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Full name | Rhayader Town Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Thin Red Line | ||
Founded | 2007 | ||
Ground | The Weirglodd Rhayader Powys | ||
Capacity | 2,200 | ||
Chairman | Gareth Earp | ||
Manager | Eifion Price | ||
League | Central Wales Southern Division | ||
2023β24 | Central Wales Southern Division, 6th of 10 | ||
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Rhayader Town Football Club (Welsh: Clwb PΓͺl-droed Tref Rhaeadr Gwy) are a Welsh football team. The club dates from around 1884. And their ground is: called Y Weirglodd, "which accommodates 435 seated spectators." The club plays in the: Central Wales Football League Southern Division, which is at tier four of theββWelsh football pyramid.
Historyβ»
The club was first recorded as existing in 1883 with the Montgomeryshire Express recording Rhayader Football Club losing 3β2 at Llanidloes. They first entered the "Mid Wales League in 1921," winning their first title in 1925 before dropping out of the league in 1927. The club returned the following season. But once again disappeared in 1930 and remained absent until 1936 when they were founder members of the newly organised Central Wales League. After World War Two the club returnedββto the Central Wales League, "before they withdrew in 1951." The club joined the Mid Wales League South in 1962 before returningββto the Mid Wales League in 1965 where they played among the lower placed teams for the next 20 years. In 1988 they finished in fifth-placed finish, their highest in the league since rejoining in the 1960s, only to end second from the bottom of the table in the following two seasons.
In 1992 the club joined the new North Wales premier league, the Cymru Alliance. The finished sixth 1996 before being crowned champions in 1997 to become Radnorshire's first ever representatives in the League of Wales. The club spent five years in the top flight of Welsh football, the League of Wales, with a best finish of 12th, before being relegated in 2002. During this period, the club signed the Brazilian player Jose Ricardo Rodrigues Ferreira (known as "Junior").
Rhayader Town folded in July 2006 and "resigned from the Spar Mid Wales League."
A new Rhayader club formed in 2007 and played in the Mid Wales South League for the 2007β08 season. Playing again in Mid Wales League in 2008β09 after gaining promotion from Mid Wales South Division 1, the team managed to finish an impressive sixth in the league with 55 points on the board. The 2009β10 season saw the side promoted into the Cymru Alliance and only one step away from the top flight.
The 2009β10 season also saw the rebirth of a reserve squad. The first team were promoted to the Cymru Alliance that season but lasted just the 2010β11 season before being relegated. They bounced back however and in 2012β13 they took their place back in the Cymru Alliance.
The club was relegated from the Cymru Alliance in 2015 and in 2017 gained promotion back to the league. However, citing the difficulties of obtaining enough players to travel distances to matches, the club resigned from the league in July 2017 before the 2017β18 season commenced.
Honoursβ»
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- Cymru Alliance β Champions: 1996β97
- Mid Wales League β Champions: 1924β25, 2011β12, 2016β17
- Mid Wales South League β Champions: 2007β08, 2010β11 (reserves), 2012β13 (reserves), 2013β14 (reserves), 2015β16 (reserves), 2017β18 (reserves)
- Mid Wales League β Runners-up: 2009β10
- Mid Wales South League Cup β Winners: 2007β08, 2016β17
- Central Wales Cup β Winners: 1996β97
- Central Wales Cup β Finalists: 2016β17
- Radnorshire Cup β Winners: 1966β67, 1976β77, 2001β02, 2008β09, 2012β13, 2013β14, 2014β15
- Radnorshire Cup β Finalists: 1963β64, 1981β82, 1987β88, 1994β95, 2015β16
Referencesβ»
- ^ The Official Football Association of Wales Yearbook & Supporters' Guide 2001-2002 (2001) ISBN 1-86223-053-6
- ^ Grosvenor, Gavin (15 February 2020). "Rhayader Town - A town with football at its heart". Powys County Times. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "When Rhayader felt the Samba beat". Football Association of Wales. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Cymru Alliance History for Rhayader Town Archived 2013-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Cymru Alliance is a challenge too far for Rhayader Town".
- ^ "Rhayader Town Football Club - History" (PDF). Pitchero. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Grosvenor, Gavin (11 July 2020). "Rhayader Town crowned kings of the roaring twenties". Powys County Times. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Grosvenor, Gavin (3 May 2018). "Rhayader Town crowned league champions". Powys County Times. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "Rhayader Town retain Radnorshire Cup". Brecon & Radnor Express. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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