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Llanwern A.F.C.
Newport City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Casnewydd) is an association football club based in the Llanwern area of the city of Newport, Wales, Newport, South Wales. The club plays in the Ardal Leagues, Ardal League South East,the third tier of the Welsh football pyramid. History The club was formed in 1963 as Spencer Works AFC and joined the Newport and District Football League. Moving up to the Gwent Premier League, winning it in 1970–71 and 1971–72 and then elected to the Welsh league for the 1972–73 season. They spent most of the next twenty seasons in the middle division of the league until 1988 when they changed their name to Llanwern AFC to reflect the change of name of the steelworks on whose ground they played. This change coincided with a change in the club's fortunes and they gained promotion to the top division in 1992–3. They spent a number of years between the top two divisions and in 2002 they won the Welsh Football League Cup. In 2003, they r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport Stadium
Newport Stadium, also known as Spytty Park, is an association football, rugby and athletics stadium in Newport, South Wales. It is the home of Newport City Football Club, Newport RFC and Newport Harriers Athletic Club. It was previously also used for home matches by Newport County and Albion Rovers football clubs. Newport County continue to use the stadium as a base for youth teams and senior squad training. Facilities The stadium is owned and managed by Newport City Council and is part of the Newport International Sports Village, which includes the Wales National Velodrome. It was upgraded to Conference National standard for football and had a capacity of 5,058 prior to Newport County relocating to Rodney Parade in 2012. The stadium can accommodate international-standard track and field athletic events and is of Class 1 standard. The stadium floodlighting can achieve up to an average of 500 Lux. In October 2021 Newport RFC relocated their home matches from Rodney Parad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
