Hakin United A.F.C. Explained

Clubname:	Hakin United
Fullname:	Hakin United Association Football Club
Nickname:	The Vikings
Ground:	The Observatory Ground
Chairman:	Jamie Phillips
Manager:	Scott Davies

Hakin United are a Welsh football club from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire in the southwest of Wales. They are currently play in the Pembrokeshire League Division One and are managed by ex–player Scott Davies.^[1] They are the league's most successful club, having since the 1945–46 season, won the Division One championship twenty times, and finished as league runners-up twelve times. The club also holds the record for the number of Pembrokeshire Senior Cups as twelve times winners.

The current club captain is Ashley Bevan.

In the 2022–23 Welsh Cup they pulled off major surprises when as a tier five club they beat tier two Afan Lido 0–1 in the first round, and followed that up in the second round when they also beat a tier two side Taff's Well 4–1.^[2]

Honours

• Pembrokeshire League Division One - Champions (20): 1951–52; 1954–55; 1963–64; 1968–69; 1996–97; 1997–98; 1998–99; 1999–2000; 2000–01; 2001–02; 2002–03; 2008–09; 2010–11; 2012–13; 2013–14; 2014–15; 2016–17;^[3] 2017–18^[4] 2019–20;^{[5] [6]} 2021-22^[7]
• Pembrokeshire League Division One - Runners-Up (13): 1952–53; 1955–56; 1956–57; 1957–58; 1969–70; 1971–72; 1994–95; 1995–96; 2003–04; 2007–08; 2011–12; 2015–16; 2022–23
• Pembrokeshire League Division Two - Champions (2): 1948–49, 2017–18; 2022–23 (second team)
• Pembrokeshire League Division Two - Runners-Up (1): 1972–73 (second team)
• Pembrokeshire League Division Three - Champions (1): 2010–11 (second team)
• Pembrokeshire League Division Three - Runners-Up (3): 1981–82 (second team); 1984–85 (second team); 1992–93 (second team)
• Pembrokeshire League Division Four - Champions (1): 1969–70 (second team)
• Pembrokeshire League Reserves Division One - Champions (5): 1995–96; 1997–98; 1998–99; 1999–2000; 2000–01
• Pembrokeshire League Reserves Division One - Runners-Up (4): 1996–97; 2001–02; 2003–04; 2007–08
• Pembrokeshire Senior Cup - Winners (12): 1958–59; 1968–69;^[8] 1999–2000; 2000–01; 2001–02;^[9] 2002–03; 2005–06;^[10] 2008–09; 2010–11;^[11] 2011–12;^[12] 2017–18;^[13] 2021–22
• Pembrokeshire Senior Cup - Runners-Up (3):1964-65; 1998–99; 2016–17^[14]
• West Wales Intermediate Cup - Winners (3): 1956–57; 1998–99; 2003–04
• West Wales Intermediate Cup - Runners-Up: 2000–01; 2022–23
• Joe Lennon Memorial Cup - Winners (9): 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018;^[15] 2019;^[16] 2021^[17]
• West Wales FA Senior Cup - Runners-Up: 2001–02
• Wiltshire Cup – Winners: 1975–76^[18]

External links

• Official club Facebook
• Official club Twitter

Notes and References

1. Web site: Teams miss promotion as Pembrokeshire Football League restructures for 2019/20. 4 July 2019 .
2. News: Hemingray . James . Football Welsh Cup: Hakin United upset Taffs Well . 10 October 2022 . The Herald . 10 October 2022.
3. Web site: Hakin see off Carew to be crowned league champions again. 15 April 2017 .
4. Web site: Football Club History Database - Hakin United.
5. Web site: St Ishmaels, Monkton 2nds, Broad Haven 2nds and Carew 3rds win titles . 21 May 2020 . Western Telegraph . 10 June 2020.
6. Web site: Watson . Fraser . Promotion and relegation in 2019/20 Pembrokeshire League . 16 June 2020 . Western Telegraph . 17 June 2020.
7. News: Riley . Jack . Hakin United confirmed as 2021/22 Pembrokeshire League champions . 31 August 2022 . Western Telegraph . 17 July 2022.
8. Web site: When Hakin AFC 'did the double' 50 years ago. 17 April 2019 .
9. Web site: Bluebirds seek Cup Final revenge. 5 March 2017.
10. https://www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk/wfda_gallery.php?id=10
11. Web site: Hakin claim title and cup double with draw in Goodwick. 18 May 2018.
12. Web site: Mighty Vikings hit magnificent seven to win Senior Cup Final. 21 April 2018 .
13. 987733249693831169. MightyVikings. Senior Cup Winners 2018 . 21 April 2018.
14. Web site: Monkton Priory participating in new European project that seeks to overcome barriers | Home | Tenby Observer.
15. Web site: Hakin beat Herbie 6-0 in Joe Lennon Cup final | the Argus. 10 August 2018 .
16. Web site: Hakin hit 12 to retain Joe Lennon Cup. 17 August 2019 .
17. Web site: Hakin overcame Herbie to lift Joe Lennon trophy . Pembrokeshire Sport . 15 September 2021.
18. Web site: Hakin United have set the standards for the rest over last two decades . Pembrokeshire Sport . 15 September 2021.