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The Welsh Varsity is an annual sporting event contested by Cardiff University and Swansea University, usually in early April.The sports contested include rugby union, hockey, cricket, squash, badminton, lacrosse, rowing, golf, basketball, football, American football, ultimate frisbee, netball, volleyball, fencing and an array of other sports.
This is a list of football clubs that compete within the leagues and divisions of the Welsh football league system as far down as Level 4, that is to say, down to the first division of the Welsh Regional Leagues. The relative levels of divisions can be compared on the Welsh football league system page.
Welsh Cup – Is the oldest and most prized cup trophy in Wales, the cup is open to teams in the Welsh football league system. Until 1995 any Welsh club playing in the English league were allowed to participate and, by invitation, some English clubs. The winner of the cup is given a UEFA Europa League qualifying place.
Merged with fellow Welsh Premier League club Oswestry Town in 2003, continuing under the Total Network Solutions name. [53] [54] [55] nb10 Inter Cardiff played in the Welsh Premier League until 2000, but was known as Inter Cable Tel from 1996 until 1999. In 2000 the club merged with UWIC of the Welsh Football League to form UWIC Inter Cardiff ...
The Cymru Premier champions are the winners of the highest league in Welsh football, which is currently the Cymru Premier, known as the League of Wales prior to the 2002–03 season and the Welsh Premier League prior to the 2019-20 season.
The Welsh football league system (or pyramid) is a series of football leagues with regular promotion and relegation between them. It consists of four main tiers, as well as lower local leagues. While most Welsh clubs play in the Welsh pyramid and most clubs in that pyramid are Welsh, five Welsh clubs play in English leagues, and four English ...
Many semi-professional sides in Wales also played in both the Welsh and English football league system at different points in their history; Bangor City were founder members of the North Wales Coast League in 1893 and the Welsh National League in 1921, before the Alliance Premier League (now the National League) in 1979 and reached the FA ...
Dragon Park, the Wales National Football Development Centre, is located in Newport. Football developed in the late 19th century, and currently claims the most participation of any sport in Wales. The most successful teams are Cardiff City, Swansea City, Newport County, Wrexham and The New Saints.