THE COLD END SPEAKS TO DIPO FADAIIO
The Cold End recently spoke to Dipo Fadaiio who is Chairman/Manager of Royal Southwark who are a team formed in 2019 that play in the Orpington and Bromley Sunday League Fourth Division. Eku Dean has...
View ArticleBELARUSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE - WEEK TWO ROUND UP
Friday 27th March Torpedo Zhodino 1 Belshina 0HOME - V Gorbachik 50 (Att - 790) Rukh Brest 0 Energetik BGU 1 AWAY - D Miroshnikov 43 (Att - 933) Saturday 28th March Slutsk 0 Dynamo Brest 1 AWAY - A...
View ArticleIF YOU KNOW YOUR HISTORY - THE STORY OF THE FALLEN GIANTS
The recently released Netflix series 'The English Game' is a drama focused on the origins of the game in England with the famous old names of 'Old Etonians' and 'Darwen FC' featured. Lots of big names...
View ArticleTAJIKISTAN HIGHER LEAGUE STARTS THIS SUNDAY
The Tajikistan Higher League, which is the top football division in Tajikistan, is scheduled to start on Sunday with games being played behind closed doors due to the current situation regarding...
View ArticleBELRARUSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE WEEK THREE RESULTS AND ROUND UP
Friday 3rd April Belshina 0 Gorodeya 1 (Att- 405) Dinamo Minsk 2 Torpedo Zhodino (Att - 411) Saturday 4th April Shakhtyor 0 Neman Grodno 0 (Att - 227) BATE Borisov 1 Rukh Brest 0 (Att - 470) Dynamo...
View ArticleTHE COLD END MEETS JAKE KIM OF CHELSEA ROVERS
The Cold End recently spoke to Jake Kim who was one of the co-founders of Chelsea Rovers who spent the 2019/20 season in the Surrey South Eastern Combination Intermediate Division Two.What's your...
View ArticleTHE COLD END MEETS MICHAEL KIELY OF NEW CROSS ROVERS
In the next of the series of "The Cold End meets" we catch up with Michael Kiely who is the chairman/secretary of NEW CROSS ROVERS who are a newly formed Sunday League side based in South London for...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART TWELVE - CWMBRAN TOWN AFC
1993/94 Champions LeagueAs inaugural champions of the League Of Wales Cwmbran Town were the first Welsh side to compete in the UEFA Champions League/European Cup. They face Irish Champion's Cork City...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART THIRTEEN - EBBW VALE FC
There was a rich history of football in the town with the club winning the Southern League in 1923 and the Welsh Cup in 1926. The club entered the League of Wales and had two third placed finishes in...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART FOURTEEN - HAVERFORDWEST COUNTY AFC
The Pembrokeshire club have qualified for Europe just once by virtue of a third placed finish in 03/04 which is their best ever finish in the top division. Their reward was a game against...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART FIFTEEN - INTER CARDIFF/INTER CABLE TEL/CARDIFF...
Inter Cardiff FC were formed in 1990 when AFC Cardiff and Sully FC merged. They then changed their name to Inter Cable Tel for sponsorship reasons before reverting back to Inter Cardiff. In 2000 they...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART SIXTEEN - LLANELLI AFC
Like many Welsh clubs of recent times Llanelli had an impressive period of around five years and then suffered financial prolems - the original Llanelli AFC were wound up in 2013 over an unpaid tax...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART SEVENTEEN - MERTHYR TYDFIL
1987/88Cup Winner's Cup A crowd of 8,000 people (that was the official attendance but reports claim it was nearer 14,000!) crammed into Penydarren Park in September 1987 to see the then Southern League...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART EIGHTEEN - NEWPORT COUNTY
1980/81 European Cup Winner's CupNewport County's only foray into Europe came courtesy of their one and only Welsh Cup triumph in 1980. County's side then included a young John Aldridge who was injured...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART NINETEEN - NEWTOWN AFC
Newtown AFC have played in Europe for three seasons and first played in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup after finishing in second place of the LOW in 1995/96. In 2015 they beat Maltese side Valetta 2-1 in both...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART TWENTY - PORT TALBOT TOWN
The Steelmen have one appearance in Europe after a third placed finish in 2009/10. For the 2019/20 season they were members of the Step Three Welsh Football League Division One - they were relegated...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART TWENTY-ONE - PRESTATYN TOWN
Just the one appearance in the Europa League thanks to them winning the 2012/13 play off for a European place. They went through the first qualifying round on penalty kicks after a 3-3 draw on...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART TWENTY-TWO - RHYL FC
Football in the North Wales coastal town dates back to the 1870s with several clubs in existence. They were Cymru Alliance champions in 1994 to achieve promotion to the League of Wales where they were...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART TWENTY-THREE - SWANSEA TOWN/SWANSEA CITY
1961/62Cup Winner's CupThe Swans first trip into Europe saw them gain the hounur of being the first Welsh side to play in European competition. They faced East German side Motor Jena. A 2-2 'home' draw...
View ArticleWELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART TWENTY-FOUR - TON PENTRE AFC
The Rhonda Bulldogs third placed finish in 1994/95 saw them qualify for the Intertoto Cup which was at the time played on a group basis. It wasn't a successful campaign for the club losing all the...
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