1997–98 FAW Premier Cup

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

1997–98 FAW Premier Cup

Invitation Cup
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Wrexham
Runners-up	Cardiff City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	93 (2.82 per match)
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Group stage

Main article: 1997–98 FAW Premier Cup group stage

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BAR	BAN	SWA	CON
Barry Town	6	5	0	1	23	5	+18	15		—	0–3	2–3	9–0
Bangor City	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10		1–2	—	1–0	4–0
Swansea City	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8		1–2	1–1	—	0–0
Conwy United	6	0	1	5	0	22	−22	1		0–6	0–1	0–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CAR	WRE	NEW	MER
Cardiff City	6	3	3	0	7	4	+3	12		—	1–1	3–2	1–0
Wrexham	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11		0–1	—	1–0	5–1
Newtown	6	1	3	2	2	9	−7	6		1–1	2–2	—	2–2
Merthyr Tydfil	6	0	2	4	4	12	−8	2		0–0	0–2	1–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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 – 1 (a.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 Tony 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	Tony Carss

See also

• 1997–98 in Welsh football