WWFA Intermediate Cup
Region	Wales
Current champions	Penlan Club
Most successful club(s)	West End/ Ragged School (7 titles)
2022–23

The West Wales Intermediate Challenge Cup is the regional knock-out competition for clubs beneath the umbrella of the West Wales Football Association, at the level of Tier 4 and below of the Welsh Football Pyramid in South West Wales.^[1]^[2]

The tournament invites clubs typically from the top divisions of the Carmarthenshire League, Neath & District League, Pembrokeshire League and Swansea Senior League.

Since winning in 2015 and 2017 Team Swansea have been promoted to Tier 2 of the Welsh Football Pyramid, now playing in the Cymru South as Swansea University.

History

The competition started in the 1923–24 season and was known until the 1973-74 season as the West Wales Amateur Cup.^[3] Since the 1974-75 season it has been has been called the Intermediate Cup but is also commonly referred to as the West Wales Cup.

Recent Finals

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Date	Other info
2012–13^[4]	Johnston	3–2	Penlan Club		at Liberty Stadium, Swansea
2013–14	Penlan Club		Seaside
2014–15^[5]	Team Swansea	10–0	Ystradgynlais		at Liberty Stadium, Swansea
2015–16^[6]	Goodwick United	2–1	Morriston Olympic		at Liberty Stadium, Swansea
2016–17	Team Swansea	1–0	CRC Rangers		at Liberty Stadium, Swansea
2017–18	Goodwick United	1–0	Penlan Club		at Liberty Stadium, Swansea
2018–19^[7]	Merlins Bridge	3–1	Carew		at Liberty Stadium, Swansea
2021–22	Seven Sisters Onllwyn	1–1 FT, 2–2 AET, Penalty Shoot Out	Trostre	12 May 2022	at Liberty Stadium, Swansea
2022–23	Penlan Club	2–1	Hakin United	11 May 2023	at Liberty Stadium, Swansea

Previous winners

1920s

1923–24: – Swansea Amateurs
1924–25: – Cwm Athletic
1925–26: – Swansea Town
1926–27: – Cwm Athletic
1927–28: – Cwm Athletic
1928–29: – Aberpergwm
1929–30: – Cwm Athletic

1930s

1930–31: – Llanelli A
1931–32: – Alexandra
1932–33: – Skewen
1933–34: – Royal Fusiliers
1934–35: – Glyn Neath Welfare
1935–36: – Hafod Brotherhood
1936–37: – Alexandra
1937–38: – Alexandra
1938–39: – Swansea Nomads
1939–40: – No competition

1940s

1940–41: – No competition
1941–42: – No competition
1942–43: – Gwalia Stars
1943–44: – Loughor Rovers
1944–45: – Loughor Rovers
1945–46: – Grovesend Welfare
1946–47: – Royal Naval Air Station
1947–48: – Bwlch Rangers
1948–49: – No competition
1949–50: – Goodwick United^[8]

1950s

1950–51: – National Oil Refineries
1951–52: – Atlas Sports
1952–53: – Atlas Sports
1953–54: – Clydach United
1954–55: – Grovesend Welfare
1955–56: – N.O.R. Sports
1956–57: – Hakin United^[9]
1957–58: – Narberth
1958–59: – Ynysmeudwy
1959–60: – Clydach

1960s

1960–61: – Llanelli
1961–62: – Llanelli Steel
1962–63: – Ammanford United
1963–64: – Llanelli Steel
1964–65: – Llanelli Steel
1965–66: – Pengelli
1966–67: – Pengelli
1967–68: – Ragged School
1968–69: – West End
1969–70: – St. Josephs

1970s

1970–71: – North End
1971–72: – Hafod Brotherhood
1972–73: – St. Josephs
1973–74: – Fishguard Sports
1974–75: – West End
1975–76: – Swansea Boys Club
1976–77: – Velindre Sports
1977–78: – West End
1978–79: – Swansea Boys Club
1979–80: – Bonymaen Colts

1980s

1980–81: – Ragged School
1981–82: – St Josephs
1982–83: – West End
1983–84: – Winch Wen
1984–85: – Suburbs
1985–86: – North End
1986–87: – Maltsters Sports
1986–87: – Port Tennant Colts
1988–89: – Trostre Sports
1989–90: – Competition Void

1990s

1990–91: – Ragged School
1991–92: – North End
1992–93: – Ragged School
1993–94: – West End
1994–95: – Ragged School
1995–96: – Treboeth United
1996–97: – Brunswick United
1997–98: – West End
1998–99: – Hakin United
1999–2000: – Mountain Dew Rovers

2000s

2000–01: – Ragged School
2001–02: – West End
2002–03: – Seaside
2003–04: – Hakin United
2004–05: – Winch Wen
2005–06: – St. Josephs
2006–07: – Winch Wen
2007–08: – Seaside
2008–09: – South Gower
2009–10: – Coelbren Athletic

2010s

2010–11: – Ragged School
2011–12: – Dafen Welfare^[10]
2012–13: – Johnston
2013–14: – Penlan Club
2014–15: – Team Swansea
2015–16: – Goodwick United
2016–17: – Team Swansea
2017–18: – Goodwick United
2018–19: – Merlins Bridge
2019–20: – Competition cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic

2020s

2020–21: – Competition cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021–22: – Seven Sisters Onllwyn
2022–23: – Penlan Club

Number of competition wins

Ragged School – 7
West End – 7
Cwm Athletic – 4
Alexandra – 3
Goodwick United – 3
Hafod Brotherhood/ Swansea Nomads – 3
Hakin United – 3
Llanelli Steel - 3
North End – 3
St Josephs – 3
Seaside – 3
Winch Wen – 3
Atlas Sports – 2
Grovesend Welfare – 2
Llanelli / Llanelli A – 2
Loughor Rovers – 2
National Oil Refineries - 2
Pengelli - 2
Penlan Club – 2
Swansea Boys Club – 2
Team Swansea - 2
Aberpergwm – 1
Ammanford United – 1
Bonymaen Colts - 1
Brunswick United – 1
Bwlch Rangers – 1
Clydach - 1
Clydach United – 1
Coelbren Athletic – 1
Dafen Welfare – 1
Fishguard Sports – 1
Glyn Neath Welfare – 1
Gwalia Stars – 1
Johnston – 1
Maltsters Sports – 1
Merlins Bridge – 1
Mountain Dew Rovers - 1
Narberth - 1
Port Tennant Colts – 1
Royal Naval Air Station - 1
Royal Fusiliers - 1
Seven Sisters Onllwyn – 1
Skewen - 1
South Gower – 1
Suburbs - 1
Swansea Amateurs – 1
Swansea Town – 1
Treboeth United – 1
Trostre Sports – 1
Velindre Sports - 1
Ynysmeudwy - 1

References

^ "WWFA INTERMEDIATE CHALLENGE CUP COMPETITION RULES".
^ "West Wales Football Association -". West Wales Football Association.
^ "Official Handbook and Rule Book - Season 2018-2019" (PDF). West Wales Football Association. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
^ "Full match report of Johnston's magnificent West Wales Intermediate Cup final victory". Western Telegraph.
^ "Team Swansea 10-0 Ystradgynlais". www.pitchero.com.
^ "Relive the drama as Goodwick United win the West Wales Intermediate Cup final". Western Telegraph.
^ "RE-LIVE THE FINAL: Merlins Bridge beat Carew to win West Wales Cup". Western Telegraph.
^ "Hoss looks back at when Goodwick won West Wales Cup in 1950". Pembrokeshire Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
^ "Wonderful news for The Vikings, who now own their 'Obs' pitch!". Pembrokeshire Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
^ "Honours". Dafen Welfare AFC. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

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