisher (Wales)

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

21 Aug 2010	Wales	15 – 0	Azerbaijan	Latham Park, Newtown
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Helen Lander 3', 7', 21', 36', 38', 72' Gwennan Harries 13', 56', 66' Jasmin Dutton 19' Jessica Fishlock 59' Sophie Ingle 65' Michelle Emma Green 81', 83' Kerrie Manley 90+2'	Report	44' Joël Kitenge	Attendance: 395 Referee: Paloma Quintero Siles (Spain)

25 Aug 2010	Sweden	5 – 1	Wales	Värendsvallen, Växjö
18:00 BST (UTC+01)	Lotta Schelin 12', 60' Josefine Öqvist 45', 55', 71'	Report	81' Gwennan Harries	Attendance: 2,091 Referee: Silvia Tea Spinelli (Italy)

2011 Algarve Cup

2 March 2011 Group stage	Portugal	3 – 1	Wales	Estádio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António
18:00 WET (UTC+00)	Carla Couto 11', 56' Edite Fernandes 18'		41' Loren Dykes	Referee: Estella De Olivera (Argentina)

4 March 2011 Group stage	Wales	2 – 1	Romania	Estádio Municipal Fernando Cabrita, Lagos
18:00 WET (UTC+00)	Jessica Fishlock 60' Helen Lander 72'		40' Cosmina Duca	Referee: Carolina Gonzalez (Chile)

7 March 2011 Group stage	Chile	1 – 2	Wales	Estádio Algarve, Faro
18:00 WET (UTC+00)	Daniele Zamora 74'		24', 62' Jessica Fishlock	Referee: Sung Mi Cha (South Korea)

9 March 2011 7th place match	Wales	1 – 2	China	Estádio Municipal De Albufeira, Albufeira
11:00 WET (UTC+00)	Helen Lander 58'		3' You Jia 54' Gu Yasha	Referee: Silvia E Reyes Juarez (Peru)

Honours

League football

Competition	Winner	Details	Match report
Welsh Premier League	Bangor City	2010–11 Welsh Premier League	welsh-premier.com
Welsh Cup	Llanelli	2010–11 Welsh Cup beat Bangor City 4–1 in final	welsh-premier.com
Welsh League Cup	The New Saints	2010–11 Welsh League Cup beat Llanelli 4-3	aet = yes in final	welsh-premier.com

North Wales

Competition	Winner	Details
Cymru Alliance	Gap Connah's Quay	2010–11 Cymru Alliance
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division	Penycae	2010–11 Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One	Penyffordd	2010–11 Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One
Welsh Alliance League Division One	Conwy United	2010–11 Welsh Alliance League Division One
Welsh Alliance League Division Two	Caernarfon Wanderers	2010–11 Welsh Alliance League Division Two
Mid Wales Football League Division One	Llanrhaeadr	22010–11 Mid Wales Football League Division One
Mid Wales Football League Division Two	Montgomery Town	2010–11 Mid Wales Football League Division Two

South Wales

Competition	Winner	Details
Welsh Football League Division One	Bryntirion Athletic	2010–11 Welsh Football League Division One
Welsh Football League Division Two	Ton Pentre	2010–11 Welsh Football League Division Two
Welsh Football League Division Three	Monmouth Town	2010–11 Welsh Football League Division Three

Welsh clubs' performance in Europe

Team	Contest and round	Opponent	1st leg score*	2nd leg score*	Aggregate score
The New Saints	Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round	Bohemians	0 – 1 (A)	4 – 0 (H)	W 4 – 1
	Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round	RSC Anderlecht	1 – 3 (H)	0 – 3 (A)	L 1 – 6
	Europa League Playoff Round	CSKA Sofia	0 – 3 (A)	2 – 2 (H)	L 2 – 5
Bangor City	Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round	FC Honka	1 – 1 (A)	2 – 1 (H)	W 3 – 2
Bangor City	Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round	C.S. Marítimo	2 – 8 (A)	1 – 2 (H)	L 3 – 10
Port Talbot Town	Europa League 1st Qualifying Round	Turun Palloseura	1 – 3 (A)	0 – 4 (H)	L 1 – 7
Llanelli	Europa League 1st Qualifying Round	FK Tauras Tauragė	2 – 2 (H)	2 – 2 (A)	L 4 – 5^(a.e.t)^[nb1]

* Welsh club score shown first.

European qualification

Competition	Qualifiers	Reason for Qualification
UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round	Bangor City	1st in Welsh Premier League
UEFA Europa League First qualifying round	The New Saints	2nd in Welsh Premier League
UEFA Europa League First qualifying round	Neath	3rd in Welsh Premier League (qualification awarded as end of season 2010–11 Welsh Premier League UEFA Europa League play-offs winners)
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round	Llanelli	Welsh Cup winners

League Tables

Welsh Premier League

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Bangor City	32	22	4	6	80	44	+36	70
EL	2	The New Saints	32	20	8	4	87	34	+53	68
EL	3	Neath	32	16	10	6	62	41	+21	58
EL	4	Llanelli	32	15	8	9	58	41	+17	53
	5	Prestatyn Town	32	10	10	12	44	46	−2	40
	6	Port Talbot Town	32	8	12	12	37	48	−11	36
	7	Aberystwyth Town	32	11	9	12	42	54	−12	42
	8	Airbus UK Broughton	32	11	8	13	53	52	+1	41
	9	Newtown	32	8	11	13	40	55	−15	35
	10	Carmarthen Town	32	10	5	17	39	64	−25	35
	11	Bala Town	32	10	3	19	41	57	−16	33
R	12	Haverfordwest County	32	5	4	23	30	77	−47	19

Leading goalscorer: Rhys Griffiths (Llanelli) - 25

Cymru Alliance

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Gap Connah's Quay	30	23	2	5	89	33	+56	71
	2	Rhyl	30	19	5	6	73	32	+41	62
	3	Cefn Druids	30	18	6	6	60	29	+31	60
	4	Rhos Aelwyd	30	15	6	9	68	64	+4	51
	5	Caersws	30	15	5	10	59	49	+10	50
	6	Llandudno	30	13	10	7	50	35	+15	49
	7	Flint Town United	30	13	7	10	64	55	+9	46
	8	Porthmadog	30	14	4	12	59	54	+5	46
	9	Buckley Town	30	13	6	11	46	48	−2	45
	10	Llangefni Town	30	11	4	15	67	64	+3	37
	11	Penrhyncoch	30	9	10	11	49	56	−7	37
	12	Ruthin Town	30	11	4	15	39	58	−19	37
	13	Ruthin Town	30	8	6	16	43	56	−13	30
R	14	Rhydymwyn	30	4	6	20	27	82	−55	18
R	15	Rhayader Town	30	4	3	23	34	76	−42	15
R	16	Technogroup Welshpool Town	30	5	6	19	39	76	−37	3^[nb2]

Leading goalscorer: Gary O'Toole (Gap Connah's Quay) - 31

Welsh Football League First Division

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Bryntirion Athletic	30	23	1	6	76	27	+49	70
P	2	Afan Lido	30	20	5	5	63	28	+35	65
	3	Cambrian & Clydach Vale	30	17	6	7	68	37	+31	57
	4	Pontardawe Town	30	15	6	9	54	44	+10	51
	5	Caerau (Ely)	30	15	4	11	66	52	+14	49
	6	Bridgend Town	30	14	5	11	60	47	+13	47
	7	West End	30	13	6	11	57	47	+10	45
	8	Cardiff Corinthians	30	12	4	14	58	52	+6	40
	9	Taff's Well	30	12	3	15	47	57	−10	39
	10	Aberaman Athletic	30	12	3	15	58	74	−16	39
	11	Goytre United	30	10	8	12	47	53	−6	38
	12	Cwmbran Celtic	30	10	7	13	45	50	−5	37
	13	Barry Town	30	9	8	13	39	55	−16	35
R	14	Caldicot Town	30	8	3	19	37	48	−11	27
R	15	Garden Village	30	6	7	17	41	75	−34	25
R	16	Penrhiwceiber Rangers	30	4	4	22	27	97	−70	16

Welsh Cup

7 May 2011

15:00 BST (UTC+01)

2011 Welsh Cup Final

Bangor City	1 – 4	Llanelli
Alan Bull 51'	Report	15', 60' Rhys Griffiths 20' Craig Moses 64' Chris Venables

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli

Attendance: 1,719

Referee: Mark Petch (Deganwy)

Bangor City

Llanelli

Welsh League Cup

2 May 2011

15:00 BST (UTC+01)

2011 Welsh League Cup Final

Llanelli	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	The New Saints
Chris Holloway 78' Jordan Follows 86' Craig Moses 87'	Report	43' Aeron Edwards 75', 89' Chris Sharp 120' Scott Ruscoe

Park Avenue, Aberystwyth

Attendance: 310

Referee: Brian James (Rhydyfelin)

Llanelli

The New Saints

Notes

^nb1 After 90 minutes of play Llanelli drew 2 – 2 with Tauras Tauragė in the second leg. This meant the score was 4 – 4 on aggregate and after 30 minutes of extra time Tauras Tauragė would progress to the next round after the game finished 5 – 4.^[6]^[7]
^nb2 Technogroup Welshpool Town deducted 15 points for fielding ineligible players^[8] and a further three points for failing to fulfil a fixture^[9]

References

Bibliography

Hayes, Dean P. (1994). Wales: The Complete Who's Who of Footballers Since 1946. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3700-9.
Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

Notes

^ "UEFA EURO 2012 - Standings". UEFA. 12 April 2010.
^ "Quali-Termine für Euro 2012 stehen fest". Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
^ Forbes, Craig (13 August 2010). "England no great loss to Nations Cup, says Burley". The Scotsman. Johnston Press Digital Publishing. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
^ "Dates Announced For 4 Associations' Tournament In Dublin 2011". faw.org.uk. Football Association of Wales. 25 March 2009. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
^ "4 Associations Tournament Announced for Dublin 2011". fai.ie. Football Association of Ireland. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
^ "Late goal ends hopes of nine-man Reds". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 9 June 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Tauras Tauragė 2 – 5 Llanelli 8 July 2010". UEFA. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
^ "Points deduction and fine". Huws Gray Alliance. 8 October 2010. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
^ "Welshpool deducted 3 more points". Huws Gray Alliance. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2011.

[1] "UEFA EURO 2012 - Standings". UEFA. 12 April 2010.

[2] "Quali-Termine für Euro 2012 stehen fest". Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2011.

[3] Forbes, Craig (13 August 2010). "England no great loss to Nations Cup, says Burley". The Scotsman. Johnston Press Digital Publishing. Retrieved 13 August 2010.

[4] "Dates Announced For 4 Associations' Tournament In Dublin 2011". faw.org.uk. Football Association of Wales. 25 March 2009. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.

[5] "4 Associations Tournament Announced for Dublin 2011". fai.ie. Football Association of Ireland. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2010.

[6] "Late goal ends hopes of nine-man Reds". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 9 June 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[7] "Tauras Tauragė 2 – 5 Llanelli 8 July 2010". UEFA. Retrieved 9 June 2011.

[Points_deduction_and_fine-8] "Points deduction and fine". Huws Gray Alliance. 8 October 2010. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2010.

[Welshpool_deducted_3_more_points-9] "Welshpool deducted 3 more points". Huws Gray Alliance. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2011.

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2010–11 in Welsh football

Overview

Men's national team

Friendly match

Euro 2012 Qualifying

Nations Cup

Women's national team

Friendly matches

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

2011 Algarve Cup

Honours

League football

North Wales

South Wales

Welsh clubs' performance in Europe

European qualification

League Tables

Welsh Premier League

Cymru Alliance

Welsh Football League First Division

Welsh Cup

Welsh League Cup

See also

Notes

References

Bibliography

Notes

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