Ragged School F.C. Explained

Clubname:	Ragged School
Fullname:	Ragged School Football Club
Founded:	1949

Ragged School Football Club is an amateur Welsh football team based in Swansea, Wales. They play in the Swansea Senior Football League Premier Division, which is in the fifth tier of the Welsh football league system.^[1]

History

Founded in 1949 by Glyn Cole^[2] and named after Swansea's Ragged School, the team has seen national success, winning the FAW Trophy four times - the last time in the 2008–09 season when they beat Penycae.^[3] After Cole's death the club was run by his nephew, Maurice Hogg, for over fifty years.^[2]

They have also been winners of the West Wales Cup seven times.

Additionally they are considered one of the most successful teams in the Swansea Senior Football League, having won the competition's senior cup 14 times and having been crowned champions of the league's top division nine times.

The club withdrew from Division One of the Swansea Senior League in 2015–16 season and rejoined the league in Division Three for the 2017–18 season, finishing as divisional runners-up and gaining promotion to Division Two.

Honours

• FAW Trophy – Winners (4): 1989–90, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2008–09
• West Wales Intermediate Challenge Cup – Winners (7; joint record): 1967–68, 1980–81, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2000–01, 2010–11
• Swansea Senior Football League Division One – Champions (9 including): 1977–78, 1981–82, 1983–84,1991-92 2000–01, 2007–08,^[4] 2008–09, 2009–10
• Swansea Senior Football League Division One – Runners-up (including): 2006–07, 2013–14
• Swansea Senior Football League Division Three – Runners-up: 2017–18
• Swansea Senior Football League Senior Cup – Winners (14 including): 1977–78, 1979–80, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2011–12,^[5] 2013–14^[6]
• Swansea Senior Football League Open Cup – Winners (7):
• Swansea Senior Football League Gwalia Cup – Winners (1): 2017–18^[7]

Bibliography

• Book: Swansea Senior Football League 1901-2001: 100 Years of Local Soccer. Swansea Senior Football League . 2000 . 0-9532038-3-2 . .

External links

• Official club Twitter

Notes and References

1. Web site: Divisional Tables . Swansea Senior Football League . 17 May 2022.
2. News: Tributes paid to club's "father figure" . 17 May 2022 . South Wales Evening . . 27 October 2020.
3. News: Ragged School win FAW Trophy . 17 May 2022 . Wales Online . 12 April 2009.
4. Web site: Swansea Senior League Tables . Swansea Senior Football League . 18 August 2020.
5. Web site: Swansea Senior Cup Results . Swansea Senior Football League . 18 August 2020.
6. Web site: Liberty Stadium to host four cup finals . Swansea City AFC . 17 May 2022 . 21 May 2014.
7. Web site: Gwalia Cup Champions . Twitter . Ragged School FC . 19 May 2018.