Caersws F.C.

Caersws
Full name Clwb Pêl Droed Caersws
Caersws Football Club
Nickname(s) The Bluebirds
Founded 1887 (as Caersws Amateurs)
Ground Recreation Ground
Caersws
Ground Capacity 4,000 (500 seated)
Chairman Wales Alan Thomas
Manager Wales Graham Evans
League Cymru Alliance
2013-14 Cymru Alliance, 4th

Caersws F.C. is a football team, playing in the Cymru Alliance.

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 (375 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.

Biggest victories and losses

Honours

Welsh League Cup

Welsh Intermediate Cup

Welsh Amateur Cup

Central Wales Cup

Cymru Alliance League

Cymru Alliance League Cup

Mid Wales League *Champions (9): 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1996–97

Mid Wales League Cup

Montgomeryshire Amateur League Cup

Village Cup

J Emrys Morgan Cup

Europe

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Round 1 Bulgaria Marek Dupnitsa 1–1 0–2 1–3

References

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