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BBC News
07-04-2025
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Llanelli wait on Tier 1 Licence decision for promotion green light
Llanelli Town are confident their promotion to the JD Cymru Premier will be rubberstamped this week when the Football Association of Wales Tier 1 Licences are Reds secured the JD Cymru South title last Friday with a 1-1 draw at Cambrian United while title rivals Trethomas Bluebirds club are now waiting on being granted a FAW Tier 1 Licence – required to play in the top flight – which will be announced on Tuesday."It's been a long season, a stressful season, but we've secured that Championship win," chairman Wayne Stephens said. "We're waiting for Tuesday and the Tier 1 licence outcome."The licence is broken down into several categories, so you've got the financial aspect, legal, structure of the club and how the club is run."It's quite complex but I'm happy we've submitted it and we'll see the outcome on Tuesday."Llanelli won the Welsh Premier title in 2008 and were runners-up on three Llanelli be granted a Tier 1 Licence they will return to Welsh football's top-flight for the first time since the 2012-13 season."Llanelli's a rugby town and we're fighting the battle to get football on the map," Stephens told the BBC Radio Wales Sport Phone In."It's going to be massive if we do it and we've got to stay up and stay there with the restructuring going on within the Cymru Leagues in 2026-27."We're all volunteers – none of us are employed – and we work really hard behind the scenes to get everything right structurally within the club."We're trying to make that day out – it's not just about going to watch a football match."It's getting to the ground, what are you doing when you get there, what's available and what's happening after."It's the whole experience and the build-up on social media now, which is so big."It's building that event up and carrying it on after."We do all the work off the field which allows the management, in Lee John and his players, to get on the field and try and do the business."
BBC News
04-04-2025
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- BBC News
Llanelli secure Cymru South title
Llanelli Town have been crowned JD Cymru South champions and are a step closer to a return to the Cymru John's side drew 1-0 at Cambrian United on Friday evening while title rivals Trethomas Bluebirds lost 1-0 at Afan are now waiting to discover whether they have secured an FAW Tier 1 licence for their promotion to be Stebonheath Park club were Welsh Premier champions in 2008 and have been runners-up three times but last appeared in the top-flight in 2013.
BBC News
31-01-2025
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Coleraine sign striker McManus from Welsh side TNS
Coleraine have completed the signing of Scottish striker Declan McManus from Welsh side The New Saints [TNS] for an undisclosed spent four years with TNS, winning three Welsh Premier titles, two Welsh Cups and one Welsh League twice finished as the league's top goalscorer scoring 24 goals in 2021-22 and 29 in 30-year-old helped TNS to become the first Welsh side to reach the group or league stage of any European competition this played all six games of TNS' Uefa Conference League campaign, scoring in a 2-0 victory against Glasgow born forward becomes Coleraine's fourth arrival in January after the signings of Levi Ives, Ronan Doherty and Paddy boss Dean Shiels was pleased to link up once again with McManus, who he played with at Dunfermline."I know his qualities and what he can offer. He's a good lad off the pitch, has a great attitude and he will fit in well with the group," Shiels told the club's website."Secondly, he's a good player and his goalscoring record in the last few years have been unbelievable."Declan is a pure goalscorer and they are worth their weight in gold."
