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A North Wales football club made a fruitless 270-mile round trip after its Cymru Premier League match was bizarrely called off because of a "kit clash".

Cefn Druids FC made the journey to play Cardiff Met Uni FC, intending to use its new red away kit, rather than their usual black and white home strip.

The home side play in maroon shirts and officials of Cefn Druids, based at Cefn Mawr , Wrexham , believed the outfits were sufficiently different to go ahead with the game.

Unfortunately, match officials decided the colours were too similar and the visitors had neglected to take their black and white home strip with them to Met's Cyncoed Road ground in Cardiff.

The fixture was subsequently postponed and Druids were forced to make the long trip back up the A470 without a ball being kicked.

The club said it had let everyone know about its intention to use the red kit and had played in the away strip against Cardiff Met FC previously.

It is believed the FAW are claiming there was an admin error in not confirming the kits before the game. Whose error is not clear.

The JD Cymru League tweeted: "Due to a kit clash @CardiffMetFC v @CefnDruids has been postponed. A new date will be announced later today."

Cefn Druids chairman John Hughes said: "Cefn Druids AFC are disappointed with the outcome of today's postponement versus Cardiff Met. Prior to the fixture, the club had communicated, in all good faith, with all relevant parties, as required.

"There was no intimation of a potential colour clash until the kit inspection by match officials at Cyncoed."

Cardiff Met could have topped the league with a win today but players stayed to have a kick about with local youngsters after the postponement.

Druids lie in eighth place having garnered one win from its first seven matches this season.

The fixture has since been rearranged for Saturday, November 23, yet its an embarrassing situation for the country's top football league after a much-trumpeted restructure into Cymru Premier, Cymru North and Cymru South divisions.

North Wales Live attempted to contact the Football Association of Wales for comment.