Caerau Football Club are a Welsh football club from Maesteg. They currently play in the

Bridgend & District League The Bridgend & District League is a football league covering the town of Bridgend and surrounding areas in South Wales. The leagues are at the eighth, ninth and tenth levels of the Welsh football league system. Area The radius of the league cove ...

Premier Division. They formerly played in the Welsh Football League. They were promoted to the Welsh Football League Division Three for the 2010–11 season from the

South Wales Amateur League The South Wales Amateur League was a former football league in South Wales. The league consisted of two divisions, named Divisions One and Two. Division One was a feeder to the Welsh Football League Division Three, and sat at level 5 of the Wel ...

. 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 The South Wales Alliance League is a football league structure in South Wales, currently known for sponsorship reasons as ''The Highadmit Projects South Wales Alliance League''. The top tier of the league, the Premier Division is at the fourth ...

Premier Division. They were then relegated for a second successive season at the end of the 2019–20 season, dropping to the First Division for 2020–21. They subsequently took a decision to drop out of the South Wales Alliance League and moved into tier 7, playing in the

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

External links

FCHD Caerau Athletic

FCHD Caerau

FCHD Caerau United
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