Montgomeryshire Football League

Football league

Montgomeryshire Football LeagueFounded| 1904

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Country|  Wales
Divisions| 1
Number of clubs| 14
Level on pyramid| 5
Feeder to| Central Wales Football League
Promotion to| Central Wales Football League
Current champions| Llangedwyn
(2023–24)
Most championships| Llanfair United/ Llanfair Caereinion
(10 titles)
Website| http://montgomeryshirefl.pitchero.com/

The Montgomeryshire Football League (currently the JT Hughes Football League) is a football league in Mid Wales, sitting at the fifth level of the Welsh football league system.

The league hosts several cup competitions. These include: The Emrys Morgan Cup, Montgomeryshire Cup, Village Cup, Tanners Town Cup, League Cup and Consolation Cup.

Teams promoted from Division One may enter the Central Wales Football League if standards and facilities fall into line with the regulations and criteria of the FAW and Mid Wales Football League (Tier 4 of the Welsh Football Pyramid).

## History

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The league was founded in 1904 as the Montgomeryshire & District League, and the first ten seasons before the First World War saw the league dominated by Aberystwyth Town, who won the inaugural title and two other championships, and Llanidloes who won five titles.

After the war, the league was reformed for a single season with Newtown picking up their only title (to date), before the league went into abeyance with the creation of the Welsh National League setup. The league returned in the 1930s as the Montgomeryshire Junior League[1] and ran until the outbreak of the Second World War, when football was again suspended.

The 1950s were notable for five successive titles for Rodney Rovers, a club from Four Crosses, who played behind the Golden Lion public house.

The 1967–68 saw the league expand to two divisions, a format that continued until the 2021–22 season.

It has also been known as the Montgomeryshire Amateur League.

## Member clubs for 2024–25 season

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### Division One

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* Abermule (reserves)
* Berriew (reserves)
* Felindre
* Forden United (reserves)
* Four Crosses (reserves)
* Kerry (reserves)
* Llandrindod Wells (reserves)
* Llanfair United (reserves)
* Llanfechain
* Llangedwyn
* Newcastle
* St Harmon
* Trefonen
* Waterloo Rovers (reserves)

## Champions

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### One division structure

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Season  | Division One

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2023-24  | Llangedwyn[2]
2022-23  | Llangedwyn[3]
2021-22  | Meifod[4]

### Two division structure

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Season  | Division One  | Division Two

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2020-21  | Season cancelled - Covid-19 pandemic
2019-20  | Guilsfield reserves  | Newtown Wanderers
2018-19  | Guilsfield reserves  | Llanrhaeadr reserves[5]
2017-18  | Bishops Castle Town | Forden United
2016-17  | Waterloo Rovers | Bishops Castle Town
2015-16  | Llanfair United reserves[6] | Forden United
2014-15  | Bettws (Cedewain)  | Morda United
2013-14  | Llanfair United reserves[7][6] | Bettws (Cedewain)
2012-13  | Caersws reserves[8] | Llandrinio
2011-12  | Caersws | Llanfair United reserves[6]
2010-11  | Llanidloes Town reserves  | Welshpool Town reserves
2009-10  | Llanidloes Town | Trefonen
2008-09  | Llansantffraid Village | Welshpool Town reserves
2007-08  | Dyffryn Banw | Llansantffraid Village
2006-07  | Bishop's Castle Town | The New Saints Colts
2005-06  | Total Network Solutions reserves  | Waterloo Rovers reserves
2004-05  | Four Crosses | Llanfyllin Town reserves
2003-04  | Welshpool Town reserves  | Four Crosses
2002-03  | Llangedwyn  | Welshpool Town reserves
2001-02  | Bettws (Cedewain)  | Forden United
2000-01  | Llanfyllin Town | Berriew
1999-00  | Llangedwyn  | Kerry Reserves
1998-99  | Waterloo Rovers | Llanwddyn
1997-98  | Meifod  | Forden United
1996-97  | Waterloo Rovers | Welshpool Town reserves
1995-96  | Kerry[9] | Llanrhaeadr
1994-95  | Guilsfield | Llanfyllin Town
1993-94  | Mochdre  | Newtown Rangers
1992-93  | Llansantffraid reserves  | Mochdre
1991-92  | Llansantffraid reserves  | Meifod
1990-91  | Berriew | Llanymynech Rovers
1989-90  | Llanfair Caereinion[6] | Waterloo Rovers
1988-89  | Llanfair Caereinion[6] | Llanfechain
1987-88  | Berriew[10] | Guilsfield
1986-87  | Llansantffraid[11] | Llangedwyn
1985-86  | Llanfair Caereinion[6] | Carno[12]
1984-85  | Llanfair Caereinion[6] | Llanrhaeadr
1983-84  | Bettws (Cedewain)  | Forden United
1982-83  | Llansantffraid[11] | R & Q Sports
1981-82  | Welshpool Rangers  | Berriew
1980-81  | Llanfyllin Town | Llansantffraid
1979-80  | Llanfechain  | Carno[12]
1978–79  | Llanfyllin Town | Llanfair United reserves[6]
1977-78  | Caersws reserves  | Carno
1976–77  | Llanfyllin Town | Caersws reserves
1975-76  | Montgomery Town[13] | Carno[12]
1974–75  | Llanfair United[6] | Newtown Amateurs
1973–74  | Llanfyllin Town | Montgomery Town
1972–73  | Llanfair United[6] | Llanfyllin Town
1971-72  | Llanwddyn  | Abermule
1970–71  | Llansantffraid[11] | Welshpool Amateur reserves
1969–70  | Llansantffraid[11] | Llanwddyn

### One division structure

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Those years empty are not known.

* 1968–69: – Llansantffraid[11]
* 1967–68: –
* 1966–67: – Carno[12]
* 1965–66: – Llanrhaeadr
* 1964–65: – Forden United[14]
* 1963–64: – Newtown Amateurs
* 1962–63: – Forden United
* 1961–62: – Trewern United
* 1960–61: – Berriew
* 1959–60: – Montgomery Town[13]
* 1958–59: – Montgomery Town[13]
* 1957–58: – Rodney Rovers[15]
* 1956–57: – Rodney Rovers[15]
* 1955–56: – Rodney Rovers[15]
* 1954–55: – Rodney Rovers[15]
* 1953–54: – Rodney Rovers[15]
* 1952–53: – Montgomery Town[13]
* 1951–52: – Llanfechain
* 1950–51: – Llanfechain
* 1949–50: – Llandrinio
* 1948–49: – Llandrinio
* 1947–48: – Llanfair United[6]
* 1946–47: – Llanfair United[6]
* 1945–46: – Football suspended - World War Two
* 1944–45: – Football suspended - World War Two
* 1943–44: – Football suspended - World War Two
* 1942–43: – Football suspended - World War Two
* 1941–42: – Football suspended - World War Two
* 1940–41: – Football suspended - World War Two
* 1939–40: – Football suspended - World War Two
* 1938–39: – Caersws[16]
* 1937–38: – Caersws[16]
* 1936–37: – Guilsfield
* 1935–36: –
* 1934–35: – Newtown C C
* 1920–21: – League went into abeyance with the creation of the Welsh National League setup (started again in 1930s, but unclear which season)
* 1919–20: – Newtown
* 1918–19: – Football suspended - World War One
* 1917–18: – Football suspended - World War One
* 1916–17: – Football suspended - World War One
* 1915–16: – Football suspended - World War One
* 1914–15: – Football suspended - World War One
* 1913–14: – Llanidloes
* 1912–13: – Llanidloes
* 1911–12: – Llanidloes
* 1910–11: – Llanfyllin
* 1909–10: – Llanidloes[17]
* 1908–09: – Llanidloes[18]
* 1907–08: – Aberystwyth Town[19]
* 1906–07: – Aberystwyth Town
* 1905–06: – Newtown North End[20]
* 1904–05: – Aberystwyth Town

### Titles by team

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* Llanfair United/ Llanfair Caereinion/ reserves – 10 titles
* Llansantffraid/ TNS / reserves – 8 titles
* Llanidloes – 6 titles
* Llanfyllin – 5 titles
* Rodney Rovers – 5 titles
* Caersws/ Caersws reserves – 4 titles
* Llangedwyn – 4 titles
* Aberystwyth Town – 3 titles
* Berriew – 3 titles
* Bettws (Cedewain) – 3 titles
* Guilsfield/ Guilsfield reserves  – 3 titles
* Llanfechain – 3 titles
* Montgomery Town – 3 titles
* Waterloo Rovers –3 titles
* Bishop's Castle Town – 2 titles
* Forden United – 2 titles
* Llandrinio – 2 titles
* Meifod – 2 titles
* Carno –1 title
* Dyffryn Banw – 1 title
* Four Crosses – 1 title
* Kerry – 1 title
* Llansantffraid Village – 1 title
* Llanrhaeadr – 1 title
* Llanwddyn – 1 title
* Mochdre – 1 title
* Newtown \- 1 title
* Newtown Amateurs – 1 title
* Newtown C C – 1 title
* Newtown North End – 1 title
* Trewern United – 1 title
* Welshpool Rangers – 1 title
* Welshpool Town reserves – 1 title

## See also

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* Football in Wales
* List of football clubs in Wales

## External links

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* Official league website

## References

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1. ^ "1934-35". Welsh Soccer Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
2. ^ Grosvenor, Gavin (29 April 2024). "Montgomeryshire League title glory as Llangedwyn seal crown". Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
3. ^ Grosvenor, Gavin (20 April 2023). "Floodlight approval marked by title for Powys football club". Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
4. ^ Grosvenor, Gavin (14 May 2022). "Brecon Corries and Meifod celebrate league titles in style". Powys County Times. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
5. ^ Grosvenor, Gavin. "Guilsfield and Llanrhaeadr crowned league champions". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Club Honours". Llanfair United F.C.
7. ^ "Reserves are league champions!". Llanfair United FC. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
8. ^ "2012-13 tables, part 5" (PDF). Football Club History Database. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
9. ^ "Kerry FC". Buckley Town FC. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
10. ^ "Berriew FC". Buckley Town FC. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
11. ^ a b c d e "Club Information". The New Saints F.C. 23 March 2017.
12. ^ a b c d "CPD Carno FC". Buckley Town FC.
13. ^ a b c d Grosvenor, Gavin. "Review of Welsh football third division - Montgomery Town". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
14. ^ Grosvenor, Gavin. "Saturday Spotlight: The story of Forden United". Powys County Times. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
15. ^ a b c d e Grosvenor, Gavin. "Will the Black Sheep of Mid Wales football ever return". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
16. ^ a b "Llanfair United v Penparcau 2021". Llanfair United FC.
17. ^ "League Table". The Aberystwyth Observer. 7 April 1910. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
18. ^ "MONTGOMERYSHIRE LEAGUE.|1909-05-06|The Aberystwith Observer - Welsh Newspapers". The Aberystwyth Observer. 6 May 1909. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
19. ^ "MONTGOMERYSHIRE AND DISTRICT LEAGUE.|1908-04-02|The Aberystwith Observer - Welsh Newspapers". The Aberystwyth Observer. 2 April 1908. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
20. ^ Grosvenor, Gavin. "A history of Newtown's factory football clubs". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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