Pembrokeshire League Explained

Pembrokeshire League
Divisions:5
Teams:64
Promotion:West Wales Premier League
Levels:5–9
Champions:Goodwick United
Season:2023-24
Most Successful Club:Hakin United (20 titles since 1945)

The Pembrokeshire League (currently the Manderwood Pembrokeshire League) is a football league in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, running from levels five to nine of the Welsh football league system.

Teams promoted from Division One may enter the West Wales Premier League if standards and facilities fall into line with the regulations of the Welsh Football League.

The Pembrokeshire League also enters teams into the West Wales Intermediate Cup, to play against clubs from the Carmarthenshire League, Neath & District League and Swansea Senior League. With Merlins Bridge beating fellow Pembrokeshire league side Carew in the 2019 final, this meant four of the last seven winners had been Pembrokeshire League teams.

History

Newspaper articles from the early 1900s show the league existed in the pre-World War One period. The league was reformed for the 1945–46 season, and has played continuously since.

Clubs who have played in the Welsh Football League

The following teams from the league have played in the Welsh Football League across the following years:

Member clubs for 2023–24 season

Division One

Division Two

Division Three

Division Four

Division Five

Champions: Top division

1900s

A full list of the league's top flight champions since 1945–46 is as follows:[8]

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Number of titles by winning clubs (since 1945)

Pembrokeshire Senior Cup

The league's main cup competition, the Pembrokeshire Senior Cup has been in operation since 1946–47.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local football notes. The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter . 1 December 1904 .
  2. Web site: Milford Haven. Evening Express . 6 May 1905 .
  3. Web site: End of season soccer. The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter . 27 April 1906 .
  4. Web site: Wiltshires win The Pembrokeshire League . The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter . 8 March 1907 .
  5. Web site: The Football Season . Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph and General Weekly Reporter for the Counties of Pembroke Cardigan Carmarthen Glamorgan and the Rest of South Wales . 9 September 1908 .
  6. Web site: Pembrokeshire League Championship - Exciting match at Pembroke Dock . The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter . 23 September 1910 .
  7. Web site: Local Football - Robins Once Again Champions . Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph and General Weekly Reporter for the Counties of Pembroke Cardigan Carmarthen Glamorgan and the Rest of South Wales . 1 April 1914.
  8. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-06-28 . 2019-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190627124313/http://www.pembrokeshireleague.co.uk/LeagueDocuments/download/12256 . dead .
  9. Web site: 2012-13 tables, part 5 . Football Club History Database . 16 November 2021.
  10. Web site: Hakin see off Carew to be crowned league champions again.
  11. Web site: Monkton Swifts beat Merlins Bridge to lift Pembrokeshire League Division One title. Y Clwb Pel Droed. 24 April 2019. Tom. Pritchard. 24 April 2019.
  12. Web site: St Ishmaels, Monkton 2nds, Broad Haven 2nds and Carew 3rds win titles . Western Telegraph . 10 June 2020.
  13. News: Riley . Jack . Hakin United confirmed as 2021/22 Pembrokeshire League champions . 31 August 2022 . Western Telegraph . 17 July 2022.
  14. News: Goodwick United complete Pembrokeshire league and cup double . 1 August 2023 . Western Telegraph . 1 May 2023.

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