Courtaulds Greenfield Football Club was a Welsh
football
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team based in
Greenfield
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Engineering and Business
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,
Flintshire,
North Wales. The team played in the
Welsh National League (North) for two seasons in the early 1980s which was the top-level of football in North Wales in the
Welsh football league system. They were league champions in 1981–82.
History
Courtaulds Greenfield were a factory team for
Courtaulds.
The team played in the inaugural season of the
Clwyd Football League in 1974–75 along with another team representing the factory in
Flint, ''Courtaulds Flint''.
The team reached a
Welsh Cup quarter final where they lost to Hereford United. In 1981–82 they were
Welsh National League (North) champions. - in the 1982–83 season they finished fourth, but after that did not feature in the league. The club's reserve team played in the Clwyd League Division One during the same season, finishing 6th.
In the 1983–84 season, competing as ''Greenfield'' they finished 8th in the Premier Division of the Clwyd League.
The demise of the factory in 1985 was linked to the end of the football team.
A new club,
Greenfield
Greenfield or Greenfields may refer to:
Engineering and Business
* Greenfield agreement, an employment agreement for a new organisation
* Greenfield investment, the investment in a structure in an area where no previous facilities exist
* Greenf ...
, formed in 2005, now represents the village, and uses the former ground of the team.
Honours
*
Welsh League North – Champions: 1981–82
*
Clwyd Football League
**Division One – Champions: 1976–77, 1977–78,
**Division Two – Runners-up: 1975–76,
*
NWCFA Intermediate Cup
The North Wales Coast FA Intermediate Cup is a football knockout tournament involving teams from in North Wales who play in leagues administered and associated with the North Wales Coast Football Association.
Previous winners
The competition was ...
**Winners: 1978–79
**Runners-up: 1976–77
References
Defunct football clubs in Wales
Welsh League North clubs
Sport in Flintshire
Clwyd Football League clubs
Works association football teams in Wales
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