Glan Conwy Football Club are a Welsh

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club playing in the . They are a member of the North Wales Coast Football Association.

History

Glan Conwy joined the newly formed Vale of Conwy League in 1922 as one of the seven founder members, the others being Dolgarrog, Llandudno Junction Reserves, Llanrwst Reserves, Old Colwyn FC, Penmaen Celts, and Penmaenmawr Reserves. The club nickname was the "Jolly Boys" and they played at the former Gala Field. They remained playing in this league until the end of the 1938–39 season and the outbreak of the

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. After the end of the war in 1945 there is no record of the club reforming. JollyBoysPre2ndWW

Brian Thomas and Dewi Williams of Glan Conwy reformed the club in 1979 and the following year the team re-joined the Vale of Conwy League. Without a home pitch, they played their home games at different venues such as the Llandudno Oval, Hotpoint, Quinton Hazell and Junction Flyover. They remained in the Vale of Conwy League for a further eighteen years. They won the league championship as well as the North Wales Coast FA Junior Cup in 1998 and were promoted to the

Gwynedd League The Gwynedd Football League was a association football, 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 ...

. They stayed in this league for just the one season at the end of which they were crowned league champions and were promoted to the

Welsh Alliance League The Welsh Alliance Football League (formerly the ''Lock Stock Welsh Alliance Football League'', for sponsorship reasons) was a football league formed in 1984, and discontinued in 2020 following the reorganisation of the Welsh football pyramid for ...

. The club reached the final of the FAW Trophy in 2007 but lost heavily to Brymbo. The club had a successful 2009–10 season reaching the final of the FAW Welsh Trophy and pipping local arch rivals Llandudno Junction FC to a second-place finish in the league. They beat South Wales outfit Clydach Wasps 5–1 in the FAW Trophy final to take the cup home to Cae Ffwt. The home ground is Cae Ffwt, a ground in the village of

Glan Conwy Llansanffraid Glan Conwy (), usually shortened to Glan Conwy, is a village, community and electoral ward in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The name translates from the Welsh as ''Church of St Ffraid on the bank of the River Conwy''. The village w ...

which is situated on the banks of the

River Conwy The River Conwy (; ) is a river in north Wales. From its source to its discharge in Conwy Bay it is long and drains an area of 678 square km. "Conwy" was formerly anglicised as "Conway." The name 'Conwy' derives from the old Welsh words ''c ...

. The club's colours changed almost annually depending on shirt sponsorship but in 1997 the club adopted green and white stripes, which has now become green and white hoops.

Honours

Leagues

– Runners-up: 2007–08 *

Division Two – Champions: 2018–19 *

– Champions: 1998–99 *

Vale of Conwy Football League The Vale of Conwy Football League (also known as the ''Vale of Conway Football League'') was a football league in North Wales. It was formed in 1922 and ceased operating at the end of the 2001–02 season. History The league was formed in 1922 an ...

– Winners: 1997–98 *

– Runners-up: 1932–33 *

Division Two (Section B) – Champions: 1981–82 *

Clwyd Football League The Clwyd Football League was a football league formed in 1974 as an amalgamation of the Dyserth League and the Halkyn Mountain League. The top division was at different periods at the second, third and fourth levels of the Welsh football leagu ...

Division Two – Champions: 2006–07 (reserves)

Cups

* FAW Welsh Trophy – Winners: 2009–10 * FAW Welsh Trophy – Runners-up: 2006–07 * North Wales Coast FA Junior Challenge Cup – Winners: 1997–98 *NWCFA Youth Cup – Winners: 2007–08 *Barritt Cup – Runners-up: 1998–99 *Cookson Cup – Runners-up: 2008–09 *Eryri Shield – Winners: 1998–99 *Frank Tyldesley Cup – Winners: 1996–97 *Jack Owen Cup – Runners-up: 1923–24 *John Hughes Challenge Cup – Winners: 1991–92, 1997–98 *Quinton Hazel Trophy – Winners: 1996–97 *Ron Jones Cup – Winners: 1989–90, 2007–08

References

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