1960–61 Welsh Cup

1960–61 Welsh Cup
Country	Wales
Champions	Swansea Town
Runners-up	Bangor City
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 FAW Welsh Cup is the 74th season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales. The final was played at Ninian Park in Cardiff, in front of an attendance of 5,938.^[1]

First round[]

Tie no	Home	Score	Away	Notes
1	Gresford Athletic	5–6	Overton St Mary's
2	Rhostyllen Villa	2–5	Rhosddu
3	Ruthin FC	v	Mold Alexandra	Mold Alexandra withdrew
4	Buckley Rovers	2–1	Holt Nomads
5	Bradley Rangers	3–1	Thomas Marshall SC Wrexham
6	Brymbo Steelworks	5–3	Corwen Amateurs
7	Llay Welfare	14–1	Queens Park Rangers (Wrexham)
8	Newtown	1–0	Caersws Amateurs
9	Machynlleth	5–2	Llanidloes Town
10	Llandrindod Wells	2–8	Knighton Town
11	Towyn	1–0	Dolgellau
12	Bala Town	2–3	Barmouth & Dyffryn United
13	Seven Sisters	1–1	3M Gorseinon	Played at Onllwyn
replay	3M Gorseinon	7–2	Seven Sisters
14	Cwmavon	1–6	Pontardawe Athletic

Second round[]

Tie no	Home	Score	Away	Notes
1	Caernarfon Town	2–3	Prestatyn Town
2	Nantlle Vale	3–0	Penmaenmawr
3	Holyhead Town	9–2	Nefyn United
4	Overton St Mary's	3–2	Bradley Rangers
5	Buckley Rovers	5–0	Denbigh Town
6	Ruthin FC	1–1	Brymbo Steelworks
replay	Brymbo Steelworks	3–2	Ruthin FC
7	Druids United	2–7	Chirk AAA
8	Rhosddu	3–11	Llay Welfare
9	Llangollen	0–1	Rhos Aelwyd
10	Towyn	1–0	Aberystwyth Town
11	Barmouth & Dyffryn United	v	Builth	Builth dismissed
12	Welshpool	4–5	Knighton Town
13	Newtown	0–2	Machynlleth
14	Ebbw Vale	1–0	Morriston Town
15	Briton Ferry Athletic	1–1	Pembroke Borough
replay	Pembroke Borough	7–3	Briton Ferry Athletic
16	3M Gorseinon	0–10	Llanelli	Played at Llanelli
17	Haverfordwest County	1–0	Ton Pentre
18	Port Talbot Athletic	0–3	Brecon Corinthians
19	Caerau Athletic	4–5	Pontardawe Athletic
20	Ferndale Athletic	4–2	Cardiff Corinthians

Third round[]

Tie no	Home	Score	Away	Notes
1	Pwllheli & District	2–1	Borough United
2	Llandudno	5–2	Prestatyn Town
3	Bethesda Athletic	1–1	Porthmadog
replay	Porthmadog	v	Bethesda Athletic	Bethesda withdrew
4	Nantlle Vale	1–1	Blaenau Ffestiniog
replay	Blaenau Ffestiniog	0–4	Nantlle Vale
5	Holyhead Town	4–1	Holywell Town
6	Flint Town United	1–0	Colwyn Bay
7	Buckley Rovers	0–5	Llay Welfare
8	Rhos Aelwyd	1–1	Chirk AAA
replay	Chirk AAA	3–0	Rhos Aelwyd
9	Overton St Mary's	2–0	Brymbo Steelworks
10	Machynlleth	1–1	Knighton Town
replay	Knighton Town	4–2	Machynlleth
11	Towyn	2–1	Barmouth & Dyffryn United
12	Ferndale Athletic	3–4	Brecon Corinthians	Played at Brecon
13	Llanelli	6–2	Pontardawe Athletic
14	Haverfordwest County	6–0	Ebbw Vale
15	Pembroke Borough	1–1	Lovell's Athletic
replay	Lovell's Athletic	7–1	Pembroke Borough

Fourth round[]

Tie no	Home	Score	Away
1	Porthmadog	3–3	Nantlle Vale
replay	Nantlle Vale	4–4	Porthmadog
replay	Porthmadog	2–1	Nantlle Vale
2	Flint Town United	1–2	Holyhead Town
3	Llandudno	1–0	Overton St Mary's
4	Chirk AAA	3–2	Llay Welfare
5	Rhyl	0–1	Pwllheli & District
6	Merthyr Tydfil	2–0	Llanelli
7	Brecon Corinthians	0–1	Lovell's Athletic
8	Barry Town	2–1	Haverfordwest County
9	Knighton Town	4–1	Towyn

Fifth round[]

Tie no	Home	Score	Away	Notes
1	Chester	2–1	Porthmadog
2	Llandudno	0–1	Holyhead Town
3	Chirk AAA	0–8	Bangor City
4	Pwllheli & District	0–1	Wrexham
5	Abergavenny Thursdays	1–3	Newport County
6	Merthyr Tydfil	1–1	Lovell's Athletic
replay	Lovell's Athletic	3–1	Merthyr Tydfil
7	Knighton Town	0–16	Cardiff City	Played at Ninian Park
8	Barry Town	0–3	Swansea Town

Sixth round[]

Tie no	Home	Score	Away
1	Bangor City	3–1	Chester
2	Cardiff City	2–1	Newport County
3	Swansea Town	5–0	Holyhead Town
4	Wrexham	2–0	Lovell's Athletic

Semi-finals[]

Bangor City	3–0	Wrexham

Bangor

Swansea Town	1–1	Cardiff City

Newport

Replay[]

Cardiff City	1–2	Swansea Town

Llanelli

Final[]

22 April 1961

15:00

Swansea Town	3–1	Bangor City
Reynolds B. Davies R. Davies	Report	Ellis

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 5,938

Referee: L Callaghan (Merthyr)

References[]

General

Specific

^ "Welsh Cup Final 1960/61". wfda.co.uk. Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.

External links[]

Welsh Cup Special (1961) on YouTube
The FAW Welsh Cup^{[permanent dead link]} at low.org.uk

[1] "Welsh Cup Final 1960/61". wfda.co.uk. Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.

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