Cardiff Grange Harlequins A.F.C.
Cardiff Grange Harlequins (known as the 'Quins') is a Welsh football team which plays in the Welsh Football League Division Three. In the 2005/2006 season, they played in the Welsh Premier League. However, a lack of finances and fan support led to the departure of key players, leaving the club to rely on youth and reserve players. The 'Quins' remained rooted to the bottom of the table, and never looked able to avoid relegation. A second relegation followed in 2006/7, and the club's prospects of returning to the Premier in the short term look slim.
The Quins were formed in 1935, and progressed in the 1990s from 'parks' football into the Welsh League, via the FAW Pyramid system. They play their football at Cardiff Athletic Stadium in Leckwith. The club won the Welsh League Challenge Cup in 1995.[1]
The Club is backed by Abdul's Poultry Ltd as well as having sponsorship deals with a host of local businesses. The team's first choice strip is red shirts, black shorts and red socks.
Their second strip is gold and black shirts, black shorts and black socks. The club have a long-standing rivalry with fellow Cardiff side Cardiff Corinthians which dates back to the 1980s, when both clubs were fierce cross-city rivals and took part in some mouth-watering fixtures. Both clubs have rarely been in the same division, so the long-standing rivalry has not continued over recent seasons. The rivalry resumed in 2014-15 with the Corinthians relegation to Division 3.
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