Carmarthen Town A.F.C.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.

since 2024Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".

A grandstand at a sports venue. The seats are black and gold.
Clay Shaw Butler Stand, Richmond Park (Carmarthen),
File:Richmond Park Panorama.jpg
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. [1]

Current squad

Template:Updated[2]

<templatestyles src="Template:Football squad player/styles.css" /> Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Fba/core Lee Idzi
2 DF Template:Fba/core Luke Cummings
3 DF Template:Fba/core Noah Osborne
4 DF Template:Fba/core Trystan Jones
5 MF Template:Fba/core Tyler Aylward
6 DF Template:Fba/core Morgan Weaver
8 FW Template:Fba/core Liam Reed
9 FW Template:Fba/core Liam Thomas
10 MF Template:Fba/core Tom Dyson
11 MF Template:Fba/core Will Rickard
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK Template:Fba/core John Chesters
14 MF Template:Fba/core Kurtis Rees
15 DF Template:Fba/core Cole Gibbings
16 FW Template:Fba/core Toby Jones
18 MF Template:Fba/core Lewis Harling
20 FW Template:Fba/core Josh Joda
22 FW Template:Fba/core Keyon Reffell
26 DF Template:Fba/core Joe Evans
27 MF Template:Fba/core Keane Whitmore

Club officials

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

Template:Updated[3][4]

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 Script error: No such module "flag". January 1996 October 1996 Welsh Football League Cup Winner
John Mahoney Script error: No such module "flag". October 1996 November 1998
Tomi Morgan Script error: No such module "flag". November 1998 24 September 2003[5] Welsh Cup Runner-up, Highest League position: 3rd place 2000–01
Andrew York Script error: No such module "flag". 24 September 2003[5] May 2004 Welsh League Cup Runner-up
Mark Jones Script error: No such module "flag". 12 May 2004[6] 22 May 2007[7] Welsh Cup Winner, Welsh Cup Runner-up, Welsh League Cup Winner
Deryn Brace Script error: No such module "flag". 23 May 2007[7] 8 June 2010[8][9]
Tomi Morgan Script error: No such module "flag". 8 June 2010[8] 5 December 2011[10]
Neil Smothers Script error: No such module "flag". 5 December 2011[10] 7 January 2012[11]
Mark Aizlewood Script error: No such module "flag". 7 January 2012[11] 5 February 2018[12] Welsh League Cup Winner (2): 2012–13, 2013–14
Neil Smoothers (Interim Manager) Script error: No such module "flag". February 2018 May 2018
Neil Smoothers Script error: No such module "flag". May 2018[13] October 2019[14]
Danny Thomas (Caretaker Manager) Script error: No such module "flag". October 2019[15] November 2019
Kristian O'Leary Script error: No such module "flag". November 2019

Honours

Template:Updated[16] The Welsh Football League

Domestic Cup Competition

European Competition

Records

Template:Updated[17]

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 [18]
2005–06 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Template:Flagicon Longford Town 5–1 0–2 5–3 [19]
Second qualifying round Template:Flagicon FC Copenhagen 0–2 0–2 0–4 [19]
2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round Template:Flagicon Tampere United 1–3 0–5 1–8 [20]
2007–08 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Template:Flagicon SK Brann 0–8 3–6 3–14 [21]

See also

List of Carmarthen Town A.F.C. seasons

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Template:Cite tweet
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  18. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  19. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Official websites
News sites
Other

Template:Cymru South Template:Welsh Premier League Template:Authority control

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Carmarthen_Town_A.F.C.&oldid=4666768"