Briton Ferry Llansawel A.F.C. Ladies

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| clubname = Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC Ladies

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| fullname = Briton Ferry Llansawel Athletic Football Club

| nickname = The Ferry

| founded = 2013

| ground = Old Road Ground, Briton Ferry

| capacity = 2,000{{cite web |title=Old Road, home to Briton Ferry Llansawel, Briton Ferry Llansawel Ladies – Football Ground Map |url=https://www.footballgroundmap.com/ground/old-road/briton-ferry-llansawel |website=footballgroundmap.com |accessdate=8 August 2019}}

| manager =

| league = Adran Premier

| season = 2023–24

| position = Adran South, 1st

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Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC Ladies is a football team, playing in the Women's Welsh Premier League, to which they were promoted in 2024. Briton Ferry Llansawel run a senior ladies team, a ladies reserves team and a ladies youth team.

The club plays its home matches at Old Road Ground, Briton Ferry, which has a capacity of 2,000.

The team's first choice strip is red shirts, shorts and socks. The second choice strip is green shirts with white stripe, black shorts and socks.

History

After Briton Ferry and Llansawel Football Clubs merged to form Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC in 2009, the ladies team was later set up and began playing in the South Wales regional leagues, finishing in the top three in the 2013-14 season.{{cite web |title=History - Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC |url=http://www.britonferryllansawelafc.com/history.php |website=www.britonferryllansawelafc.com |accessdate=8 August 2019 |language=en-gb}}

They played their first season in the Women's Welsh Premier League in 2016, however they finished bottom of the league after the 18 game season and were relegated back to the second tier.{{cite web |title=League Tables - Welsh Premier Womens League |url=http://www.welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk/league-table/L/2016/2017 |website=www.welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk |accessdate=8 August 2019 |archive-date=20 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720213908/http://www.welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk/league-table/L/2016/2017 |url-status=dead }} After winning the Welsh Women's League in the 2017-18 season{{cite web |title=South Wales Women's & Girls' League - Season Archive |url=http://www.swwgl.co.uk/LeagueArchives?season=3073 |website=www.swwgl.co.uk |accessdate=8 August 2019}} to gain promotion back to the Premier League with a last day of the season win away to Barry Town, Briton Ferry Llansawel.

= Demotion to the Adran South =

Despite successfully earning a tier 1 license, and finishing 7th out of 9th in the previous season's Welsh Women's Premier League, Briton Ferry Llansawel were demoted to the second tier.

Briton Ferry Llansawel's General Manager, Ross Norgrove condemned the demotion as "unfair and discriminatory" {{cite web |last1=Rees-Julian |first1=George |title=Tier One and Two league placing: RECAP as sides issue statements after demotion |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2021/05/31/abergavenny-briton-ferry-cascade-demoted-live/ |website=clwbpeldroed.org |access-date=13 October 2024}}

In the 2021-22 season; their first back in the second tier, Briton Ferry Llansawel finished in the runners up spot.{{Cite web |last=Frith |first=Wilf |date=2022-03-24 |title=Genero Adran Leagues: Abergavenny seal South title - SheKicks |url=https://shekicks.net/genero-adran-leagues-abergavenny-seal-south-title/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |language=en-GB}} They went won better the following season, winning the Adran South, but losing out to Wrexham in the North-South promotion playoff.{{Cite news |date=2023-04-15 |title=Genero Adran Premier: Wrexham 1-0 Briton Ferry - Red Dragons clinch promotion |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65285962 |access-date=2024-10-13 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}} Ferry also reached the FAW Women's Cup final, losing to Cardiff City.{{Cite news |date=2023-04-23 |title=FAW Women's Cup Final: Cardiff City beat Briton Ferry Llansawel 4-0 to earn historic double |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65367583 |access-date=2024-10-13 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}

In then 2023-24, however, they finally won the promotion back to the top flight, beating Llandudno 4 - 0 in the promotion playoff final.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-21 |title=Briton Ferry back in Adran Premier after 4-0 play-off win |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2024/04/21/briton-ferry-adran-premier/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |language=en-GB}}

Club staff

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|+ Club Staff

PositionStaff
General ManagerRoss Norgrove
Media OfficerTom Knight
Digital CommunicationsLINDSEY BROWN

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|+ 1st Team Coaching Staff

PositionStaff
Assistant managerSIMON POWELL
1st Team Assistant ManagerRHYS JAMES
First-team coachBEN GORVETT
Head goalkeeping coachROB BROWN

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|+ Development Staff

PositionStaff
Head of Youth DevelopmentSIMON POWELL
Goalkeeping coachDAVID PUGH
Under 19's Head CoachFINN HARRIS
Development Squad Head CoachFINN HARRIS
Under 16's Head CoachRichard Jones

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|+ Technical Staff

PositionStaff
Club DoctorTBC
PhysiotherapistLydia Thomas
S&C CoachDafydd Rotie

Samuel Thomas

Performance analysisSTEPHEN HANDLY

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Former staff

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PositionStaffDuration
ManagerRoss NorgroveJune 2013 - June 2020
ManagerAndy JonesJuly 2020 - October 2020

Sponsorship

Kit Sponsors

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PeriodKit ManufactureKitShirt sponsor (Chest)Shirt sponsor (Back)ShortsWarm up
2013-14MacronHomeMcDonaldsMacron Store Neath
2013-16AdidasAwayMail onlinePro directMcDonalds Briton Ferry
2014-15MacronHomeHappy Home FurnituresMacron Store NeathMcDonalds Briton Ferry
2015-17MacronAwayMark Jones FinancialMacron Store NeathMcDonalds Briton Ferry
2015-17MacronHomeMark Jones FinancialMacron Store NeathMcDonalds Briton Ferry
2017-19MacronHomeCMBMacron Store NeathMcDonalds Briton Ferry
2019-21MacronHomeSynergy HeatingMacron Store NeathWales & West Utilities
2019-21MacronAwaySetechMacron Store NeathMacron Store Neath
2021-23MacronHomeWestward EnergyBespoke Education Service TeamMegan Mai FoundationMacron Store Neath
2021-23MacronAwayWestward EnergyBrowns of NeathMegan Mai FoundationMacron Store Neath

Players Sponsors

References

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