Knighton Town F.C.

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Knighton Town F.C.
Full name Knighton Town Football Club
Nickname(s) Radnor Robins, The Borderers
Founded 1887
Ground The Showground, Bryn Y Castell
Knighton
Capacity 2,000 (92 seated)
League Mid Wales League
2005-06 Mid Wales League, 14th
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Knighton Town Football Club is a Welsh football club founded in 1887, currently (as of 2006-07) playing in the Mid-Wales League (Level 3 in the Welsh pyramid system). They spent seven years in the 1990s at Level 2, playing in the Cymru Alliance but resigned during the 1998-99 season to return to local football.

In the Welsh Cup, Knighton Town have hosted Hereford United, and the ground has also staged Under 18 International between Wales and the Republic of Ireland in 1992.

[edit] Home Ground

The Showground, Bryn-Y-Castell, Ludlow Road, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1HP

(Tel. (01547) 528999)

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[edit] Club Records

  • Highest League Position 4th in the Cymru Alliance, 1997-98
  • Mid Wales League Champions 1991-92
  • Mid Wales League South Champions 2002-03, 2003-04
  • Welsh Cup semi-finalists 1896-97, 1903-04
  • Record Attendance: vs Hereford United 2,211, Welsh Cup 4th round 1980-81
  • Record Victory: 16-0 v Bucknell, Mid Wales League South, 2004
  • Record Defeat: 0-16 v Cardiff City, Welsh Cup 5th Round, 1960-61

coopers red and white army come on the lads!!!

[edit] League History