Aberdare Athletic F.C.
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| Aberdare Athletic F.C. | |
| Full name | Aberdare Athletic Football Club |
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| Founded | 1892 |
| Dissolved | 1928 |
| Ground | Aberdare Athletic Ground (Capacity ?) |
| Chairman | ? |
Aberdare Athletic Football Club were a Welsh football team founded in 1892 and based in Aberdare. They joined the Football League in 1921 but were replaced by Torquay United after failing to be re-elected in 1927.
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[edit] History
Founded in 1892, Aberdare were twice Welsh Cup runners-up, in 1903-04 and 1904-05. In 1920-21 they joined the Welsh Section of the Southern League and duly finished runners-up in their first season. That gained them entry to the Football League Third Division South in time for 1921-22.[1]
Aberdare spent six seasons in the League, with their best season being 1921-22, when they finished 9th. That same year, 1926, Aberdare merged with nearby Aberaman Athletic; the first team continued to compete in the Football League under the name Aberdare Athletic, while the reserve team played in the Welsh League under the name Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic.
However, in the next season, 1926-27 Aberdare Athletic finished bottom of the Third Division South and failed to gain re-election to the league; Torquay United took their place.[2] The merged club fully renamed themselves as Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic, and rejoined the Southern League.
However, the merged club only survived for another year, and in 1928 the Aberaman faction split away from the club to re-form Aberaman Athletic, while the Aberdare half folded. After World War II, in 1945 a reformed Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic was formed, but this side also split into two, in 1947; the Aberaman Athletic club continue to this day, and are currently known as ENTO Aberaman Athletic.
The club had several different team colours during their existence.[3] Their membership of the Football League coincided with that of a team from another small Welsh settlement Merthyr Town F.C..
[edit] Notable players
[edit] Managers
The following were managers around the time the team was Football League side:
- William Lot, June 1920 - March 1922
- Frank Bradshaw, May 1923 - April 1924
- Sydney Beaumont, 1924 - 1927
- Harry Hadley, November 1927 - April 1928
[edit] References
- ^ Football Club History Database - Aberdare Athletic
- ^ The Pyramid.info: Promotion to/Relegation from the Football League by year
- ^ Aberdare Athletic - Historical Football Kits
- Twydell, Dave (1988). Rejected F.C.: Comprehensive histories of the ex-Football League clubs, Volume 1. D. Twydell. ISBN 0951332104.
[edit] External links
- Aberdare Athletic at the Football Club History Database
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Current and former Football League members from Wales
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