National League

REVENGE IS SWEET FOR THE SAINTS!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 August 2026

By Rob Cole

WELSH ROUND UP
THE NEW SAINTS finally hit their straps in the new Novira Cymru Premier as they took revenge on Cardiff Met, thrashing them 5-0 in Cyncoed.
The Archers had beaten the champions in the league last November and then knocked them out of the Welsh Cup later in the same month, but they came back down to earth in their first clash of the season with Craig Harrison’s men.
After a goalless first 45 things took a turn for the worse in added time at the end of the first half when referee Mark James used VAR to not only award TNS a penalty, but also to show a...

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