The Montgomeryshire Football League (currently the JT Hughes Football League) is a football league in Mid Wales, sitting at the fifth level of the Welsh football league system.
| Founded | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Country |  Wales |
| Divisions | 1 |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Level on pyramid | 5 |
| Feeder to | Central Wales Football League |
| Promotion to | Central Wales Football League |
| Current champions | Llangedwyn (2023–24) |
| Most championships | Llanfair United/ Llanfair Caereinion (10 titles) |
| Website | http://montgomeryshirefl.pitchero.com/ |
The league hosts several cup competitions. These include: The Emrys Morgan Cup, Montgomeryshire Cup, Village Cup, Tanners Town Cup, League Cup and Consolation Cup.
Teams promoted from Division One may enter the Central Wales Football League if standards and facilities fall into line with the regulations and criteria of the FAW and Mid Wales Football League (Tier 4 of the Welsh Football Pyramid).
History
editThe league was founded in 1904 as the Montgomeryshire & District League, and the first ten seasons before the First World War saw the league dominated by Aberystwyth Town, who won the inaugural title and two other championships, and Llanidloes who won five titles.
After the war, the league was reformed for a single season with Newtown picking up their only title (to date), before the league went into abeyance with the creation of the Welsh National League setup. The league returned in the 1930s as the Montgomery Junior League[1] and ran until the outbreak of the Second World War, when football was again suspended.
The 1950s were notable for five successive titles for Rodney Rovers, a club from Four Crosses, who played behind the Golden Lion public house.
The 1967–68 saw the league expand to two divisions, a format that continued until the 2021–22 season.
It has also been known as the Montgomeryshire Amateur League.
Member clubs for 2024–25 season
editDivision One
edit- Abermule (reserves)
- Berriew (reserves)
- Felindre
- Forden United (reserves)
- Four Crosses (reserves)
- Kerry (reserves)
- Llandrindod Wells (reserves)
- Llanfair United (reserves)
- Llanfechain
- Llangedwyn
- Newcastle
- St Harmon
- Trefonen
- Waterloo Rovers (reserves)
Champions
editOne division structure
edit| Season | Division One |
|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Llangedwyn[2] |
| 2022-23 | Llangedwyn[3] |
| 2021-22 | Meifod[4] |
Two division structure
editOne division structure
editThose years empty are not known.
- 1968–69: – Llansantffraid[11]
- 1967–68: –
- 1966–67: – Carno[12]
- 1965–66: – Llanrhaeadr
- 1964–65: – Forden United[14]
- 1963–64: – Newtown Amateurs
- 1962–63: – Forden United
- 1961–62: – Trewern United
- 1960–61: – Berriew
- 1959–60: – Montgomery Town[13]
- 1958–59: – Montgomery Town[13]
- 1957–58: – Rodney Rovers[15]
- 1956–57: – Rodney Rovers[15]
- 1955–56: – Rodney Rovers[15]
- 1954–55: – Rodney Rovers[15]
- 1953–54: – Rodney Rovers[15]
- 1952–53: – Montgomery Town[13]
- 1951–52: – Llanfechain
- 1950–51: – Llanfechain
- 1949–50: – Llandrinio
- 1948–49: – Llandrinio
- 1947–48: – Llanfair United[6]
- 1946–47: – Llanfair United[6]
- 1945–46: – Football suspended - World War Two
- 1944–45: – Football suspended - World War Two
- 1943–44: – Football suspended - World War Two
- 1942–43: – Football suspended - World War Two
- 1941–42: – Football suspended - World War Two
- 1940–41: – Football suspended - World War Two
- 1939–40: – Football suspended - World War Two
- 1938–39: – Caersws[16]
- 1937–38: – Caersws[16]
- 1936–37: – Guilsfield
- 1935–36: –
- 1934–35: – Newtown C C
- 1920–21: – League went into abeyance with the creation of the Welsh National League setup (started again in 1930s, but unclear which season)
- 1919–20: – Newtown
- 1918–19: – Football suspended - World War One
- 1917–18: – Football suspended - World War One
- 1916–17: – Football suspended - World War One
- 1915–16: – Football suspended - World War One
- 1914–15: – Football suspended - World War One
- 1913–14: – Llanidloes
- 1912–13: – Llanidloes
- 1911–12: – Llanidloes
- 1910–11: – Llanfyllin
- 1909–10: – Llanidloes[17]
- 1908–09: – Llanidloes[18]
- 1907–08: – Aberystwyth Town[19]
- 1906–07: – Aberystwyth Town
- 1905–06: – Newtown North End[20]
- 1904–05: – Aberystwyth Town
Titles by team
edit- Llanfair United/ Llanfair Caereinion/ reserves – 10 titles
- Llansantffraid/ TNS / reserves – 8 titles
- Llanidloes – 6 titles
- Llanfyllin – 5 titles
- Rodney Rovers – 5 titles
- Caersws/ Caersws reserves – 4 titles
- Llangedwyn – 4 titles
- Aberystwyth Town – 3 titles
- Berriew – 3 titles
- Bettws (Cedewain) – 3 titles
- Guilsfield/ Guilsfield reserves – 3 titles
- Llanfechain – 3 titles
- Montgomery Town – 3 titles
- Waterloo Rovers –3 titles
- Bishop's Castle Town – 2 titles
- Forden United – 2 titles
- Llandrinio – 2 titles
- Meifod – 2 titles
- Carno –1 title
- Dyffryn Banw – 1 title
- Four Crosses – 1 title
- Kerry – 1 title
- Llansantffraid Village – 1 title
- Llanrhaeadr – 1 title
- Llanwddyn – 1 title
- Mochdre – 1 title
- Newtown - 1 title
- Newtown Amateurs – 1 title
- Newtown C C – 1 title
- Newtown North End – 1 title
- Trewern United – 1 title
- Welshpool Rangers – 1 title
- Welshpool Town reserves – 1 title
See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ "1934-35". Welsh Soccer Archive. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Grosvenor, Gavin (29 April 2024). "Montgomeryshire League title glory as Llangedwyn seal crown". Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Grosvenor, Gavin (20 April 2023). "Floodlight approval marked by title for Powys football club". Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Grosvenor, Gavin (14 May 2022). "Brecon Corries and Meifod celebrate league titles in style". Powys County Times. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ Grosvenor, Gavin. "Guilsfield and Llanrhaeadr crowned league champions". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Club Honours". Llanfair United F.C.
- ^ "Reserves are league champions!". Llanfair United FC. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "2012-13 tables, part 5" (PDF). Football Club History Database. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Kerry FC". Buckley Town FC. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Berriew FC". Buckley Town FC. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Club Information". The New Saints F.C. 23 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d "CPD Carno FC". Buckley Town FC.
- ^ a b c d Grosvenor, Gavin. "Review of Welsh football third division - Montgomery Town". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Grosvenor, Gavin. "Saturday Spotlight: The story of Forden United". Powys County Times. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Grosvenor, Gavin. "Will the Black Sheep of Mid Wales football ever return". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Llanfair United v Penparcau 2021". Llanfair United FC.
- ^ "League Table". The Aberystwyth Observer. 7 April 1910. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "MONTGOMERYSHIRE LEAGUE.|1909-05-06|The Aberystwith Observer - Welsh Newspapers". The Aberystwyth Observer. 6 May 1909. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "MONTGOMERYSHIRE AND DISTRICT LEAGUE.|1908-04-02|The Aberystwith Observer - Welsh Newspapers". The Aberystwyth Observer. 2 April 1908. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Grosvenor, Gavin. "A history of Newtown's factory football clubs". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.