Caerau F.C.

Caerau Football Club are a Welsh football club from Maesteg. They currently play in the Bridgend & District League Premier Division. They formerly played in the Welsh Football League.

Caerau FC
Full nameCaerau Football Club
Founded1901
GroundCaerau Athletic Ground[1]
ChairmanSteve Williams
ManagerAdrian Shearan (player/ manager)
LeagueBridgend & District Premier Division
2022–23Bridgend & District Premier Division , 5th of 10

They were promoted to the Welsh Football League Division Three for the 2010–11 season from the South Wales Amateur League. In 2011–12 they gained another promotion to the Welsh Football League Division Two, but were relegated to Division Three in 2013–14. At the end of the 2018–19 season the club were relegated from the Welsh Football League and joined the South Wales Alliance League Premier Division.[2] They were then relegated for a second successive season at the end of the 2019–20 season,[3] dropping to the First Division for 2020–21.[4] They subsequently took a decision to drop out of the South Wales Alliance League and moved into tier 7, playing in the Bridgend & District League Premier Division for the 2021–22 season. They finished second from the bottom of the table.

History

Former Arsenal and England midfielder Paul Merson made one appearance for the club in October 2017.

References
  1. "Teams". Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. Jones, Jordan (12 July 2019). "South Wales Alliance League confirm league lists as League runs with forty-six". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. "South Wales Alliance League 2019-29" (PDF). South Wales Alliance League. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. Jones, Jordan (13 July 2020). "South Wales clubs discover promotion and relegation fate". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 5 August 2020.


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