the Football Association of Wales rejected this as BBC Wales had requested it and the Recreation Ground "was not considered suitable and did not have the infrastructure required". As a result of The New Saints moving to Oswestry, a number of Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain residents broke away from The New Saints to form Llansantffraid Village because of The New Saints were no longer playing regularly in the village and because most of the youth team's players were not from Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain. Llansantffraid Village then started to use the Recreation Ground for their matches in the Montgomeryshire Football League. Following this, the Recreation Ground became viewed as a public youth club. The Recreation Ground later became a target for vandalism with one occasion, vandals threw used nappies on the pitch and a fifth of the Recreation Ground's bucket seats were damaged. Attendance The highest attendance recorded at the Recreation Ground was 1,996 for a pre-season friendly between The New Saints (then known as "Total Network Solutions") and Chelsea on 9 August 2002. The Recreation Ground's record attendance in the league stands at 1,042, set at a Welsh Premier League game between The New Saints and Rhyl on 23 January 2005. References Football venues in Wales Stadiums in Wales