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Carmarthen Town Association Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Tref Caerfyrddin) 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.
Full name | Carmarthen Town Association Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Hen Aur Old Gold | ||
Founded | 1950 | ||
Ground | Richmond Park, Carmarthen | ||
Capacity | 3,000 (1,000 seated) | ||
President | Einsley Harris | ||
Chairman | Anthony Parnell[1] | ||
Manager | Mark Aizlewood | ||
League | Cymru South | ||
2023–24 | Cymru South, 6th of 16 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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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.
As of 2024[update] Carmarthen Town play in Cymru South 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.
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.
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. [2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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 | |
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From | To | |||
Wyndham Evans | Wales | January 1996 | October 1996 | Welsh Football League Cup Winner |
John Mahoney | Wales | October 1996 | November 1998 | |
Tomi Morgan | Wales | November 1998 | 24 September 2003[6] | Welsh Cup Runner-up, Highest League position: 3rd place 2000–01 |
Andrew York | Wales | 24 September 2003[6] | May 2004 | Welsh League Cup Runner-up |
Mark Jones | Wales | 12 May 2004[7] | 22 May 2007[8] | Welsh Cup Winner, Welsh Cup Runner-up, Welsh League Cup Winner |
Deryn Brace | Wales | 23 May 2007[8] | 8 June 2010[9][10] | |
Tomi Morgan | Wales | 8 June 2010[9] | 5 December 2011[11] | |
Neil Smothers | Wales | 5 December 2011[11] | 7 January 2012[12] | |
Mark Aizlewood | Wales | 7 January 2012[12] | 5 February 2018[13] | Welsh League Cup Winner (2): 2012–13, 2013–14 |
Neil Smoothers (Interim Manager) | Wales | February 2018 | May 2018 | |
Neil Smoothers | Wales | May 2018[14] | October 2019[15] | |
Danny Thomas (Caretaker Manager) | Wales | October 2019[16] | November 2019 | |
Kristian O'Leary | Wales | November 2019 |
The Welsh Football League
Domestic Cup Competition
European Competition
Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate | Refs |
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2001–02 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round | AIK | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | [19] |
2005–06 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round | Longford Town | 5–1 | 0–2 | 5–3 | [20] |
Second qualifying round | FC Copenhagen | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | [20] | ||
2006 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round | Tampere United | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–8 | [21] |
2007–08 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round | SK Brann | 0–8 | 3–6 | 3–14 | [22] |
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