Carmarthen Town A.f.c.

The team play their home games at Richmond Park. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are gold and black. Formed in 1950, Carmarthen Town was elected into the Welsh Football League in 1953. Their first league honour came in 1959–60, with promotion from Division 2 West to the First Division of the Welsh League. Carmarthen Town's first trophy was the Welsh Football League Cup, which they won in the 1995–96 season. Since then the club have gone on to win the Welsh Cup once and the Welsh League Cup three times. They have also qualified for UEFA competitions on four occasions.

Carmarthen Town

Full name	Carmarthen Town Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	Hen Aur Old Gold
Founded	1950; 74 years ago (1950)
Ground	Richmond Park, Carmarthen
Capacity	3,000 (1,000 seated)
President	Einsley Harris
Chairman	Anthony Parnell
Manager	Mark Aizlewood
League	Cymru South
2022–23	Cymru South, 4th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

As of 2024^[update] Carmarthen Town play in Cymru South and have never won a league title, despite having been in the top tier of Welsh football for 24 years until their relegation in the 2019–2020 season. The club had their highest finish in 2000–2001, with third place, which qualified them for European competition for the first time.

 

 

From 1952 Carmarthen Town have played at Richmond Park in Carmarthen. The ground has been redeveloped over recent years into a small, modern and compact football stadium with a capacity of 3,000. The club's new Clay Shaw Butler Stand has a 1000-seat capacity which enabled Carmarthen Town to host the club's first home European fixture at the ground in July 2007 when they entertained Norwegian side SK Brann.

In the 2012–13 season Carmarthen's average attendance was 296, placing them fourth out of twelve teams in the Cymru Premier. The highest league gate of the season came against Afan Lido FC with 213 spectators and the lowest, 167, against Airbus UK Broughton.

As of 14 September 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   WAL Nicholas Jones 2 DF   WAL Jordan Vickers 3 DF   WAL Ben Erickson 4 DF   WAL Trystan Jones 5 MF   WAL Will Rickard 6 DF   ENG Lee Surman 7 FW   WAL Mason Jones-Thomas 8 MF   WAL Greg Walters (captain) 9 FW   WAL Liam Thomas 10 MF   WAL Tom Dyson

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW   WAL Noah Daley 12 DF   WAL Sam Parsons 18 GK   WAL Lee Idzi 19 MF   ITA Jonathan Invernizzi 20 MF   WAL Jordan Langley 21 MF   WAL Bradley Gibbings 22 MF   WAL Jac Walters 29 GK   WAL Scott James 32 FW   WAL Cameron Allen

 

As of 7 June 2013.

Senior club staff

• President: Einsley Harris
• Chairman: Chris Edwards
• Club Secretary & Football Administrator: Gareth Davies
• Press Officer: Rob Lloyd
• Social Media accounts: Joshua Edwards
• Tuck Shop Manager: Kath Edwards
• Bar Manager: Roger Hunt

Coaching and medical staff

• Manager: Kristian O’leary
• Assistant Manager: Sean Cresser
• Coach: Craig Hanford
• Sports Therapist: Ryan Evans
• KitMan: Mark Hannington

Managerial history

The following managers have each been in charge of Carmarthen Town since the club gained promotion to the highest tier in Welsh football, the Cymru Premier, in 1996.

As of January 2014

Name	Nationality	Period		Honours
		From	To
Wyndham Evans	Wales	January 1996	October 1996	Welsh Football League Cup Winner
John Mahoney	Wales	October 1996	November 1998
Tomi Morgan	Wales	November 1998	24 September 2003	Welsh Cup Runner-up, Highest League position: 3rd place 2000–01
Andrew York	Wales	24 September 2003	May 2004	Welsh League Cup Runner-up
Mark Jones	Wales	12 May 2004	22 May 2007	Welsh Cup Winner, Welsh Cup Runner-up, Welsh League Cup Winner
Deryn Brace	Wales	23 May 2007	8 June 2010
Tomi Morgan	Wales	8 June 2010	5 December 2011
Neil Smothers	Wales	5 December 2011	7 January 2012
Mark Aizlewood	Wales	7 January 2012	5 February 2018	Welsh League Cup Winner (2): 2012–13, 2013–14
Neil Smoothers (Interim Manager)	Wales	February 2018	May 2018
Neil Smoothers	Wales	May 2018	October 2019
Danny Thomas (Caretaker Manager)	Wales	October 2019	November 2019
Kristian O'Leary	Wales	November 2019

As of 10 January 2014.

The Welsh Football League

• Welsh second tier (currently Welsh Football League Division One)
  • Winners (1): 1995–96
• Welsh third tier (currently Welsh Football League Division Two)
  • Winners (1): 1959–60

Domestic Cup Competition

• Welsh Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2006–07
  • Runners-up (2): 1998–99, 2004–05
• Cymru Premier Cup:
  • Winners (3): 2004–05, 2012–13, 2013–14
  • Runners-up (1): 2003–04
• Welsh Football League Cup
  • Winners (1): 1995–96
• West Wales Senior Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2004
  • Runners-up (2): 2003, 2006

European Competition

• UEFA Cup
  • Qualification:2005–06, 2007–08
• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Qualification: 2001–02, 2006–07

As of 3 August 2013.

Record wins

• Record league win: 9–1 against UWIC Inter Cardiff, 21 October 2000
• Record league home win:

9–1 against UWIC Inter Cardiff, 21 October 2000
8–0 against Cardiff Grange Quins, 10 December 2005
8–0 against Connah's Quay Nomads, 8 December 2007

• Record league away win: 7–1 against Caersws, 6 October 2006

Record defeats

• Record league defeat: 0–8 against The New Saints, 29 March 2009
• Record league home defeat:

1–5 against Bangor City, 7 December 1996
0–4 against Aberystwyth Town, 26 February 1997
0–4 against Ton Pentre, 4 September 1996
0–6 against Haverfordwest County, 8 December 2000

• Record league away defeat: 8–0 at The New Saints, 29 March 2009

Player records

• Most goals in season:

18 by Danny Thomas in 2007–08
18 by Richard Parker in 1999-00

• Most goals in match: 5 by Tim Hicks against Connah's Quay Nomads, 8 December 2007
• Club top scorer: 56 by Danny Thomas from 116 appearances (+41 substitute appearances)
• Most club appearances: 199 (+12 substitute appearance) by Paul Fowler

European record

• Record European win: 5–1 against Longford Town, 28 July 2005
• Record European defeat: 0–8 against SK Brann, 19 July 2007

Carmarthen Town's scores are given first in all scorelines.

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate	Refs
2001–02	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	AIK	0–0	0–3	0–3
2005–06	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Longford Town	5–1	0–2	5–3
		Second qualifying round	FC Copenhagen	0–2	0–2	0–4
2006	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Tampere United	1–3	0–5	1–8
2007–08	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	SK Brann	0–8	3–6	3–14

List of Carmarthen Town A.F.C. seasons