Llanelli start with victory at Bangor City

As the Welsh Premier League season began for 2008-09 at the weekend, defending champions Llanelli started off the campaign by beating Bangor City 2-0. The fixture was a repeat of last season's Welsh Cup final where Bangor City defeated their rivals but a repeat of the scoreline was not achieved. First-half goals from Lee Phillips and Craig Williams saw champions Llanelli win their match at the Citizens. Mark Limbert missed a late second-half penalty for Bangor after Llanelli's Steve Evans was sent off, but their manager felt that a point would have been a deserved outcome. Elsewhere TNS, who won the title for three consecutive years between 2004-05 and 2006-07, won their match against Port Talbot Town 2-0 and goals from Greg Stones, Neil Roberts and Jamie Reed gave Rhyl a confident start to the season with victory over Newtown.