:Caersws F.C.
{{short description|Association football club in Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| nickname = The Bluebirds
| founded = 1877 (as Caersws Amateurs)
| ground = Recreation Ground
Caersws
| capacity = 4,000 (500 seated)
| chairman = Neil Lewis
| manager = Craig Williams
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Caersws Football Club ({{langx|cy|Clwb Pêl Droed Caersŵs}}) is a football team, playing in the {{Welsh football updater|Caersws}}.
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.
Stadium
File:Caersws Football Club - geograph-503193.jpg
The club plays at the Recreation Ground.
Biggest victories and losses
- Biggest win: 20–1 v. Aberystwyth Town in Mid Wales League, September 1962.
- Biggest defeat: Unknown
- Biggest League of Wales defeat: 0–7 v. Total Network Solutions in 1995.
Managers
- {{flagicon|England}} George Antonio ((November 1972 - January 1973)
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Reg Greasley (???? - May 1979)
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Melvyn Jones ((May 1979 - July 1982)
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Mickey Evans (July 1982 - June 2007{{cite news |title=End of era as Evans flies from Bluebirds |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/end-era-evans-flies-bluebirds-2871572.amp |access-date=13 May 2025 |work=North Wales Live |date=8 June 2007}})
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Michael Barton (June 2007 - February 2008)
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Dave Taylor (March 2008 - June 2009)
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Mickey Evans (June 2009 - May 2013)
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Graham Evans (May 2013 - May 2018)
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Mark Griffiths (May 2018{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Jordan |title=Caersws appoint former forward Marc Griffiths after Evans stands down |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2018/05/31/caersws-appoint-former-forward-marc-griffiths/ |publisher=Y Clwb Pel Droed |access-date=13 May 2025 |date=31 May 2018}} - May 2022)
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Mark Griffiths / Luke Williams (May 2022 - Sept 2023)
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Luke Williams (Sept 2023 - February 2025{{cite news |last1=Grosvenor |first1=Gavin |title=Manager departs as Caersws continue battle against the drop |url=https://www.countytimes.co.uk/sport/24994471.manager-departs-caersws-continue-battle-drop/ |access-date=13 May 2025 |work=Powys County Times |date=10 March 2025}})
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Managerless (February- May 2025)
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Craig Williams (May 2025- )
Honours
=League=
Cymru Alliance League
- Champions (1): 2022–23{{cite news |title=Ardal Leagues play-offs to decide final spots in JD Cymru North & JD Cymru South for 2023/24 |url=https://faw.cymru/cymru-leagues/news/ardal-leagues-play-offs-to-decide-final-spots-in-jd-cymru-north-jd-cymru-south-for-2023-24/ |access-date=13 May 2025 |work=Y Clwb Pel Droed |date=23 May 2023}}
- Runners-up (1): 2021–22
- 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=
- Winners (1): 1988–89
- Finalists (2): 1983–84, 1991–92
- Winners (1): 1960–61
- Finalists (3): 1952–53, 1962–63, 1963–64
Cymru Alliance League Cup
- Winners (1): 2014–15
- Finalists (3): 1990–91, 2011–12, 2012–13
- Winners (3): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07
- Finalists (1): 1992–93
- Winners (6): 1977–78, 1988–89, 1991–92, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2017–18{{cite news |last1=Grosvenor |first1=Gavin |title=Davies at the double as Bluebirds raise aloft the Central Wales Cup |url=https://www.countytimes.co.uk/sport/16234479.davies-double-bluebirds-raise-aloft-central-wales-cup/ |access-date=13 May 2025 |work=Powys County Times |date=18 May 2018}}
- Finalists (5): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1984–85, 2022–23,{{cite news |last1=Halliday |first1=Dylan |title=Guilsfield beat Caersws to lift the Central Wales Challenge Cup|url=https://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/sport/football/guilsfield-beat-caersws-to-lift-the-central-wales-challenge-cup-612498 |access-date=29 August 2024 |work=Cambrian News|date=6 May 2023}} 2023–24{{cite news |last1=Halliday |first1=Dylan |title=Guilsfield hold their nerve in penalty shootout to beat Caersws in Senior Cup final |url=https://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/sport/football/guilsfield-hold-their-nerve-in-penalty-shootout-to-beat-caersws-in-senior-cup-final-683678 |access-date=26 April 2025 |work=Cambrian News |date=26 April 2024}}
Mid Wales League Cup
- Winners (6): 1979–80, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
- Finalists (7): 1953–54, 1954–55, 1960–61, 1969–70, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1988–89
- Winners (31): 1952–53, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2024-25{{cite web |title=Cup final wins for Forden Reserves, Caersws |url=https://www.mywelshpool.co.uk/viewersport/articleId/27545/Cup-final-wins-for-Forden-Reserves%2C-Caersws |publisher=mywelshpool.com |access-date=7 May 2025}}
Montgomeryshire Amateur League Cup
- Winners (4): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17https://web.archive.org/web/20170725121520/http://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/176119/blue-heaven-as-caersws-prevail-in-league-cup.aspx
- Finalists (1): 1985–86
Village Cup
- Winners (5): 1983–84, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/15837970.village-cup-glory-for-the-bluebirds/
- Finalists (2): 1984–85, 2013–14
Europe
| class="wikitable"
! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |
| 2002
| Round 1 | {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Marek Dupnitsa | style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–2 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–3 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090124055933/http://caerswsfc.co.uk/ Official Website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140714221737/http://welsh-premier.com/sa_club_guide.php?cid=6 Club guide on a Welsh Premier League Football]
{{Cymru North}}
{{Welsh Premier League}}
{{Cymru Alliance}}
Category:Mid Wales Football League clubs
Category:1887 establishments in Wales
Category:Football clubs in Wales
Category:Association football clubs established in 1887