Flint Mountain Football Club (formerly Halkyn & Flint Mountain F.C.) is a Welsh

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team based in

Flint, Flintshire Flint ( cy, Y Fflint) is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Dee. It is the former county town of Flintshire. According to the 2001 Census, the population of the community of Flint was 12,804, increasin ...

. The team currently play in the

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, which is at the second tier of the

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History

The club was formed in 2009 as ''Flint Mountain FC'' and joined the North East Wales League. They played on a number of pitches in and around Flint before playing at Northop Hall Pavilion, home of Northop Hall Ladies team. The 2018–19 season was one of great success for the club as they claimed the North East Wales League title and the North East Wales FA Horace Wynne Cup, as part of a quadruple-winning season. They moved into the

Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) The Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) was a football league in Wales and operated at level 3 and 4 of the Welsh football league system in Flintshire and Wrexham County Borough, but with some teams from Denbighshire (Corwen and Llangollen Town) ...

football system the following season as on the back of their promotion as champions. Prior to the 2019–20 season commencing, Flint Mountain announced they would be moving once more, from the Northop Hall Pavilion to Halkyn United’s old pitch, Pant Newydd. As a result of the relocation, the team changed its name to ''Halkyn & Flint Mountain'' to acknowledge the move to Pentre Halkyn. The club joined the newly formed

North East Wales Football League The North East Wales Football League represents the North East Wales area at the fourth and fifth tiers of the Welsh football league system. It was established in 2020 as a successor to the North East Wales League following a reorganisation of th ...

in 2020 as a Premier Division club. In May 2022 they announced they would be moving ground to groundshare

Cae-y-Castell Cae-y-Castell (currently known as the Essity Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Flint, Flintshire, Flint, Flintshire, Wales. Located on the banks of the Dee Estuary close to Flint Castle, it is the home ground of Flint To ...

, home of Flint Town United. On 9 June 2022, it was announced that the club had been promoted to the tier 3 Ardal NW League for the 2022–23 season. The following day the team announced that after approval from the North East Wales Football Association, the club had reverted to its previous name of ''Flint Mountain Football Club'' with immediate effect.

Squad

Honours

* Ardal NW - Champions: 2023–24 *The Sovereign Trophies Auxiliary Cup - Winners: 2011–12 * North East Wales Premier Division – Runners-up: 2021–22 * North East Wales League - Champions: 2018–19 * North East Wales FA Junior (Horace Wynne) Cup – Winners: 2018–19 * North East Wales FA Junior (Horace Wynne) Cup – Runners-up: 2014–15 *Presidents Cup – Winners: 2018–19 *Presidents Cup – Runners-up: 2014–15 *Mike Beech Memorial Trophy – Winners: 2018–19 *Premier Cup – Runners-up: 2018–19

External links

Club official website

References

Football clubs in Wales North East Wales Football League clubs Association football clubs established in 2009 2009 establishments in Wales Sport in Flintshire Clwyd East Football League clubs Ardal Leagues clubs Cymru North clubs {{wales-footyclub-stub