Cwm Albion F.C.

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Cwm Albion Football Club is a Welsh football club based in Plasmarl, Swansea. The team is currently coached by former Premier League manager, Harry Redknapp. [1]

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History

The club joined Division Two of the Southern League in 1911, [2] at a time when the league contained several clubs based in South Wales. [3] They played at a basic ground, which was accessed by crossing two fields, sometimes ankle deep in mud. [3]

The ground was not enclosed and many fans watched matches from surrounding hillsides. [3] The home team changed in the village, whilst the away team changed in a disused cow shed. [3] 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. [3]

Their season in the Southern League was disrupted by the 1912 coal strike, and four matches were left unplayed. [2] The club was forced to leave the league shortly before the end of the season due to financial problems, [3] and finished second from bottom of the table. [2]

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. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Dalling, Robert (5 December 2023). "Welsh football side named UK's worst get Premier League legend in as coach". Wales Online. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Cwm Albion at the Football Club History Database
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1912 revisited Dial M for Merthyr
  4. ↑ https://news.sky.com/story/harry-redknapp-comes-out-of-retirement-to-help-uks-worst-performing-football-team-13023965
  5. ↑ https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/harry-redknapp-makes-return-football-28241019
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