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{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC Ladies
| image =
| fullname = Briton Ferry Llansawel Athletic Football Club
| nickname = The Ferry
| founded = 2013
| ground = Old Road Ground, [[Briton Ferry]]
| capacity = 2,000<ref>{{cite web |title=Old Road, home to Briton Ferry Llansawel, Briton Ferry Llansawel Ladies - Football Ground Map |url=https://www.footballgroundmap.com/ground/old-road/briton-ferry-llansawel |website=www.footballgroundmap.com |accessdate=8 August 2019}}</ref>
| manager =
| league = [[Adran Premier]]
| season = 2023–24
| position = [[Adran South]], 1st
| pattern_la1 = _whiteband
| pattern_b1 =
| pattern_ra1 = _whiteband
| leftarm1 = e42228
| body1 = e42228
| rightarm1 = e42228
| shorts1 = e42228
| socks1 = e42228
| pattern_la2 =
| pattern_b2 = _whitelineacross
| pattern_ra2 =
| leftarm2 = 97dd00
| body2 = 97dd00
| rightarm2 = 97dd00
| shorts2 = 231e1d
| socks2 = 231e1d
| website = http://www.britonferryllansawelafc.com
}}
'''Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC Ladies''' is a [[football (soccer)|football]] team, playing in the [[Welsh Premier Women's Football League|Women's Welsh Premier League]], to which they were promoted in 2024. Briton Ferry Llansawel run a senior ladies team, a ladies reserves team and a ladies youth team.
The club plays its home matches at Old Road Ground, [[Briton Ferry]], which has a capacity of 2,000.
The team's first choice strip is red shirts, shorts and socks. The second choice strip is green shirts with white stripe, black shorts and socks.
==History==
After Briton Ferry and Llansawel Football Clubs merged to form Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC in 2009, the ladies team was later set up and began playing in the South Wales regional leagues, finishing in the top three in the 2013-14 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=History - Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC |url=http://www.britonferryllansawelafc.com/history.php |website=www.britonferryllansawelafc.com |accessdate=8 August 2019 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
They played their first season in the [[Welsh Premier Women's Football League|Women's Welsh Premier League]] in 2016, however they finished bottom of the league after the 18 game season and were relegated back to the second tier.<ref>{{cite web |title=League Tables - Welsh Premier Womens League |url=http://www.welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk/league-table/L/2016/2017 |website=www.welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk |accessdate=8 August 2019 |archive-date=20 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720213908/http://www.welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk/league-table/L/2016/2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After winning the Welsh Women's League in the 2017-18 season<ref>{{cite web |title=South Wales Women's & Girls' League - Season Archive |url=http://www.swwgl.co.uk/LeagueArchives?season=3073 |website=www.swwgl.co.uk |accessdate=8 August 2019}}</ref> to gain promotion back to the Premier League with a last day of the season win away to Barry Town, Briton Ferry Llansawel.
=== Demotion to the Adran South ===
Despite successfully earning a tier 1 license, and finishing 7th out of 9th in the previous season's Welsh Women's Premier League, Briton Ferry Llansawel were demoted to the second tier.
Briton Ferry Llansawel's General Manager, Ross Norgrove condemned the demotion as "unfair and discriminatory" <ref name="clwb pel droed">{{cite web |last1=Rees-Julian |first1=George |title=Tier One and Two league placing: RECAP as sides issue statements after demotion |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2021/05/31/abergavenny-briton-ferry-cascade-demoted-live/ |website=clwbpeldroed.org |access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref>
In the 2021-22 season; their first back in the second tier, Briton Ferry Llansawel finished in the runners up spot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frith |first=Wilf |date=2022-03-24 |title=Genero Adran Leagues: Abergavenny seal South title - SheKicks |url=https://shekicks.net/genero-adran-leagues-abergavenny-seal-south-title/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref>  They went won better the following season, winning the Adran South, but losing out to Wrexham in the North-South promotion playoff.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-15 |title=Genero Adran Premier: Wrexham 1-0 Briton Ferry - Red Dragons clinch promotion |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65285962 |access-date=2024-10-13 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>  Ferry also reached the [[FAW Women's Cup]] final, losing to Cardiff City.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-23 |title=FAW Women's Cup Final: Cardiff City beat Briton Ferry Llansawel 4-0 to earn historic double |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65367583 |access-date=2024-10-13 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In then 2023-24, however, they finally won the  promotion back to the top flight, beating Llandudno 4 - 0 in the promotion playoff final.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-21 |title=Briton Ferry back in Adran Premier after 4-0 play-off win |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2024/04/21/briton-ferry-adran-premier/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Club staff ==
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Club Staff
|-
! Position !! Staff
|-
| General Manager || Ross Norgrove
|-
| Media Officer || Tom Knight
|-
| Digital Communications || LINDSEY BROWN
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 1st Team Coaching Staff
|-
! Position !! Staff
|-
| Assistant manager ||SIMON POWELL
|-
| 1st Team Assistant Manager || RHYS JAMES
|-
| First-team coach || BEN GORVETT
|-
| Head goalkeeping coach || ROB BROWN
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Development Staff
|-
! Position !! Staff
|-
| Head of Youth Development || SIMON POWELL
|-
| Goalkeeping coach || DAVID PUGH
|-
| Under 19's Head Coach || FINN HARRIS
|-
| Development Squad Head Coach || FINN HARRIS
|-
| Under 16's Head Coach || Richard Jones
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Technical Staff
|-
! Position !! Staff
|-
| Club Doctor || TBC
|-
| Physiotherapist || Lydia Thomas
|-
| S&C Coach || Dafydd Rotie
Samuel Thomas
|-
| Performance analysis || STEPHEN HANDLY
|}
{{div col end}}
== Former staff ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Position !! Staff !! Duration
|-
| Manager || Ross Norgrove || June 2013 - June 2020
|-
| Manager || Andy Jones || July 2020 - October 2020
|}
== Sponsorship ==
Kit Sponsors
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Period !! Kit Manufacture !! Kit !! Shirt sponsor (Chest) !! Shirt sponsor (Back)!! Shorts !! Warm up
|-
|2013-14|| Macron || Home || McDonalds|| Macron Store Neath||||
|-
|2013-16|| Adidas || Away || Mail online||Pro direct|| || McDonalds Briton Ferry
|-
|2014-15|| Macron || Home ||Happy Home Furnitures||Macron Store Neath|||| McDonalds Briton Ferry
|-
|2015-17|| Macron || Away || Mark Jones Financial||Macron Store Neath|||| McDonalds Briton Ferry
|-
|2015-17|| Macron || Home || Mark Jones Financial|| Macron Store Neath|||| McDonalds Briton Ferry
|-
|2017-19|| Macron || Home || CMB || Macron Store Neath|||| McDonalds Briton Ferry
|-
|2019-21|| Macron || Home ||Synergy Heating|| Macron Store Neath |||| Wales & West Utilities
|-
|2019-21|| Macron || Away ||Setech|| Macron Store Neath |||| Macron Store Neath
|-
|2021-23|| Macron || Home ||Westward Energy|| Bespoke Education Service Team ||Megan Mai Foundation|| Macron Store Neath
|-
|2021-23|| Macron || Away ||Westward Energy|| Browns of Neath ||Megan Mai Foundation|| Macron Store Neath
|}
Players Sponsors
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.britonferryllansawelafc.com Official website]
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[[Category:Women's football clubs in Wales]]
[[Category:Welsh Premier Women's Football League clubs]]