Sunday’s Welsh Cup final will be 15th all-North Wales affair – 8 of them were in the 19th century, just five since WW2

Out of 136 previous Welsh Cup finals, only 15 have been all-North Wales affairs.

The last such occurrence was in 2012-13, when Prestatyn Town beat Bangor City 3-1 after extra time at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham.

However, North Wales has produced the most Welsh Cup wins in the competitition#s history – 55.

ALL NORTH WALES FINALS

1877–78 Wrexham 1–0 Druids
1879–80 Druids 2–1 Ruthin
1882–83 Wrexham 1–0 Druids
1889–90 Chirk AAA 1–0 Wrexham
1892–93 Wrexham 2–1 Chirk AAA
1895–96 Bangor 3–1 Wrexham
1897–98 Druids 1–1 Wrexham – Replay: Druids 2–1 Wrexham
1898–99 Druids 2–2 Wrexham – Replay: Druids 1–0 Wrexham
1910–11 Wrexham 6–0 Connah’s Quay & Shotton
1924–25 Wrexham 3–1 Fflint
1961–62 1st leg: Wrexham 3–0 Bangor City; 2nd leg: Bangor City 2–0 Wrexham; Play-off: Bangor City 3–1 Wrexham
1977-78 Bangor City 1–2 Wrexham; Wrexham 1–0 Bangor City (Wrexham won 3-1 on aggregate)
1997-98 Bangor City 1–1 Connah’s Quay Nomads (Bangor won on penalties)
2005–06 Rhyl 2–0 Bangor City
2012–13 Prestatyn Town 3–1 Bangor City (after extra time)

MOST WELSH CUP WINS (North Wales teams in bold)

Wrexham 23
Cardiff City 22
Swansea City 10
The New Saints 10
Bangor City 8
Druids 8
Shrewsbury Town 6
Barry Town 6
Chirk AAA 5
Rhyl 4
Chester City 3
Merthyr Tydfil 3
Wellington Town 3
Newtown 2
Connah’s Quay Nomads 2
Crewe Alexandra 2
Oswestry United 2
Hereford United 1
Aberystwyth Town 1
Carmarthen Town 1
Connah’s Quay & Shotton 1
Llanelli 1
Newport County 1
Flint Town United 1
Lovell’s Athletic 1
Oswestry 1
Tranmere Rovers 1
Bala Town 1
Borough United 1
Bristol City 1
Ebbw Vale 1
Inter CableTel 1
Prestatyn Town 1
South Liverpool 1

CUP WINS IN TERMS OF LOCATION

NORTH WALES 55
SOUTH WALES 48
ENGLAND 30
MID/CENTRAL WALES 3