{"id":16897,"date":"2026-01-09T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cymru-leagues\/?p=16897"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:01:06","slug":"jd-cymru-premier-statement-matchday-22-rearranged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faw.cymru\/cymru-leagues\/news\/jd-cymru-premier-statement-matchday-22-rearranged\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Cymru Premier statement: Matchday 22 rearranged"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/d20w35i08zcmee.cloudfront.net\/2025-09-06_Bala_Town_v_Penybont_CT-002-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d20w35i08zcmee.cloudfront.net\/2025-09-06_Bala_Town_v_Penybont_CT-002-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d20w35i08zcmee.cloudfront.net\/2025-09-06_Bala_Town_v_Penybont_CT-002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d20w35i08zcmee.cloudfront.net\/2025-09-06_Bala_Town_v_Penybont_CT-002-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d20w35i08zcmee.cloudfront.net\/2025-09-06_Bala_Town_v_Penybont_CT-002.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has taken the decision to postpone all JD Cymru Premier Matchday 22 fixtures on Friday 9 January.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The effects of Storm Goretti, causing pitch issues and concern around travel, mean that at least one fixture in the schedule would have ordinarily been postponed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Matchday 22 fixtures needing to kick off at the same time to protect sporting integrity and mitigate against the risk of betting market manipulation, the decision was taken, on the guidance of UEFA and following consultation with JD Cymru Premier clubs, to postpone all of Friday night\u2019s matches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All fixtures have been rearranged for Tuesday 13 January (KO 19:45), to conclude Phase One simultaneously.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has taken the decision to postpone all JD Cymru Premier Matchday 22 fixtures on Friday 9 January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":16898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ftr_img_focal":{"x":0.5,"y":0.38},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"class_list":["post-16897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jd-cymru-premier"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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