Cwm Albion Football Club is a Welsh football club based in Plasmarl, Swansea. The team is currently coached by former Premier League manager, Harry Redknapp. [1]
The club joined Division Two of the Southern League in 1911, [2] at a time when the league contained several clubs based in South Wales. [3] They played at a basic ground, which was accessed by crossing two fields, sometimes ankle deep in mud. [3]
The ground was not enclosed and many fans watched matches from surrounding hillsides. [3] The home team changed in the village, whilst the away team changed in a disused cow shed. [3] After one 1911 match against Portsmouth, the referee was chased by Cwm supporters, who threw him into the river. After sheltering in a house, the referee was escorted to the railway station by police. [3]
Their season in the Southern League was disrupted by the 1912 coal strike, and four matches were left unplayed. [2] The club was forced to leave the league shortly before the end of the season due to financial problems, [3] and finished second from bottom of the table. [2]
In the 2022–23 season, the club lost all 22 games with a minus 191 goal difference. On 6 December 2023, Harry Redknapp came out of managerial retirement at the age of 76 to help the club in cooperation with Specsavers. [4] [5]
Cwm Albion Football Club is a Welsh football club based in Plasmarl, Swansea. The team is currently coached by former Premier League manager, Harry Redknapp. [1]
The club joined Division Two of the Southern League in 1911, [2] at a time when the league contained several clubs based in South Wales. [3] They played at a basic ground, which was accessed by crossing two fields, sometimes ankle deep in mud. [3]
The ground was not enclosed and many fans watched matches from surrounding hillsides. [3] The home team changed in the village, whilst the away team changed in a disused cow shed. [3] After one 1911 match against Portsmouth, the referee was chased by Cwm supporters, who threw him into the river. After sheltering in a house, the referee was escorted to the railway station by police. [3]
Their season in the Southern League was disrupted by the 1912 coal strike, and four matches were left unplayed. [2] The club was forced to leave the league shortly before the end of the season due to financial problems, [3] and finished second from bottom of the table. [2]
In the 2022–23 season, the club lost all 22 games with a minus 191 goal difference. On 6 December 2023, Harry Redknapp came out of managerial retirement at the age of 76 to help the club in cooperation with Specsavers. [4] [5]