Nantlle Vale F.C.

Nantlle Vale F.C (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dyffryn Nantlle) are a Welsh football club from Penygroes, near Caernarfon, formed around 1920. They play in the Ardal Leagues North West, which is at tier three of the Welsh football pyramid

Nantlle Vale

Full name	Nantlle Vale Football Club
Ground	Maes Dulyn, Penygroes
Chairman	Alun Ffred Jones
Manager	Daniel Bell
League	Ardal NW League
2022–23	Ardal NW League, 5th of 14
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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 – 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 (the Nefyn Bull).^[1] 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.^[2]

Honours

League

• Caernarfon & District League:
  • Champions (1): 2000–01^[3]
• Gwynedd League:
  • Champions (1): 1987–88^[4]
• 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 Website, Welsh Alliance League

References

1. "Tributes to 'El Bandito' Orig Williams". Daily Post. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
2. James Morton (20 December 2009). "Orig Williams obituary – Charismatic Welsh wrestler, promoter and commentator for S4C". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
3. 2000–01 Caernarfon & District League table, Welsh Football Data Archive, retrieved 10 March 2019
4. 1987–88 Gwynedd League table, Welsh Football Data Archive, retrieved 10 March 2019

External links

• Official Website
• Nantlle Vale Football Club – The Official Nantlle Valley Website

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