Halkyn United Football Club were a Welsh

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club representing the Flintshire villages of Halkyn,

Pentre Halkyn Pentre Halkyn ( cy, Pentre Helygain) is a small village in Flintshire, Wales. It is situated approximately two miles from Holywell, and is off Junction 32 of the A55 North Wales Expressway. It has a quarry, a small hotel, and a local shop. The ...

and

Rhosesmor Rhosesmor is a small village near Mold, Flintshire, in north-east Wales. The village lies near the parishes of Halkyn and Rhes-y-cae. The hamlet of Wern-y-Gaer is encompassed by the boundaries of the village. The hill fort site affords views ...

, near Mold, in Wales. They played their home games at Pant Newydd, which is also home to Halkyn Cricket Ground. Previously, during the 2018–19 season, they had been named Halkyn Mountain Football Club.

History

Halkyn United Football Club was formed in 1945 in the aftermath of the

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and became founder members of the old Halkyn Mountain League, which was a forerunner to the

Clwyd League The Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League ( cy, Dyffryn Clwyd & Chonwy) was a football league formed in 2011 following the split of the Clwyd Football League, which itself was formed in 1974 as an amalgamation of the Dyserth and the Halkyn Mo ...

. It is believed that during this period of the club's history the club played their home games on various grounds within the village of

. The earliest honours won by Halkyn were the Mountain League in 1956 and the League Cup in 1959. After years playing in the Mountain League, the club joined the Clwyd League in 1975 and played their home matches in Pentre Halkyn on a field owned by the council. This field was adjacent to the Village Park in Pentre Halkyn, the changing facilities being the nearby community centre. Many of the current long-serving officials involved with the club's modern-day success started to arrive at the club in the late 1980s and the 1990s. In the 1992–93 season under manager George Thelwell the club won the Clwyd League Division One title and with it promotion to the Premier League. In the first season in the Premier League despite finishing midway in the league United won both the Presidents Cup and the Arrows Cup. Further progress up the pyramid system was achieved, and in the season 1994–95 Halkyn achieved promotion as champions from the Clwyd East Football League to the

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. Success continued with the prestigious Barritt Cup making its way to Halkyn in the season 1995–96 and the Cookson Cup the following season. Throughout their four years in the Welsh Alliance the club competed well and made steady progress. In the 1997–98 season a fourth-place finish was achieved behind runaway champions Holyhead Hotspurs. However, the following season brought the club down to earth with an indifferent season culminating in a mid-table finish. The 1999–2000 season proved the most successful in the club's history, as they won the Tyn Lon Rover Welsh Alliance by a clear 11 points whilst remaining unbeaten in the League. Added to that the club progressed to the fourth round of the

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including an away victory at

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outfit

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. The club managed to stay in the Cymru Alliance for a few seasons, but the 2005–06 season proved too much of a challenge for them, and they finished bottom of the table. This ensured the club would be relegated, and would play their football in the

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for the 2006–07 season. Promotion to the

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meant work was required at Pant Newydd to bring the ground up to the required standard. A makeshift stand was built and changes made to the rooms and the showers. More changes are in the pipeline as Halkyn strive to continue building the football club. In the 2015–16 season the club resigned their place in the

Division 2. They then joined the Clwyd East Football League for the subsequent season. In the 2016–17 season the club resigned their place in the Clwyd East Football League after 20 games, with all results expunged from the league's records. For the 2017–18 season the club were renamed Halkyn Mountain Football Club and were again granted a place in the Clwyd East Football League. The club again withdrew from the league, this time in August 2018 before any matches were played. "The Derby" is against neighbours

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. Other local/rival clubs include

Rhydymwyn Rhydymwyn (the name in Welsh means 'Ford of the Ore' and takes its placename from the ford across the River Alyn now replaced by a small iron bridge) is a village in Flintshire, Wales, located in the upper Alyn valley. Once a district of Mold, it ...

, Brynford United, Flint Town United,

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, Sychdyn, Caerwys,

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Recent history

First team honours

League

* Halkyn Mountain League **Champions: 1955–56 *

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Division 1 **Champions: 1992–93 *

Premier **Champions: 1994–95 *

**Champions: 1999–2000

Cups

Halkyn Mountain League Cup 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, increas ...

**Winners: 1958–59, 1974–75 *

Halkyn Mountain League Challenge Cup 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, increas ...

**Winners: 1972–73, 1974–75 *

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**Winners: 1993–94 *

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**Winners: 1993–94 *

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**Winners: 1995–96 * Cookson Cup **Winners: 1996–97

Reserve team honours

Cups

* Halkyn Cup **Winners: 2013–14

References

External links

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