Saturday's sparkling showdown will feature the Welsh Cup winners pitted against the Welsh Premier champions.

And it seems only a matter of weeks, not three months, since Nev Powell's heroes achieved that dramatic extra time victory over the title kings in the Newtown cup final.

The score was 4-2 in the end for 10-men City, who went on to experience another European adventure, with UEFA Cup home-and-away action against Denmark's FC Midjtylland.

Now it is the serious business of a new league campaign that beckons, amid – as seems likely – the mixed emotions of the club's last season at historic Farrar Road, before the ground switch to the new facility at Nantporth.

City's manager Powell said: "The aim for the new season is to continue the improvements, which we made last time, and we believe the squad of players will be that much stronger.

"To say we want to win the league is stating the obvious but to say we can win the league would be unrealistic, with the likes of full-timers Llanelli and TNS around, and we must hope to move closer to them".

Two new striker signings will be introduced by City – Robbie Talbot from Droylsden and Chris Sharp from Rhyl.

Six-feet-three-inches Talbot, aged 28, is a proven marksman who hit 27 goals in 44 Conference games for Burton Albion a couple of years ago and appeared for Morecambe as well, after starting his career with Rochdale.

Sharp, a 20-year-old, is the son of former Scotland and Everton star, Graeme Sharp, who was Bangor's manager in the 1997-98 season, when the highlight was the Welsh Cup triumph at Wrexham against Connah's Quay Nomads, whose boss happened to be Nev Powell.

The arrival of Talbot and Sharp compensates for the departure of Ashley Stott, last season's top scorer, who has switched to Halifax Town, while another forward Mark Smyth has returned to Leigh Genesis.