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Llangoed F.C.
Llangoed Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl Droed Llangoed) is a Welsh association football, football team based in Llangoed, Anglesey, Wales. The team currently play in the North Wales Coast West Football League Division One, which is at the fifth tier of the Welsh football league system. Previously known as ''Llangoed & District'', the club are two-times champions of the Anglesey League and have also seen success across a range of cup competitions in North Wales. History The club previously played in the Anglesey League before moving up to the Gwynedd League. In 2020 the team was accepted into the Division One of the new North Wales Coast West Football League. Honours Club honours include the following: League *Anglesey League Division One **Champions (2): 1972–73, 1988–89 *Anglesey League Division Two **Champions: 1987–88 *Anglesey League Division Three **Champions: 1980–81 Cups *Bwlch Car Boot Trophy **Winners (1): 2016–17 *Dargie Cup **Winners (5): 1969–70, 1970� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llangoed
Llangoed () is a small village, community and electoral ward just north of Beaumaris, on the Isle of Anglesey or ''Ynys Môn'', at . The Royal Mail postcode begins LL58. Llangoed ward has a population of 1,275 (2001), falling at the 2011 census to 1,229. The village's placename means the 'religious enclosure in the wood' in the Welsh language. Llangoed is on the banks of a brook called the Afon Lleiniog, which flows from the hamlet of Glanrafon to the sea, beneath the ruins of an 11th-century motte-and-bailey castle, Castell Aberlleiniog. The 17th-century parish church of St Cawrdaf, restored in the 19th century, is in the north of the village, near a Victorian school and chapel. The modern centre of the village is a steep hill lined by cottages, a post office, grocery store and chapel. To the south of the village is a primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Llangoed, and small housing estates. Sports fields are the location of an annual Rugby sevens competition. Undulating green fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglesey
Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a Local government in Wales, principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island, Anglesey, Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and Skerry, skerries. Anglesey island, at , is the list of islands of Wales, largest in Wales, the list of islands of the British Isles, seventh largest in Britain, List of islands in the Irish Sea, largest in the Irish Sea and second most populous there after the Isle of Man. Isle of Anglesey County Council administers , with a 2011 census population of 69,751, including 13,659 on Holy Island. The Menai Strait to the mainland is spanned by the Menai Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford in 1826, and the Britannia Bridge, built in 1850 and replaced in 1980. The largest town is Holyhead on Holy Island, whose ferry service with Ireland handles over two million passengers a year. The next largest is Llangefni, the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2021 of 3,107,500 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (), its highest summit. The country lies within the Temperateness, north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate. The capital and largest city is Cardiff. Welsh national identity emerged among the Celtic Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales was formed as a Kingdom of Wales, kingdom under Gruffydd ap Llywelyn in 1055. Wales is regarded as one of the Celtic nations. The Conquest of Wales by Edward I, conquest of Wales by Edward I of England was completed by 1283, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Wales Coast West Football League
The North Wales Coast West Football League is a football league in Wales, at tiers 4 and 5 of the Welsh football league system in North Wales, founded in 2020. The league is under the control of the North Wales Coast Football Association. The league replaced the former Gwynedd League and Anglesey Leagues, and covers the North West of Wales. A corresponding North Wales Coast East Football League will be also be established at the same time. League history Plans for the new league were discussed in March 2020. There were to be two tiers - the Premier Division – with no more than 16 clubs, at tier 4, with Division One – with no more than 16 clubs, at tier 5. Member clubs for 2022–23 season Premier League *Aberffraw * Amlwch Town * Bethesda Athletic *Glantraeth * Gwalchmai * Llanberis * Llannerch-Y-Medd * Llanrug United * Menai Bridge Tigers *Mynydd Llandegai * Nefyn United * Penrhyndeudraeth *Pentraeth *Pwllheli * Talysarn Celts Division One *Arriva Bangor *Bethesd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Football League System
The Welsh football league system (or pyramid) is a series of football leagues with regular promotion and relegation between them. While most Welsh clubs play in the Welsh pyramid and most clubs in that pyramid are Welsh, five Welsh clubs play in England, and four English clubs play in Wales. Structure of Welsh football Tier 1: Cymru Premier At the top is the Cymru Premier, which is the only national league in Wales and is run by the Football Association of Wales. Tier 2: Cymru North and Cymru South Since 2019–20, the Football Association of Wales runs the second tier for the first time after a review of the Welsh league pyramid. Tier 2 is split into a north and central Wales league, Cymru North, and a corresponding league for south Wales, Cymru South. The champions of each of these leagues can be promoted to the Cymru Premier, subject to acceptable ground facilities, and if the champions cannot meet the criteria the runner-up team may be considered. The Cymru North rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglesey League
The Anglesey Football League was a football league in Anglesey, Wales, and was equivalent to the sixth level of the Welsh football league system in North Wales. The champions were promoted to the Gwynedd League. The league also runs five cup competitions which are (Current holders in brackets) Lucas Oil Cup (Bryngwran Bulls), Dargie Cup (Bryngwran Bulls), Elias Cup (Arriva Bangor), Megan Cup (Holyhead Hotspur Reserves) and the Bwlch Car Boot Trophy (Arriva Bangor). League members also compete in the North Wales Coast Junior Cup against fellow league members and members from the Caernarfon & District League and the Clwyd League. The league folded in 2020 due to a reorganisation of the Welsh football league pyramid, with many teams joining the North Wales Coast West Football League. Member clubs for the final 2019–20 season *Arriva Bangor *Bodorgan *Cemaes Bay *Cefni *Holyhead Town reserves *Holyhead Hotspur reserves *Llandegfan *Llanfairpwll *Mountain Rangers *Pentr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 North Wales Coast West Football League. Member clubs for the final 2019–20 season * Bangor 1876 * Bethesda Athletic *Bontnewydd * Bro Goronwy *Caergybi *Glantraeth * Llangoed * Llannerch-y-medd *Llanystumdwy * Menai Bridge Tigers *Ogwen Tigers ''(folded June 2020)'' * Nefyn United *Talysarn Celts *Trearddur Bay Bulls *Waunfawr Cups There were three active cups played for within the league. They were: *Tarian Gwynedd Safeflue Shield *Cwpan Gwynedd (Gwynedd Cup) *Tarian Goffa Bob Owen Memorial Shield History Champions * 1983–84: Y Felinheli * 1984–85: Bethesda Athletic * 1985–86: ''No competition'' * 1986–87: Locomotive Llanberis * 1987–88: Nantlle Vale * 1988–89: Llangefni Town * 1989–90: Llangefni Town * 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NWCFA Intermediate Cup
The North Wales Coast FA Intermediate Cup is a football knockout tournament involving teams from in North Wales who play in leagues administered and associated with the North Wales Coast Football Association. Previous winners The competition was originally known as the ''North Wales Coast Amateur Cup'' ran from 1894 to 1975 with the exception of when the competition was suspended during the war years. For the 1975–76 season it was renamed the ''North Wales Coast FA Intermediate Cup'' running until the end of the 1980–81 season. The competition did not run from 1981 until the 2008–09 season when it was reintroduced. It ran again until the 2015–16 season, after which it was suspended again. After a restructure of league football in North Wales, the competition was planned for return for the 2020–21 season but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition was cancelled, instead returning for the 2021–22 season. 1890s *1894–95: – Bangor *1895–96: – Bangor *1896 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NWCFA Junior Cup
The North Wales Coast FA Junior Challenge Cup is a football knockout tournament involving teams from in North Wales who play in leagues administered and associated with the North Wales Coast Football Association. Previous winners Information sourced from the North Wales Coast Football Association website. 1890s *1895–96: – Bangor *1896–97: – Buckley Victoria *1897–98: – Bangor *1898-99: – Colwyn Bay *1899–1900: – Flint reserves 1900s *1900–01: – Rhyl reserves *1901–02: – Llanrwst *1902–03: – Flint UAC *1903–04: – Conway *1904–05: – Bangor reserves *1905–06: – Greenfield and Holyhead *1906–07: – Rhyl Vics *1907–08: – Llanrwst *1908-09: – Llanrwst *1909–10: – Bagillt 1910s *1910–11: – Holyhead reserves *1911–12: – Menai Bridge *1912–13: – Glasinfryn *1913–14: – Menai Bridge *1914–15: – ''No competition - World War One'' *1915–16: – ''No competition - World War One'' *1916–17: – ''No comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Clubs In Wales
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Wales Coast Football League Clubs
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is related to the Old High German ''nord'', both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *''ner-'', meaning "left; below" as north is to left when facing the rising sun. Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position. The Latin word ''borealis'' comes from the Greek '' boreas'' "north wind, north", which, according to Ovid, was personified as the wind-god Boreas, the father of Calais and Zetes. ''Septentrionalis'' is from ''septentriones'', "the seven plow oxen", a name of '' Ursa Major''. The Greek ἀρκτικός (''arktikós'') is named for the same constellation, and is the source of the English word '' Arctic''. Other languages have other derivations. For example, in Lezgian, ''kefe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
