Caerau (Ely) A.F.C.

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Caerau (Ely)
Full name Caerau (Ely) Association Football Club
Nickname(s) Young Guns
Founded 1955
Ground Cwrt-yr-Ala
Chairman Mark Rees
Manager Nana Baah
League Welsh Football League Division One
2014-15 1st Welsh Football League Division One[1]
Website Club home page

Caerau (Ely) Association Football Club was formed in 1955. They currently play in the Welsh Football League Division One.

Caerau Ely were formed in 1955 joining the junior division of the Cardiff Combination League. A set of red jerseys given to the club by Mr.Ron Miller of Cross Bros. AFC was to determine the colours of the club forever. The club started its playing days on the Ely Racecourse moving on to Glyn Derw School in the eighties and then finally moving onto the Cwrt-yr-Ala ground in Ely.

In 1991 they gained entry to the new Senior League and then progressed to the CC Sports Welsh League in 1998 after beating Dinas Powys 1-0 in the play off held at Bridgend.

The history shows that after winning well over EIGHTY combined league titles and cups in its time, Caerau Ely has become one of the most successful clubs in Cardiff.

Season 04/05 the club gained promotion from the 3rd Division to the 2nd finishing in the third place, they carried on surviving near the bottom and scraping to safety at the end of most seasons, with most players leaving their best days behind them, the club realised they had to look at the future.

Season 06/07 saw the coming together of Caerau Ely and the youth of Llanishen Dons football club. Caerau without a representative side in the youth league approached Llanishen to invite them to join the Caerau set up. The advantages for Llanishen were obvious in that they could play at a very good level and the advantages for Caerau were that they would have a new group of young players for the future.

The first season saw the youngsters finish third in the East division and also saw an amount of players move up and take their place in the senior side, the next season they finished 2nd with even more of a presence in the first side.

Season 09/10 was the biggest in the clubs History ending in promotion to Division One, winning 8 drawing 2 and with 1 loss in the last 11 games they took third place. On times the club played with a starting eleven that didn’t have a player over the age of 21, so the youth policy adopted in 06/07 had finally paid off.

The first Season in Division One went very well, with the club finishing with a respectful 5th place, which was the clubs highest finish in their history and a great achievement. Unfortunately the second season the club came up very short, with major problems trying to keep hold of players and discipline on and off the pitch returning to days the club thought they had moved on from. They finished bottom of the league.

Caerau Ely started Season 12/13 back in Division Two after a short but eye opening period in the first division. The club employed a new team Manager in Nana Baah, who was helped by Giles Smith and Dominic Broad to try and rebuild the team.

In their first season in charge, they managed to work wonders and gain promotion back into Division One and in the process creating a new professional approach at the club. Discipline at the club was of a very good standard and major improvements have been made under the management of Nana Baah.

In 2014/15 Caerau won the Welsh League Division One title and were runners up in the league cup losing to Taffs Well FC at Jenner Park. [2]

Current squad[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Wales GK Rob Bloor
Wales DF Jerome Maynard
Wales DF Kieran Joseph
Wales DF Louis Gerrard
Wales DF Luke Cooper
Wales MF Huw Corne
Wales MF Curtis Matthews
No. Position Player
Wales MF Michael Fellows
Wales MF Callum Sainty
Wales MF Tyrrell Webbe
Wales MF Lloyd Toghill
Wales FW Jamal Roberts
Wales FW Andy Smith
Wales FW Jordan Cotterill
Wales FW Rameer Outlaw
Wales FW Jacques Tertois

Backroom staff

Position Name
Manager Nana Baah
Assistant Manager Craig Sampson
First Team Head Coach Jason Webber

Honours

  • Welsh League champions 2014-15

References

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/caerauelyfc/s/team-93936.html http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/caerauelyfc/

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