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Haverfordwest's Jack Wilson celebrates scoring against Bala Town at a previous game HAVERFORDWEST County AFC make a welcome return to action in the JD Cymru Premier this Saturday (6 March) when they begin their remaining phase one fixtures at home to Cardiff Met University. The Bluebirds then travel to face Aberystwyth Town next Tuesday, 9 March, before hosting The New Saints on 13 March, travelling to face Connah's Quay Nomads on 20 March, Newtown away on 27 March, and finally Penybont at home on 2 April. Wayne Jones’ side were seventh in the table when the season went into lockdown ...

Dai Davies, goalkeeper for Wales, Everton, Swansea and Wrexham – obituary He played 52 times for his country and reached the quarter-finals of the 1976 European Championship Dai Davies in 1979 Credit: Mark Leech Dai Davies, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 72, played in goal for Everton, Wrexham and Swansea and won what was a record number of caps between the sticks for Wales. Having begun his career at Vetch Field, Davies came to wider notice at 22 when after only nine appearances for Swansea Town (as they then were), he made the leap from the Third Division to the top of the First ...

Dai Davies obituary: Former Wales goalkeeper dies aged 72 Last updated on Dai Davies kept a clean sheet in Wales' win over England at Wembley in 1977 Former Wales goalkeeper Dai Davies has died at the age of 72. He had been in a hospice after being diagnosed with cancer. Davies was at one stage Wales' most-capped keeper, making 52 appearances for his country over a seven-year period. His career spanned 17 years, starting at Swansea City, before moving on to Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Bangor City and Wrexham, where he ended his career in his second spell with the club. "Dai was a great goalkee...

Timothy Jones JOHN THOMAS My dad, who is no longer here, was a supporter of Wrexham AFC for more than  70 years. Even when he was very ill that didn't stop him supporting his team. He was a wheelchair user and was the first wheelchair user on the new platform which made his day. In his words, Wrexham is the name! Tracy Thomas JOHN ‘JAKEY’ JONES He sadly passed away in May 2020, aged 68. An avid supporter and season ticket holder for many years, he followed Wrexham for over 54 years. Every home match was on the Kop, followed by the family section of the Mold Road Stand, alon...

'It was treated like a weakness if you don’t dust yourself down and carry on' Michael Aylwin Adam Hughes © Photograph: Tom Dulat/Getty Adam Hughes, of Newport Gwent Dragons, is tackled by Scarlets players during an LV Anglo Welsh Cup match in 2011. Hughes and Neil Spence are joining a legal action over long-term brain injuries. At 30 years of age, Hughes is the youngest of the players to go public. His diagnosis is thus different: brain injuries and post-concussion syndrome, rather than dementia with probable CTE, but the neurologists have told him he is on the same path ...