Aberystwyth Town F.C.
Aberystwyth Town is a football club based in Aberystwyth, currently playing in the League of Wales.
History
The club was established in 1884. His plays, taken from Park Avenue Stadium, a multipurpose stadium with 5,000 seats, of which 1,002 seats. The club also has a women's team that plays in the Ceredigion Ladies League. In 2000, the club Aberystwyth Town Football Club Academy, which is used for the training of young players founded.
The early history of the association was characterized by a large number of friendly matches since the league entry was until 1896, but they left after a year. In 1904 they played in the Montgomeryshire and District League, in which they won the title a few times. After the establishment of the Welsh National League in 1921 they played in the Central Section, whose title they won in the 1920s, six times.
1931 and 1950 they won the Welsh Amateur Cup, twice they lost only in the finals (1935 and 1972). In 1951, she joined the Welsh League ( South ), to which they belonged until 1963. This year, they changed back to the Mid- Wales League, they reached their first title but only in 1984, after they had six times finished the league in second. In 1985, she successfully defended her title. In 1987 she went back into the Welsh League ( South ) before 1992, founding member of the League of Wales were. In their first year they reached their best result, a third place. The 2011/12 season they finished in eighth place.
Highest victories and defeats
- Biggest win: 21:1 against Machynlleth 1934
- Biggest defeat: 1:20 against Caersws 1962
- Highest League of Wales wins: 6-0 against Briton Ferry Athletic and Llanidloes Town, both in 1993.
- Highest League of Wales defeat: 1:8 against Barry Town in 1997
Major Players
- Leigh Richmond Roose ( goalkeeper ) played the first player of the club in the Welsh National
- Marc Lloyd - Williams, scorer of the League of Wales with over 300 career goals