Hafren United Ladies FC

Llanidloes Ladies FC
Full name Llanidloes Ladies FC
Founded 2000 Reestablished 2017
Ground Llanidloes Rugby Field
Capacity 400
Chairman Jonathan Davies
Manager Jonathan Davies
League North Wales Women's Football League

Llanidloes Ladies are an association football club based in the Town of Llanidloes, Powys, Wales. The team currently plays in the North Wales Women's Football League which is the second tier of Women's Football in Wales.

Llanidloes Ladies were reformed in 2017 after folding in 2014.

History

Formation

The club was formed in 2000 and were one of the founding members of the North Powys League. In the earlier stages of the teams formation the club did not enjoy much success.

Early Success

In the 2007/08 season the club won their first silverware under Manager Richard Williams winning the Central Wales Cup. In the 2007/08 season the club formed a reserves team who went on to win the North Powys Ladies League Division 2 in their first season. In 2008/09 the Club really showed how far they had come winning the treble, The County Times Cup, The North Powys Ladies league and successfully defending the Central Wales Cup, with the reserve team also finishing runners up in Division 2.

New Challenge of the National Premier League

With the club currently dominating Mid Wales Football they were chosen, as one of 8 clubs throughout Wales, to form a National League. The League was initially divided into two divisions, North and South, with Llanidloes playing in the North. However, as the league was initially small they could continue to play in the North Powys League whilst still fulfilling their Premier fixtures. The Club made Welsh Ladies Football history playing in the first Welsh National League fixture against Aberystwyth in September 2009.

For the 2009/10 season the North Powys league Division 1 and 2 merged to form a larger more competitive League. This meant that the Reserves Team had to form a completely independent squad, so Llanidloes Reserves became Llanidloes Daffs for the new season. In the season 2009/2010 the club repeated it treble winning performances from the previous season again lifting the County Times Cup, The North Powys Ladies league and the Central Wales Cup. Llanidloes in 2010 had lifted the Central Wales Cup in three consecutive seasons.

Llanidloes Ladies also had another milestone in 2009 when Nikki Bocking was called into the Wales Under 17s squad travelling to Belgium in September and Macedonia in October 2009.[1]

The new single format Premier League

In its first three years the Welsh Women`s Premier League was divided into two conferences, north and south, with Llanidloes competing in the North. The league changed the format to a single division for the 2012–13 season. When the league became a single division it meant Llanidloes could no longer play in the North Powys League. The renamed to Hafren United before the 2014/15 season but withdraw before playing the first match.[2]

Reforming

Llanidloes Ladies reformed in the summer of 2017 and entered the North Wales Women's Football League due to the lack of a Central Wales League.

Club Honours

  • Division 1 League (2) 2008/09, 2009/10
  • Central Wales Cup (3) 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10
  • County Times Cup (2) 2008/09, 2009/10
  • Welsh Premier League Cup

Managers Past and Present

First Team Managers

Manager Started Finished Trophies Won
Steve Cox 2000 2001
Adrian Foulkes 2001 2003
Gregg Jones 2003 2005
Nicky Bray 2005 2007
Richard Williams 2008 2009 Leagues (2008/09), Central Wales Cup (2007/08, 2008/09), County Times Cup (2008/09)
Gregg Harries 2009 2010 Leagues (2009/10), Central Wales Cup (2009/10), County Times Cup (2009/10)
Nicky George 2010 2013 Leagues (2010/11, 2011/12)
Nigel Mathias 2013 2014
Jonathan Davies 2017

Current Squads

First Team Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Wales GK Jodi Galvin
Wales GK Sian Jones
Wales DF Alys Reynolds
Wales DF Naomi Hardman
Wales DF Gemma Gethin
Wales DF Chloe Harris
Wales DF Carla Jones
Wales DF Ruth Jenkins
Wales DF Kath Emanuel
Wales DF Kelly Emanuel
Wales MF Lowri Savage
Wales MF Julia Hyndman
No. Position Player
Wales MF Sara Davies
Wales MF Elin Green
Wales MF Niamh Pugh
Wales MF Amy Hill
Wales MF Tash Hill
Wales MF Sophie Cook
Wales FW Daisy Smith
Wales FW Eleri Parry
England FW Ionawr Williams
Wales FW Nikki Bocking
Wales FW Annalee Hudson Owen

References

  1. ↑ UEFA Website
  2. ↑ "Hafren United Withdraw from WPWL". welshpremier.org. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Cardiff Met win Welsh Premier Cup". shekicks.net. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
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