| FAW Premier Cup | |
|---|---|
| Current season or competition: FAW Premier Cup 2007-08 |
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| Sport | Football |
| Founded | 1997 |
| No. The FAW Premier Cup season 2007-08: Losing semi-final teams each receive £25000 Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Artistic gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Ivan Ivankov, Belarus of teams | 16 |
| Country(ies) |  Wales |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Newport County |
| Official website | FAW Premier Cup |
The FAW Premier Cup (formerly the FAW Invitation Cup) is a Welsh football cup competition, organised annually by the Football Association of Wales since 1997. Newport County are a Welsh football team based in the city of Newport. The Football Association of Wales (Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru is the governing body of Association football in Wales, being a member of both FIFA Since the six Welsh clubs playing in English leagues were excluded from playing in the Welsh Cup in 1996, the FAW needed another competition where the best Welsh teams could compete. The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in England (although The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales.
The original format incorporated the three Welsh clubs playing in the Football League (Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham) along with Merthyr Tydfil and four League of Wales clubs. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs Merthyr Tydfil Football Club is a Welsh football club based at the Penydarren Park ground in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Until the 2001-2002 season Merthyr Tydfil had a guaranteed place, as Newport County and Colwyn Bay were not invited to take part. Newport County are a Welsh football team based in the city of Newport. Colwyn Bay FC are a Welsh football club who currently play in the Northern Premier League Division One North. From then onwards the highest placed of the three (Newport, Merthyr and Colwyn Bay) were invited, however Colwyn Bay have never been selected.
From the 2004-05 season the competition has been expanded to 16 clubs - the top 10 placed clubs from the Welsh Premier League, joined by the two best-placed of the three teams: Newport County, Merthyr Tydfil and Colwyn Bay, the Welsh Cup winners plus the three Football League clubs - Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham. The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Swansea City AFC ( Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh football team playing in the Coca Cola Championship from Wrexham Association Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Wrecsam nicknamed The Red Dragons, or more traditionally The Robins, their previous nickname are a professional
It currently offers a healthy prize fund. In 2007 the losing semi-final teams each received £25,000. The FAW Premier Cup season 2006-07: Losing semi-final teams each receive £25000 The losing finalists received £50,000 each plus a share of TV coverage money, with the winners receiving a £100,000.
The competition's most senior clubs, most notably Cardiff City, have been accused of taking the competition lightly following the arrival of ambitious owner Sam Hammam. Samir "Sam" Hammam (سام همّام (born 1948 in Beirut) is a Lebanese businessman most notable for his high profile involvement in British Despite the club's success in the Football League, the Bluebirds have won the Premier Cup just once since its inception, beating arch-rivals Swansea City in the 2002 final.
Wrexham have dominated the competition, appearing in all but two finals to date. The only League of Wales clubs to have appeared are Barry Town, Rhyl, The New Saints and Llanelli. The 2007 final was the first final not to include one of the Football League clubs.
The FAW Premier Cup is broadcast on BBC Wales. BBC Wales ( BBC Cymru) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. In the 2008 final on March 11, Newport County beat Llanelli at the Newport Stadium. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Newport County are a Welsh football team based in the city of Newport. Llanelli AFC is a Welsh football team that plays in the Welsh Premier League.
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Results of finals
| Year | Winners | Result | Runners-up | Ground | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | Wrexham | 2-1 | Cardiff City | Racecourse Ground | |
| 1998-99 | Barry Town | 2-1 | Wrexham | Racecourse Ground | |
| 1999-00 | Wrexham | 2-0 | Cardiff City | Racecourse Ground | |
| 2000-01 | Wrexham | 2-0 | Swansea City | Vetch Field | |
| 2001-02 | Cardiff City | 1-0 | Swansea City | Ninian Park | 6,629 |
| 2002-03 | Wrexham | 6-1 | Newport County | Racecourse Ground | 4,014 |
| 2003-04 | Wrexham | 4-1 | Rhyl | Belle Vue | 2,800 |
| 2004-05 | Swansea City | 2-1 | Wrexham | Vetch Field | 9,000 |
| 2005-06 | Swansea City | 2-1 | Wrexham | Racecourse Ground | 3,032 |
| 2006-07 | The New Saints | 1-0 | Newport County | Newport Stadium | 1,809 |
| 2007-08 | Newport County | 1-0 | Llanelli | Newport Stadium | 1,889 |
Club-by-club record
| Rank | Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrexham | 5 | 3 | 1997-98, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 2 | 2 | 2004-05, 2005-06 |
| 3 | Cardiff City | 1 | 2 | 2001-02 |
| Newport County | 1 | 2 | 2007-08 | |
| 5 | Barry Town | 1 | 0 | 1998-99 |
| The New Saints | 1 | 0 | 2006-07 | |
| 7 | Rhyl | 0 | 1 | |
| Llanelli | 0 | 1 |
References
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