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West End Football Club is a
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team, based in the
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area of
Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...
,
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. They play in the
West Wales Premier League The West Wales Premier League (known for sponsorship reasons as ''The Macron West Wales Premier League'') is a football league in Wales, at tier 4 of the Welsh Football Pyramid in South West Wales under the control of the West Wales Football Asso ...
, which is in the fourth tier of the Welsh football pyramid.


History

Formed in 1964 by a group of local enthusiasts in a local public house (The Wellington) which was situated in the west end of Swansea and so the birth of West End AFC. In 2004–05, the club won the
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, defeating Rhydymwyn F.C. at Rhayader.


Notable players

Alan Beer played for West End before later joining
Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...
. Jazz Richards played for West End before joining Cardiff City's academy


Honours

*
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 – Winners: 2004–05, 2005–06 *
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**Division 1 – Winners: 2012–13 **Division 2 – Winners: 2008–09 **Division 3 – Runner Up: 2005–06 *
Swansea Senior Football League The Swansea Senior Association Football League or Swansea Senior League, is a league competition featuring non-professional association football clubs in the area of Swansea, south Wales. The league consists of seven divisions, three for "first ...
**First Division Champions (13): 1970–71, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1985–86 1994–95; 1996–97; 1997–98; 1998–99; 1999–2000; 2002–03; 2004–05 * West Wales Amateur Cup/ Intermediate Cup. **Winners: 1968–69, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2001–02 **Runners-up: 1965–66, 1979–80, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2002–03 * West Wales Senior Cup **Runners-up: 2008–09


References

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