St Joseph's A.F.C.

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St Joseph's
Full nameSt Joseph's Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Saints
Founded1921
GroundUnderhill Park 3G
2023–24 Swansea Senior Football League Premier Division, 1st of 12 (promoted)

St Joseph's A.F.C. is a Welsh football club based in the Greenhill area of Swansea. The team currently plays in the West Wales Premier League.

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History

The Greenhill area of the city was popular with Irish people who settled there following on from immigration into the area in the nineteenth century and the founding of St Joseph's Church. In 1920, the young men who had been brought up in the community of Greenhill and educated at St Joseph's School, formed a Catholic Men Society (CMS) attached to the church. In 1921 they formed a football team playing in a Sunday School League. The strip that they wore was donated by Glasgow Celtic, brought to Swansea by a Scottish schoolteacher, Mr Marley. The Saints still play in green and white.

The club was in the Swansea Senior League for many decades, and after finishing the 2023–24 season as champions, were promoted to the tier four West Wales Premier League for the 2024–25 season.

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References

  1. ↑ "Our 2023/24 League & Cup winners". Swansea Senior Football League. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  2. ↑ https://welshfootballstatistician.weebly.com/ssl1018.html
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090429101810/http://www.cwmwanderers.co.uk/
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081231061425/http://www.stjoes.co.uk/wwcup.shtm
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