Llanelli A.F.C.

The game of Association Football was introduced to the townspeople of Llanelli when workers from Staffordshire migrated to the town to work in the 'newest' of the town industries – the Pottery works – from 1892 to 1920. As they were unfamilar with rugby union, workers founded a team to play friendlies against other teams from the various pottery works which had been set up in Swansea and Neath. However, by 1896 interest had waned due in the main to those initial workers returning home, having successfully instructed their local co-workers in the intricacies of the pottery world. The first playing area had been at 'Cae Blake' in the Furnace area of the town, but when the new Peoples Park in the middle of the town was opened as a recreation area the team had transferred to this new ground. By 1904, with more and more clubs being formed in South Wales, soccer fans decided to resurrect the club under the managership of Bert Andrews, from Ironbridge, Shropshire, who had remained in the town working in an administrative post at the Llanelli Pottery. The club entered the Swansea and District League, and played their home matches first at Tunnel Road and then at Penyfan Fields.

The pre-war era

In season 1911–12, after seven years of consolidation, Llanelli AFC became League champions and were also losing finalists in the League Cup. This was the spur that was needed to progress even further and led by another immigrant to the town, W T Morris who hailed from Llanidloes and…

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