Carmarthen Town A.F.C.

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football club Carmarthen Town Association Football Club (Template:Langx) is a Welsh semi-professional football club based in Carmarthen. The team play their home games at Richmond Park. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are gold and black.

Formed in 1950, Carmarthen Town was elected into the Welsh Football League in 1953. Their first league honour came in 1959–60, with promotion from Division 2 West to the First Division of the Welsh League. Carmarthen Town's first trophy was the Welsh Football League Cup, which they won in the 1995–96 season. Since then the club have gone on to win the Welsh Cup once and the Welsh League Cup three times. They have also qualified for UEFA competitions on four occasions.

Template:As of Carmarthen Town play in Template:Welsh football updater and have never won a league title, despite having been in the top tier of Welsh football for 24 years until their relegation in the 2019–2020 season. The club had their highest finish in 2000–2001, with third place, which qualified them for European competition for the first time.

Stadium

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A grandstand at a sports venue. The seats are black and gold.
Clay Shaw Butler Stand, Richmond Park (Carmarthen),
A panoramic view from the Clay Shaw Butler Stand.

From 1952 Carmarthen Town have played at Richmond Park in Carmarthen. The ground has been redeveloped over recent years into a small, modern and compact football stadium with a capacity of 3,000. The club's new Clay Shaw Butler Stand has a 1000-seat capacity which enabled Carmarthen Town to host the club's first home European fixture at the ground in July 2007 when they entertained Norwegian side SK Brann.

Supporters

In the 2012–13 season Carmarthen's average attendance was 296, placing them fourth out of twelve teams in the Cymru Premier. The highest league gate of the season came against Afan Lido FC with 213 spectators and the lowest, 167, against Airbus UK Broughton. <ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>

Current squad

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Club officials

Player-Manager in a White, Carmarthen Town, T-shirt.
Deryn Brace, Player-Manager of Carmarthen Town between 2007 and 2010

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Senior club staff
  • President: Einsley Harris
  • Chairman: Chris Edwards
  • Club Secretary & Football Administrator: Gareth Davies
  • Press Officer: Rob Lloyd
  • Social Media accounts: Joshua Edwards
  • Tuck Shop Manager: Kath Edwards
  • Bar Manager: Roger Hunt
Coaching and medical staff
  • Manager: Kristian O’leary
  • Assistant Manager: Sean Cresser
  • Coach: Craig Hanford
  • Sports Therapist: Ryan Evans
  • KitMan: Mark Hannington

Managerial history

The following managers have each been in charge of Carmarthen Town since the club gained promotion to the highest tier in Welsh football, the Cymru Premier, in 1996.

As of January 2014

Name Nationality Period Honours
From To
Wyndham Evans Template:WAL January 1996 October 1996 Welsh Football League Cup Winner
John Mahoney Template:WAL October 1996 November 1998
Tomi Morgan Template:WAL November 1998 24 September 2003<ref name="Morgan2003">Template:Cite web</ref> Welsh Cup Runner-up, Highest League position: 3rd place 2000–01
Andrew York Template:WAL 24 September 2003<ref name="Morgan2003" /> May 2004 Welsh League Cup Runner-up
Mark Jones Template:WAL 12 May 2004<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 22 May 2007<ref name="Brace2007">Template:Cite web</ref> Welsh Cup Winner, Welsh Cup Runner-up, Welsh League Cup Winner
Deryn Brace Template:WAL 23 May 2007<ref name="Brace2007" /> 8 June 2010<ref name="Brace2010">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Tomi Morgan Template:WAL 8 June 2010<ref name="Brace2010" /> 5 December 2011<ref name="Smothers2011">Template:Cite web</ref>
Neil Smothers Template:WAL 5 December 2011<ref name="Smothers2011" /> 7 January 2012<ref name="Aizlewood2012">Template:Cite web</ref>
Mark Aizlewood Template:WAL 7 January 2012<ref name="Aizlewood2012" /> 5 February 2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Welsh League Cup Winner (2): 2012–13, 2013–14
Neil Smoothers (Interim Manager) Template:WAL February 2018 May 2018
Neil Smoothers Template:WAL May 2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> October 2019<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
Danny Thomas (Caretaker Manager) Template:WAL October 2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> November 2019
Kristian O'Leary Template:WAL November 2019

Honours

Template:Updated<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Welsh Football League

Domestic Cup Competition

European Competition

Records

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Record wins

  • Record league win: 9–1 against UWIC Inter Cardiff, 21 October 2000
  • Record league home win:
9–1 against UWIC Inter Cardiff, 21 October 2000
8–0 against Cardiff Grange Quins, 10 December 2005
8–0 against Connah's Quay Nomads, 8 December 2007
  • Record league away win: 7–1 against Caersws, 6 October 2006

Record defeats

  • Record league defeat: 0–8 against The New Saints, 29 March 2009
  • Record league home defeat:
1–5 against Bangor City, 7 December 1996
0–4 against Aberystwyth Town, 26 February 1997
0–4 against Ton Pentre, 4 September 1996
0–6 against Haverfordwest County, 8 December 2000

Player records

  • Most goals in season:
18 by Danny Thomas in 2007–08
18 by Richard Parker in 1999-00
  • Most goals in match: 5 by Tim Hicks against Connah's Quay Nomads, 8 December 2007
  • Club top scorer: 56 by Danny Thomas from 116 appearances (+41 substitute appearances)
  • Most club appearances: 199 (+12 substitute appearance) by Paul Fowler

European record

  • Record European win: 5–1 against Longford Town, 28 July 2005
  • Record European defeat: 0–8 against SK Brann, 19 July 2007
Carmarthen Town's scores are given first in all scorelines.
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate Refs
2001–02 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round Template:Flagicon AIK 0–0 0–3 0–3 <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005–06 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Template:Flagicon Longford Town 5–1 0–2 5–3 <ref name="uefa200506">Template:Cite web</ref>
Second qualifying round Template:Flagicon FC Copenhagen 0–2 0–2 0–4 <ref name="uefa200506" />
2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round Template:Flagicon Tampere United 1–3 0–5 1–8 <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007–08 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Template:Flagicon SK Brann 0–8 3–6 3–14 <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

List of Carmarthen Town A.F.C. seasons

References

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Official websites
News sites
Other

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