Mold Alexandra Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Alexandra Yr Wyddgrug) is a
football club based in
Mold
A mold () or mould () is one of the structures certain fungi can form. The dust-like, colored appearance of molds is due to the formation of spores containing fungal secondary metabolites. The spores are the dispersal units of the fungi. Not ...
in Wales. The club was founded in 1929 and played in local amateur leagues before joining the Welsh National League after the Second World War. The team enjoyed success in the 1980s and became a founder member of the
League of Wales
The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 2 ...
in 1992. The side were relegated from the division in 1995 and had dropped several tiers by the end of the decade. They now play in the
Cymru North
The Cymru North is a regional football league in Wales, covering the northern half of the country. It has clubs with semi-professional status and together with the Cymru South, it forms the second tier of the Welsh football league system.
The f ...
which is in the second tier of the
Welsh football league system
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While most Welsh clubs play in the Welsh pyramid and most clubs in that pyramid are Welsh, five Welsh clubs play ...
.
The club has played at Alyn Park since they were founded in 1929.
History
Mold Alexandra was formed in 1929. Several teams had previously been established in the town including Mold Town which folded a year after Alexandra was founded. Alexandra joined the Mold, Deeside and Buckley League for the 1930–31 season, playing its first competitive fixture on 30 August 1930, defeating Oakenholt St David's 5–3. The club went on to win the North Wales Junior Cup in its first season and the Flintshire Amateureague in its second.
Alexandra joined the
West Cheshire Association Football League
The West Cheshire Association Football League (commonly known as the West Cheshire League) is an English football league in the county of Cheshire, which also includes teams from Merseyside. Its current principal sponsor is ''Carlsberg'', also ...
in 1937 before joining the Welsh National League Wrexham Area after the Second World War. The club remained in the division for more than 40 years.
The 1980s proved to be a successful decade for the club as it won the Welsh National League on two occasions and won several regional cup competitions. As a result, Alexandra were invited to join the newly formed
Cymru Alliance
The Cymru Alliance League (known for sponsorship reasons as Huws Gray Alliance) was a football league in north and central Wales which formed the second level of the Welsh football league system. From the 2019/20 season onwards, it was replaced ...
in 1990. In its two seasons in the league, Alexandra finished outside the top 10 on both occasions.
In 1992, the
League of Wales
The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 2 ...
was formed as the top tier of senior football in Wales. Alexandra was one of the 20 founding members of the league and played its first match against
Inter Cardiff, losing 1–0. Alexandra was temporarily suspended from the league after failing to meet ground regulation requirements but the club was able to rectify the problems and were reinstated,
finishing the season in 13th position.
The club suffered financial difficulties in its following two seasons and were relegated from the League of Wales on the final day of the 1994–95 season after losing 7–3 to
Ton Pentre
Ton Pentre () is a village in the Rhondda Valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Historically part of Glamorgan, Ton Pentre, a former industrial coal mining village, is a district of the community of Pentre. The old district ...
.
The club returned to the Cymru Alliance for three seasons, but were relegated again in 1998.
The club chose to drop to Division One of the Wrexham Area League, taking the place of the club's reserve side. Alexandra won promotion to the Premier Division of the regional league in its first season and returned to the Cymru Alliance in 2002.
The club spent the following 15 years moving between the Cymru Alliance and the Premier Division of the Wrexham Area League.
Honours
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FAW Trophy
The FAW Welsh Trophy is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales and the borders.
The Football Association of Wales is the organising body of this competition, which has been run every year since its inception in ...
**Winners: 2021–22
*Welsh National League
**Champions: 1985–86, 1986–87, 2002–03, 2013–14
**League Cup: Winners 1950, 1986
**League Cup: Runners-up 2008
**Presidents Cup Winners: 2008, 2013–14
*
North East Wales FA Challenge Cup
**Winners: 1986, 1987, 2015
*North Wales Coast Cup
**Winners: 1986
North Wales Junior Cup Winners 1930
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Ardal Northwest
**Champions: 2021–22
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North East Wales FA Junior (Horace Wynne) Cup
**Runners-up: 2021–22
Source:
See also
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:Mold Alexandra F.C. players
References
External links
Official website
{{Football in Wales
Football clubs in Wales
Sport in Flintshire
Association football clubs established in 1929
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division clubs
1929 establishments in Wales
Cymru Premier clubs
Cymru Alliance clubs
Mold, Flintshire
Ardal Leagues clubs
West Cheshire Association Football League clubs
Cymru North clubs