Hakin United A.F.C.
Hakin United are a Welsh football club from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire in the southwest of Wales. They are currently play in the Pembrokeshire League Division One and are managed by ex–player Scott Davies.[1] They are the league's most successful club, having since the 1945–46 season, won the Division One championship twenty times, and finished as league runners-up twelve times. The club also holds the record for the number of Pembrokeshire Senior Cups as twelve times winners.
Full name | Hakin United Association Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | The Vikings |
Ground | The Observatory Ground |
Chairman | Jamie Phillips |
Manager | Scott Davies |
League | Pembrokeshire League Division One |
2022–23 | Pembrokeshire League Division One, 2nd of 12 |
The current club captain is Ashley Bevan.
In the 2022–23 Welsh Cup they pulled off major surprises when as a tier five club they beat tier two Afan Lido 0–1 in the first round, and followed that up in the second round when they also beat a tier two side Taff's Well 4–1.[2]
History
Honours
- Pembrokeshire League Division One - Champions (20): 1951–52; 1954–55; 1963–64; 1968–69; 1996–97; 1997–98; 1998–99; 1999–2000; 2000–01; 2001–02; 2002–03; 2008–09; 2010–11; 2012–13; 2013–14; 2014–15; 2016–17;[3] 2017–18[4] 2019-20;[5][6] 2021-22[7]
- Pembrokeshire League Division One - Runners-Up (13): 1952–53; 1955–56; 1956–57; 1957–58; 1969–70; 1971–72; 1994–95; 1995–96; 2003–04; 2007–08; 2011–12; 2015–16; 2022–23
- Pembrokeshire League Division Two - Champions (2): 1948–49, 2017–18; 2022–23 (second team)
- Pembrokeshire League Division Two - Runners-Up (1): 1972–73 (second team)
- Pembrokeshire League Division Three - Champions (1): 2010–11 (second team)
- Pembrokeshire League Division Three - Runners-Up (3): 1981–82 (second team); 1984–85 (second team); 1992–93 (second team)
- Pembrokeshire League Division Four - Champions (1): 1969–70 (second team)
- Pembrokeshire League Reserves Division One - Champions (5): 1995–96; 1997–98; 1998–99; 1999–2000; 2000–01
- Pembrokeshire League Reserves Division One - Runners-Up (4): 1996–97; 2001–02; 2003–04; 2007–08
- Pembrokeshire Senior Cup - Winners (12): 1958–59; 1968–69;[8] 1999–2000; 2000–01; 2001–02;[9] 2002–03; 2005–06;[10] 2008–09; 2010–11;[11] 2011–12;[12] 2017–18;[13] 2021–22
- Pembrokeshire Senior Cup - Runners-Up (3):1964-65; 1998–99; 2016–17[14]
- West Wales Intermediate Cup - Winners (3): 1956–57; 1998–99; 2003–04
- West Wales Intermediate Cup - Runners-Up: 2000–01; 2022–23
- Joe Lennon Memorial Cup - Winners (9): 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018;[15] 2019;[16] 2021[17]
- West Wales FA Senior Cup - Runners-Up: 2001-02
- Wiltshire Cup – Winners: 1975–76[18]
References
- "Teams miss promotion as Pembrokeshire Football League restructures for 2019/20". 4 July 2019.
- Hemingray, James (10 October 2022). "Football Welsh Cup: Hakin United upset Taffs Well". The Herald. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- "Hakin see off Carew to be crowned league champions again". 15 April 2017.
- "Football Club History Database - Hakin United".
- "St Ishmaels, Monkton 2nds, Broad Haven 2nds and Carew 3rds win titles". Western Telegraph. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- Watson, Fraser (16 June 2020). "Promotion and relegation in 2019/20 Pembrokeshire League". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- Riley, Jack (17 July 2022). "Hakin United confirmed as 2021/22 Pembrokeshire League champions". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- "When Hakin AFC 'did the double' 50 years ago". 17 April 2019.
- "Bluebirds seek Cup Final revenge". 5 March 2017.
- https://www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk/wfda_gallery.php?id=10
- "Hakin claim title and cup double with draw in Goodwick". 18 May 2018.
- "Mighty Vikings hit magnificent seven to win Senior Cup Final". 21 April 2018.
- @MightyVikings (21 April 2018). "Senior Cup Winners 2018 🏆" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Monkton Priory participating in new European project that seeks to overcome barriers | Home | Tenby Observer".
- "Hakin beat Herbie 6-0 in Joe Lennon Cup final | the Argus". 10 August 2018.
- "Hakin hit 12 to retain Joe Lennon Cup". 17 August 2019.
- "Hakin overcame Herbie to lift Joe Lennon trophy". Pembrokeshire Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- "Hakin United have set the standards for the rest over last two decades". Pembrokeshire Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2021.