2024–25 Welsh Cup

2024–25 Welsh Cup

The Welsh Cup
Tournament details
Country	Wales
Defending champions	Connah's Quay Nomads

The 2024–25 FAW Welsh Cup is the 137th season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales. The winners qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round. Connah's Quay Nomads are the defending cup holders.

First qualifying round

Teams from the third tier of Welsh football and below entered the competition in the first qualifying round, with the exception of Abertillery Bluebirds, Pontardawe Town and Porthmadog, who received a bye based on their league position in the previous season.^[1] The draw was made on 4 July 2024, with matches played on 26 and 27 July.^[2]

North Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Holyhead Town 0–2 Bontnewydd 2 Castell Alun Colts 2–2 (4–5 p) Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur 3 Berriew 4–0 FC Plas Madoc 4 Y Felinheli 6–0 Greenfield 5 Llanrug United 3–4 Connah's Quay Town 6 Cerrigydrudion 3–1 Pentraeth 7 Prestatyn Sports 1–3 Glan Conwy 8 Llandrindod Wells 5–0 Mountain Rangers 9 Lex XI 2–3 Corwen 10 Llansantffraid Village 3–2 Y Glannau 11 Kinmel Bay 6–0 Llandyrnog United 12 Amlwch Town 3–1 Bethesda Rovers 13 Llanuwchllyn 5–1 Forden United 14 Rhostyllen 5–2 Four Crosses 15 Cemaes Bay 3–2 Bow Street 16 Montgomery Town 2–1 Abermule 17 Gronant 1–1 (3–5 p) Llanystumdwy 18 Llangollen Town 6–0 Holywell United 19 Rhyl 1879 9–0 Llandudno Swifts 20 FC Queens Park 3–0 Nantlle Vale 21 Llanfair United 3–3 (3–5 p) Gaerwen 22 Llanerchymedd 1–3 Llansannan 23 Bow 1–1 (5–4 p) Dolgellau AA 24 Rhuddlan Town 1–3 Penyffordd Lions 25 Llanfairfechan Town 0–0 (4–3 p) Llanfairpwll 26 Kerry 1–3 Pwllheli 27 Rhos United 0–4 Llanrwst United 28 Llannefydd 4–1 Llanilar 29 Brymbo 3–6 Bethesda Athletic 30 Rhydymwyn 4–3 Rhyl Albion 31 Caerwys w/o Llandudno Amateurs 32 Barmouth & Dyffryn United 1–1 (4–5 p) Penmaenmawr Phoenix 33 Penrhyndeudraeth 1–0 Llanidloes Town 34 Felinfach 1–3 Chirk AAA 35 Holyhead Hotspur 10–0 Valley 36 Llanberis 3–3 (7–6 p) Sychdyn United 37 Trearddur Bay 4–0 Waterloo Rovers 38 Conwy Borough 3–2 Meliden 39 Rhos Aelwyd 2–2 (4–3 p) Gwalchmai 40 Glantraeth 0–2 Penycae 41 Llangoed 0–4 Llangefni Town 42 Knighton Town 0–4 Cefn Albion 43 St Asaph City 4–0 Cefni 44 Caergybi 0–3 NFA 45 Menai Bridge Tigers w/o Penparcau 46 Llysfaen 1–5 Talysarn Celts 47 Cei Connah 3–5 Henllan 48 Mynydd Isa 0–6 Brickfield Rangers 49 Saltney Town 0–2 Llanrhaeadr 50 Boded 3–2 Mochdre Sports 51 Nefyn United 4–2 Welshpool Town 52 Bro Cernyw 3–2 Machynlleth 53 Carno 2–1 Radnor Valley

South Tie Home team Score Away team 1 AFC Bargoed 2–1 PILCS 2 Morriston Town 4–1 Clase Social 3 Undy 1–5 Penlan 4 Abergavenny Town 3–5 Treherbert 5 Clydach Wasps 3–4 Cardiff Bay Warriors 6 AFC Pontymister 0–5 Bettws 7 Aber Valley 2–1 Canton Rangers 8 Carn Rovers 0–7 Pantyscallog Village 9 Ynystawe Athletic 3–3 (7–8 p) Seaside 10 FC Porthcawl 1–2 Pencoed Athletic 11 Nelson Cavaliers 2–3 West End 12 Marshfield 2–4 Risca United 13 Ton Pentre 0–3 Ely Rangers 14 Treforest 2–1 CK Swiss Valley 15 Tonyrefail 1–3 Cwmamman United 16 Cardiff Airport 5–0 Llangennech 17 Ynyshir Albions 1–2 Cardiff Draconians 18 Giants Grave 2–4 St Josephs 19 Nantyglo 2–3 Bryn Rovers 20 Pentwynmawr Athletic 1–6 Croesyceiliog 21 Lliswerry 1–2 Monmouth Town 22 Caerphilly Athletic 8–1 St Athan 23 Blaenavon Blues 2–2 (5–4 p) Treharris Athletic Western 24 Cwrt y Vil w/o Cefn Cribwr 25 Cascade YC 5–1 Wattsville 26 Seven Sisters Onllwyn 2–0 Risca Town 27 Caldicot Town 5–1 Blaen-y-maes 28 Sifil 2–4 Newport Corinthians 29 Abertillery Excelsiors 0–3 Penydarren BGC 30 Cwmbach Royal Stars 0–2 Goytre 31 Tredegar Town 2–3 New Inn 32 Aberdare Town 3–1 Tongwynlais 33 Cwmbran Town w/o Cefn Fforest 34 AFC Llwydcoed 3–0 AFC Penrhiwceiber 35 Abercarn United 1–2 Canton 36 Clwb Cymric 3–0 Llanrumney United 37 Ynysygerwn 4–1 Pontarddulais Town 38 Evans & Williams 1–1 (4–3 p) Llantwit Fardre 39 Llangeinor 5–2 Treowen Stars 40 Pill 7–1 Garw 41 Dinas Powys 1–4 Rogerstone 42 Sully Sports 4–4 (4–5 p) Cwm Wanderers 43 South Gower 3–3 (2–4 p) Cwrt Rawlin 44 Cardiff Corinthians w/o Ferndale BGC 45 Vale United 2–3 Chepstow Town 46 FC Cwmaman 5–1 Rhydyfelin 47 Holton Road 3–0 Bridgend Street 48 Cwmcarn Athletic 0–3 Newport Saints 49 Ffostrasol Wanderers 4–1 Glynneath Town 50 Brynna 0–6 Porthcawl Town Athletic 51 Swansea University 5–1 AFC Wattstown 52 Dafen Welfare 8–1 Cornelly United 53 Clydach 8–3 Tregaron Turfs 54 Pontyclun 3–2 Penygraig United 55 Builth Wells 1–1 (4–2 p) Brecon Corries 56 Port Talbot Town 10–3 Llanrumney Athletic

Second qualifying round

The 109 first qualifying round winners and 3 teams given byes entered the second qualifying round.^[3] The draw was made on 31 July 2024, with the matches played on 23 and 24 August.^[4]

North Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Rhostyllen (4) 2–3 St Asaph City (3) 2 NFA (3) 3–1 Henllan (5) 3 Rhyl 1879 (3) 6–0 Glan Conwy (4) 4 FC Queens Park (4) 3–1 Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur (5) 5 Llansannan (4) 2–2 (5–4 p) Conwy Borough (3) 6 Llannefydd (3) 4–2 Penyffordd Lions (4) 7 Llanrhaeadr (4) 3–1 Llanystumdwy (4) 8 Llanuwchllyn (3) 10–0 Berriew (4) 9 Montgomery Town (4) 1–4 Corwen (3) 10 Connah's Quay Town (3) 2–4 Brickfield Rangers (3) 11 Cerrigydrudion (4) 3–1 Llansantffraid Village (3) 12 Holyhead Hotspur (3) 4–2 Bethesda Athletic (4) 13 Nefyn United (4) 3–3 (2–4 p) Menai Bridge Tigers (3) 14 Talysarn Celts (4) 1–0 Llandrindod Wells (3) 15 Bro Cernyw (4) 0–3 Llandudno Amateurs (4) 16 Amlwch Town (5) 0–5 Porthmadog (3) 17 Kinmel Bay (4) 3–2 Bow (4) 18 Llangollen Town (3) 2–0 Y Felinheli (3) 19 Trearddur Bay (3) 7–0 Llanfairfechan Town (4) 20 Carno (4) 2–1 Penycae (3) 21 Penmaenmawr Phoenix (4) 5–2 Pwllheli (3) 22 Cefn Albion (3) 6–3 Penrhyndeudraeth (4) 23 Llanberis (4) 4–1 Bontnewydd (5) 24 Rhos Aelwyd (3) 0–2 Gaerwen (5) 25 Cemaes Bay (4) 0–3 Llanrwst United (3) 26 Llangefni Town (3) 7–3 Chirk AAA (3) 27 Rhydymwyn (5) 3–1 Boded (4)

South Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Blaenavon Blues (3) 1–4 Cardiff Corinthians (3) 2 Builth Wells (3) 3–0 Cefn Cribwr (3) 3 Goytre (3) 1–1 (4–2 p) Pontyclun (3) 4 Cardiff Draconians (3) 4–0 Bettws (5) 5 Aberdare Town (5) 0–1 Newport Corinthians (3) 6 Rogerstone (4) 5–1 Dafen Welfare (4) 7 Clwb Cymric (5) 2–1 Cwm Wanderers (4) 8 Monmouth Town (4) 1–1 (5–4 p) Seven Sisters Onllwyn (3) 9 Ffostrasol Wanderers (4) 1–2 Pencoed Athletic (4) 10 Treherbert (3) 3–2 Pantyscallog Village (6) 11 Morriston Town (3) 1–0 Port Talbot Town (4) 12 Holton Road (6) 3–6 Pill (4) 13 Ely Rangers (4) 5–2 Treforest (5) 14 St Josephs (4) 13–0 AFC Bargoed (7) 15 FC Cwmaman (4) 1–2 Cwmamman United (4) 16 Clydach (3) 2–2 (1–3 p) West End (4) 17 New Inn (4) 3–2 Evans & Williams (3) 18 Abertillery Bluebirds (3) 3–2 Cascade YC (7) 19 Cardiff Bay Warriors (5) 7–3 Cwrt Rawlin (6) 20 Cwmbran Town (4) 3–0 Llangeinor (6) 21 Penlan (4) 2–2 (5–6 p) Caldicot Town (3) 22 Porthcawl Town Athletic (4) 4–1 Newport Saints (4) 23 Risca United (3) 3–0 Seaside (4) 24 Ynysygerwn (3) 4–3 Cardiff Airport (4) 25 AFC Llwydcoed (3) 4–2 Croesyceiliog (3) 26 Pontardawe Town (3) 3–4 Aber Valley (4) 27 Penydarren BGC (4) 5–0 Canton (3) 28 Bryn Rovers (4) 3–5 Chepstow Town (3) 29 Swansea University (3) 1–1 (6–5 p) Caerphilly Athletic (4)

First round

The 56 second qualifying round winners and teams in Tier 2 entered the first round. The draw was made on 28 August 2024, with the matches played on 20 and 21 September.^[5]

The following teams received byes based on league position during the previous season:

• 2024–25 Cymru North (2): Airbus UK Broughton, Bangor 1876, Colwyn Bay, Denbigh Town, Guilsfield, Holywell Town, Mold Alexandra, and Ruthin Town
• 2024–25 Cymru South (2): Afan Lido, Ammanford, Caerau (Ely), Cambrian United, Carmarthen Town, Goytre United, Llanelli Town, and Pontypridd United

North Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Corwen (3) 0–1 Llay Welfare (2) 2 Llandudno (2) 4–0 Llanberis (4) 3 Llannefydd (3) 1–0 Rhydymwyn (5) 4 Penrhyncoch (2) 2–1 Talysarn Celts (4) 5 Llandudno Amateurs (4) 0–4 Holyhead Hotspur (3) 6 Buckley Town (2) 7–2 Builth Wells (3) 7 St Asaph City (3) 0–2 Llangollen Town (3) 8 Caersws (2) 5–0 Cefn Albion (3) 9 Llansannan (4) 0–2 Cerrigydrudion (4) 10 Carno (4) 0–4 Llanrhaeadr (4) 11 Llanrwst United (3) 5–1 Menai Bridge Tigers (3) 12 Gresford Athletic (2) 9–0 Prestatyn Town (2) 13 Kinmel Bay (4) 3–1 Brickfield Rangers (3) 14 FC Queens Park (4) 1–6 Porthmadog (3) 15 Trearddur Bay (3) 2–1 NFA (3) 16 Llangefni Town (3) 7–1 Gaerwen (5) 17 Penmaenmawr Phoenix (4) 1–2 Llanuwchllyn (3) 18 Rhyl 1879 (3) 1–1 (4–1 p) Flint Mountain (2)

South Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Cardiff Corinthians (3) 4–1 Risca United (3) 2 Chepstow Town (3) 0–1 Pill (4) 3 St Josephs (4) 0–3 Cardiff Draconians (3) 4 Goytre (3) 3–1 Pencoed Athletic (4) 5 Newport Corinthians (3) 1–0 AFC Llwydcoed (3) 6 Penrhiwceiber Rangers (2) 3–1 Cwmbran Town (4) 7 Cardiff Bay Warriors (5) 2–0 West End (4) 8 Taff's Well (2) 0–1 Trethomas Bluebirds (2) 9 Treherbert (3) 1–1 (3–5 p) Clwb Cymric (5) 10 Caldicot Town (3) 1–2 Morriston Town (3) 11 New Inn (4) 1–1 (4–2 p) Abertillery Bluebirds (3) 12 Aber Valley (4) 3–1 Cwmamman United (4) 13 Ynysygerwn (3) 1–3 Rogerstone (4) 14 Penydarren BGC (4) 3–3 (4–1 p) Porthcawl Town Athletic (4) 15 Monmouth Town (4) 2–0 Newport City (2) 16 Llantwit Major (2) 3–2 Ely Rangers (4) 17 Cwmbran Celtic (2) 3–4 Trefelin BGC (2) 18 Swansea University (3) 5–1 Baglan Dragons (2)

Second round

The 36 first round winners, the 16 teams given first round byes, and the 12 teams from the 2024–25 Cymru Premier entered the second round. The draw was made on 25 September 2024, with the matches played on 18, 19, 22, and 26 October.^[6]

North Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bangor 1876 (2) 2–1 Llay Welfare (2) 2 Bala Town (1) 3–1 Llanrhaeadr (4) 3 Llannefydd (3) 1–2 Trearddur Bay (3) 4 Llanrwst United (3) 2–1 Cerrigydrudion (4) 5 Connah's Quay Nomads (1) 5–0 Guilsfield (2) 6 Denbigh Town (2) 4–2 Llangefni Town (3) 7 The New Saints (1) 16–0 Llangollen Town (3) 8 Porthmadog (3) 0–2 Airbus UK Broughton (2) 9 Holywell Town (2) 1–1 (4–5 p) Ruthin Town (2) 10 Llanuwchllyn (3) 0–0 (5–3 p) Newtown (1) 11 Caersws (2) 7–4 Rhyl 1879 (3) 12 Holyhead Hotspur (3) 0–0 (6–5 p) Caernarfon Town (1) 13 Buckley Town (2) 2–2 (5–6 p) Colwyn Bay (2) 14 Penrhyncoch (2) 1–3 Mold Alexandra (2) 15 Flint Town United (1) 5–1 Gresford Athletic (2) 16 Llandudno (2) 4–3 Kinmel Bay (4)

South Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Barry Town United (1) 3–3 (2–4 p) Caerau (Ely) (2) 2 Cardiff Bay Warriors (5) 2–4 Rogerstone (4) 3 Cardiff Corinthians (3) 3–3 (2–4 p) Afan Lido (2) 4 Penybont (1) 0–1 Cardiff Metropolitan University (1) 5 Goytre (3) 1–0 Cardiff Draconians (3) 6 Cambrian United (2) 0–0 (5–4 p) Goytre United (2) 7 Haverfordwest County (1) 0–0 (5–3 p) Trethomas Bluebirds (2) 8 Clwb Cymric (5) 0–3 Llanelli Town (2) 9 Aberystwyth Town (1) 0–1 Ammanford (2) 10 Penrhiwceiber Rangers (2) 3–4 Carmarthen Town (2) 11 Penydarren BGC (4) 2–0 Pontypridd United (2) 12 Monmouth Town (4) 2–3 Pill (4) 13 New Inn (4) 0–3 Briton Ferry Llansawel (1) 14 Trefelin BGC (2) 5–0 Newport Corinthians (3) 15 Llantwit Major (2) 1–1 (5–6 p) Morriston Town (3) 16 Aber Valley (4) 0–2 Swansea University (3)

Third round

The 32 second round winners entered the third round. The draw was made on 23 October 2024, with the matches played on 15 and 16 November.^[7]

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Cardiff Metropolitan University (1)	1–3	The New Saints (1)
2	Caerau (Ely) (2)	8–1	Rogerstone (4)
3	Trefelin BGC (2)	1–2	Connah's Quay Nomads (1)
4	Colwyn Bay (2)	2–1	Ruthin Town (2)
5	Caersws (2)	2–1	Bangor 1876 (2)
6	Llanrwst United (3)	0–3	Denbigh Town (2)
7	Penydarren BGC (4)	2–2 (3–4 p)	Carmarthen Town (2)
8	Airbus UK Broughton (2)	7–1	Goytre (3)
9	Flint Town United (1)	2–2 (2–4 p)	Bala Town (1)
10	Ammanford (2)	1–1 (9–10 p)	Haverfordwest County (1)
11	Mold Alexandra (2)	2–1	Briton Ferry Llansawel (1)
12	Cambrian United (2)	3–2	Llandudno (2)
13	Holyhead Hotspur (3)	0–0 (5–4 p)	Trearddur Bay (3)
14	Llanuwchllyn (3)	3–0	Swansea University (3)
15	Llanelli Town (2)	4–0	Pill (4)
16	Afan Lido (2)	1–1 (6–5 p)	Morriston Town (3)

Fourth round

The 16 third round winners entered the fourth round. The draw was made on 20 November 2024, with the matches played on 13, 14, and 15 December.^[8]

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Afan Lido (2)	0–0 (1–3 p)	Cambrian United (2)
2	The New Saints (1)	4–1	Colwyn Bay (2)
3	Haverfordwest County (1)	0–2	Llanelli Town (2)
4	Carmarthen Town (2)	0–0 (4–3 p)	Holyhead Hotspur (3)
5	Denbigh Town (2)	7–1	Llanuwchllyn (3)
6	Caerau (Ely) (2)	1–0	Bala Town (1)
7	Airbus UK Broughton (2)	2–0	Caersws (2)
8	Connah's Quay Nomads (1)	1–0	Mold Alexandra (2)

Quarter-finals

The eight fourth round winners entered the quarter-finals. The draw was made on 18 December 2024, with the matches set to be played on 14 and 15 February 2025.^[9]

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Denbigh Town (2)		Llanelli Town (2)
2	Caerau (Ely) (2)		Connah's Quay Nomads (1)
3	The New Saints (1)		Airbus UK Broughton (2)
4	Cambrian United (2)		Carmarthen Town (2)

References

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