Ebbw Vale Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Glyn Ebwy) was a football club from

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History

Ebbw Vale played in the first season of the

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in 1992–93. The club then finished 11th before finishing 3rd in two successive seasons to 1997–98. During the years when they finished 3rd the Giles brothers, Paul and David were key members of the team. The manager at the time was John Lewis. They competed in the

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where they played

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, GAK,

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, and

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before the 1998–99 season began, and promptly went out of business. They played their last game against

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in the

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. A

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''Ebbw Vale Town F.C.'' was formed in 2007, and played in the North Gwent League until May 2018 when they folded.

Honours

Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...

*Champions (1): 1922–23 *Welsh Section Champions (2): 1921–22, 1922–23

Welsh Football League The Welsh Football League (also known as the Nathaniel Car Sales Welsh Football League for sponsorship reasons) was a club football league in Wales. For its final season in 2019–20 season it operated at levels 3 and 4 of the Welsh football leagu ...

*Champions (2): 1952–53, 1987–88

Welsh Cup The FAW Welsh Cup ( cy, Cwpan Cymdeithas Pêl-droed Cymru), currently known as the JD Welsh Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams in the Welsh football league system. It is considered the most ...

*Winners (1): 1925–26

Welsh League Cup The Cymru Premier League Cup, currently known as the Nathaniel MG Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a cup competition in Welsh football organised by the Cymru Premier. The competition was established in 1992 and is considered to be the second-mos ...

*Runner-up (1): 1996

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*Winners (3): 1927, 1956, 1957 *Runner-up (1): 1929 Founding Members of:

South Wales Senior League The South Wales Senior League is a former football league in South Wales. The league consisted of two divisions, named Divisions One and Two. Division One was a feeder to the Welsh Football League Division Three, and therefore sat at levels 5 of ...

, Rhymney Valley League and

European record

Notable former players

''Capped players'' * David Giles *

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References

External links

Full history from welsh-premier.com
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