1997–98 FAW Premier Cup

1997–98 FAW Premier Cup

Invitation Cup
Country	England  Wales
Teams	8
Champions	Wrexham
Runners-up	Cardiff City
Matches played	33
Goals scored	93 (2.82 per match)
1998–99 →

The 1997–98 FAW Premier Cup was the inaugural season of the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Barry Town 6 5 0 1 23 5 +18 15 Bangor City 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 Swansea City 6 2 2 2 7 6 +4 8 Conwy United 6 0 1 5 0 22 −22 1

BAN BAR CON SWA Bangor City – 1–2 4–0 1–0 Barry Town 0–3 – 9–0 2–3 Conwy United 0–1 0–6 – 0–2 Swansea City 1–1 1–2 0–0 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cardiff City 6 3 3 0 7 4 +3 12 Wrexham 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 Newtown 6 1 3 2 2 9 −1 6 Merthyr Tydfil 6 0 2 4 4 12 −8 2

CAR NEW MER WRE Cardiff City – 3–2 1–0 1–1 Newtown 1–1 – 2–2 2–2 Merthyr Tydfil 0–0 1–2 – 0–2 Wrexham 0–1 1–0 5–1 –

Quarter finals

Bangor City	3 – 5	Newtown
Ken McKenna Chris Taylor	Report	Scott Ruscoe Jason Yates Kevin Morrison John Leah

Farrar Road Stadium, Bangor

Barry Town	0 – 1a.e.t.	Merthyr Tydfil
	Report	Chris Summers

Jenner Park, Barry

Cardiff City	4 – 0	Conwy United
Jeff Eckhardt Christian Roberts Scott Fowler	Report

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Wrexham	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Swansea City
Dave Brammer Mark Wilson	Report	Kristian O'Leary Julian Alsop
Penalties
	5 – 4

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Semi finals

First leg

Merthyr Tydfil	0 – 4	Cardiff City
	Report	Craig Middleton Anthony Carss Andy Saville Carl Dale

Penydarren Park

Wrexham	2 – 0	Newtown
Dean Spink Neil Roberts	Report

Racecourse Ground

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Second leg

Cardiff City	3 – 1	Merthyr Tydfil
Christian Roberts own goal Robert Earnshaw	Report	Ian Mitchell

Ninian Park

Newtown	0 – 2	Wrexham
	Report	Dean Spink Mark Wilson

Latham Park

Final

Wrexham	2 – 1	Cardiff City
Mark Wilson Gareth Owen	Report	Anthony Carss

See also

• 1997–98 in Welsh football

External links

• FAW Premier Cup 1997/8

References

• Thomas, Mel. "FAW Premier Cup Season 1997-98". wfda.co.uk. Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 28 July 2013.