FAW Premier Cup 2002/03

Final

Semi-finals

Wrexham 4-0 Rhyl

Newport 0-0 Cardiff (Newport win 4-3 on penalties)

Quarter-finals

Newport County 3-1 Swansea City

TNS 1-3 Cardiff City

Afan Lido 0-4 Wrexham
Rhyl 1-1 Barry Town (Rhyl win 5-4 on penalties)

Round-up: An early hat-trick from leading-scorer Andy Morrell helped ease Wrexham to a 0-4 win at Afan Lido . Shaun Holmes got the final goal.

Jamie Moralee went from hero to villain as Barry crashed out on penalties at Rhyl .

The Dragons' top striker put his side ahead six minutes from time, only to see Steve Walters equalise.

Moralee then missed Barry's final penalty as they lost 5-4 in an extended shoot-out.

Pool stage:

Group A:

September:
Tue 10:
Caersws 2-4 Cwmbran

October:
Wed 2: Cwmbran 1-2 Afan Lido
Tue 8: Rhyl 4-1 Cwmbran
Tue 15: Caersws 1-1 Rhyl
Tue 22: Rhyl 2-1 Afan Lido
Wed 23: Cwmbran 0-1 Caersws

November:
Tue 5: Afan Lido 1-3 Rhyl
Tue 12: Caersws 2-3 Afan Lido
Wed 13: Cwmbran 3-2 Rhyl
Tue 19: Rhyl 1-1 Caersws
Tue 26: Afan Lido 1-0 Cwmbran

December:
Tue 3: Afan Lido 2-1 Caersws

Group A
Team P W D L F A GD Pts
Afan Lido 6 4 0 2 10 9 +1 12
Rhyl 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11
Cwmbran Town 6 2 0 4 9 12 -3 6
Caersws 6 1 2 3 8 11 -3 5

*Afan Lido and Rhyl qualify for the quarter-finals

Group B:

September:
Tue 24: Connah's Quay 1-1 Newport

October:
Tue 8: Connah's Quay 1-2 Bangor
Sat 12: Bangor 1-1 TNS
Tue 15: Connah's Quay 1-3 TNS
Mon 21: Newport 1-0 TNS

November:
Mon 4: Newport 1-1 Connah's Quay
Tue 5: TNS 5-0 Bangor
Tue 12: TNS 3-0 Newport
Mon 18: Newport 1-1 Bangor
Tue 19: TNS 4-0 Connah's Quay

December:
Tue 3: Bangor 2-3 Connah's Quay
Tue 10: Bangor 1-1 Newport

Group B
Team P W D L F A GD Pts
TNS 6 4 1 1 16 3 +13 13
Newport County 6 1 4 1 5 7 -2 7
Bangor City 6 1 3 2 7 12 -5 6
Connah's Quay 6 1 2 3 7 13 -6 5

*TNS and Newport County qualify for the quarter-finals.

Top scorers:

5 Graham Evans (Caersws); Andy Moran (Rhyl)
4 Michael Wilde (Total Network Solutions)
3 Kevin Bartley (Afan Lido); Tommy Mutton (Connah's Quay Nomads); Anthony Wright (Cwmbran Town); Chris McGinn (Rhyl); Chris King (Total Network Solutions); Andy Morrell (Wrexham)

  • Barry Town, Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham - the four seeded teams - joined the competition in the quarter-final stage.