WELSHPOOL Town Football Club has issued an SOS with the women's team close to folding.
The club returned to play in the North Wales Women's League after a season in the English pyramid at the start of the campaign.
However a shortage of players has left the club on the brink of folding.
Manager Gwynfor Edwards joined the club following a spell with Bangor University and despite only planning to stay to help pre-season he soon found himself attached to the club.
He said: "It turned out nine players had gone to Worthen in the Shropshire League and we were only getting six or seven players for pre-season.
OTHER NEWS:
- PICTURES: Images capture mighty mouse as he tidies up Powys resident's shed
- Weather warning issued for parts of Powys as temperatures plummet
- Young farmer caught drink driving was 'so drunk' near McDonald's after night out
"We then had Berriew join the league late which meant added competition for a very limited pool of players and we lost Ellie Davies, one of our best players, to them.
"However, we’re genuinely thrilled to have a local derby."
Nai Evans has joined the club having previously played under Edwards at Aberystwyth Town with her manager describing her as "the best in the North Wales League.'
However a majority of the Welshpool players are novices.
"A huge number of players who had never played before have made up the bulk of our squad this season resulting in some pretty painful losses but before Christmas we went up to Northop Hall and came away with a comfortable 3-1 win."
Edwards highlighted their next fixture in Amlwch which was abandoned with the Powys club claiming the match official had lost control.
Edwards said: "This unfortunately has now put a few of the younger players off playing."
Edwards has now issued an appeal for new players to join the ranks.
He said: "The club has so much potential, an additional three or four players would see us through the season and start a platform.
"In my 10 years of coaching this is without doubt, my biggest challenge yet.
"To see our players faces having won at Northop, after being written off by all the other sides, was the greatest reward I could have asked for.
"We are now in an absolutely desperate situation and I’ll do anything to try save this side from folding."
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here