Llanfair Utd
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Wikipedia - Llanfair United F.C.
Llanfair United are an amateur football team who are from Llanfair Caereinion, Powys, Wales. They play in the Ardal Leagues North East whilst their reserve side play in the JT Hughes Montgomeryshire Division 1. They play their games at Mount Field which is situated in the town itself.
The club's most successful periods were in the 1970s and 1980s when they won numerous Montgomeryshire Amateur League championships. The club is also the only club to win the Emrys Morgan Cup 5 times. In 2012, the club set up a Ladies team and a Youth Team (under 19's).
In 2013–14 the club had arguably their most successful season to date. The first team won the Central Wales Cup, the Reserve side won the Montgomeryshire Amateur League, the Ladies won the North Powys league and league cup whilst the Youths won the Mid Wales Youth League. In 2014–15, the first team won the Mid Wales League and the Montgomeryshire Challenge Cup, both for the first time in the club's history.
Llanfair won the 2018–19 Mid Wales Football League to gain promotion to the newly created second tier FAW Championship North & Mid.
Llanfair now play in the Ardal Leagues North East.
Llanfair Utd har vunnit Walesiska mästerskapsserien vid tre tillfällen, 1998, 1999 och 2000. Klubben har också vunnit Welsh Cup två gånger, 1998 och 1999.
Llanfair Utd har spelat i UEFA Champions League vid två tillfällen, 1999 och 2000. Klubben nådde gruppspelet 1999 men slogs ut i den första omgången 2000.
Några av Llanfair Utds mest kända spelare inkluderar Mark Hughes, Ryan Giggs och Ian Rush.
Llanfair Utd är en av de mest framgångsrika klubbarna i Wales och har en rik historia. Klubben har vunnit många troféer och har spelat i några av Europas största tävlingar.