Swansea University F.C.

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Pure Swansea F.C.
Swansea University F.C. logo.png
Full namePure Swansea Football Club
Founded2011 (current club)
GroundSwansea Bay Sports Park, Sketty Lane, Swansea.
Capacity250
ManagerJon Beale
League Ardal SW League
2024–25 Ardal SW League, 3rd of 16

Pure Swansea Football Club is a Welsh football club, who play in the Ardal SW League. They play at Sketty Lane, Swansea.

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History

The current team was reformed as Team Swansea in 2011 by students from Swansea University. Since the club's reformation, the club has achieved six promotions, two Gwalia cups, one Senior Cup and two West Wales Cups, including a 10–0 win in the 2015 final.

In 2017 the club sealed the Swansea Senior League championship and West Wales Cup double in May 2017, securing their return to the Welsh Football League in a play-off against Neath & District League champions Cwm Wanderers.

In May 2018 the club was promoted to Welsh Football League Division Two as Champions. [1] They followed this up in April 2019 by gaining promotion to the new Cymru South as runners-up in Division Two. [2] They were also awarded the divisional fair play award for the season. [3]

In May 2020 they were crowned champions of Cymru South after the curtailment of the season as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. [4]

However, due to finishing 15th in the 2022–23 Cymru South, they were relegated into the Ardal Leagues, from 2023–24 onwards.

In 2025 the team was renamed to Pure Swansea FC. [5] [6]

Honours

Staff

Source

Seasons

SeasonLeagueWelsh Cup [11] FAW Trophy [11] Other
Pyramid TierDivisionPWDLPtsPos
2011-12 [a] 8 Swansea Senior League Division Four201532461 [12]
2012-13 [a] 7Swansea Senior League Division Three18927294Gwalia Cup Winners
2013-14 [a] 7Swansea Senior League Division Three241644522Gwalia Cup Winners
2014-15 [a] 6Swansea Senior League Division Two181323452R1 West Wales Intermediate Cup winners
2015-16 [a] 5Swansea Senior League Division One161024322
2016-17 [a] 5Swansea Senior League Division One201802541 [13] 1Q West Wales Intermediate Cup winners
2017-184 Welsh Football League Division Three 3024337511QR2
2018-193 Welsh Football League Division Two 302046642R2R5
2019-202 Cymru South 241743551R4

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 as Team Swansea

University College Swansea / Swansea University

Swansea University has a Welsh League heritage dating back to the 1960s, when under its previous guise as the University College Swansea. The university first entered the Welsh League in the 1966–67 season winning Division Two in their first season. In the 1967–68 season they finished runners-up in Division One to seal promotion to the Premier Division in just two seasons. They were relegated at the end of the 1968–69 season but were again promoted as Division One Champions. In 1971–72 they were relegated again, remaining in Division One until 1978 when they were relegated to Division Two. The club remained in the Welsh league until 1985 when it left the league. [14]

Honours

[15]

Welsh Football League history

Information sourced from the Football Club History Database [15] and the Welsh Soccer Archive. [16]

SeasonPyramid TierLeagueFinal position
1966–673 Welsh Football League Division Two [a] 1st – Champions
(Promoted)
1967–682 Welsh Football League Division One 2nd – Runners-Up
(Promoted)
1968–691 Welsh Football League Premier Division 18th
(Relegated)
1969–702 Welsh Football League Division One 1st – Champions
(Promoted)
1970–711 Welsh Football League Premier Division 16th
1971–721 Welsh Football League Premier Division 17th
(Relegated)
1972–732 Welsh Football League Division One 13th
1973–742 Welsh Football League Division One 6th
1974–752 Welsh Football League Division One 9th
1975–762 Welsh Football League Division One 15th
1976–772 Welsh Football League Division One 11th
1977–782 Welsh Football League Division One 17th
(Relegated)
1978–793 Welsh Football League Division Two 10th
1979–803 Welsh Football League Division Two 12th
1980–813 Welsh Football League Division Two 11th
1981–823 Welsh Football League Division Two 11th
1982–833 Welsh Football League Division Two 11th
1983–84 [b] 3 Welsh Football League Division One 15th
1984–853 Welsh Football League Division One 16th
Notes
  1. From the 1964–65 season Division 1 was renamed 'Premier Division', Division 2 East and West were replaced by 'Division One' and 'Division Two' (effectively Division Two and Division Three).
  2. In this season The Premier Division (The Top Tier Division) was renamed 'National Division'. The 2nd tier division was renamed 'Premier Division' with the 3rd tier division named 'Division 1'.

References

  1. Jones, Jordan (10 May 2018). "Swansea University promoted to Welsh Football League Division Two after title win". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. Jones, Jordan (20 April 2019). "Swansea University clinch promotion to Division One". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. "2019 Fair Play Awards". www.faw.cymru. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  4. "Domestic champions confirmed as season curtailed". Cymru Leagues. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  5. https://x.com/PureSwanseaFC/status/1938646988918267939
  6. https://faw.cymru/adran-leagues/news/swansea-university-fc-change-name-to-pure-swansea-fc/
  7. "Swansea Senior League Archive 2016–2017". Swansea Senior Football League. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  8. "Swansea Senior League Archive 2014–2015". Swansea Senior Football League. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  9. "Team Swansea Dominate Gwalia Cup". Swansea University Men's Football Club. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  10. "Team Swansea 10-0 Ystradgynlais". Swansea University Men's Football Club. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  11. 1 2 "FAW / FAW Cups". www.faw.cymru. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  12. "Swansea Senior League 2010-18".
  13. "Swansea Senior League 2016/17".
  14. "Teams". Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  15. 1 2 "Football Club History Database - Swansea University".
  16. "Welsh League".

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