Sunday, 26 April
Barry Town United 1-1 Haverfordwest County (1-3 pens): Haverfordwest County secured their place in the Cymru Premier European play-off final after winning 3-1 on penalties away to Barry Town United.
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Barry were ahead inside three minutes when Ieuan Owen charged down a clearance and Ollie Hulbert finished smartly from the edge of the box.
Owen went close to adding a second and the hosts had a number of chances to increase their lead.
Barry felt they should have been awarded a penalty when Kyle McCarthy handled in the area but referee Tom Owen ignored the appeals.
Greg Walters finished off a fine team move to bring County level in the second half and, with the score 1-1 after 90 minutes, the game went to penalties.
Barry endured a nightmare shoot-out with Keenan Patten’s opening spot kick saved by Ifan Knott while Ben Margetson put his effort over the crossbar and Callum Sainty hit the woodwork.
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County, who will be away to Penybont in next Saturday’s final, have won the play-offs twice in the last three seasons to qualify for the Europa Conference League.
Saturday, 25 April
Colwyn Bay 0-0 Penybont (3-5 pens): Penybont progressed to the finalafter edging Colwyn Bay in a penalty shoot-out.
A cagey first half left neither goalkeeper particularly troubled, with Colwyn Bay’s Jordan Davies coming the closest to breaking the deadlock as he sent a dipping free-kick over the crossbar.
Both sides upped the tempo after half-time but without scoring. It came down to a penalty shoot-out, with Davies missing the crucial third spot-kick for Bay, while Penybont scored all five of their efforts with Clayton Green holding his nerve to clinch victory.
Rhys Griffiths’ Penybont are bidding to qualify for Europe for the third time.
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