Rangers face Llantwit in Welsh Cup derby

There'll be an all-Vale derby in the first round of this season's JD Welsh Cup.

Llantwit Major have been drawn at home to face Wenvoe-based Ely Rangers, who were the only local grassroots club to qualify for the competition this season.

Rangers, under manager Stephen Kelleher, were promoted to the South Wales Premier League after winning the Championship title last season.

They qualified for last season's Welsh Cup, before losing 4-1 to Trethomas Bluebirds in the first round.

This season, Rangers navigated the qualifying stages with a 3-0 win over Rhondda cup specialists Ton Pentre, before beating Treforest 5-2 last Saturday to reach the first round proper.

Llantwit, who are currently seventh in the Cymru South, will be aiming to go further in the cup than last season, when they were knocked out 4-0 by Llanelli Town in the second round.

Elsewhere, Cardiff Bay Warriors have been drawn at home to face Swansea club West End, who play in the West Wales Premier League.

The Butetown-based club, who recently won an international tournament for Somalian communities in Canada, won their way through to the first round by beating Cwrt Rawlin 7-3.

Barry Town United - along with the rest of the Cymru Premier - will enter round two of the competition, along with the top eight teams in both the Cymru North and the Cymru South.

Ties will be played on the weekend of Friday 20th and Saturday 21st September.

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