Ebbw Vale F.C.
| Full name | Ebbw Vale Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Cowboys | |
| Founded | 1888, re-formed 1907 | |
| Dissolved | 1998 | |
| Ground |
Eugene Cross Park Ebbw Vale | |
| Capacity | 8,000 | |
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Ebbw Vale Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Glyn Ebwy) were a football team from Ebbw Vale, South Wales.
Ebbw Vale played in the first season of the League of Wales in 1992-93. The club then finished 11th before finishing 3rd in two successive seasons to 1997-98. During the years when they finished 3rd the Giles brothers, Paul and David were key members of the team. The manager at the time was John Lewis.
They competed in the 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup where they played Bastia, GAK, Hrvatski Dragovoljac, and Silkeborg. However, they were expelled from the League of Wales before the 1998-99 season began, and promptly went out of business. They played their last game against Kongsvinger in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
Their goalkeeper Stewart Gray, who played for them in the late 70s, had 22 penalties shot at him in one season and saved an impressive total of 20. He later had a short spell at Aston Villa and previous early trials at Swindon Town (who he turned down at the age of 17).
Honours
- Southern Football League Champions: 1922–23; Welsh Section champions (2): 1921–22, 1922–23
- Welsh Football League champions (2): 1964-65, 1987–88
- Welsh Cup Winners (1): 1925-26
- Welsh League Cup runners-up: 1996
- Welsh Football League Cup Winners (1): 1927, 1956, 1957; runners-up 1929
- Founding Members of: South Wales League, Rhymney Valley League and League of Wales
Notable former players
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David Giles -
Gary Plumley - s M Gray