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Carmarthen Town
Full nameCarmarthen Town Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Old Gold, The Town
Founded1948
GroundRichmond Park
Priory Street
Carmarthen
Capacity3,000 (1000 seated)
ChairmanWales Jeff Thomas
ManagerWales Deryn Brace
LeagueWelsh Premier League
2008-09Welsh Premier League, 4th

Carmarthen Town Association Football Club (Template:Lang-cy) is a Welsh semi-professional football club based in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, who play in the Welsh Premier League. The club was founded in 1948 and have played at their current home ground, Richmond Park, since 1952.

Carmarthen Town (also known as The Town or Old Gold) have yet to win the Welsh Premier League title, despite being in the top tier of Welsh football since 1996-97. In 2000-01 Carmarthen Town had their highest-ever finish, coming 3rd, which qualified them for European competition for the first time. Carmarthen’s first and only major honour came in 2006-07 when the club won the Welsh Cup.[1]

The team's first choice strip is old gold shirts, black shorts and socks. The second choice strip is red shirts and shorts and black socks.

History

Carmarthen Town was founded as recently as 1948 and moved to their current ground Richmond Park in 1952.

The club was elected to the Welsh League in 1953 and gained promotion from Division Two in 1960. In 1996 Carmarthen won the Welsh League and the Cyril Rogers Cup. Carmarthen were promoted to the League of Wales in the same year. They have maintained their place in the League and shown gradual improvement, reaching the final of the Welsh Cup in 1999, but losing on penalties. They also reached the final of the Welsh Cup in 2005 losing 1-0 to Total Network Solutions. Carmarthen reached their third final on 1 April 2007 after a 1-0 win against Llanelli.

The appearance in the Welsh Cup final was enough to earn the club a UEFA Cup spot for 2005/6 as TNS had already won the Welsh Premier title and thus qualified for the UEFA Champions League. The ensuing campaign pitted the Old Gold against Football League of Ireland side Longford Town in the first round. Despite losing the first leg 2-0 away from home, Carmarthen put in a whirlwind performance at Newtown's Latham Park to beat their Celtic counterparts 5-1 and advance to the second round, winning 5-3 on aggregate.[2][3]

That result earned them a tie against Danish giants F.C. Copenhagen. Carmarthen were big underdogs for this encounter, but put in a creditable display despite losing 4-0 on aggregate and bowing out of the competition.[4][5]

The 2006/7 season saw Carmarthen qualify for Europe again via the Intertoto Cup, finishing fourth in the Welsh Premier. However, the result was not so good, Town suffering an 8-1 thrashing at the hands of Finnish side Tampere United.[6][7]

The season saw the Old Gold finish in a slightly disappointing 7th. position. However a fine Cup run saw Town edge out Llanelli 1-0 at the semi final stage to reach the Welsh Cup Final for the third time in their history.

With a 3-2 win over Afan Lido at Stebonheath Park Llanelli (06.05.07) Carmarthen Town lifted the Welsh Cup for the first time in their history and with it secured their third consecutive foray into European competition.[1]

With the departure of Mark Jones at the end of the 2007 season Deryn Brace took over as Player / Manager and Town hosted their first European tie (UEFA Cup) at Richmond Park on the 19th of July .

Carmarthen lost 14-3 on aggregate to S.K. Brann in the UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round. 8-1 at Richmond Park and 6-3 at Brann Stadion in Bergen.[8][9] The Norwegian giants progressed to the knockout stages eventually losing to Everton.

Town progressed to the semi final of the FAW Premier Cup but in a tight end to the season the Richmond Park outfit finished in 6th position.

Current squad

Correct as of August 2009 [10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Wales WAL Neil Thomas
— GK Wales WAL Alex Evans
— DF Wales WAL Deryn Brace
— DF Wales WAL Mark Dodds
— DF Wales WAL Craig Hanford
— DF Wales WAL Neil Smothers
— DF Wales WAL Kris Thomas
— DF Wales WAL Steve Williams
— MF Wales WAL Nathan Cotterrall
— MF Wales WAL Paul Fowler
— MF England ENG Ben Morris
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Wales WAL Nicky Palmer
— MF Wales WAL Alex Squires
— MF Wales WAL Sacha Walters
— FW Wales WAL Tim Hicks
— FW Wales WAL Jamie Horwood
— FW Wales WAL Craig Hughes
— FW Wales WAL Sam O'Sullivan
— FW Wales WAL Mark Pritchard
— FW Wales WAL Stuart Roberts
— FW Wales WAL Danny Thomas

Notable Former Players

This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.

Management

Current management and coaching staff

As of August 2009.[14]
Position Name Nationality
Player/Manager Deryn Brace  Welsh
Club Coach Mark Aizlewood  Welsh
Physiotherapist Gary Morris  Welsh
Goalkeeping Coach Kevin Malloy  English
Coaching Assistant Steve Jones  Welsh

Notable managers

Further information: List of Carmarthen Town A.F.C. managers

The following managers have each been in charge of Carmarthen Town since the club gained promotion to the highest tier in Welsh football, the Welsh Premier League, in 1996.

Correct as of August 2009[15]

Name Nationality From To
Wyndham Evans Wales Jan 1996 Oct 1996
John Mahoney Wales Oct 1996 Nov 1998
Tomi Morgan Wales Nov 1998 Sep 2003
Andrew York Wales Sept 2003 May 2004
Mark Jones Wales May 2004 May 2007
Deryn Brace Wales May 2007 Current

Honours

Further information: List of Carmarthen Town A.F.C. seasons

Domestic

Winners (1): 2006-07
Runners-up (2): 1998-99, 2004-05
Winners (1): 2004-05
Runners-up (1): 2003-04
Winners (1): 1995-96
Winners (1): 1995-96
  • West Wales Senior Cup:
Winners (1): 2004
Runners-up (2): 2003, 2006

European

Biggest victories and losses

References

  1. ^ a b "Carmarthen 3-2 Afan Lido". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  2. ^ "Longford are two up on Carmarthen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2005-07-14.
  3. ^ "Carmarthen 5-1 Longford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2005-07-28.
  4. ^ "FC Copenhagen 2-0 Carmarthen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2005-08-10.
  5. ^ "Carmarthen 0-2 FC Copenhagen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2005-08-25.
  6. ^ "Tampere Utd 5-0 Carmarthen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2006-06-17.
  7. ^ "Carmarthen 1-3 Tampere Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
  8. ^ "Carmarthen 0-8 SK Brann Bergen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
  9. ^ "Brann 6-3 Carmarthen (Agg: 14-3)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2005-08-02.
  10. ^ "Official squad listing". carmarthentownafc.net. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  11. ^ "Delaney's new deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2001-12-20.
  12. ^ "Delaney eyes long stay at Villa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2002-03-23.
  13. ^ "Delaney player stats". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2007. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  14. ^ "Coaching Staff". carmarthentownafc.net. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  15. ^ "Carmarthen Town A.F.C History". carmarthentownafc.net. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
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