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South Gower A.F.C.

Coordinates: 51°33′48.7″N 4°12′58.2″W / 51.563528°N 4.216167°W / 51.563528; -4.216167
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South Gower
Full nameSouth Gower Football Club
Founded1945
GroundSouth Gower Sports Club
Scurlage
ManagerBen Leahy
LeagueArdal SW League
2023–24Ardal SW League, 7th of 16

South Gower F.C. is a football club based in Scurlage in Wales. The club plays in the Ardal SW League.

History

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During the 2008–09 season South Gower were playing in the Swansea Senior League Division One when it was decided that the club should apply for membership to the Welsh Football League. Towards the end of the season the ground was redeveloped the meet Welsh Football Ground Criteria, following an inspection membership was granted. The club finished second in the division as runners-up to Ragged School.[1] The club took up promotion to the Welsh Football League spending two seasons in the Welsh Football League Division Three finishing 10th from 18 clubs in 2009–10 and 16th from 18 clubs in 2010–11.[2] Following on from this the club returned to the Swansea Senior Football League.

For the 2020–21 season the club joined the newly formed Tier 4 West Wales Premier League.[3] Following 2 seasons in the West Wales Premier league the club finished the 2022–23 season as runners-up, securing promotion to the Ardal SW League.

In the club's debut season in the Ardal South West, they finished the season seventh in the table. The team had a respectable run the FAW Welsh Cup, making it to the last 16 in the country, eventually coming out on the wrong side of a 2-1 defeat to the eventual Ardal NW champions, Flint Mountain.

Staff and Board members

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  • 1st Team Manager : Ben Leahy
  • 1st Team Coaches: Ben Jenkins & Dan Davies
  • Secretary : Dan Davies
  • Treasurer : Paul Lancey
  • President: Roland Pritchard
  • Kit Man: Sean Harris

Current squad

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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 Wales WAL Dion Carroll
2 DF England ENG Jack Dixon
3 DF Scotland SCO Connal Driffield-Waddle
4 DF Wales WAL Dylan Symmons
5 DF Wales WAL Bruno Morris
6 MF Wales WAL Jason Heath
7 FW Wales WAL Jack Jones
8 MF England ENG Aidan Killen
9 FW Wales WAL Macsen Llewelyn
10 FW Wales WAL Owen Evans
11 FW Wales WAL Ricky Martin
12 DF Wales WAL Sam Soul
15 MF Wales WAL Dafydd John
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Japan JPN Koki Izumi
17 MF Wales WAL Morgan Lucas
18 FW Wales WAL Liam Bennett
19 MF Wales WAL Louis Jackson
20 DF Wales WAL Will James
21 MF Brazil BRA Jefferson Pinheiro
22 MF Wales WAL Isaac Rees
23 DF Wales WAL Jake Archer
24 MF England ENG Kieran Savage
25 DF Wales WAL Emyr Hughes
26 DF Wales WAL Steve Lancey
27 FW Wales WAL Liam Keefe
28 MF Wales WAL Jonny Rees
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 DF England ENG Dominic Dixon
31 FW Wales WAL Rhydian Hughes
34 DF Wales WAL Dan Pritchard
36 MF Wales WAL Steff Brown
40 DF England ENG Noah Walcott
41 GK Wales WAL Jo Boyce
- DF Wales WAL Callum Humphries
- DF Wales WAL Luke Benton
- DF Wales WAL Ciaran Dwan
- DF Wales WAL Thomas Henderson
- DF Wales WAL Toby Link-Jones
- GK Wales WAL Kyle Bamford

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk/leagues_swansea_senior.php?season_id=3 [bare URL]
  2. ^ "Football Club History Database - South Gower".
  3. ^ "West Wales Premier League formed for 2020/21 season". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Swansea Senior League Tables 2008-09". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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51°33′48.7″N 4°12′58.2″W / 51.563528°N 4.216167°W / 51.563528; -4.216167