Caersws F.C.
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football club Caersws Football Club (Template:Langx) is a football team, playing in the Template:Welsh football updater.
The club was founded in 1887 as Caersws Amateurs, and adopted the present name when amateur status was dropped in 1974. The team plays at the Recreation Ground, Caersws, which accommodates 4000 spectators (500 seated).
The team's first choice strip is blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks. The second choice strip is orange shirts, black shorts and orange socks.
History
Although founded in the late 19th century, the club enjoyed little if any success until the 1960s when it won the Mid-Wales League in 1959–60, 1960–61, and 1962–63, and appeared in three Welsh Amateur Cup finals, winning the cup in 1960–61. They also won the cup (now renamed the Welsh Intermediate Cup) in 1989. In the league, the team's fortunes waned until they won the title again in 1978, and four more times before they were invited to join the Cymru Alliance in 1990. In 1992 they became founder members of the League of Wales.
Caersws won the League Cup in 2000–01 and 2001–02, and played in the Intertoto Cup, being defeated 3–1 on aggregate by PFC Marek Dupnitsa of Bulgaria.
Stadium
The club plays at the Recreation Ground.
Biggest victories and losses
- Biggest win: 20–1 v. Aberystwyth Town in Mid Wales League, September 1962.
- Biggest defeat: Unknown
- Biggest League of Wales defeat: 0–7 v. Total Network Solutions in 1995.
Managers
- Template:Flagicon George Antonio ((November 1972 - January 1973)
- Template:Flagicon Reg Greasley (???? - May 1979)
- Template:Flagicon Melvyn Jones ((May 1979 - July 1982)
- Template:Flagicon Mickey Evans (July 1982 - June 2007<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>)
- Template:Flagicon Michael Barton (June 2007 - February 2008)
- Template:Flagicon Dave Taylor (March 2008 - June 2009)
- Template:Flagicon Mickey Evans (June 2009 - May 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Graham Evans (May 2013 - May 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Mark Griffiths (May 2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> - May 2022)
- Template:Flagicon Mark Griffiths / Luke Williams (May 2022 - Sept 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Luke Williams (Sept 2023 - February 2025<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>)
- Template:Flagicon Managerless (February- May 2025)
- Template:Flagicon Craig Williams (May 2025- )
Honours
League
Cymru Alliance League
- Champions (1): 2022–23<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Runners-up (1): 2021–22
- Champions (9): 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1996–97
- Runners-up (8): 1953–54, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1987–88
Cups
- Winners (1): 1988–89
- Finalists (2): 1983–84, 1991–92
- Winners (1): 1960–61
- Finalists (3): 1952–53, 1962–63, 1963–64
Cymru Alliance League Cup
- Winners (1): 2014–15
- Finalists (3): 1990–91, 2011–12, 2012–13
- Winners (3): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07
- Finalists (1): 1992–93
- Winners (1): 2021~22<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Winners (6): 1977–78, 1988–89, 1991–92, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2017–18<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Finalists (5): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1984–85, 2022–23,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 2023–24<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Mid Wales League Cup
- Winners (6): 1979–80, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
- Finalists (7): 1953–54, 1954–55, 1960–61, 1969–70, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1988–89
- Winners (31): 1952–53, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2024-25<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Montgomeryshire Amateur League Cup
- Winners (4): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170725121520/http://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/176119/blue-heaven-as-caersws-prevail-in-league-cup.aspx</ref>
- Finalists (1): 1985–86
Village Cup
- Winners (5): 1983–84, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17<ref>https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/15837970.village-cup-glory-for-the-bluebirds/</ref>
- Finalists (2): 1984–85, 2013–14
Europe
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Round 1 | Template:Flagicon Marek Dupnitsa | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
References
External links
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