Pilot Test Events

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 26 May 2021.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 2:07, 26 May 2021

(Translated)

It was good, of course, to see crowds in the Newport and Swansea games recently—and Wrexham too, hopefully, before too long. But, whilst you've prioritised those football teams playing in the English leagues, I want to know why you've ignored the teams playing in our main national Welsh premier league here in Wales. The clubs playing in the English pyramid system don't represent grass-roots football in Wales, and piloting events in the Cymru Premier league, for example, would be far more relevant to teams across Wales.

And, isn't it a farce that Welsh premier supporters have to cram into pubs to watch games, or indeed to watch them from the clubhouse overlooking the field, rather than doing that from the stands, in the open air, with social distancing? It's not too late, of course, to change that. So, will you reconsider allowing some supporters to attend the final, crucial game of the season between Caernarfon and Newtown this Saturday—the biggest game in the history of Caernarfon football club?