Brecon Corinthians A.F.C. (Brecon Corries) are a Welsh football club from the town of Brecon in Powys. The club played for much of its history in the Welsh Football League, as well as spells in leagues in South and Mid Wales. They currently play in the .
History The club was formed in 1946 at the Greyhound Coffee Tavern in Llanfaes and were accepted into the Mid Wales League (Southern Section). In 1947–48 they achieved a league-cup double and for the 1949–50 season they joined the Welsh Football League Division Two East Division. The club played in the Welsh Football League until the end of the 1966–67 season when they left to play in the Brecon and District League. During their first spell in the Welsh Football League their most notable achievement was winning the Welsh Football League Cup in 1962–63, beating Abergavenny Thursdays.
They re-joined the Welsh Football League for the 1974–75 season, playing in Division Two - the third tier of the Welsh football pyramid. At the end of the 1979–80 season, they finished third, gaining promotion to Division One - the second tier. At the end of the 1981–82 season the club finished as champions gaining promotion to the Premier Division, the top tier of Welsh football. For ten seasons the club played in the top level division until the mid to late 1990's saw the club relegated across a number of seasons, dropping down to tier 4 - the bottom division of the Welsh Football League, with the club leaving the league at the end of the 1998–99 season.
The club then joined the South Wales Senior League but were relegated at the end of their first season from Division One. They earned promotion from Division Two at the end of 2001–02 season but at the end of the 2004–05 season were relegated again. In summer of 2006, decisions were made to focus on using local players and former Newtown midfielder Damien Daniel took over as player-manager. The team were promoted at the end of the 2008–09 season after finishing third, but relegated at the end of the following season having finished bottom of the first division. The following season they were again promoted, this time having finished as Division Two runners-up. At the end of the 2015 season the team transferred to the new South Wales Alliance League Premier Division, at level five of the pyramid. They finished in the top six in each of the new league's opening three seasons, before finishing 9th in their final season in the South Walian league structure.
For the 2019–20 season the club moved within the Welsh football structure to central Wales - and re-joined the Mid Wales South League at tier 5 level. In a season which was curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the club were champions with a 100% record of 16 wins from 16 games with 143 goals scored and just two conceded. having previously played in the South Wales Alliance League. In addition to these statistics the team recorded a 27–0 win at Knighton Town Reserves which was expunged from the record books following Knighton's withdrawal from the league. The club were promoted to the Mid Wales Football League's new East Division at tier 4 for the 2020–21 season, however the season was declared as abandoned without any games played due to the continued impact of the pandemic. Ahead of the 2021–22 season the club installed covered seating for 100 spectators, a criterion which needs to be met to play at tier 3 of the Welsh football pyramid. The club earned their second league title win in two seasons by securing the East Division title in May 2022. On 9 June 2022, it was announced that the club had been promoted to the tier 3 Ardal SE League for the 2022–23 season.
Honours
Mid Wales Football League Play-off – Winners: 2021–22 Mid Wales League East – Champions (1): 2021–22 Mid Wales League (Southern Section) - Champions (1): 1947–48 Mid Wales League Cup – Winners (1): 1947–48 Welsh League Division Two East - Champions (1): 1954–55 Welsh Football League Cup - Winners (3): 1962–63; 1981–82; 1991–92 Gwent Central League Division Two – Champions (1): 1978–79 (reserves) Gwent Central League Division Two Cup – Winners (1): 1978–79 (reserves) Welsh Football League Division One - Champions (1): 1981–82 FAW Intermediate Cup – Finalists (2): 1984–85, 1992–93 Welsh Football League Division One - Runners-up (1): 1992–93 South Wales Senior League Division Two - Runners-up (2): 2001–02; 2010–11 Mid Wales League (South) - Champions (1): 2019–20 J. Emrys Morgan Cup – Winners (1): 2021–22 Central Wales Challenge Cup – Finalists: 2021–22
League history Information in this section is courtesy of Football Club History Database and the Welsh Soccer Archive.
Season Pyramid Tier League Final position1946–471947–48Mid Wales League (Southern Section)1st - Champions1948–491949–502Welsh Football League Division Two East12th 1950–512Welsh Football League Division Two East9th 1951–522Welsh Football League Division Two East15th 1952–532Welsh Football League Division Two East14th 1953–542Welsh Football League Division Two East4th 1954–552Welsh Football League Division Two East1st - Champions(promoted) 1955–561Welsh Football League Division One15th 1956–571Welsh Football League Division One16th 1957–581Welsh Football League Division One4th 1958–591Welsh Football League Division One14th 1959–601Welsh Football League Division One11th 1960–611Welsh Football League Division One10th 1961–621Welsh Football League Division One10th 1962–631Welsh Football League Division One5th 1963–641Welsh Football League Division One6th 1964–65In this season Division 1 was renamed 'Premier Division', Division 2 East and West were replaced by 'Division 1' and 'Division 2' (effectively Division 2 and Division 3)1Welsh Football League Premier Division15th(relegated) 1966–662Welsh Football League Division One4th 1966–672Welsh Football League Division One8th(Left/joinedBrecon and District League) 1974–753Welsh Football League Division Two14th1975–763Welsh Football League Division Two17th1976–773Welsh Football League Division Two13th1977–783Welsh Football League Division Two13th1978–793Welsh Football League Division Two7th1979–803Welsh Football League Division Two3rd1980–812Welsh Football League Division One8th1981–822Welsh Football League Division One1st - Champions(promoted) 1982–831Welsh Football League Premier Division12th1983–84In this season The Premier Division (Division 1) was renamed 'National Division'. The 2nd tier division was renamed 'Premier Division' with the 3rd tier division named 'Division 1'.1Welsh Football League National Division10th1984–851Welsh Football League National Division8th1985–861Welsh Football League National Division4th1986–871Welsh Football League National Division10th1987–881Welsh Football League National Division12th1988–891Welsh Football League National Division5th1989–901Welsh Football League National Division12th1990–91In this season, The 2nd tier division was renamed 'Division One' with the 3rd tier division renamed 'Division Two'.1Welsh Football League National Division8th1991–921Welsh Football League National Division14th1992–93In this season the League of Wales was created as the new national tier 1 league. The Welsh Football League covered South Wales and now exists at tier 2 (Division One); tier 3 (Division Two) and tier 4 (Division Three).2Welsh Football League Division One2nd - Runners-Up1993–942Welsh Football League Division One12th1994–952Welsh Football League Division One12th1995–962Welsh Football League Division One16th(relegated)1996–973Welsh Football League Division Two13th1997–983Welsh Football League Division Two16th(relegated) 1998–994Welsh Football League Division Three17th(relegated) 1999–20005South Wales Senior League Division One16th(relegated)2000–016South Wales Senior League Division Two10th2001–026South Wales Senior League Division Two2nd - Runners-Up(promoted)2002–035South Wales Senior League Division One4th2003–045South Wales Senior League Division One12th2004–055South Wales Senior League Division One14th(relegated)2005–066South Wales Senior League Division Two11th2006–076South Wales Senior League Division Two8th2007–086South Wales Senior League Division Two7th2008–096South Wales Senior League Division Two3rd(promoted)2009–105South Wales Senior League Division One16th(relegated)2010–116South Wales Senior League Division Two2nd - Runners-Up(promoted) 2011–125South Wales Senior League Division One8th2012–135South Wales Senior League Division One7th2013–145South Wales Senior League Division One10th2014–155South Wales Senior League Division One6th2015–165South Wales Alliance League Premier Division5th2016–175South Wales Alliance League Premier Division5th2017–185South Wales Alliance League Premier Division6th2018–195South Wales Alliance League Premier Division9th2019–205Mid Wales South League1st - Champions(promoted) 2020–214Mid Wales Football League East DivisionSeason cancelled(Coronavirus pandemic)2021–224Mid Wales Football League East Division1st - Champions(promoted)
Notes
Former players See :Category:Brecon Corinthians F.C. players to see a list of notable Brecon Corries players, past and present.
References
External links Official Club website Club official Facebook Club official Twitter