Caernarfon Town F.C.
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Career & Clubs
The early years
The first known football club in the town of Caernarfon was Carnarvon Athletic, formed in 1876 and playing at various locations in the town before settling at the club's present ground, The Oval, in 1888. Athletic went out of existence in 1893 but a new club, Caernarvon Ironopolis, was formed two years later reaching the semi finals of the Welsh Cup in 1900 and 1902 before disbanding following a dispute with the North Wales Coast League in 1903. Former players of the 'Nops' formed two new clubs, Caernarvon Colts and Caernarvon Royal Welch Fusiliers which came together in 1906 to form Caernarvon United. After the Great War, United players came together to reform Caernarvon Athletic and the club enjoyed great success in the North Wales League as well as a famous victory over Darlington in the first round of the FA Cup in 1929. In 1930 the Club went into liquidation and, despite resurfacing a few years later, it soon disappeared again.
Caernarfon Town
In 1937 a group of football fans formed Caernarfon Town and, following many successful seasons in the Welsh League North, the club was granted permission by the Football Association of Wales to apply for membership of the Lancashire Combination in 1980. The Canaries won the Championship in 1981 before the league merged with the Cheshire County League to form the North West Counties Football League. In 1985 Caernarfon Town were runners up in the First Division of the North West Counties League and…
- League
- Welsh Alliance League
- League
- Cymru Alliance
- League
- Cymru Premier
Legacy
League
Cymru Alliance Champions (3): 2000–01, 2015–16, 2017–18 Runners-up (2): 2014–15, 2016–17 Welsh League North Champions (4): 1946–47, 1965–66, 1977–78, 1978–79 Runners–up (3): 1956–57, 1957–58, 1972–73 Lancashire Combination Champions (1): 1981–82 North West Counties Football League Division One – Runners-up (1): 1984–85 Division Two – Runners-up (1): 1982–83 Welsh Alliance League Champions (1): 2012–13 Runners-up (1): 1990–91 (reserves)
Cups
Welsh Cup Winners (1): 2025–26 FAW Intermediate Cup/ FAW Trophy Winners (2): 1977–78, 2012–13 Cymru Alliance League Cup Winners (4): 2000–01, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17 Lancashire Combination Cup Winners (1): 1980–81
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Identifiers & aliases
Caernarfon Town Football Club is a professional Welsh football club based in Caernarfon, Gwynedd. They play in the Cymru Premier.
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