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NEWFA Junior Cup
The North East Wales FA Junior Cup (known as the ''Horace Wynne Cup'') is a football knockout tournament involving teams from in North Wales who play in leagues administered and associated with the North East Wales Football Association. Previous winners Information sourced from NEWFA Handbook 2017. 1970s *1971–72: – St Marys Ruabon *1972–73: – BICC *1973–74: – Buckley Rovers *1974–75: – Castell Alun Colts *1975–76: – Coedpoeth SC *1976–77: – Cefn Albion *1977–78: – Penley *1978–79: – Chirk AAA *1979–80: – Castell Alun Colts 1980s *1980–81: – Tunnel Cement *1981–82: – Grapes *1982–83: – Penycae *1983–84: – Penycae *1984–85: – Penycae *1985–86: – Overton Athletic *1986–87: – Bradley SC *1987–88: – Bradley SC *1988–89: – Penley *1989–90: – New Broughton 1990s *1990–91: – Penley *1991–92: – Saltney CC *1992–93: – Saltney CC *1993–94: – Rhosddu *1994–95: – Rhostyll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Queens Park
FC Queens Park are a football team based in Caia Park, Wrexham, Wales, currently playing in the North East Wales Football League Premier Division. History FC Queens Park were formed in 2013. In their first season they entered the Clwyd East Football League, Clwyd East League, a competition which they won at the first attempt and were subsequently promoted. Further success followed when they won the 2014–15 Welsh National League (Wrexham Area), Welsh National League First Division, and again achieved promotion. FC Queens Park adapted well to life in Welsh National League (Wrexham Area), Welsh National League Premier Division when they finished 3rd in 2015–16. In the 2016–17 season the club achieved their third promotion in four season when they became champions of Welsh National League (Wrexham Area), Welsh National League Premier Division. They were promoted to play in the Cymru Alliance for the 2017–18 season. The club joined the newly formed North East Wales Football Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llangollen Town F
Llangollen () is a town and community, situated on the River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales. Its riverside location forms the edge of the Berwyn range, and the Dee Valley section of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with the easternmost point of the Dee Valley Way being within the town. It had a population of 3,658 at the 2011 census. History Llangollen takes its name from the Welsh ''llan'' meaning "a religious settlement" and Saint Collen, a 7th-century monk who founded a church beside the river. St Collen is said to have arrived in Llangollen by coracle. St Collen’s Church is the only church in Wales dedicated to St Collen, and he may have had connections with Colan in Cornwall and with Langolen in Brittany. Above the town to the north is Castell Dinas Brân, a stronghold of the Princes of Powys. Beyond the castle is the impressive Lower Carboniferous limestone escarpment known as the Eglwyseg Rocks. The outcrop continues north to Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Cup Competitions In Wales
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halkyn & Flint Mountain F
Halkyn ( cy, Helygain ; Flintshire Welsh: ''Lygian '') is a village and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales and situated between Pentre Halkyn, Northop and Rhosesmor. At the 2001 Census the population of the community was 2,876, increasing slightly to 2,879 at the 2011 Census. Pentre Halkyn is in the community. History Halkyn is one of the ancient parishes of Flintshire, originally comprising the townships of Hendrefigillt, Lygan y Llan and Lygan y Wern. The area was notable during the Roman occupation for the mining of lead. The village was recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 as ''Alchene'', when it was then part of Cheshire, in England. Halkyn had many public houses in the early 19th century. These public houses included the Crown Inn, (now known as Crown Cottages) which was situated on the left-hand side as you go towards Rhes-y-cae from the Old Halkyn Post Office. The Royal Oak (now a private house known as the Old Royal Oak), directly opposite the Blue Bell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cefn Mawr Rangers F , a slate quarry near Cilgerran, Wales
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Cefn may refer to: Places *Cefn (community), in Wrexham county borough, Wales **Cefn Mawr, a large village in the community of Cefn *Cefn Cribwr, a village in Bridgend county borough, Wales *Cefn Fault, a geological fault in Wales *Cefn Glas, an area of Bridgend, Wales *Cefnllys or Cefn Llys, an abandoned ghost village, formerly a medieval castle town and borough, near Llandrindod Wells, Powys **Cefnllys Castle Sport *Cefn Druids A.F.C., a football club based in Cefn Mawr, playing in the Cymru Alliance. * F.C. Cefn, a football club based in Cefn Mawr, playing in the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division Other uses *Cefn quarry Cilgerran (previously Kilgerran or Cil-Garon) is both a village, a parish, and also a community, situated on the south bank of the River Teifi in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was formerly an incorporated market town. Among Cilgerran's attractions a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhostyllen F
Rhostyllen () is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, south-west of the city of Wrexham. At the time of the 2001 census, area Wrexham 014A, which includes Rhostyllen itself, had a population of 1,383 in 599 households.Wrexham 014A Key Figures Office for National Statistics Etymology Its name may be derived from the Welsh words ''rhos'' ("moor", or " rush pasture") and ''estyll'' ("staves" or "planks").History Rhostyllen was a part of the old |
Borras Park Albion F
Borras ( cy, Borras / Bwras) is a hamlet in Wrexham County Borough, Wales to the north-east of the city of Wrexham. It is part of the community of Holt. The nearby residential area of Borras Park is named after Borras; and is colloquially shortened to just "Borras", but is part of the community of Acton, Wrexham, in the city of Wrexham. Early history Although no human occupation sites have been found, the area of Borras has revealed some of the earliest traces of habitation in the area. A number of Mesolithic flint tools have been found adjacent to Borras Farm. A Neolithic Axe head was also found near Bryn-Gryfydd and a hoard of Bronze Age metalwork. During the Middle Ages, according to the Wrexham historian Alfred N. Palmer, Borras (then called Borrasham) formed two townships of the mesne manor of Isycoed, itself one of the manors of the marcher lordship of Bromfield; the townships were known as Borrasham Hwfa and Borrasham Riffri.Palmer, A. N. ''A History of Ancient Tenure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bala Town F
Bala may refer to: Places India *Bala, India, a village in Allahabad, India * Bala, Ahor, a village in the Jalore district of Rajasthan * Bala, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India Romania * Bala, Mehedinți, a commune in Mehedinţi County * Băla ( hu, Bala), a commune in Mureș County United States *Bala, Kansas, an incorporated community in Riley County, Kansas *Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a conglomerate of the suburbs Bala and Cynwyd, Philadelphia United Kingdom *Bala, Gwynedd, a town in Wales **Bala Lake, the largest natural lake in Wales **Bala Series of geologic beds in Bala, Wales Elsewhere *Bala, Ontario, a town in Canada **Bala Aerodrome, located adjacent to Bala, Ontario, Canada * Bala, Nepal, a Village Development Committee in Sankhuwasabha District in northeastern Nepal *Bal'a, Palestine, a town near Tulkarm in the West Bank * Bala, Russia, a rural locality (a ''selo'') in the Sakha Republic, Russia *Bala, Senegal, a town in Tambacounda Region *Balâ, An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saltney Town F
Saltney is a cross-border town, split between Flintshire, Wales and Cheshire, England. The town is intersected by the England–Wales border, with its larger part being a community of Wales in the historic county of Clwyd. The town forms part of Chester's built-up area and is around 5 miles from Deeside. Saltney is located next to the River Dee. In the 2001 census the population of the town was 4,769, rising to 5,132 at the time of the 2011 census. Location Higher Saltney, known locally as "Top Saltney" is in Chester, Cheshire. The Welsh sector of the community is known as Saltney. The England–Wales border runs down the middle of Boundary Lane, the only urban street in England and Wales where this happens.''The One Show'', BBC TV, 6 August 2009 Houses on the west side of the street are in the Flintshire County Council area and in the North Wales Police jurisdiction, while those on the east side are in the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority area and in the Chesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
