Nantlle Vale F.C () are a
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football
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club from
Penygroes, near
Caernarfon
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, formed around 1920. They play in the .
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
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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 of the Bangor & District League that had run between 1930 and 1937 and again aft ...
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** Champions (1): 2000–01
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Gwynedd League
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The league folded in 2020 due to a reorganisation of the Welsh football league pyramid, with many ...
:
** 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
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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