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The Palace

26 Wednesday Aug 2026

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Ardal League South West, art, Football, groundhopping, GroundhopUK, League, Non League, Penlan, Penlan AFC, Seven Sisters Onwllyn, soccer, Sports, Wales, Welfare Ground

Saturday 27th June 2026 ko 14:00

Pre-season Friendly

SEVEN SISTERS ONLLYWN 1 (71)

PENLAN AFC 1 (66)

Att 27 at the Welfare Ground

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Back in the day the Swedish Hop at the start of June used to bookend my season, and in England that would be the case now, but you are now seeing the occasional friendly pop up at the end of June, even though technically it is still forbidden by the FA. In Wales, you do see a few more driven by the FAW’s clubs early entry in to European competitions but in both cases check and check again that the game is still on.

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Wild West End

28 Sunday Dec 2025

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CK Swiss Valley, Football, Garden Village, groundhopping, GroundhopUK, Non League, Penlan, Premier League, Pri Deri Park, soccer, Sports, Swansea, West End, West Wales Premier League

Sunday 13th September 2025

11:00 West Wales Premier League

GARDEN VILLAGE 1 (Arnold 61)

CK SWISS VALLEY 1 (James 84)

Caul sent off (2nd booking) 87

Att 136

14:30 (but brought forward to 14:15)

West Wales Premier League

WEST END 1 (Griffiths 36)

Brain sent off 59 (dangerous play)

PENLAN 4 (Lorey 17 Jenkins 75p Otten 90 T Jenkins 90+4)

Charles sent off 59 (dangerous play)

Att 84

Entry & Programme at each game £5

It was (for now) the final day of the West Wales Premier League Hop- but we knew we had a problem, or more accurately two. The first issue was that we at GroundhopUK knew that both Garden Village and West End had recent history in the Welsh League, and given the crowd we’d attracted on the Saturday there was a fair chance that many of them would have visited the Sunday selection before and so headed for home.

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