Albion Rovers Football Club is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club based in the city of

Newport Newport most commonly refers to: *Newport, Wales *Newport, Rhode Island, US Newport or New Port may also refer to: Places Asia *Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay * Newport (Vietnam), a United States Army and Army of t ...

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who play in the . The team was formed by Scottish coalminers who moved to Newport for work in 1937. They named the team after

Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They play in the , the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. Founded in October 1882, the club joined the Scottish Foot ...

of their homeland in

Coatbridge Coatbridge (, ) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands. Along with neighbouring town Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Airdrie, Coatbridge forms the area known as the Monklands (popula ...

. They currently play at

Crindau Crindau () is a Victorian inner-city area just north of the city centre in Newport in south-east Wales. It lies within the Shaftesbury electoral district (ward) and community (parish). Crindau is roughly bounded by the Monmouthshire canal to th ...

Park (also known as Kimberley Park) but have also shared

Newport Stadium Newport Stadium, also known as Spytty Park, is an association football, Rugby football, rugby and Sport of athletics, athletics stadium in Newport, Wales, Newport, South Wales. It is the home of Gwalia United F.C., Gwalia United FC, Newport City ...

with Newport County. Famous ex-players include

Nathan Blake Nathan Blake (born 27 January 1972) is a Welsh former professional footballer, pundit and television presenter. He notably played in the Premier League for Sheffield United, Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He als ...

, Neil Swift, Tim Coleman, Sean Hamill, Bobby Campbell, Mike Harris, Kevin Hole, Michael Herbert. During the mid-1970s Peter Nicholas (Crystal Palace, Arsenal and Wales) and

Tony Pulis Anthony Richard Pulis (; born 16 January 1958) is a Welsh former professional football manager and former footballer who last managed Sheffield Wednesday. Pulis obtained his FA coaching badge at age 19, followed by his UEFA 'A' licence aged 2 ...

(Premier League manager) also played for the Albion. Between 1993 and 2005 the club played in the

Welsh Football League The Welsh Football League (also known as the Nathaniel Car Sales Welsh Football League for sponsorship reasons) was a club football league in Wales. For its final season in 2019–20 season it operated at levels 3 and 4 of the Welsh football leag ...

, before at the end of the 2004–05 season being relegated to the

Gwent County League The Gwent Premier League (known as the Autocentre Gwent Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is a football (soccer), football league in South Wales, consisting of 3 divisions, named the Premier Division, Division One and Division Two. The Premi ...

. On 24 July 2010, Albion Rovers played

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

side

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, the cl ...

in a friendly to celebrate the opening of the clubhouse at Kimberley Park. Stoke won the match 9–0. The club returned to the Welsh Football League in 2018 after 14 years by winning promotion. They finished bottom of the league at the end of the 2019–20 season and were relegated back to the

, and in 2021–22 were relegated to Division One.

Honours

**Division One – Champions: 2017–18 **Division One – Runners-up: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15 *

Gwent County FA Senior Cup The Gwent County Football Association Senior Cup is the regional knock-out competition for clubs beneath the umbrella of the Gwent County Football Association in South Wales. Previous winners Information sourced from the Gwent County Football A ...

**Winners (3): 1947–48, 1980–81, 1988–89 *

Gwent County FA Amateur Cup The Gwent County Football Association Amateur Cup is the regional knock-out competition for clubs beneath the umbrella of the Gwent County Football Association in South Wales. Known as the ''Gwent Amateur Cup'', it has also in its history been c ...

**Winners (7): 1946–47, 1959–60, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2014–15 *Gwent County League Motors Cup – Winners: 2016–17

References

External links

Albion Rovers AFC website
Football clubs in Newport, Wales Football clubs in Wales Association football clubs established in 1937 1937 establishments in Wales Gwent County League clubs Welsh Football League clubs {{Wales-footyclub-stub