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Aber Valley, Aberaman Athletic, Aberaman Park, Aberdare Athletic, AFC Penrhiwceiber, Chris Berezai, Cwmbach Royal Stars, Football, groundhop, groundhopping, GroundhopUK, ICI rifle fields, Merthyr Saints, Nelson Cavaliers, Non League, Wales, Wern Park
Sunday 28th August 2022 ko
11:15 South Wales Alliance Premier Division
MERTHYR SAINTS 1 (Maia 37p)
ABER VALLEY 5 (Razimielski 6 45 65 James 22 Neville 83)
Att 302
Entry & Programme £5
14:00 South Wales Alliance Division One
ABERDARE TOWN 6 (Johnson 12p Jones 14 64 Olson 18 Thomas 22 Welsh 70)
AFC PENRHIWCEIBER 0
Turner missed penalty 90
Att 305
Entry £3
Programme £1
17:00 South Wales Alliance Division Two
NELSON CAVALIERS 0
CWMBACH ROYAL STARS 3 (Jones 19 J Price 43 L Price 66)
Att 254
Entry & Programme £4
In some ways Sunday was when the South Wales Alliance Hop really hit its stride. For one thing we had 3 superb grounds to visit this time, with all respect to Cardiff Cosmopolitan their 3G cage was unlikely to excite many! The other factor was having league chairman Phil Sweet on the coach, he’s a man of Merthyr so hearing his memories and knowledge of his home town put where were were and what we were watching right in perspective. Of course the hop and later myself had visited the Saints before, the hop seeing it as the very first club visited on the very first Welsh hop in August 2002. But there was a move to consider… Continue reading