Caernarfon Town eyeing Welsh Cup history

Caernarfon beat CPD Y Rhyl 1879 in the Welsh Cup semi-final [FAW]

Manager Richard Davies is looking to create more Caernarfon Town history in Sunday's JD Welsh Cup final at Newport's Rodney Parade.

Caernarfon have never previously won the competition and are appearing for the first time in the final, facing fellow Cymru Premier side Flint Town United.

Davies guided Caernarfon to European qualification for the first time two years ago and the prize for the winners on Sunday will be a place in next season's Europa Conference League.

"To lead the players out on Cup final day will be something special and a proud moment for myself and my staff," Davies told BBC Sport Wales

"It's an occasion we want to enjoy and want to embrace it but more than anything we are going there to win and hopefully out our name on the Cup."

Davies added: "Just to win the Cup would be something really special and proud but to then get the golden ticket to go to Europe on the back of it and what it means financially.

"We've had a taste of it and once you taste something nice you want a bit more of it.

"As a club we want to be competing in Europe year-by-year but we're not there yet and we've got a tough game against Flint."

Caernarfon secured their place in Europe for the first time in 2024 after winning the play-off final.

Davies' side beat Northern Ireland's Crusaders in the Europa Conference League first qualifying round in 2024 but lost to Legia Warsaw of Poland in the next round.

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Newport's Rodney Parade will stage the final for the third successive season with Caernarfon facing fellow north Wales side Flint, who won the Welsh Cup in 1954.

The Football Association of Wales confirmed in February that the final would be played in Newport despite all four semi-finalists in this season's tournament being from north Wales.

"For me as a manager it doesn't make too much of a difference," Davies said of playing the final in south Wales.

"We'll prepare as normal.

"But probably for the fans it would have been easier in north Wales with travelling.

"But I know the fans will be behind us in their numbers - I think we've already sold 1,400 tickets."