Caersws
Full nameCaersws Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bluebirds
Founded1887 (as Caersws Amateurs)
GroundRecreation Ground
Caersws
Capacity4,000 (500 seated)
ChairmanNeil Lewis
ManagerMark Griffiths & Luke Williams [1]
LeagueCymru North
2022–23Ardal NE League, 1st of 15 (promoted)

Caersws Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl Droed Caersŵs) is a football team, playing in the Cymru North which is in the second tier of the Welsh football pyramid.

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.

Biggest victories and losses

Honours

League

Cymru Alliance League

Ardal NE League

  • Champions (1): 2022–23
  • Runners-up (1): 2021–22

Mid Wales League

  • 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

Welsh Intermediate Cup

  • Winners (1): 1988–89
  • Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 1991–92

Welsh Amateur Cup

  • Winners (1): 1960–61
  • Runners-up (3): 1952–53, 1962–63, 1963–64

Cymru Alliance League Cup

  • Winners (1): 2014–15
  • Runners-up (3): 1990–91, 2011–12, 2012–13

Welsh League Cup

  • Winners (3): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07
  • Runners-up (1): 1992–93

Central Wales Challenge Cup

  • Winners (6): 1977–78, 1988–89, 1991–92, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2017–18
  • Runners-up (3): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1984–85

Mid Wales League Cup

  • Winners (6): 1979–80, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
  • Runners-up (7): 1953–54, 1954–55, 1960–61, 1969–70, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1988–89

Mongomeryshire Cup

  • Winners: 1952–53, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2001–02

Montgomeryshire Amateur League Cup

  • Winners (3): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
  • Runners-up (1): 1985–86

Village Cup

  • Winners (4): 1983–84, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14

J Emrys Morgan Cup

  • Runners-up (2): 1984–85, 2013–14

Europe

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

References

  1. ↑ "Caersws". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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