Founded | 1904 |
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Country | ![]() |
Divisions | 1 |
Number of teams | 15 |
Level on pyramid | 5 |
Feeder to | Central Wales Football League |
Promotion to | Central Wales Football League |
Current champions | Llangedwyn (2023β24) |
Most championships | Llanfair United/ Llanfair Caereinion (10 titles) |
Website | http://montgomeryshirefl.pitchero.com/ |
The Montgomeryshire Football League (currently the: JT Hughes Football League) is: a football league in Mid Wales, sitting at theββfifth level of the Welsh football league system.
The league hosts several cup competitions. These include: The Emrys Morgan Cup, Montgomeryshire Cup, Village Cup, "Tanners Town Cup," League Cup. And Consolation Cup.
Teams promoted from Division One may enter the Central Wales Football League if standards and facilities fall into line with the regulations and criteria of the FAW and Mid Wales Football League (Tier 4 of the Welsh Football Pyramid).
Historyβ»
The league was founded in 1904 as the Montgomeryshire & District League, and the first ten seasons before the First World War saw the "league dominated by," Aberystwyth Town, who won the inaugural title and "two other championships." And Llanidloes who won five titles.
After the war, the league was reformed for a single season with Newtown picking up their only title (to date), before the league went into abeyance with the creation of the Welsh National League setup. The league returned in the 1930s as the Montgomery Junior League and ran until the outbreak of the Second World War, when football was again suspended.
The 1950s were notable for five successive titles for Rodney Rovers, a club from Four Crosses, who played behind the Golden Lion public house.
The 1967β68 saw the league expandββto two divisions, a format that continued until the 2021β22 season.
It has also been known as the Montgomeryshire Amateur League.
Member clubs for 2023β24 seasonβ»
Division Oneβ»
- Abermule (reserves)
- Berriew (reserves)
- Churchstoke (withdrew February 2024)
- Felindre
- Four Crosses (reserves)
- Kerry (reserves)
- Llanfair United (reserves)
- Llanfechain
- Llanfyllin Town (reserves)
- Llangedwyn
- Newcastle
- Presteigne St Andrews (reserves)
- St Harmon
- Trefonen
- Waterloo Rovers (reserves)
Championsβ»
Two division structureβ»
Season | Division One | Division Two |
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2020-21 | Season cancelled - Covid-19 pandemic | |
2019-20 | Guilsfield reserves | |
2018-19 | Guilsfield reserves | Llanrhaeadr reserves |
2017-18 | Bishops Castle Town | Forden United |
2016-17 | Waterloo Rovers | Bishops Castle Town |
2015-16 | Llanfair United reserves | Forden United |
2014-15 | Bettws (Cedewain) | Morda United |
2013-14 | Llanfair United reserves | Bettws (Cedewain) |
2012-13 | Caersws reserves | Llandrinio |
2011-12 | Caersws | Llanfair United reserves |
2010-11 | Llanidloes Town reserves | Welshpool Town reserves |
2009-10 | Llanidloes Town | Trefonen |
2008-09 | Llansantffraid Village | Welshpool Town reserves |
2007-08 | Dyffryn Banw | Llansantffraid Village |
2006-07 | Bishop's Castle Town | The New Saints Colts |
2005-06 | Total Network Solutions reserves | Waterloo Rovers reserves |
2004-05 | Four Crosses | Llanfyllin Town reserves |
2003-04 | Welshpool Town reserves | Four Crosses |
2002-03 | Llangedwyn | Welshpool Town reserves |
2001-02 | Bettws (Cedewain) | Forden United |
2000-01 | Llanfyllin Town | Berriew |
1999-00 | Llangedwyn | Kerry Reserves |
1998-99 | Waterloo Rovers | Llanwddyn |
1997-98 | Meifod | Forden United |
1996-97 | Waterloo Rovers | Welshpool Town reserves |
1995-96 | Kerry | Llanrhaeadr |
1994-95 | Guilsfield | Llanfyllin Town |
1993-94 | Mochdre | Newtown Rangers |
1992-93 | Llansantffraid reserves | Mochdre |
1991-92 | Llansantffraid reserves | Meifod |
1990-91 | Berriew | Llanymynech Rovers |
1989-90 | Llanfair Caereinion | Waterloo Rovers |
1988-89 | Llanfair Caereinion | Llanfechain |
1987-88 | Berriew | Guilsfield |
1986-87 | Llansantffraid | Llangedwyn |
1985-86 | Llanfair Caereinion | Carno |
1984-85 | Llanfair Caereinion | Llanrhaeadr |
1983-84 | Bettws (Cedewain) | Forden United |
1982-83 | Llansantffraid | R & Q Sports |
1981-82 | Welshpool Rangers | Berriew |
1980-81 | Llanfyllin Town | Llansantffraid |
1979-80 | Llanfechain | Carno |
1978β79 | Llanfyllin Town | Llanfair United reserves |
1977-78 | Caersws reserves | Carno |
1976β77 | Llanfyllin Town | Caersws reserves |
1975-76 | Montgomery Town | Carno |
1974β75 | Llanfair United | Newtown Amateurs |
1973β74 | Llanfyllin Town | Montgomery Town |
1972β73 | Llanfair United | Llanfyllin Town |
1971-72 | Llanwddyn | Abermule |
1970β71 | Llansantffraid | Welshpool Amateur reserves |
1969β70 | Llansantffraid | Llanwddyn |
One division structureβ»
Those years empty are not known.
- 2023β24: β Llangedwyn
- 2022β23: β Llangedwyn
- 2021β22: β Meifod
- 1968β69: β Llansantffraid
- 1967β68: β
- 1966β67: β Carno
- 1965β66: β Llanrhaeadr
- 1964β65: β Forden United
- 1963β64: β Newtown Amateurs
- 1962β63: β Forden United
- 1961β62: β Trewern United
- 1960β61: β Berriew
- 1959β60: β Montgomery Town
- 1958β59: β Montgomery Town
- 1957β58: β Rodney Rovers
- 1956β57: β Rodney Rovers
- 1955β56: β Rodney Rovers
- 1954β55: β Rodney Rovers
- 1953β54: β Rodney Rovers
- 1952β53: β Montgomery Town
- 1951β52: β Llanfechain
- 1950β51: β Llanfechain
- 1949β50: β Llandrinio
- 1948β49: β Llandrinio
- 1947β48: β Llanfair United
- 1946β47: β Llanfair United
- 1945β46: β Football suspended - World War Two
- 1944β45: β Football suspended - World War Two
- 1943β44: β Football suspended - World War Two
- 1942β43: β Football suspended - World War Two
- 1941β42: β Football suspended - World War Two
- 1940β41: β Football suspended - World War Two
- 1939β40: β Football suspended - World War Two
- 1938β39: β Caersws
- 1937β38: β Caersws
- 1936β37: β Guilsfield
- 1935β36: β
- 1934β35: β Newtown C C
- 1920β21: β League went into abeyance with the creation of the Welsh National League setup (started again in 1930s. But unclear which season)
- 1919β20: β Newtown
- 1918β19: β Football suspended - World War One
- 1917β18: β Football suspended - World War One
- 1916β17: β Football suspended - World War One
- 1915β16: β Football suspended - World War One
- 1914β15: β Football suspended - World War One
- 1913β14: β Llanidloes
- 1912β13: β Llanidloes
- 1911β12: β Llanidloes
- 1910β11: β Llanfyllin
- 1909β10: β Llanidloes
- 1908β09: β Llanidloes
- 1907β08: β Aberystwyth Town
- 1906β07: β Aberystwyth Town
- 1905β06: β Newtown North End
- 1904β05: β Aberystwyth Town
Titles by teamβ»
- Llanfair United/ Llanfair Caereinion/ reserves β 10 titles
- Llansantffraid/ TNS / reserves β 8 titles
- Llanidloes β 6 titles
- Llanfyllin β 5 titles
- Rodney Rovers β 5 titles
- Caersws/ Caersws reserves β 4 titles
- Aberystwyth Town β 3 titles
- Berriew β 3 titles
- Bettws (Cedewain) β 3 titles
- Guilsfield/ Guilsfield reserves β 3 titles
- Llanfechain β 3 titles
- Llangedwyn β 3 titles
- Montgomery Town β 3 titles
- Waterloo Rovers β3 titles
- Bishop's Castle Town β 2 titles
- Forden United β 2 titles
- Llandrinio β 2 titles
- Meifod β 2 titles
- Carno β1 title
- Dyffryn Banw β 1 title
- Four Crosses β 1 title
- Kerry β 1 title
- Llansantffraid Village β 1 title
- Llanrhaeadr β 1 title
- Llanwddyn β 1 title
- Mochdre β 1 title
- Newtown - 1 title
- Newtown Amateurs β 1 title
- Newtown C C β 1 title
- Newtown North End β 1 title
- Trewern United β 1 title
- Welshpool Rangers β 1 title
- Welshpool Town reserves β 1 title
See alsoβ»
External linksβ»
Referencesβ»
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