FEATURE: Why Gwalchmai are the silverware kings of Ynys Môn

Gwalchmai’s famous treble winners of 2009-10

Yesterday saw Gwalchmai win their 43rd trophy since forming in 1946.

This makes the village club, we believe, the most prolific team from Ynys Môn when it comes to collecting silverware.

Other clubs from the island have won many honours at higher levels of the pyramid, but when it comes to pure numbers, the Maes Meurig men top the trophies chart.

Gwalchmai hold the joint record for most Anglesey League titles, and are third in the all-time list of NWCFA Junior Cup winners.

While they had won the vast majority of competitions available at their standard over the years, the NWCFA Intermediate Cup had eluded them until Saturday, when they beat Penrhyndeudraeth 3-1 in the final at Nantporth Stadium.

Gwalchmai legends Paul Owen and Will Williams. Paul raised the bar when he managed Gwalch to the Gwynedd League treble in 2009-10 and into the Welsh Alliance (tier 3) for the first time. Will is “Mr Gwalchmai” – 50 years with the club. The pair are pictured with the NWCFA Intermediate Cup won by Gwalchmai on May 18, 2024

GWALCHMAI FC HONOURS (43)

League titles (12)

Anglesey League champions 11 (9 top division, 2 second division)
Gwynedd League champions 1

Cups (31)

Megan Cup 7
Elias Cup 6
NWCFA Junior Cup 5
Dargie Cup 4
JW Lees 2
SK Williams Challenge Shield 2
Gwynedd Premier Cup 1
Cwpan Gwynedd 1
Gwynedd Shield 1
North Wales Coast West Premier Division Cup 1
NWCFA Intermediate Cup 1

SEASON-BY-SEASON

1951-52 Anglesey League Division 3B champions
1956-57 Anglesey League champions
1956-57 Elias Cup winners
1957-58 Elias Cup winners
1958-59 Elias Cup winners
1958-59 Anglesey League champions
1958-59 North Wales Coast FA Junior Cup winners
1959-60 Anglesey League champions
1959-60 Megan Cup winners
1960-61 Dargie Cup winners
1960-61 NWCFA Junior Cup winners
1961-62 Megan Cup winners
1977-78 SK Williams Challenge Shield winners
1978-79 Anglesey League Division 3 champions
1987-79 SK Williams Challenge Shield winners
1980-81 Megan Cup winners
1982-83 Dargie Cup winners
1986-87 Anglesey League champions
1988-89 Megan Cup winners
1988-89 Elias Cup winners
1988-89 JW Lees Shield winners
1989-90 Anglesey League champions
1990-91 NWCFA Junior Cup winners
1991-92 Megan Cup winners
1992-93 NWCFA Junior Cup winners
1993-94 Anglesey League champions
1993-94 Megan Cup winners
1995-96 NWCFA Junior Cup winners
1996-97 Dargie Cup winners
1996-97 Elias Cup winners
1997-98 Anglesey League champions
1997-98 Elias Cup winners
1997-98 JW Lees Shield winners
2000-01 Anglesey League champions
2000-01 Megan Cup winners
2000-01 Dargie Cup winners
2007-08 Anglesey League champions
2009-10 Gwynedd League champions
2009-10 Cwpan Gwynedd winners
2009-10 Gwynedd Premier Cup winners
2017-18 Gwynedd Safeflue Shield winners
2022-23 North Wales Coast West Premier Division Cup winners
2023-24 NWCFA Intermediate Cup winners