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Lawley Lightmoor U15s v Wrekin J s U15s U15s SUNDAY CHALLENGE county CUP brown clee league division 1 afc telford united 7.00pm 13/05/2023 llanymynech V #shropscups23 salop leisure county cup final

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l to The Bucks Head Stadium for the County Cup Final. It is with great pleasure that we warmly welcome the players, officials and supporters of Brown Clee and Llanymynech.

I would also like to give a big thank you to our match officials who have been appointed to the final, this is recognition of the hard work and commitment they have put in throughout the season. We wish them well.

I would like to place on record our thanks to all our Clubs and Leagues for their support and co-operation throughout the season. Finally, may I take this opportunity to thank all the Staff for their hard work and dedication in running the competitions and organising the finals.

Dave Simpson Shropshire FA Chairman

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In May 1858 the village hosted a football match to celebrate the 'commencement of railway works in the neighbourhood'

More than 200 people, comprising of 'navvies, rockmen and villagers' turned out for the match at Glanverniew House which the North Wales Chronicle reported 'a football club being formed '

This means Llanymynech is home to the oldest football club in Wales, predating the Wrexham Football Club which existed from 1864 to 1883 and considered by many to be the forerunner of the existing Wrexham club

While the village continued to grow thanks to the railway and quarry the next mention of football does not appear until 1879

The November 21 edition of the Cambrian News reported: 'At a meeting recently held in the School Room it was resolved to form a football club in the village There was a good attendance of young men who were wishful to become members Officers were elected and the necessary rules drawn up A low rate of subscription was fixed to enable any who are anxious to become members to join the club Upward of sixteen have given their subscriptions so that there is a probability of success It is hoped many may be induced to become members and take an interest in the club '

Llanymynech, straddling the border with Shropshire, played English and Welsh opposition at the end of the 19th century

The Llanymynech Reds played Derwen in Gobowen in February 1896, winning by six goals to two.

Four years later Llanymynech lost 3-0 to Whittington in the semi-final of the Oswestry Cottage Hospital Charity Cup

The sides met again in the final of the Village Cup in 1902.

The April 3 edition of the County Times reported the match as the biggest in the competition's history

'The silver challenge cup which has been offered annually for competition since 1891 among the villages in the neighborhood of Oswestry has caused many an exciting match but probably there has never been a match which has aroused more interest than the meeting of the teams who met in Oswestry on Saturday.

'The attendance proved one of the largest during the season and it was pretty evident large majority.

'The weather on the whole capital but a wind which blew across the ground in an obliq e play.'

The Llanymynech team on the day comprised of: R Bowyer, G Bowyer, E Davies, D Elli

T Jones, J Payne and R Morris.

Whittington would eventually prevail 2-0 winners with the report stating 'Llanymynech were spoiled by bad play. They needed more method and judgement.'

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At the end of the game Reverend Allen Jones consoled Llanymynech, saying: "We have witnessed a very interesting and exciting game which would compare favorably with many a game played by premier teams.

"I am struck with the difference between football now and the time when the cup first offered for competition It was stated 11 years ago for the purpose of providing something to break the monotony of village life and that object has been attained. Although Llanymynech have lost they had not needed to be ashamed I had thought they were going to win but when the first goal was scored against them they seemed to fall to pieces. I hope Llanymynech win it next year. Llanymynech have not been together as long as Whittington and if they stick together for a few seasons they will hold their own with any village team.'

Llanymynech's glory years arrived two decades later with the Montgomeryshire Cup lifted in 1926 and 1927

The trophy was also lifted either side of World War Two with the club bringing home the trophy in 1936 and in 1945. It was during this time the club's most famous son emerged through their ranks

Birmingham born George Davies was brought up in the village and played for the club before signing for Owestry in 1946 where his eye catching performances in defence over four seasons caught the eye of Sheffield Wednesday scouts

Davies signed for the Owls in 1950 and made almost a century of appearances for the Yorkshire club before ending his career with Chester City

Meanwhile Llanymynech became a prominent club in Montgomeryshire, ending runners-up in the Montgomeryshire League for three successive seasons between 1959 and 1961 while lifting the county cup for a fifth time in 1961

However the club resigned from the Montgomeryshire League in 1962 and would remain absent from the Welsh football scene for the next nine years

The club briefly returned in 1971 only to resign again in 1972

Another decade in the wilderness followed before returning in 1980 but once again their stay was brief and departed again in 1982

The club was back in 1989, winning the Montgomeryshire League second division in 1991 and would enjoy three seasons in the first division before relegation in 1994 and resignation in 1997

However the long story of football in Llanymymech was not over.

In 2011 the club was reformed once again by Nathan Bartram and Scott Hamilton with the new club adopting the red kit of their ancestors which they wore with pride to promotion from the second division of the Montgomeryshire League in 2015.

The club competed in the first division for several seasons before relegation back to the second division though have enjoyed success since with the Consolation Cup won in 2017.

Llanymynech Football Club switched to play in England as from the 2022/2023 season under the stewardship of manager Joe Evans.

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