Lliswerry Association Football Club is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club based in the

Lliswerry Lliswerry ( cy, Llyswyry), or Liswerry is an electoral district (ward) and community of the city of Newport, South Wales. The area is governed by Newport City Council. It is the largest community/ward in the city. History and origins Lliswer ...

area of the city of Newport,

South Wales South Wales ( cy, De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards ...

. They currently play in the Ardal South East league, the third tier of the Welsh pyramid system. They have in the past played in the

Welsh Football League The Welsh Football League (also known as the Nathaniel Car Sales Welsh Football League for sponsorship reasons) was a club football league in Wales. For its final season in 2019–20 season it operated at levels 3 and 4 of the Welsh football leagu ...

, the previous tier three league.

History

The club was original formed in 1926, but after a break from senior football reformed in 1977, progressing through the divisions of the

Newport and District Football League The Newport and District Football League (currently billed as The Monmouthshire Building Society Newport and District Football League for sponsorship reasons) is a football league covering the city of Newport and surrounding areas in South Wal ...

. In the early 1980s the club joined the

Gwent County League The Gwent County League (known as the Autocentres Gwent County FA League for sponsorship reasons) is a football league in South Wales, consisting of 3 divisions, named the Premier Division, Division One and Division Two. The Premier Division is a ...

with promotion to the

achieved in 2013. The 2021–22 season saw the club go win the Gwent County Premier Division which entitled the club to promotion to the tier 3

Ardal Leagues The Ardal Leagues are a football league in Wales. The word "ardal" translates as "district" in English, with Wales split into four regions at this level. They have clubs with amateur/semi-professional status and sit at the third level of the Wels ...

pending the outcome of their tier three Certification application to the Football Association of Wales, which was awarded in May 2022.

Honours

The clubs honours include: *

Premier Division – Champions: 2021–22 *

Division One – Champions: 2012–13 *

Division Two – Champions: 1985–86 *Gwent County Amateur Cup – Winners: 2011–12, 2012–13 *Gwent County Challenge Cup – Winners: 1990–91, 1993–94 *

Senior Bowl – Winners: 1977–78 *

Premier 'X' – Champions: 1978–79, 1983–84 *

Premier 'Y' – Champions: 1985–86, 2003–04 *

First Division – Champions: 2009–10 *

Division 2A – Champions: 1978–79, 1990–91

References

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