Hafren United Ladies FC

Hafren United Ladies FC

Full name	Hafren United Ladies
Founded	2000
Ground	Victoria Park
Capacity	400
Chairman	Charlotte Ingram
Manager	Nigel Mathias
League	Women's Welsh Premier League
2012-13	4th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Hafren United Ladies are an association football club based in the Town of Llanidloes, Powys, Wales. The team currently plays in the Welsh Premier League (women) which is the top tier of Women's Football in Wales.

In 2014 Llanidloes Ladies was renamed to Hafren United Ladies FC to appeal a wider audience.^[1]

History

Formation

The club was formed in 2000 and were one of the founding members of the North Powys League. In the earlier stages of the teams formation the club did not enjoy much success.

Early Success

In the 2007/08 season the club won their first silverware under Manager Richard Williams winning the Central Wales Cup. In the 2007/08 season the club formed a reserves team who went on to win the North Powys Ladies League Division 2 in their first season. In 2008/09 the Club really showed how far they had come winning the treble, The County Times Cup, The North Powys Ladies league and successfully defending the Central Wales Cup, with the reserve team also finishing runners up in Division 2.

New Challenge of the National Premier League

With the club currently dominating Mid Wales Football they were chosen, as one of 8 clubs throughout Wales, to form a National League. The League was initially divided into two divisions, North and South, with Llanidloes playing in the North. However, as the league was initially small they could continue to play in the North Powys League whilst still fulfilling their Premier fixtures. The Club made Welsh Ladies Football history playing in the first ever Welsh National League fixture against Aberystwyth in September 2009.

For the 2009/10 season the North Powys league Division 1 and 2 merged to form a larger more competitive League. This meant that the Reserves Team had to form a completely independent squad, so Llanidloes Reserves became Llanidloes Daffs for the new season. In the season 2009/2010 the club repeated it treble winning performances from the previous season again lifting the County Times Cup, The North Powys Ladies league and the Central Wales Cup. Llanidloes in 2010 had lifted the Central Wales Cup in three consecutive seasons.

Llanidloes Ladies also had another milestone in 2009 when Nikki Bocking was called into the Wales Under 17s squad travelling to Belgium in September and Macedonia in October 2009.^[2]

The new single format Premier League

In its first three years the Welsh Women`s Premier League was divided into two conferences, north and south, with Llanidloes competing in the North. The league changed the format to a single division for the 2012–13 season. When the league became a single division it meant Llanidloes could no longer play in the North Powys League. The renamed to Hafren United before the 2014/15 season but withdraw before playing the first match.^[3]

Club Honours

• Division 1 League (2) 2008/09, 2009/10
• Central Wales Cup (3) 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10
• County Times Cup (2) 2008/09, 2009/10
• Welsh Premier League Cup
  • Runners-up: 2013–14^[4]

Managers Past and Present

First Team Managers

Manager	Started	Finished	Trophies Won
Steve Cox	2000	2001
Adrian Foulkes	2001	2003
Gregg Jones	2003	2005
Nicky Bray	2005	2007
Richard Williams	2008	2009	Leagues (2008/09), Central Wales Cup (2007/08, 2008/09), County Times Cup (2008/09)
Gregg Harries	2009	2010	Leagues (2009/10), Central Wales Cup (2009/10), County Times Cup (2009/10)
Nicky George	2010	2013	Leagues (2010/11, 2011/12)
Nigel Mathias	2013	Current

Current Squads

First Team Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Moden Phaenthaisong GK Rebecca Gunson DF Jenny Broughall DF Rachel Venables DF Sian Jones DF Alys Reynolds DF Alex Waldron DF Sam Marshall DF Nia Davies MF Rhian Townsend MF Amy Watkins MF Julia Hyndman

No. Position Player MF Sara Davies MF Elin Green MF Jemma Lloyd MF Lowri Savage MF Tash Hill MF Abi Ingram FW Daisy Smith FW Eleri Parry FW Kate Thomas FW Naomi Evans FW Nikki Bocking

References

1. "Four new team names in Welsh Premier Women's league". BBC. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
2. UEFA Website
3. "Hafren United Withdraw from WPWL". welshpremier.org. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
4. "Cardiff Met win Welsh Premier Cup". shekicks.net. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.