The West Wales FA Senior Cup was the regional knock-out competition for the higher ranked clubs beneath the umbrella of the West Wales Football Association until its end in 2009. It has been replaced with the WWFA Intermediate Cup, a tournament for clubs below Tier 3 in the Welsh football pyramid that play in West Wales.
The cup was open to clubs competing in the Welsh Football League, the League of Wales / Welsh Premier League following its formation in 1992, and also Swansea City. In later years the Senior Cup winners of the county leagues – Carmarthenshire, Neath & District, Pembrokeshire and Swansea – would be invited to take part.
Teams from outside the west Wales region – Barry, Bridgend Town, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport County – also reached early finals. The West Wales FA was affiliated to the South Wales FA until 1968, which allowed clubs from the latter association entrance to this competition.
Swansea City are by far the most successful team in the competition – winning the trophy 25 times in 38 finals, including one sharing of the competition with Llanelli in 1963 – but during the later years they would predominantly field a weakened team composed of reserve and youth players. They last competed in the 2005–06 competition.
The last Senior Cup final – Reds take the plaudits
editLlanelli were the last side to clinch the Senior Cup with a comprehensive 5–2 victory over West End in 2009.
An upset was on the cards as Welsh League outfit West End raced into a 2–0 first-half lead, only for Jordan Follows to pull one back for the Reds on the stroke of half-time.
But in the second-half the floodgates opened. Stephen Crabbe's red card didn't help West End's cause and strikes from Stuart Jones, Mark Pritchard (2) and captain Rhys Griffiths ensured that the trophy would return to Stebonheath Park for the tenth and final time.[1]
Competition Winners
edit| Season | Winners | Score | Runners-Up | Scorers | Date | Other Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–24 | Swansea Town | Pembroke Dock | ||||
| 1924–25[2] | Swansea Town | 6-1 | Llanelly | Saturday January 17, 1925 | ||
| 1925–26 | Swansea Town | Merthyr Town | ||||
| 1926–27 | Swansea Town | Bridgend Town | ||||
| 1927–28 | Barry AFC | Swansea Town | ||||
| 1928–29 | Newport County | Merthyr Town | ||||
| 1929–30 | Swansea Town | Newport County | ||||
| 1930–31[3] | Llanelly | 5-3 | Merthyr Town | Llanelly: Samuel, B Jones, Taylor 2, T Williams; Merthyr: Bayliss, Thomas, Atkins | Monday April 27, 1931 | Replay after original tie ended 0-0 at Merthyr on 18/04/31 |
| 1931–32[4] | Merthyr Town | 3-2 | Llanelly | Merthyr: Lowry, Alden Baggott; Llanelly: Cochrane, McIlwaine | Monday November 14, 1932 | The game was delayed until two months into the following season |
| 1932–34 | Competition Suspended | |||||
| 1934–35 | Swansea Town | Llanelly | ||||
| 1935–37 | Competition Suspended | |||||
| 1937–38 | Milford United | Haverfordwest | ||||
| 1938–39 | Swansea Town | Llanelly | ||||
| 1939–47 | Competition Suspended | |||||
| 1947–48 | Llanelly | Briton Ferry Athletic | ||||
| 1948–49 | Swansea Town | Llanelly | ||||
| 1949–50 | Swansea Town | Haverfordwest Athletic | ||||
| 1950–51 | Llanelly | Swansea Town | ||||
| 1951–52 | No Competition | |||||
| 1952–53 | Llanelly | Swansea Town | ||||
| 1953–54 | Swansea Town | Llanelly | ||||
| 1954–55 | Swansea Town | Llanelly | ||||
| 1955–56 | Swansea Town | Llanelly | ||||
| 1956–57 | Swansea Town | Haverfordwest | ||||
| 1957–58 | Swansea Town | Llanelly | ||||
| 1958–59 | Swansea Town | Haverfordwest | ||||
| 1959–60 | Swansea Town | Llanelly | ||||
| 1960–61 | Swansea Town | Haverfordwest | ||||
| 1961–62 | Swansea Town | Llanelly | ||||
| 1962–63 | Competition Shared | Between Swansea Town & Llanelly | ||||
| 1963–64 | Llanelly | Swansea Town | ||||
| 1964–65 | Swansea Town | 3-0 | Llanelli | Swansea Giorgio Chinaglia | ||
| 1965–66 | Swansea Town | Llanelli | ||||
| 1966–67 | Ammanford Town | Llanelli | ||||
| 1967–68 | Llanelli | Swansea Town | ||||
| 1968–70 | No Competition | |||||
| 1970–71 | Llanelli | Swansea City | ||||
| 1971–72 | Pembroke Borough | Llanelli | ||||
| 1972–73 | Pembroke Borough | Llanelli | ||||
| 1973–74 | No Competition | |||||
| 1974–75 | Swansea City | Briton Ferry Athletic | ||||
| 1975–76 | Swansea City | Ammanford | ||||
| 1976–77 | Llanelli | Swansea City | ||||
| 1977–78 | Pembroke Borough | Llanelli | ||||
| 1978–79 | Milford United | Llanelli | ||||
| 1979–80 | Ammanford Town | Swansea City | ||||
| 1980–81 | Pembroke Borough | Haverfordwest County | ||||
| 1981–82 | Haverfordwest County | Pontardawe Athletic | ||||
| 1982–83 | Pontardawe Athletic | Milford United | ||||
| 1983–84 | Swansea City | Briton Ferry Athletic | ||||
| 1984–85 | Swansea City | Ammanford Town | Sunday May 19, 1985 | at Vetch Field, Swansea | ||
| 1985–86 | Milford United | Swansea City | ||||
| 1986–87 | Swansea City | Briton Ferry Athletic | ||||
| 1987–88 | Swansea City | Pembroke Borough | ||||
| 1988–89 | Haverfordwest County | Pembroke Borough | ||||
| 1989–90 | Swansea City | Llanelli | ||||
| 1990–91 | Swansea City | Llanelli | ||||
| 1991–92 | Haverfordwest County | Ammanford Town | ||||
| 1992–93 | Haverfordwest County | West End | ||||
| 1993–94 | Swansea City | Ammanford | ||||
| 1994–95 | Swansea City | Morriston Town | ||||
| 1995–96 | BP Llandarcy | 3-2 | Swansea City | BP: Unknown; Swansea: Coates 2 | at Vetch Field, Swansea | |
| 1996–97 | BP Llandarcy | 3-1 | Swansea City | |||
| 1997–98 | Haverfordwest County | Swansea City | Wednesday May 6, 1998 | at Bridge Meadow, Haverfordwest | ||
| 1998–99 | Haverfordwest County | Llanelli | ||||
| 1999-00 | Llanelli | Carmarthen Town | ||||
| 2000–01 | Competition Void | |||||
| 2001–02[5] | Swansea City | 6-0 | Hakin United | Swansea: Watkin, Cusack, Williams 3, Draper | Tuesday April 30, 2002 | at the Vetch Field, Swansea |
| 2002–03[6] | Swansea City | 2-1 | Carmarthen Town | Swansea: Pritchard, King; Carmarthen: Unknown | Thursday May 8, 2003 | at Richmond Park, Carmarthen |
| 2003–04 | Briton Ferry Athletic | Ammanford | ||||
| 2004–05 | Briton Ferry Athletic | Carmarthen Town | ||||
| 2005–06[7] | Haverfordwest County | 3-1 | Carmarthen Town | H'west: Elliott, O'Sullivan 2; Carmarthen: Thomas | April 2006 | at New Bridge Meadow, Haverfordwest |
| 2006–07 | Neath Athletic | 2-1 | Garden Village | Neath: Rastatter OG, Price (pen); Village: Rastatter | Wednesday May 16, 2007 | at Llandarcy Park, Neath |
| 2007–08[8] | Neath Athletic | 2-1 AET | Llanelli | Neath: Pockett, Pridham; Llanelli: Follows | Tuesday April 23, 2008 | at Stebonheath Park, Llanelli |
| 2008–09[9] | Llanelli | 5-2 | West End | Llanelli: Follows, Jones, Pritchard 2, Griffiths; West End: Unknown | at Stebonheath Park, Llanelli |
References
edit- ^ "Reds win Tony Nakonecznyj West Wales Senior Cup". Llanelli AFC official website. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ Llanelly Star, Saturday 24 January 1925
- ^ Llanelly Star, Saturday 28 April 1931
- ^ Llanelly Star, Saturday 19 November 1932
- ^ "Swansea City 6 Hakin United 0". Swansea City FC official web site. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "Season ends with more silverware for youngsters". Swansea City FC official web site. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "Blues crush Town to lift West Wales Senior Cup". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "Llanelli 1 Neath Athletic 2 AET". Llanelli AFC official website. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "Reds win Tony Nakonecznyj West Wales Senior Cup". Llanelli AFC official website. Retrieved 28 May 2011.