Nantlle Vale F.C ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dyffryn Nantlle) are a
Welsh
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football club from
Penygroes, near
Caernarfon
Caernarfon (; ) is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is ...
, formed around 1920. They 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 ...
North West, which is at tier three of the Welsh football pyramid
History
They were notorious in the early 1970s for their very robust style of play, when the team featured noted hard men such as player-manager
Orig Williams
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– a professional wrestler by trade, who fought under the stage name El Bandito – and defender Idris Evans, better known by his nickname of ''Tarw
Nefyn
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'' (''the Nefyn Bull'').
Williams was once famously sent off in only the third minute of a match at Bangor City. His autobiography Cario'r Ddraig was published in the 1990s.
Honours
League
*
Caernarfon & District League
The Caernarfon & District League was a football league covering the Caernarfon and surrounding areas in North Wales.
League History
The league was a renamed version Bangor & District League that had run between 1930 and 1937 and again after the ...
:
** Champions (1): 2000–01
*
Gwynedd League
The Gwynedd Football League was a football league at the fifth level of the Welsh football league system in north-west Wales.
The league folded in 2020 due to a reorganisation of the Welsh football league pyramid, with many teams joining the No ...
:
** Champions (1): 1987–88
* Gwyrfai League:
** Champions (1): 1924
* Welsh League Division One (North)
** Champions (1): 1959–60
* Welsh League Second Division (East)
** Champions (2)
Cups
* Amateur Cup:
** Winners (2): 1973–74, 1974–75
* Barritt Cup:
** Winners (1): 2001–02
* Challenge Cup:
** Winners (1)
* Cooks Cup:
** Winners (1): 1938–39
* Cookson Cup:
** Winners (1): 1959–60
* Intermediate Cup:
** Winners (1): 1975–76
* Lleyn & District Cup:
** Winners (1): 1938–39
* Moorings Cup:
** Winners (3): 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2000–01
* Penrhyn Cup:
** Winners (1): 1973–74
* President Cup:
** Winners (1): 2002–03
* Snowdonia Shield:
** Winners (1): 1987–88
*
North Wales Coast FA Junior Challenge Cup:
** Winners (1): 2000-01
Source
Nantlle Vale Football Club – The Official Nantlle Valley WebsiteWelsh Alliance League
References
External links
Official Website
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Football clubs in Wales
Welsh Alliance League clubs
Ardal Leagues clubs
Caernarfon & District League clubs
Gwynedd League clubs
Welsh League North clubs
Bangor & District League clubs
North Wales Coast League clubs