Cwm Albion F.C.

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Cwm Albion
Full nameCwm Albion Football Club
GroundCwm Level Park
ManagerKyle Lewis
League Swansea Senior League Division Two
2023–24 Swansea Senior League Reserve Division Four, 7th of 11

Cwm Albion Football Club is a football club based in Plasmarl, Swansea, Wales. They are currently members of the Swansea Senior League Division Two.

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History

The club joined Division Two of the Southern League in 1911, [1] at a time when the league contained several clubs based in South Wales. [2] They played at a basic ground, which was accessed by crossing two fields, sometimes ankle deep in mud. [2]

The ground was not enclosed and many fans watched matches from surrounding hillsides. [2] The home team changed in the village, whilst the away team changed in a disused cow shed. [2] After one 1911 match against Portsmouth, the referee was chased by Cwm supporters, who threw him into the river. After sheltering in a house, the referee was escorted to the railway station by police. [2]

Their season in the Southern League was disrupted by the 1912 coal strike, and four matches were left unplayed. [1] The club was forced to leave the league shortly before the end of the season due to financial problems, [2] and finished second from bottom of the table. [1]

2023–present

In the 2022–23 season, the club lost all 22 games with a minus 191 goal difference. On 6 December 2023, Harry Redknapp came out of managerial retirement at the age of 76 to help the club in cooperation with Specsavers and led them from bottom to 7th in the league. [3] [4] The team is now managed by Kyle Lewis. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cwm Albion at the Football Club History Database
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1912 revisited Dial M for Merthyr
  3. ↑ "Harry Redknapp comes out of retirement to help UK's 'worst performing football team'". Sky News.
  4. ↑ Lincoln, Donna (6 December 2023). "Harry Redknapp makes return to football to help UK's worst-performing team". Wales Online.
  5. ↑ Gregory, Rhys (21 November 2024). "Swansea's Cwm Albion FC turns from Best Worst Team to unbeaten heroes".


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