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Nantlle Vale F.C.

Nantlle Vale F.C () are a Welsh football club from Penygroes, near Caernarfon, 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 – 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 (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

  • Caernarfon & District League:
  • Champions (1): 2000–01
  • Gwynedd League:
  • 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
  • North Wales Coast FA Junior Challenge Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2000–01

<br> Source: Nantlle Vale Football Club – The Official Nantlle Valley Website, Welsh Alliance League

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