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 plauditsedit
Llanelli 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]
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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 amp 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 editSeason Winners Score Runners Up Scorers Date Other Info1923 24 Swansea Town Pembroke Dock1924 25 2 Swansea Town 6 1 Llanelly Saturday January 17 19251925 26 Swansea Town Merthyr Town1926 27 Swansea Town Bridgend Town1927 28 Barry AFC Swansea Town1928 29 Newport County Merthyr Town1929 30 Swansea Town Newport County1930 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 311931 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 season1932 34 Competition Suspended1934 35 Swansea Town Llanelly1935 37 Competition Suspended1937 38 Milford United Haverfordwest1938 39 Swansea Town Llanelly1939 47 Competition Suspended1947 48 Llanelly Briton Ferry Athletic1948 49 Swansea Town Llanelly1949 50 Swansea Town Haverfordwest Athletic1950 51 Llanelly Swansea Town1951 52 No Competition1952 53 Llanelly Swansea Town1953 54 Swansea Town Llanelly1954 55 Swansea Town Llanelly1955 56 Swansea Town Llanelly1956 57 Swansea Town Haverfordwest1957 58 Swansea Town Llanelly1958 59 Swansea Town Haverfordwest1959 60 Swansea Town Llanelly1960 61 Swansea Town Haverfordwest1961 62 Swansea Town Llanelly1962 63 Competition Shared Between Swansea Town amp Llanelly1963 64 Llanelly Swansea Town1964 65 Swansea Town 3 0 Llanelli Swansea Giorgio Chinaglia1965 66 Swansea Town Llanelli1966 67 Ammanford Town Llanelli1967 68 Llanelli Swansea Town1968 70 No Competition1970 71 Llanelli Swansea City1971 72 Pembroke Borough Llanelli1972 73 Pembroke Borough Llanelli1973 74 No Competition1974 75 Swansea City Briton Ferry Athletic1975 76 Swansea City Ammanford1976 77 Llanelli Swansea City1977 78 Pembroke Borough Llanelli1978 79 Milford United Llanelli1979 80 Ammanford Town Swansea City1980 81 Pembroke Borough Haverfordwest County1981 82 Haverfordwest County Pontardawe Athletic1982 83 Pontardawe Athletic Milford United1983 84 Swansea City Briton Ferry Athletic1984 85 Swansea City Ammanford Town Sunday May 19 1985 at Vetch Field Swansea1985 86 Milford United Swansea City1986 87 Swansea City Briton Ferry Athletic1987 88 Swansea City Pembroke Borough1988 89 Haverfordwest County Pembroke Borough1989 90 Swansea City Llanelli1990 91 Swansea City Llanelli1991 92 Haverfordwest County Ammanford Town1992 93 Haverfordwest County West End1993 94 Swansea City Ammanford1994 95 Swansea City Morriston Town1995 96 BP Llandarcy 3 2 Swansea City BP Unknown Swansea Coates 2 at Vetch Field Swansea1996 97 BP Llandarcy 3 1 Swansea City1997 98 Haverfordwest County Swansea City Wednesday May 6 1998 at Bridge Meadow Haverfordwest1998 99 Haverfordwest County Llanelli1999 00 Llanelli Carmarthen Town2000 01 Competition Void2001 02 5 Swansea City 6 0 Hakin United Swansea Watkin Cusack Williams 3 Draper Tuesday April 30 2002 at the Vetch Field Swansea2002 03 6 Swansea City 2 1 Carmarthen Town Swansea Pritchard King Carmarthen Unknown Thursday May 8 2003 at Richmond Park Carmarthen2003 04 Briton Ferry Athletic Ammanford2004 05 Briton Ferry Athletic Carmarthen Town2005 06 7 Haverfordwest County 3 1 Carmarthen Town H west Elliott O Sullivan 2 Carmarthen Thomas April 2006 at New Bridge Meadow Haverfordwest2006 07 Neath Athletic 2 1 Garden Village Neath Rastatter OG Price pen Village Rastatter Wednesday May 16 2007 at Llandarcy Park Neath2007 08 8 Neath Athletic 2 1 AET Llanelli Neath Pockett Pridham Llanelli Follows Tuesday April 23 2008 at Stebonheath Park Llanelli2008 09 9 Llanelli 5 2 West End Llanelli Follows Jones Pritchard 2 Griffiths West End Unknown at Stebonheath Park LlanelliReferences 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title West Wales FA Senior Cup amp oldid 1044836207, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
