Sunday 31 March 2019

BIG CITY, NICE CATHEDRAL

I was drawn to a Lock Stock Welsh Alliance League match because the smallest city in the UK was on the roster. St Asaph City, lying 8th in the First and highest Division, were thumped 6-1 away at Barmouth Dyffryn (14th in the division), for whom Shane Jones grabbed 5 goals, sprinkled over the 90 minutes of play.
Imagine being a pundit on Welsh TV or Radio having to pronounce the result of the Cookson Challenge Cup Final between Llangenfi FC and Penrhyndeudraeth FC, thankfully a 1-0 win to the first team I named who are 3rd in the division and their opponents were 9th.
Penrhyndendraeth means a peninsular with two beaches. It is near Porthmadog and has a population of just over 2,000 and "falling".
Llangenfi is twice the size and located on Anglesey boasting Wayne Hennessey, yes that goalkeeper, as a favourite son! Try as I might I couldn't find a translation!

But I am straying from St Asaph, a town which has a Cathedral, hence its city status. St Asaph, Cathedral.jpg
The club is located in Denbighshire (North Wales) having a population of about 5,000, so is huge in comparison, The club couldn't compete with their Barmouth opposition, however.
It's a long way to travel, so maybe the coach journey got the better of them. They also run a Youth team.

St Asaph is the smallest city in Wales with Bangor a close second. In the UK, Wells and the City of London pip it into third place. Ian Rush has "close links" with the City as does Neil Taylor of Aston Villa.

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