2008–09 Welsh League Cup

Country

Wales

Teams

Champions

The New Saints

Runners-up

Bangor City

Matches played

Goals scored

178 (3.96 per match)

← 2007–08

2009–10 →

All statistics correct as of 19:30, 30 August 2009 (UTC).

The 2008–09 Welsh League Cup season was won by The New Saints, beating Bangor City in the final. It was the third victory for The New Saints in the competition, and the fifth appearance by Bangor City in the final. The final took place at Latham Park, in Newtown, Wales. The match was refereed by Phil Southall.

Round and draw dates

Source ^[1]

Date	Event
19 August 2008	Group stage, round 1
2 September 2008	Group stage, round 2
9 September 2008	Group stage, round 3
23 September 2008	Group stage, round 4
7 October 2008	Group stage, round 5
14 October 2008	Group stage, round 6
28 October – 25 November 2008	Quarter-finals
28 November 2008 – 9 December 2008	Semi-finals, first leg
9 December 2008 – 13 January 2009	Semi-finals, second leg
5 April 2009	Final in Latham Park, Newtown

Group stage

Sources ^[1]^[2]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams progressed to the quarter finals
Best runner-up that progressed to the quarter finals

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Aberystwyth Town	4	1	3	0	7	3	+4	6
Carmarthen Town	4	1	2	1	4	4	+0	5
Haverfordwest County	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	4

	ABER	CAR	HFW
Aberystwyth Town	–	1–1	4–0
Carmarthen Town	1–1	–	0–1
Haverfordwest County	1–1	1–2	–

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Neath Athletic	4	2	1	1	13	12	+1	7
Llanelli AFC	4	2	0	2	12	10	+2	6
Port Talbot Town	4	1	1	2	11	14	−3	4

	NEA	LLA	PTT
Neath Athletic	–	0–3	5–3
Llanelli AFC	3–5	–	2–4
Port Talbot Town	3–3	1–4	–

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Newtown AFC	4	2	1	1	11	4	+7	7
NEWI Cefn Druids	4	2	1	1	7	7	+0	7
Caernarfon Town	4	0	2	2	4	11	−7	2

	NEW	DRU	CAER
Newtown AFC	–	2–3	7–1
NEWI Cefn Druids	0–2	–	3–2
Caernarfon Town	0–0	1–1	–

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Caersws FC	4	2	2	0	13	7	+6	8
Bangor City	4	2	1	1	10	11	−1	7
CPD Porthmadog	4	0	1	3	5	10	−5	1

	CSWS	BAN	POR
Caersws FC	–	3–3	1–1
Bangor City	1–6	–	3–0
CPD Porthmadog	2–3	2–3	–

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rhyl FC	4	3	1	0	13	3	+10	9
Welshpool Town	4	2	0	2	7	7	+0	6
Airbus UK Broughton	4	1	0	3	5	15	−10	3

	RYL	WEL	AIR
Rhyl FC	–	1–2	6–1
Welshpool Town	0–2	–	5–2
Airbus UK Broughton	0–4	2–0	–

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
The New Saints	4	3	1	0	12	6	+6	10
Gap Connah's Quay	4	2	0	2	3	6	−3	6
Prestatyn Town	4	0	1	3	7	10	−3	1

	TNS	GCQ	PRE
The New Saints	–	3–0	3–3
Gap Connah's Quay	0–2	–	2–1
Prestatyn Town	3–4	0–1	–

Knockout stage

Source ^[1]

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor City	3–1 (aet)	Rhyl FC
NEWI Cefn Druids	0–2	The New Saints
Newtown AFC	3–1 (aet) 2-4 (pens)	Neath Athletic
Aberystwyth Town	4–1	Caersws FC

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Neath Athletic	2–3	The New Saints	2-0	0-3
Bangor City	5–4	Aberystwyth Town	1-2	4-2

Final

The New Saints v Bangor City

5 April 2009
13:00 (UTC+0)

The New Saints	2 – 0	Bangor City
John Leah 11' (p) Conall Murtagh 75'	Report

Latham Park, Newtown
Attendance: 555
Referee: Phil Southall (Wales)

Welsh League Cup 2008–09 Winners

The New Saints Third Title

References

1 2 3 "Welsh Cups 2008/09". rsssf.com. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
↑ "Welsh League Cup group tables 2008/9". welsh-premier.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

External links

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