Croesyceiliog Association Football Club is a football club playing in

Croesyceiliog Croesyceiliog (, ''Cockerel's Cross'') is a suburb of Cwmbran, Wales. Housing Croesyceiliog is primarily a residential district and contains a wide variety of housing from Victorian terraces and even older Welsh cottages to property built bet ...

Cwmbran Cwmbran ( ; cy, Cwmbrân , also in use as an alternative spelling in English) is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales. Lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbran was designated as a New Town in 1949 to prov ...

, Wales. The team play in the

Ardal Leagues The Ardal Leagues are a football league in Wales. The word "ardal" translates as "district" in English, with Wales split into four regions at this level. They have clubs with amateur/semi-professional status and sit at the third level of the Wel ...

South East, tier 3 of the Welsh football pyramid. The club was formed in 1964 as a youth team for pupils of Croesyceiliog School. It later entered a senior team in the

Newport and District Football League The Newport and District Football League (currently billed as The Monmouthshire Building Society Newport and District Football League for sponsorship reasons) is a football league covering the city of Newport and surrounding areas in South Wa ...

and reached the

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for the first time in 2004.

History

Croesyceiliog was formed in 1964 by pupils at Croesyceiliog School after they reached an agreement with the school for the use of its sporting facilities. The club was initially formed as a youth team and joined the under-18 division of the

the same year and later merged with Cwmbran Wanderers. The team entered a team in the senior league for the first time the following season, joining Division 2B of the Newport and District League. For the 1967–68 season, the league launched the Premier Division, of which Croesyceiliog became a founder member. The club won the First Division of the

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during the 2001–02 season but were not promoted. The team achieved the feat again two seasons later and were subsequently promoted to the

for the first time in the club's history after finishing the campaign unbeaten. Croesyceiliog enjoyed early success in the Welsh Football League, winning consecutive promotions in its first two season to reach the First Division. The club suffered relegation to the Second Division in the 2008–09 season. During the club's history, four players have gone on to play professionally in the

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: Terry Cooper,

Andy Dibble Andrew Gerald Dibble (born 8 May 1965) is a Welsh football coach and former professional player. As a player, he was as a goalkeeper from 1982 to 2006. During his career he played in the Premier League for Manchester City and in the Scottish ...

, Glyn Garner and

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Honours

Welsh Football League Division Two The Welsh Football League Division Two, (last known as the ''Nathanielcars.co.uk Welsh League Division Two'', for sponsorship reasons) was a football league and forms the fourth level of the Welsh football league system in South Wales. If th ...

**Runners-up: 2005–06 *

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**Runners-up: 2004–05 *

**Division One – Champions: 2001–02, 2003–04 * Monmouthshire/Gwent Senior Cup **Winners (4): 1985–86, 1986–87, 2002–03, 2006–07 * Monmouthshire/Gwent Amateur Cup **Winners (2): 1975–76, 2003–04

Club Officials

Ground

The club is based at Woodland Road in Croesyceiliog,

1st Team (Ardal Leagues South East)

Squad

''As of 1 July 2020''

The Development Squad

Squad

Coaching Staff

Youth System

Squad

Coaching Staff

Miscellaneous

Notable former players

* Terry Cooper * Andy Dipple * Glyn Garner *

* Jack Sinderby

References

External links

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