Andy Cooke [left] joined Burnley while Mark Delaney [right] left Carmarthen Town for Cardiff City and then Aston Villa.

QUITE a few players have gone on from the Welsh Premier to play in the football league, notably Mark Delaney. The former Carmarthen Town captain moved to Cardiff City and then to Aston Villa, where he secured a regular place in the Premiership and played for Wales.
One of the latest players to make the grade is Steve Evans, who moved from The New Saints to Wrexham in the summer of 2006 and quickly won his first full Welsh cap. He was joined a season later by Conall Murtagh from Rhyl.
Chris King of The New Saints was also recruited by Accrington Stanley in 2008.