Aberaeron F.C.

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Aberaeron
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Full nameAberaeron Amateur Football Club
Nickname(s)Black and Ambers
GroundCae Lily [1]
League Central Wales Southern Division
2022–23 Central Wales Southern Division, 9th of 12

Aberaeron Amateur Football Club is a Welsh football team based in Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Wales. The team currently play in the Central Wales League Southern Division, which is at the fourth tier of the Welsh football league system.

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History

The club's website suggests the club was formed in the late 1800s. [2] The club were a founder member of the Cardiganshire League and saw success as six times champions of the top league (four times in the 1950s) and nine times winners of the league's cup competition.

In 2010–11 they joined the newly created Mid Wales Football League Division Two. [3] The following season they were crowned champions and promoted to Division One for the 2012–13 season.

In July 2020 the club was announced as one of the tier 4 clubs in the restructured West Division of the Mid Wales Football League. [4]

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References

  1. "Aberaeron gear up for Mid Wales League West". Tivy Side Advertiser. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. "About". Aberaeron AFC. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. "Aberaeron". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. Grosvenor, Gavin. "Central Wales FA confirm Mid Wales League line ups". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  5. "Aberaeron FC". Ceredigion League. Retrieved 25 August 2021.