| Full name | Holyhead Hotspurs Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Harbourmen | ||
| Short name | Holyhead | ||
| Founded | 1990 | ||
| Ground | The New Oval | ||
| Chairman | Alan Hinchcliffe | ||
| Manager | Emlyn Manley-Williams | ||
| League | Welsh Alliance League Division 1 | ||
| 2009-10 | Cymru Alliance, 8th (of 17) | ||
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Holyhead Hotspur F.C. is a football club based in Holyhead, Anglesey playing in the Welsh Alliance League (part of the Welsh football league system).
The team's first choice strip is blue and white striped shirts, blue shorts and blue socks. The second choice strip is all white.
Holyhead Hotspur play at the New Oval ground opposite the leisure centre in Holyhead. The new stadium was opened in a ceremony on 28 July 2007 with a friendly match played against a Wolverhampton Wanderers XI.
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Holyhead Hotspur was formed in 1990, initially playing in the Anglesey League. Towards the end of the 1980s, there were four adult football teams based in Holyhead and playing in various divisions of the North Wales Coast Football Association. A group of local football fans, led by Ken Chambers and Gary Williams, saw that efforts needed to be concentrated if a Holyhead football team was to carry on the proud tradition of the Harbourmen, the Holyhead football team of the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1996, following the success of Holyhead Hotspur in the Anglesey League and Gwynedd League, the club amalgamated with the other four clubs representing Holyhead to form Holyhead Hotspur and Holyhead Hotspur Reserves.
Holyhead Hotspur were promoted to the Cymru Alliance league for the 1996 / 1997 season after winning the Welsh Alliance League in the 1997 / 1998 season. At the same time, Holyhead Hotspur Reserves also saw promotion to the Gwynedd League.
In the summer of 1997 local junior football club Holyhead Peibio Youth amalgamated with Holyhead Hotspur and formed the club’s junior branch. Now known as Holyhead Hotspur Peibio Youth the junior’s are represented at Under 7's, Under 9's, Under 11's, Under 12's, Under 14's Under 16's and Under 18's age groups. Holyhead Hotspur Peibio Youth was the first organisation in the whole of Wales to receive the Welsh Football Trust's Fun Football Accreditation, allowing the Club to host regular soccer school activities as well as a football in the community programme involving a newly formed ladies team (Cybi Ladies) and a learning difficulties team (Clwb Cybi). In 2009 they were one of only four clubs on Anglesey to be awarded silver accreditation by McDonalds and the Football Association of Wales. Silver accreditation was retained for the 2010/11 season.
In the summer of 2011 girls teams were re-introduced into the Club. Teams at under 10's and under 12's were affiliated to the North Wales Girls League.
It was announced on the 13th September, 2009 that Campbell Harrison was to step down as manager after 3 seasons in charge. On the 16th September, 2009, Mark Williams, who was assistant manager to Campbell, was offered the post of manager. He duly accepted, and promoted reserve team boss Emlyn Manley-Williams to be his assistant manager on the 8th October, 2009. Emlyn was appointed first team manager in 2011.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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