Welsh Premier Under-21 League

Left: Cwmbran celebrate victory in the play-off final.

THIRTEEN clubs originally agreed to participate in the Welsh Premier's ill-fated Under-21 League in 2005/6. Selected clubs from outside the league who had ambition to reach the Welsh Premier and had appropriate facilities were also invited to join the midweek floodlight competition, divided into two conferences on a north/south basis.
Aberystwyth, Caernarfon, Cardiff Grange Quins and Haverfordwest subsequently withdrew, with Welshpool joining in midway through the season. A combination of postponements through bad weather and the inability of clubs to raise teams resulted in neither of the conferences completing its fixtures.
However, Cwmbran eventually triumphed over Bangor City in the play-off final at Rhayader's Wierglodd.
The FAW was forced to abandon plans for a 2006/7 competition with only four Welsh Premier clubs in a total of seven applicants.

Welsh Premier Under-21 League Play-off Final
Saturday 20 May 2006 / The Wierglodd, Rhayader
Bangor City
1-2
 Cwmbran Town
Craig Tipton 57'
 Scorers 77' Chris Pearce
80' Joseph Carless
Bangor v Cwmbran
Crows' keeper Nicholas Church punches clear from the head of Bangor's Mark Jones.
Crows fight back to deny City
CWMBRAN Town won the inaugural Under-21 trophy with a late fightback to deny Bangor City at Rhayader's Wierglodd.
Trailing to a 57th minute goal from Craig Tipton, the Crows hit back with two goals in four minutes from Chris Pearce and Joseph Carless.
City had the ball in the net in the third minute only to be denied by the offside flag and generally dominated their Gwent opponents in the first-half, although Carless missed a golden opportunity to put Cwmbran in front when through on goal with only Darren Owen to beat.
Bangor deservedly took the lead through Craig Tipton's 57th minute strike but a handling error by keeper Owen allowed Carless to feed Pearce for the equaliser.
The Cwmbran comeback was complete when Carless atoned for his earlier miss to cut in from the left and fire past Owen.
Jamie Stokes should have put the result beyond doubt in the final minute but missed with only Owen to beat and the Crows almost paid the penalty when keeper Nicholas Church was forced to make an injury-time save to stop Darren Ishmael from taking the game into extra-time.
Bangor City
Teams
 Cwmbran Town
Darren Owen
Barry Jones
Thomas Jones
Aled Jones
Simon Kay
Kevin Roberts
Dafydd Evans
Mark Jones
Lance Williams
Craig Tipton
Darren Gowans
Nicholas Church
Mark Morris
Gareth Wysome
Darryl Tippins
Daniel Clare
Ryan Hillier
Leigh Williams
Craig Cheedy
Joseph Carless
Chris Pearce
Lewis James
Adam Jones
Darren Ishmael
Gavin Owen
Subs
 Darren Harris
Jamie Stokes
Rhys Redman
Gavin Owen - Dafydd Evans 74'
Darren Ishmael - Lance Williams 81'
Adam Jones - Craig Tipton 90'
33' Jamie Stokes - Lewis James
90' Darren Harris - Leigh Williams
 
Kevin Roberts 58'
 87' Joseph Carless
Referee Huw Jones (Oswestry)
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