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Association football club in Wales

Football club
Canton FC
Full nameCanton FC
Founded2006
GroundCardiff International Sport Stadium SSI Pitch, part of the Cardiff International Sports Campus
ChairmanDean Bowden
ManagerDaniel Tanhai
LeagueArdal SE League
2023–24Ardal SW League, 9th of 16 (lateral league transfer to SE)

Canton Football Club is a Welsh football team based in Canton, Cardiff, Wales. The club plays in the Ardal SE League.

History

The club was established as Canton Liberal FC in 2006, named after a local social club, and initially played in the Cardiff & District League. In their first four seasons they won each divisional title. They were champions of the Premier Division in the 2012–13 season, joining the South Wales Amateur League Division Two, where they were champions in 2014–15. They joined the newly formed South Wales Alliance League for the 2015–16 season, and were again league champions, gaining promotion to the Premier Division for the 2016–17 season.

Canton finished third in the South Wales Alliance League Premier Division in the 2021–22 season missing out on promotion by one point.

Christopher Dye became the first player to make 500 appearances for the club, spanning 13 seasons.

Promotion to the third tier

The club finished second in the South Wales Alliance Premier Division at the end of 2022–23 season, and earned promotion to the Ardal South-West, the third tier in the Welsh pyramid. During that season Canton had the strongest defence in the league, conceding 31 goals in 28 games, which was better than the league winners Cardiff Corinthians. Canton scored a total of 87 goals, which was second best in the league. They also reached the final of the J.Owen Cup but were well beaten 1–0 by Cardiff Cosmopolitan.

During the club's 2022—23 awards ceremony, vice captain Brian Camilleri won the Manager's Player award for the season, featuring for the first team 33 times throughout the season, contributing to three goals and one assist accompanied by seven clean sheets. Kofi Rowe won the Player's Player award, finishing top scorer for the club and also winning the South Wales Alliance League Golden boot in the lague campaign with 29 goals overall and 9 assists. Captain Bo Cordle finished with the highest amount of assists for the club for the second season in a row with 21 in all competitions, 17 of those in the league, along with 17 goals in all competitions. Cohen Riella won the Golden Glove award for the season with 10 clean sheets altogether. He also scored a goal and provided three assists while playing in goal.

In July 2023, the club changed its name to Canton, dropping Liberal from the title.

Current squad

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
1 GK Wales WAL Cohen Riella
25 GK Portugal POR Namir Queni
30 GK Wales WAL Aaron Fettah
32 GK Wales WAL James Wood
2 DF Wales WAL Christopher Dye
3 DF Wales WAL Luke Davies
4 DF Wales WAL Arron Garrett
5 DF Wales WAL Sam O'Sullivan
12 DF England ENG David Trace
15 DF Wales WAL Harvey Powell
16 DF Wales WAL Brian Camilleri (VC)
17 DF Wales WAL Nile White
18 DF Australia AUS David Allen
20 DF Wales WAL Stephen Ward
23 DF Wales WAL Kyle Campbell
No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF Wales WAL Ashley Park
7 MF Wales WAL Andre Phillips
8 MF Wales WAL Harri Collins
13 MF Wales WAL Louie Crowe
14 MF Wales WAL Cian Hales
19 MF Iran IRN Saul Tanhai
26 MF The Gambia GAM Abdoulie Tunkara
27 MF Spain ESP Dani Rodriguez
9 FW Wales WAL Kofi Rowe
10 FW Wales WAL Jordan Carey
11 FW Wales WAL Tyrrell Webbe
21 FW Portugal POR Mario Amona
22 FW Wales WAL Bo Cordle (C)
24 FW Wales WAL Adam Jones
29 FW Wales WAL Fin Richards

Technical staff

Position Name
Club Chairman Wales Dean Bowden
Manager Wales IranDaniel Tanhai
Assistant manager Wales Sam O'Sullivan
Coach Wales James Wood
Coach Wales Neil Thomas
Reserve Manager Wales Mark Tucker
Youth Team Manager Wales Craig Robinson
Youth Coach Wales Christopher Dye
Coach Wales Nathan Murphy
Kitman Wales United States Ezra Harper
Kit Ladie Wales Iran Freya Tanhai

Honours

References

  1. "Canton Liberal are backed to make step up to Senior League". Wales Online. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  2. "Canton Liberals". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. Club Statement on name change Twitter, 30 July 2023
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20130520082543/http://cantonlibsfc.co.uk/
  5. "Leaguewebsite.co.uk has now closed".

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