Aberystwyth Town F.C.

Aberystwyth Town Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-Droed Tref Aberystwyth) is a Welsh football club, relegated to the Cymru South for the 2025–26 season.

Aberystwyth Town

Full name	Aberystwyth Town Football Club
Nicknames	Seasiders Black and Greens
Founded	1884; 141 years ago (1884)
Ground	Park Avenue, Aberystwyth
Capacity	5,000 (1,500 seated)
Chairman	Donald Kane
Manager	Callum McKenzie
League	Cymru South
2024–25	Cymru Premier, 12th of 12 (relegated)
Website	www.atfc.org.uk
Home colours Away colours

The club was founded in 1884,^[1] and plays at Park Avenue, Aberystwyth, where their ground accommodates 5,000 spectators with 1,000 of that capacity seated. The club was one of the founding members of the Cymru Premier.

The club's youth team, Aberystwyth Town Under 19s, currently play in the Welsh Premier Development League – South, whilst the Women's team play in the Genero Adran Premier. The club has an academy, which has produced many players that have played for the first team and some that have gone on to play at higher levels.

Records

Biggest victories and losses

• Biggest win: 21–1 v. Machynlleth in 1934
• Biggest defeat: 1–20 v. Caersws in 1962
  • Biggest Cymru Premier defeat: 0–11 v. The New Saints, 2 December 2022
• Biggest League of Wales win: 6–0 v. Briton Ferry Athletic and Llanidloes Town, both in 1993
  • 6–0 v. Afan Lido, 18 February 2014
  • 7–1 v. Afan Lido, 28 March 2014
  • 7–1 v. Prestatyn, 16 December 2017.

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponents	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Aggregate
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1st Round	Floriana FC	2–2	1–2	3–4
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1st Round	Dinaburg	0–0	0–4	0–4
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Derry City	0–4	0–5	0–9

Players

Current squad

As of 22 August 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  WAL Oliver Edwards — GK  WAL Tomos Wyn Evans — GK  WAL Sebastian Osment — GK  ENG Reece Thompson — DF  ENG Kane Auld — DF  ENG Youssef Elazhari — DF  ENG Konstantinos Mario — DF  ENG Sam Paddock — DF  WAL Richy Ricketts — MF  WAL Gwydion Dafis — MF  WAL Ben Davies — MF  ENG Dylan Downs

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Ben Guest — MF  ENG Zac Hartley — MF  MSR Desean Martin — MF  ENG Ethan O'Toole — MF  ENG Calvin Smith — FW  WAL Garin Evans — FW  WAL Tom Mason — FW  COD Star Mayemba — FW  ENG Tyrone Ofori —  WAL Tyler Davies —  ENG Joshua Ferreira —  WAL Landon Walton

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Staff

Position	Name
Chairman	Donald Kane
Secretary	Thomas Crockett
Manager	Callum McKenzie
Assistant Manager	Matthew Bishop[2]
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Tomos Wilson
Player/Coach	Alex Darlington
Player/Coach	Steff Davies
Goalkeeper Coach	John Davies
Physiotherapist	Lucy Jones
Physiotherapist	Megan Meredith

Manager History

• Angus McLean (Player/Manager) (1951–??)
• Ron Cullum (1974–1977)
• Ron Jones (1977–1979)
• Brian Morris (1979–1980)
• Chris Brown (1980–1981)
• Meirion Appleton (1981–1992)
• Tomi Morgan (1992 – September 1994)
• Meirion Appleton (September 1994 – February 1999)
• Barry Powell (March 1999 – May 2001)
• Frank Gregan (June 2001 – November 2001)
• Gary Finley (November 2001 – August 2004)
• David Burrows (August 2004– November 2005)
• Brian Coyne^[3] (November 2005 – September 2009)
• Christian Edwards (interim)^[4] (September 2009 – November 2009)
• Alan Morgan^[5] (November 2009 – February 2012)
• Tomi Morgan^[6] (29 February 2012 – 9 May 2013)
• Ian Hughes^[7] (21 May 2013 – 19 April 2016)
• Wyn Thomas (interim)^[8] (14 January 2016 – 19 April 2016)
• Matthew Bishop^[9] (24 May 2016 – 21 May 2017)
• Tony Pennock^[10] (21 May 2017 – 15 June 2017)
• Neville Powell (12 July 2017 – 28 March 2018)
• Seamus Heath (28 March 2018 – 9 August 2018)
• Neville Powell (3 October 2018 – 27 January 2019)
• Gavin Allen (interim) (27 January 2019 – 24 March 2019)
• Matthew Bishop (24 March 2019 – 15 June 2020)
• Gavin Allen (15 June 2020 – 24 May 2021)
• Antonio Corbisiero (2 June 2021 – 12 May 2022)
• Anthony Williams (28 May 2022 – 8 October 2024)
• Dave Taylor (interim) (9 October 2024 – 12 November 2024)
• Antonio Corbisiero (12 November 2024 – 1 May 2025^[11])

Notable players

1. Players that have played/managed in the football league or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
   
2. Players with full international caps.
   
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

• Andy Parkinson, played for numerous Football League clubs, including for Tranmere Rovers in the Football League Cup Final.
• Conall Murtagh, played for Wrexham when they were in League 2.
• Tom Bradshaw Called up to the Wales national team in 2015, before making his international debut against Ukraine on 28 March 2016.^[12][13]
• Christian Edwards, played for 6 Football League clubs, including Nottingham Forest, Swansea City and Bristol Rovers.
• Gwion Edwards, who currently plays for Morecambe in EFL League One.
• Jack Edwards, capped by Wales.
• John Hughes, capped twice by Wales, played for Aberystwyth 1873–79.
• Marc Lloyd-Williams, the Cymru Premier's all-time top scorer, with 319 career goals.
• Dr. Robert Mills-Roberts, Welsh international goalkeeper in the 1880 and 1890s.
• Grenville Morris, capped by Wales whilst at the club, moved to play for Swindon Town and Nottingham Forest.
• Charlie Parry, capped 13 times by Wales prior to joining the club in 1899, won Welsh Cup with Aberystwyth in 1900.
• Ernest Peake, Welsh international who subsequently played for Liverpool.
• Leigh Richmond Roose The goalkeeper was selected to represent Wales while playing for Aberystwyth in 1900.
• Wyn Thomas, all time Cymru Premier appearance record holder^[14] with over 500 appearances.
• Alex Samuel, Welsh under 19 international who plays for Wycombe Wanderers in the EFL Championship.^[15]
• Daniel Alfei, joined the club after being released from Swansea City in 2016. After being released by Aberystwyth, Alfei joined EFL League Two side Yeovil Town
• Alan Goodall, over 300 appearances in the English Football League. Played for clubs including Chesterfield, Morecambe and Newport County.
• Rhys Norrington-Davies, Sheffield United player currently on loan at Stoke City and Wales international.
• Alhagi Touray Sisay, played for Aberystwyth five times in 2020, before moving to then EFL League Two side Grimsby Town.
• Geoff Kellaway, club legend who made over 350 club appearances over 15 years.
• Owain Jones, joined the club in 2020, previously played for Swansea City and Yeovil Town.