S4C to webcast women’s football international live

S4C will broadcast the Wales Women Football’s match against France Women live on-line on Saturday, 22 October.

Flagship show Sgorio’s production team will provide the live coverage from Parc y Scarlets. Llanelli, with the match set to kick off at 18:00.

This is the fist time that S4C has broadcast one of Wales Women’s football internationals live. It also breaks new ground as the first international football for S4C to stream as a web broadcast only.

The game will be shown live on S4C’s Sgorio website - s4c.co.uk/sgorio – with Bryn Tomos providing the commentary in a Rondo production for S4C.

The match is an important UEFA European Championship qualifier against a country which reached the semi-finals of the Women’s Football World Cup in the summer. 

This will be the second live football game on S4C this Saturday as the Welsh Premier League match between Bangor and Neath will be televised live on Sgorio at 15:00 in the afternoon.

The Football Association of Wales has heartily welcomed the broadcast. Ian Gwyn Hughes, the FAW’s Head of Public Affairs said:  “This is a great opportunity to promote the women’s game in Wales. We are breaking new ground here and once again we welcome the close working co-operation between us as a sports organisation and S4C.”

Geraint Rowlands, S4C’s Director of Commissioning said that the Channel was looking forward to broadcasting women’s international football. Geraint Rowlands: said: “We are delighted to be broadcasting women’s international football. It reflects S4C’s commitment to broadcast the widest possible variety of Welsh football. The interest in the women’s game is growing all the time and this broadcast will be welcomed by S4C’s many football followers.”

posted: Thu, 20 Oct, 2011 17:00 UK.

ENGLAND 4 WALES 0

Wales line up:
1 Gareth Owen, 2 Joseph Jones, 3 Cian Harries, 4 Thomas Atyeo (Capt), 5 Ross White. 6 Joseff Morrell, 7 Abdi Noor, 8 Corey Francis, 9 Alex Penny, 10 Kyle Copp, 11 Peter Smith.

SUBS: 12 Cameron Clarke, 13 Jake Charles, 14 Fraser Sturgess, 15 Sam Jones, 16 Tomos Clarke, 17 Liam Walsh, 18 Harry Wilson.

Women UEFA Under 17s: 
The Under 17 women's team ended their UEFA qualifiers with a 5-0 defeat to France.

Wales will now play France on Wednesday.

The Wales Under 17 Women's team opened their campaign with a defeat against Moldova, the only goal of the game came from Moldovan captain Cristina Cerescu after 63 minutes.

RESULTS:
Moldova 1 Wales 0
Faroe Islands 0 Wales 1.
France 5 Wales 0.

WALES (0) 0 CZECH REPUBLIC (1) 1.
GOALS: Kadlec 5

Brian Flynn’s Under 21s slipped to a disappointing 1-0 defeat against the Czech Republic at the Racecourse.

Wales line up:
1.Chris Maxwell, 2.Kieron Freeman, 3.Ashley Richards (Capt), 4.Lee Lucas, 5.Troy Brown, 6.Daniel Alfei, 7.Jake Taylor, 8.Elliott Hewitt, 9.Tom Bradshaw, 10.Ryan Doble, 11.Jake Howells.
Subs:
12.David Cornell, 13.Alex Evans, 14.Paul Dummett, 15.Billy Bodin, 16.David Stephens, 17.Elliott Chamberlain, 18.Robert Ogleby.

SUBS: 
Ogleby  Bradshaw 74.
Chamberlain  Doble 66.
Bodin  Taylor 46.


 UEFA U21 Group 3
 Under 21s fall to Czechs

 Flynn set for clash - [Mon 10 Oct 2011]

Wales squad:
Cornell (loan Hereford), Maxwell (Wrexham), Alfei (Swansea), Brown (Rotherham), Dummett (Newcastle), Freeman (Nottingham Forest), Richards (Swansea), Stephens (Hibs), Bodin (Swindon), Hewitt (Macclesfield), Howells (Luton), Lucas (Swansea), Evans (Cardiff), Chamberlain (loan Stockport), Bradshaw (Shrewsbury), Doble (loan Bournemouth), Ogleby (loan East Fife), Taylor (loan Exeter).

posted: Tue, 10 Oct, 2011 19:50 UK.

WALES (0) 1 MONTENEGRO (0) 0.

Goals: Alfei (Pen) 58
The Under 21s got back on track with a 1-0 win against Montenegro. Daniel Alfei was the Wales goalscorer after 58 minutes from the penalty spot.

The win puts Wales third in Group 3 just ahead of their next opponents Czech Republic who the face on Tuesday at the Racecourse.

 UEFA U21 Group 3
 U21s edge it against Montenegro

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Wales take on Montenegro in their U21 UEFA qualifier. Match to be played on Saturday 8th October 2011, at the
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham. Kick Off 6pm.

Wales starting line up:
1.Chris Maxwell, 2.Kieron Freeman, 3.Ashley Richards (Capt), 4.Lee Lucas, 5.Troy Brown, 6.Daniel Alfei, 7.Jake Taylor, 8.Elliott Hewitt, 9.Tom Bradshaw, 10.Ryan Doble, 11.Jake Howells.
Subs:
12.David Cornell, 13.Alex Evans, 14.Paul Dummett, 15.Billy Bodin, 16.David Stephens, 17.Elliott Chamberlain, 18.Robert Ogleby.

Match Referee: Vladimir Vnuk (Slovakia)

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 Brian Flynn seeks Home rewards - [Fri 7 Oct 2011]

TEAM NEWS:
Luton Town midfielder Jake Howells has been called up, also called up is Paul Dummett (Newcastle Utd). Jonathan Williams has been called up to the senior squad. Alex Evans (Cardiff City) has been called up.

Wales squad:
Cornell (loan Hereford), Maxwell (Wrexham), Alfei (Swansea), Brown (Rotherham), Dummett (Newcastle), Freeman (Nottingham Forest), Richards (Swansea), Stephens (Hibs), Bodin (Swindon), Hewitt (Macclesfield), Howells (Luton), Lucas (Swansea), Williams (Crystal Palace), Chamberlain (loan Stockport), Bradshaw (Shrewsbury), Doble (loan Bournemouth), Ogleby (loan East Fife), Taylor (loan Exeter).

Stand by players:
Rhys Taylor (Chelsea), Joe Walsh (Swansea City), Adam Henley (Blackburn Rovers), Jon Meades (Cardiff City)
Reece Jones (AFC Wimbledon), Joe Partington (Bournemouth), Jake Cassidy (Wolves).

posted: Tue, 27 Sep, 2011 19:35 UK.

Estonia 1 Wales 2.
A 2-1 win against Estonia in Tallinn in 2011/12 International Challenge Trophy.
Goals: Artjom Dmitrijev [10], Luke Bowen [12], Chris Jones [64]

"It should have been more convincing as we played very, very well and we could have scored four or five, but I'm really happy with the win." manager Terry Boyle.

Called are are Barrow players Jack Mackreth and James Owen.

Wales squad:
Stephen Cann (Aberystwyth Town), Lee Idzi (Bangor City); Ryan Edwards (Airbus UK Broughton), Kai Edwards (Neath), Curtis McDonald (Forest Green Rovers), Jack Lewis (Neath), Andrew Hughes (Newport County), Connell Rawlinson (The New Saints); Chris Jones (Neath FC), Aeron Edwards (The New Saints), James Owen (Barrow), Jack Mackreth (Barrow), Kerry Morgan (Neath FC), Scott Barrow (Tamworth), Alex Darlington (The New Saints); Luke Bowen (Neath), Marc Williams (Kidderminster Harriers), Craig Moses (Llanelli).

Stand by players: Chris Maxwell (Wrexham), Richie Dorman (Narpes Kraft), Tom Roberts (The New Saints), Ashley Evans (Llanelli), Jordan Follows (Aberystwyth Town), Luke Cummings (Neath), Toby Jones (Neath).