With less than a month to go to kick off, the future of league soccer in Pembrokeshire is in jeopardy.

Unless two vital organisational roles are filled in time for the start of the season in mid-August, the James Williams Pembrokeshire League will not be able to function, League Council chairman, Norman Hanlon, warned this week.

Mr. Hanlon, of Tenby, told the Observer that he and his fellow council members were becoming increasingly concerned that no replacements had been found for the posts of league secretary and fixture secretary.

Long-serving secretary Eddie Oliver stood down after nearly 30 years in the post at the league's AGM, while Mickey Phillips, who has been fulfilling the role of fixture secretary in recent years, also opted to retire.

However, no-one had yet come forward to take over either of these two vital roles, and Mr. Hanlon admits that if no-one is found soon, there is a distinct possibility that there will be no senior league football in the county next season.

"We could probably get by for a couple more weeks without a secretary, but without a fixture secretary there will be no football," warned Mr. Hanlon. "Without someone in this post, there is no one to put fixtures out, take results and compile league tables."

Mr. Hanlon said that the first games of the James Williams Cup, set to be played on August 5, were safe and would go ahead, but the league programme, due to start a fortnight later, was now in serious jeopardy.

A special meeting of the League Council was held on Tuesday and decided to call an extraordinary general meeting of all league clubs.

"It is vital that representatives of clubs in all five divisions attend so they can be appraised of the situation," Mr. Hanlon said.

The meeting will take place at the Queens Function Centre, Haverfordwest, at 7.30 pm, on Wednesday, July 31.