Brecon Corinthians F.C.

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Brecon Corinthians
Brecon Corinthians FC logo.png
Full nameBrecon Corinthians Association Football Club
Nickname(s)Corries
Founded1946
GroundThe Richfield, Brecon
CoachDamien Daniels (Player/ Manager)
League Ardal SE League
2022–23 Ardal SE League, 12th of 16

Brecon Corinthians A.F.C. (Brecon Corries) are a Welsh football club from the town of Brecon in Powys. The club played for much of its history in the Welsh Football League, as well as spells in league in South and Mid Wales. They currently play in the Ardal SE, the third tier of the Welsh football pyramid, having secured two successive promotions within the Mid Wales football leagues.

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History

The club was formed in 1946 at the Greyhound Coffee Tavern in Llanfaes and were accepted into the Mid Wales League (Southern Section). [1] In 1947–48 they achieved a league-cup double and for the 1949–50 season they joined the Welsh Football League Division Two East Division. The club played in the Welsh Football League until the end of the 1966–67 season when they left to play in the Brecon and District League. During their first spell in the Welsh Football League their most notable achievement was winning the Welsh Football League Cup in 1962–62, beating Abergavenny Thursdays.

They re-joined the Welsh Football League for the 1974–75 season, playing in Division Two - the third tier of the Welsh football pyramid. At the end of the 1979–80 season, they finished third, gaining promotion to Division One - the second tier. At the end of the 1981–82 season the club finished as champions gaining promotion to the Premier Division, the top tier of Welsh football. For ten seasons the club played in the top level division until the mid to late 1990's saw the club relegated across a number of seasons, dropping down to tier 4 - the bottom division of the Welsh Football League, with the club leaving the league at the end of the 1998–99 season.

The club then joined the South Wales Senior League but were relegated at the end of their first season from Division One. They earned promotion from Division Two at the end of 2001–02 season but at the end of the 2004–05 season were relegated again. In summer of 2006, decisions were made to focus on using local players and former Newtown midfielder Damien Daniel took over as player-manager. The team were promoted at the end of the 2008–09 season after finishing third, but relegated at the end of the following season having finished bottom of the first division. The following season they were again promoted, this time having finished as Division Two runners-up. At the end of the 2015 season the team transferred to the new South Wales Alliance League Premier Division, at level five of the pyramid. They finished in the top six in each of the new league's opening three seasons, before finishing 9th in their final season in the South Walian league structure.

For the 2019–20 season the club moved within the Welsh football structure to central Wales - and re-joined the Mid Wales South League at tier 5 level. In a season which was curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the club were champions [2] with a 100% record of 16 wins from 16 games with 143 goals scored and just two conceded. [3] [4] having previously played in the South Wales Alliance League. In addition to these statistics the team recorded a 27–0 win at Knighton Town Reserves which was expunged from the record books following Knighton's withdrawal from the league. The club were promoted to the Mid Wales Football League's new East Division at tier 4 for the 2020–21 season, however the season was declared as abandoned without any games played due to the continued impact of the pandemic. Ahead of the 2021–22 season the club installed covered seating for 100 spectators, a criterion which needs to be met to play at tier 3 of the Welsh football pyramid. [5] The club earned their second league title win in two seasons by securing the East Division title in May 2022. [6] On 9 June 2022, it was announced that the club had been promoted to the tier 3 Ardal SE League for the 2022–23 season. [7]

Honours

League history

Information in this section is courtesy of Football Club History Database [10] and the Welsh Soccer Archive. [11]

SeasonPyramid TierLeagueFinal position
1946–47
1947–48 Mid Wales League (Southern Section) 1st - Champions
1948–49
1949–502 Welsh Football League Division Two East12th
1950–512 Welsh Football League Division Two East9th
1951–522 Welsh Football League Division Two East15th
1952–532 Welsh Football League Division Two East14th
1953–542 Welsh Football League Division Two East4th
1954–552 Welsh Football League Division Two East1st - Champions
(promoted)
1955–561 Welsh Football League Division One 15th
1956–571 Welsh Football League Division One 16th
1957–581 Welsh Football League Division One 4th
1958–591 Welsh Football League Division One 14th
1959–601 Welsh Football League Division One 11th
1960–611 Welsh Football League Division One 10th
1961–621 Welsh Football League Division One 10th
1962–631 Welsh Football League Division One 5th
1963–641 Welsh Football League Division One 6th
1964–65 [lower-alpha 1] 1 Welsh Football League Premier Division 15th
(relegated)
1966–662 Welsh Football League Division One 4th
1966–672 Welsh Football League Division One 8th
(Left/joined
Brecon and District League)
1974–753 Welsh Football League Division Two 14th
1975–763 Welsh Football League Division Two 17th
1976–773 Welsh Football League Division Two 13th
1977–783 Welsh Football League Division Two 13th
1978–793 Welsh Football League Division Two 7th
1979–803 Welsh Football League Division Two 3rd
1980–812 Welsh Football League Division One 8th
1981–822 Welsh Football League Division One 1st - Champions
(promoted)
1982–831 Welsh Football League Premier Division 12th
1983–84 [lower-alpha 2] 1 Welsh Football League National Division 10th
1984–851 Welsh Football League National Division 8th
1985–861 Welsh Football League National Division 4th
1986–871 Welsh Football League National Division 10th
1987–881 Welsh Football League National Division 12th
1988–891 Welsh Football League National Division 5th
1989–901 Welsh Football League National Division 12th
1990–91 [lower-alpha 3] 1 Welsh Football League National Division 8th
1991–921 Welsh Football League National Division 14th
1992–93 [lower-alpha 4] 2 Welsh Football League Division One 2nd - Runners-Up
1993–942 Welsh Football League Division One 12th
1994–952 Welsh Football League Division One 12th
1995–962 Welsh Football League Division One 16th
(relegated)
1996–973 Welsh Football League Division Two 13th
1997–983 Welsh Football League Division Two 16th
(relegated)
1998–994 Welsh Football League Division Three 17th
(relegated)
1999–20005 South Wales Senior League Division One16th
(relegated)
2000–016 South Wales Senior League Division Two10th
2001–026 South Wales Senior League Division Two2nd - Runners-Up
(promoted)
2002–035 South Wales Senior League Division One4th
2003–045 South Wales Senior League Division One12th
2004–055 South Wales Senior League Division One14th
(relegated)
2005–066 South Wales Senior League Division Two11th
2006–076 South Wales Senior League Division Two8th
2007–086 South Wales Senior League Division Two7th
2008–096 South Wales Senior League Division Two3rd
(promoted)
2009–105 South Wales Senior League Division One16th
(relegated)
2010–116 South Wales Senior League Division Two2nd - Runners-Up
(promoted)
2011–125 South Wales Senior League Division One8th
2012–135 South Wales Senior League Division One7th
2013–145 South Wales Senior League Division One10th
2014–155 South Wales Senior League Division One6th
2015–165 South Wales Alliance League Premier Division5th
2016–175 South Wales Alliance League Premier Division5th
2017–185 South Wales Alliance League Premier Division6th
2018–195 South Wales Alliance League Premier Division9th
2019–205 Mid Wales South League 1st - Champions
(promoted)
2020–214 Mid Wales Football League East DivisionSeason cancelled
(Coronavirus pandemic)
2021–224 Mid Wales Football League East Division1st - Champions
(promoted)
Notes
  1. ↑ In this season Division 1 was renamed 'Premier Division', Division 2 East and West were replaced by 'Division 1' and 'Division 2' (effectively Division 2 and Division 3)
  2. ↑ In this season The Premier Division (Division 1) was renamed 'National Division'. The 2nd tier division was renamed 'Premier Division' with the 3rd tier division named 'Division 1'.
  3. ↑ In this season, The 2nd tier division was renamed 'Division One' with the 3rd tier division renamed 'Division Two'.
  4. ↑ In this season the League of Wales was created as the new national tier 1 league. The Welsh Football League covered South Wales and now exists at tier 2 (Division One); tier 3 (Division Two) and tier 4 (Division Three).

Former players

See Category:Brecon Corinthians F.C. players to see a list of notable Brecon Corries players, past and present.

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References

  1. ↑ Townsend, Stuart (17 July 2021). "The story of Brecon Corries – New adventures await following mid Wales return". Powys County Times. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Rich Field delight as Brecon Corries receive championship trophy". Powys County Times. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Titles for the Daffs and Corries". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Brecon Corinthians set for homecoming".
  5. ↑ "Brecon Corries install 100 seats at Rich Field ahead of new season". Powys County Times. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Grosvenor, Gavin (14 May 2022). "Brecon Corries and Meifod celebrate league titles in style". Powys County Times. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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  11. ↑ "Welsh League".

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