Nantlle Vale F.C.

Nantlle Vale
Full nameNantlle Vale Football Club
GroundMaes Dulyn, Penygroes
ChairmanAlun Ffred Jones
ManagerDaniel Bell
LeagueArdal NW League
2023–24Ardal NW League, 5th of 16
Websitehttp://www.pitchero.com/clubs/nantllevalefc

Nantlle Vale F.C (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dyffryn Nantlle) are a Welsh football club from Penygroes, near Caernarfon, formed around 1920. They play in the Ardal NW League.

History

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They were notorious in the early 1970s for their very robust style of play, when the team featured noted hard men such as player-manager Orig Williams – a professional wrestler by trade, who fought under the stage name El Bandito – and defender Idris Evans, better known by his nickname of Tarw Nefyn (the Nefyn Bull).[1] Williams was once famously sent off in only the third minute of a match at Bangor City. His autobiography Cario'r Ddraig was published in the 1990s.[2]

Honours

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League

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  • Caernarfon & District League:
    • Champions (1): 2000–01[3]
  • Gwynedd League:
    • Champions (1): 1987–88[4]
  • Gwyrfai League:
    • Champions (1): 1924
  • Welsh League Division One (North)
    • Champions (1): 1959–60
  • Welsh League Second Division (East)
    • Champions (2)

Cups

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  • Amateur Cup:
    • Winners (2): 1973–74, 1974–75
  • Barritt Cup:
    • Winners (1): 2001–02
  • Challenge Cup:
    • Winners (1)
  • Cooks Cup:
    • Winners (1): 1938–39
  • Cookson Cup:
    • Winners (1): 1959–60
  • Intermediate Cup:
    • Winners (1): 1975–76
  • Lleyn & District Cup:
    • Winners (1): 1938–39
  • Moorings Cup:
    • Winners (3): 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2000–01
  • Penrhyn Cup:
    • Winners (1): 1973–74
  • President Cup:
    • Winners (1): 2002–03
  • Snowdonia Shield:
    • Winners (1): 1987–88
  • North Wales Coast FA Junior Challenge Cup:
    • Winners (1): 2000–01


Source: Nantlle Vale Football Club – The Official Nantlle Valley Website, Welsh Alliance League

References

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  1. ^ "Tributes to 'El Bandito' Orig Williams". Daily Post. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. ^ James Morton (20 December 2009). "Orig Williams obituary – Charismatic Welsh wrestler, promoter and commentator for S4C". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  3. ^ 2000–01 Caernarfon & District League table, Welsh Football Data Archive, retrieved 10 March 2019
  4. ^ 1987–88 Gwynedd League table, Welsh Football Data Archive, retrieved 10 March 2019
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