I love the Cymru Premier, just making that clear early on. I go to as many games as I can. One of my favourite games I’ve been to was watching Wales ‘C’ beat England ‘C’ 1-0 in Llanelli last week.
But at the same time, it’s clear it’s not reaching anywhere near its potential. We’re always going to be limited by having our biggest clubs playing in the English system, but despite that I think we’re missing out on a lot by not having a domestic league that is a big cultural institution and that gets the media attention and attendances it deserves.
Ireland was in a similar position up until recently, but has seen a dramatic rise in interest in the past two years, as seen in the tweet above. What can we do as a country to get behind our own league?
FYI – Colwyn Bay v Aberystwyth is a massive relegation six pointer and is on Sgorio’s YouTube at lunchtime today.
by Danibaldi