Even under normal circumstances, the Cymru Premier champions would not have anticipated a busy away end at the Republican Stadium in Yerevan, where they faced FC Alashkert in a Champions League first qualifying round tie on Wednesday night. In Covid times, they were stunned to find one man, Mike Edgeworth, cheering them on - particularly as he had never watched them before. With his school closed for the summer, Edgeworth spotted Connah's Quay's meeting with Alashkert and decided he had to make it part of a holiday trip across eastern Europe. "I had to come and cheer Connah's Quay on because I thought with Covid, they wouldn't have any support here. It was an agonising defeat for a depleted Nomads side who seemed set to take the tie to penalties.

Source: BBC July 15, 2021 16:41 UTC