The Montgomeryshire Football League (currently the ''JT Hughes Football League'') is a

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league in

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, sitting at the fifth level of the

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. The league hosts several cup competitions. These include: The Emrys Morgan Cup, Montgomeryshire Cup, Village Cup, Tanners Town Cup, League Cup and Consolation Cup. Teams promoted from Division One may enter the

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if standards and facilities fall into line with the regulations and criteria of the FAW and Mid Wales Football League (Tier 4 of the Welsh Football Pyramid).

History

The league was founded in 1904 as the ''Montgomeryshire & District League'', and the first ten seasons before the

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saw the league dominated by

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, who won the inaugural title and two other championships, and

Llanidloes Llanidloes () is a town and community on the A470 and B4518 roads in Powys, within the historic county boundaries of Montgomeryshire ( cy, Sir Drefaldwyn), Wales. The population in 2011 was 2,929, of whom 15% could speak Welsh. It is the third ...

who won five titles. After the war, the league was reformed for a single season with Newtown picking up their only title (to date), before the league went into abeyance with the creation of the Welsh National League setup. The league returned in the 1930s as the ''Montgomery Junior League'' and ran until the outbreak of the

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, when football was again suspended. The 1950s were notable for five successive titles for Rodney Rovers, a club from Four Crosses, who played behind the Golden Lion public house. The 1967–68 saw the league expand to two divisions, a format that continued until the 2021–22 season. It has also been known as the ''Montgomeryshire Amateur League''.

Member clubs for 2022–23 season

Division One

*Abermule reserves *

Churchstoke Churchstoke or Church Stoke ( cy, Yr Ystog) is a village, community and electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. Located in the southeast of the Vale of Montgomery, it is overlooked by Todleth Hill, Roundton Hill and Corndon Hill. The r ...

* Four Crosses reserves *Llanfechain * Llanfyllin Town reserves *Llangedwyn *

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* Waterloo Rovers reserves

Champions

Two division structure

One division structure

Those years empty are not known. *2021–22: – Meifod *1968–69: – Llansantffraid *1967–68: – *1966–67: –

Carno Carno is a village in Powys, Wales. The community, which is also a parish in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, comprises the townships of Derlwyn, Llysyn, and Trowscoed. It is in the geographical centre of Wales. Geography The Afon Carno ...

*1965–66: – Llanrhaeadr *1964–65: – Forden United *1963–64: – Newtown Amateurs *1962–63: – Forden United *1961–62: – Trewern United *1960–61: –

Berriew Berriew ( cy, Aberriw) is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. It is on the Montgomeryshire Canal and the Afon Rhiw, near the confluence (Welsh: ''aber'') with the River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren) at , 79 miles (128 km ...

*1959–60: – Montgomery Town *1958–59: – Montgomery Town *1957–58: – Rodney Rovers *1956–57: – Rodney Rovers *1955–56: – Rodney Rovers *1954–55: – Rodney Rovers *1953–54: – Rodney Rovers *1952–53: – Montgomery Town *1951–52: – Llanfechain *1950–51: – Llanfechain *1949–50: – Llandrinio *1948–49: – Llandrinio *1947–48: – Llanfair United *1946–47: – Llanfair United *1945–46: – ''Football suspended - World War Two'' *1944–45: – ''Football suspended - World War Two'' *1943–44: – ''Football suspended - World War Two'' *1942–43: – ''Football suspended - World War Two'' *1941–42: – ''Football suspended - World War Two'' *1940–41: – ''Football suspended - World War Two'' *1939–40: – ''Football suspended - World War Two'' *1938–39: –

Caersws Caersws ( cy, Caersŵs; ) is a village and community on the River Severn, in the Welsh county of Powys (Montgomeryshire) west of Newtown, and halfway between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury. It has a station on the Cambrian Line from Aberystwyth ...

*1937–38: –

*1936–37: – Guilsfield *1935–36: – *1934–35: – Newtown C C *1920–21: – ''League went into abeyance with the creation of the Welsh National League setup'' (started again in 1930s, but unclear which season) *1919–20: – Newtown *1918–19: – ''Football suspended - World War One'' *1917–18: – ''Football suspended - World War One'' *1916–17: – ''Football suspended - World War One'' *1915–16: – ''Football suspended - World War One'' *1914–15: – ''Football suspended - World War One'' *1913–14: –

*1912–13: –

*1911–12: –

*1910–11: –

Llanfyllin Llanfyllin ( – ) is a market town, community and electoral ward in a sparsely populated area in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. Llanfyllin's community population in 2011 was 1,532, of whom 34.1% could speak Welsh. Llanfyllin means ''church or p ...

*1909–10: –

*1908–09: –

*1907–08: –

*1906–07: –

*1905–06: – Newtown North End *1904–05: –

Titles by team

* Llanfair United/ Llanfair Caereinion/ reserves – 10 titles * Llansantffraid/ TNS / reserves – 8 titles *

– 6 titles *

– 5 titles *Rodney Rovers – 5 titles * Caersws/ Caersws reserves – 4 titles *

– 3 titles *

– 3 titles *Bettws (Cedewain) – 3 titles * Guilsfield/ Guilsfield reserves – 3 titles *Llanfechain – 3 titles * Montgomery Town – 3 titles * Waterloo Rovers –3 titles * Bishop's Castle Town – 2 titles * Forden United – 2 titles *Llandrinio – 2 titles *Llangedwyn – 2 titles *Meifod – 2 titles *

–1 title * Dyffryn Banw – 1 title * Four Crosses – 1 title *

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– 1 title * Llansantffraid Village – 1 title * Llanrhaeadr – 1 title *Llanwddyn – 1 title *Mochdre – 1 title * Newtown - 1 title *Newtown Amateurs – 1 title *Newtown C C – 1 title *Newtown North End – 1 title *Trewern United – 1 title *Welshpool Rangers – 1 title * Welshpool Town reserves – 1 title

External links

Official league website

References

{{UEFA fifth level leagues 5 Montgomeryshire

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1904 establishments in Wales Sports leagues established in 1904