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16/12/2024

The latest edition of Welsh Football magazine is now in stock in the Post Office, Albany News at the Post Office in Albany Road, Cardiff.

13/12/2024

Issue 258 of Welsh Football has been published and sent to subscribers and distributors.
Inside this issue we have coverage of recent Cymru men's and women's campaigns as well as all domestic competitions.

Features in this issue include the historical 'Looking Back' series, and several varied club features: NFA, the newest club in the top 3 tiers in Wales, and then St. Josephs AFC of the Macron West Wales Premier, who have more than 100 years of history in Swansea football.
We also have Stuart Townsend's article charting the history of Monkton Swifts of the Pembrokeshire League.

If any of this interests you please message (or email [email protected]). Every sale and subscription helps to keep independent print publishing alive.

02/11/2024

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28/10/2024

A reminder of our recent publications, all of which are still available to order:

The fully updated FOOTBALL GAZETTEER OF WALES for 2024-25, containing an illustrated directory of all grounds in use in Welsh football, with travel advice. Fully indexed by league and club. £8.25 including UK postage.

The GUIDE TO WELSH FOOTBALL 2024-25 - our season preview, published in August as issue 255 of Welsh Football magazine. £5 including UK postage.

Issue 256 - Sep/Oct edition of the magazine. £5 inc. UK postage

Issue 257 - November 2024 & the latest issue of the magazine. Round-ups, photos & comment on all competitions, plus club features and an 8-page supplement containing latest tables down to tier 7.

We are keeping print publishing alive and every sale or subscription helps our publications to remain viable.

Orders and enquiries welcome by Facebook message or email to [email protected]

04/10/2024

A new, fully updated edition of the Football Gazetteer of Wales has now been published.

This is our illustrated directory listing every club playing in adult football in Wales, with details of their grounds, postcodes and public transport advice.

There have been many changes since last year's edition and all entries have been reviewed and revised where necessary.

In addition this year we have taken on board a customer suggestion and included an extra index, alphabetically by club name.

This is a standalone publication and NOT part of a subscription to the regular magazine. It can be purchased for £8.25 (Inc postage) payable by bank transfer or PayPal.
Email [email protected] or send Facebook message to order.

07/09/2024

The latest issue of Welsh Football magazine has been published and sent to subscribers and distributors.
The main magazine is 36 pages this time, containing extensive coverage of the first month of the season in domestic leagues from tier 1 to grassroots, national cups and UEFA competitions.

In addition we have features on Carno FC and Glyncorrwg AFC and the first set of 'Looking Back' articles this season, covering football in Wales 25, 50, 75, 100 and 125 years ago.

All this for £4.00 - £5.00 inc. postage or even cheaper as part of a subscription (subscribe via link in comments).

03/09/2024

The September/October issue of Welsh Football is in production now, with publication in the next week.

It's an enlarged, 36-page issue (with a separate stats supplement), as there was a lot of early season action and feature content to fit in.

We also still have some stock remaining of the 'Guide to Welsh Football 2024-25' published last month.

The best way to get either or both of these is to subscribe - link in comments.

We need to maintain and even boost subscription numbers - every subscription really counts. We're the national football magazine of Wales, and we're committed to keeping print publishing alive!

16/08/2024

A month into the new football season already, a busy time of year. I've already published our annual Welsh Football magazine - WFM Guide to Welsh Football, with the next issue (256) planned for early September.

That issue will be packed with features and action from the opening weeks, and the plan is to go to press as soon as we know the outcome of The New Saints of Oswestry Town FC's bid to reach the UEFA conference league group stage.

Work has also started on a revised 2024-25 edition of the Football Gazetteer of Wales, but that can't be completed until all men's and women's leagues in Wales are underway.

31/07/2024

The Guide to Welsh Football 2024-25 has been published (Welsh Football magazine #255).
Copies have been dispatched to all subscribers and distributors (stock will be delivered to Albany News at the Post Office tomorrow).

This is our annual complete guide to the new football season, explaining the structure of football in Wales and previewing all competitions.

Remaining copies are available direct from the publishers (message us for ordering details or, for best value, subscribe via our website).

24/07/2024

The 2024-25 edition of our annual Guide to Welsh Football will be published next week (Welsh Football Magazine issue 255, August 2024).

It will be posted to all distributors and to everyone with a current and valid subscription.

If your subscription was due for renewal at the end of the season, please check that you have renewed to avoid delay in receiving the new season Guide.

16/06/2024

The June 2024 edition of Welsh Football in numbers:
40 pages
10 pages of season reviews
38 photos of trophy winners
15 action photos
82 final league tables
83 cup final results

Comprehensive coverage of all tiers and all regions in adult, domestic football in Wales, simply not available anywhere else.
Can anyone involved or interested in football in Wales afford not to have a copy?
For ordering / subscription details send a FB message or email [email protected]

12/06/2024

We have published our June 2024 edition, which is a full review of the 2023-24 domestic season. This is the ONLY publication available anywhere - print or digital - which covers all adult competitions, from the JD Cymru Leagues and Adran Leagues down to grassroots.

The cover shows Connah's Quay Nomads FC celebrating their JD Welsh Cup win, and there are are five gallery pages of photos of league- and cup-winning teams, league by league reviews and an 8-page insert containing a full set of final tables and cup final results.

There's also a feature article on Montgomery town fc and one on the Llandyrnog District Summer League

All this is available for just £5.00 (including postage). Send a FB Message or email [email protected] for purchasing details.

26/04/2024

The May 2024 edition of Welsh Football magazine has been published ( #253)

The cover of this issue is a typical scene from 2023-24 - rain!
Inside, we have the usual news, comment and photos from all levels of domestic football, plus a full set of 'Looking Back' articles covering the conclusion of seasons 125, 100, 75, 50 & 25 years ago.

And we have feature articles too: a comprehensive history of Penycae Football Club by Stuart Townsend and a look at Swansea club Cwm Albion AFC, their history and their season in the spotlight as Specsavers 'Best Worst Team'. We also tell the story of another club called Cwm Albion, from Ebbw Vale, who once competed in the Southern League over century ago, but who have no connection with the Swansea club.

As always, copies are available as a one-off purchase or as part of a subscription. FB Message or email for details.

26/04/2024

Just dropped off stock of the brand new issue of Welsh Football magazine (253, May 2024) at Albany News at the Post Office on Albany Road Cardiff

19/03/2024

Got back to south Wales from the Scottish Groundhop weekend in the early hours of yesterday morning and have had 24 hours to reflect.

Above all, the 2024 renewal of this annual event fully lived up to expectations – I always look forward to it as the best of the non-Welsh hops. All six games went ahead despite the weather and we visited some superb grounds and were hosted by six likeable East of Scotland League clubs. Some of the football was very entertaining too.

I attend the hop chiefly because I enjoy visiting the grounds in places I’ve never been before, and catching up with friends and acquaintances. But I always take a supply of Welsh Football magazines and our other publications and once again there were plenty of eager customers north of the border.

In fact, the 2024 Scottish Hop brought record sales for any groundhop – 46% more than on the last hop weekend in Wales, with the purchasers not just groundhoppers but quite a few locals too. Several customers said they’d had been looking out for me to get their copies of the magazine and the Gazetteer, and one even took to X to tweet “Attending today gave me my annual opportunity to pick up the ever-fabulous Welsh Football magazine. Oh, how I wish that there was a Scottish equivalent”
It’s further evidence of the strong interest in Welsh football from beyond our borders – bear in mind too that approximately half of regular subscriptions to the magazine are to addresses outside Wales.

In issue 252 of Welsh Football (April 2024) I mulled over a similar theme: the comparatively high regard for the Cymru Leagues from the wider UK and European football community, and their struggle for coverage and respect within Wales.

It has often been said that football followers in Wales are unusual in their general under-appreciation of, and lack of interest in, their domestic football system, and there are unique historical and current reasons for that. But even allowing for that, it’s hard to figure out why our subscription numbers in Wales aren’t higher, given the number of clubs and people involved.

It’s great to have praise from Scottish (and indeed English and Irish) football fans, and it’s interesting when they look with envy at what we produce, but I can’t help wondering why it’s so hard to grow subscriptions and sales here in Wales.

Photos: Welsh Football on sale at Luncarty (photo by Robyn Reade), Sauchie Juniors in the rain, and panoramic views of Central Park, Whitburn and Brownlands Park, Luncarty.

08/03/2024

In the 22 seasons since the turn of the century, Cwm Albion AFC have played 454 league fixtures in the Swansea Senior Football League (Official Page) and won only 32 (0.7%). Going into this season they'd recorded only 3 wins in the last 7 seasons.

We have often mentioned this club in Welsh Football magazine, in our end of season stats, remarking on the club's sportsmanship and resilience in keeping going. Several times I've commented that they surely deserved an award.

Well, they've got one: Specsavers chose them as their adopted "Best Worst team" this season. They are playing at Cwm Level Park tomorrow (9th March, 12.15) and it would be good if fans of grassroots could come along and show support.

I understand a Swansea City Football Club legend will attend and the occasion will be captured by a film crew.

I'll be there with copies of the brand new edition of Welsh Football magazine for sale too.

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