{"id":9948,"date":"2025-01-17T15:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/?p=9948"},"modified":"2025-01-19T17:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T17:25:51","slug":"genero-adran-trophy-semi-final-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/news\/genero-adran-trophy-semi-final-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Genero Adran Trophy | Semi-final preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-09-29-Wrexham-AFC-Women-vs-Swansea-City-Women-168-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-09-29-Wrexham-AFC-Women-vs-Swansea-City-Women-168-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-09-29-Wrexham-AFC-Women-vs-Swansea-City-Women-168-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-09-29-Wrexham-AFC-Women-vs-Swansea-City-Women-168-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-09-29-Wrexham-AFC-Women-vs-Swansea-City-Women-168.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It\u2019s semi-final time in the Genero Adran Trophy on Sunday, after both ties were postponed due to frozen pitches last weekend.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swansea City, who were beaten 5-1 by Cardiff City in last year\u2019s final and are the only former winner left in this season\u2019s competition, travel to a Wrexham side who have reached this stage for the first time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Swans are the only side yet to concede in the Genero Adran Trophy this season, winning 4-0 and 5-0 against Llandudno and Cascade respectively so far, but they have lost their last two league matches against The New Saints and Briton Ferry Llansawel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a 4-1 win over Cwmbran Celtic in the Round of 16, Wrexham booked their semi-final spot with a 3-1 victory over Barry Town United before beating the Linnets 4-3 in the league a week later.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last three meetings between the two sides have finished 3-2 in Swansea\u2019s favour, with Jamie Sherwood\u2019s team triumphing at the Racecourse in the Genero Adran Premier earlier this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-10-06-The-New-Saints-Women-vs-Briton-Ferry-Llansawel-Women-74-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-10-06-The-New-Saints-Women-vs-Briton-Ferry-Llansawel-Women-74-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-10-06-The-New-Saints-Women-vs-Briton-Ferry-Llansawel-Women-74-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-10-06-The-New-Saints-Women-vs-Briton-Ferry-Llansawel-Women-74-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dogirq7bi39sv.cloudfront.net\/2024-10-06-The-New-Saints-Women-vs-Briton-Ferry-Llansawel-Women-74.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the other semi-final, current Genero Adran Premier leaders The New Saints host Briton Ferry Llansawel at Park Hall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be TNS\u2019 fourth consecutive appearance in the semi-finals, but each previous occasion had ended in defeat. However, after knocking out current holders Cardiff City in the quarter-finals, before beating Swansea City in the league a week later, Shauna Duffy\u2019s side will be full of confidence heading into this weekend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Briton Ferry also go into the tie following back-to-back wins over the Swans and the Bluebirds, which took them up to third in the Genero Adran Premier table. A late own goal earned the Reds a 1-0 win over Aberystwyth Town in the quarter-finals and they are now aiming to reach the final for the first time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Molly Havard cancelled out Alison Witts\u2019 opener when the two sides played out a 1-1 draw in the league in October, with Ferry playing the final half hour with defender Olivia Kett-White in goal after Courtney Young was sent off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s semi-final time in the Genero Adran Trophy on Sunday, after both ties were postponed due to frozen pitches last weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":9951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ftr_img_focal":{"x":0.49,"y":0.28},"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"class_list":["post-9948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genero-adran-trophy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9948"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9952,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9948\/revisions\/9952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/adran-leagues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}