Courtaulds Greenfield F.C.

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Courtaulds Greenfield
Full nameCourtaulds Greenfield Football Club
GroundMainetti Park, Greenfield

Courtaulds Greenfield Football Club was a Welsh football team based in Greenfield, Flintshire, North Wales. The team played in the Welsh National League (North) for two seasons in the early 1980s which was the top-level of football in North Wales in the Welsh football league system. They were league champions in 1981–82.

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History

Courtaulds Greenfield were a factory team for Courtaulds.

The team played in the inaugural season of the Clwyd Football League in 1974–75 [1] along with another team representing the factory in Flint, Courtaulds Flint.

The team reached a Welsh Cup quarter final where they lost to Hereford United. In 1981–82 they were Welsh National League (North) champions. - in the 1982–83 season they finished fourth, but after that did not feature in the league. [2] The club's reserve team played in the Clwyd League Division One during the same season, finishing 6th. [3]

In the 1983–84 season, competing as Greenfield they finished 8th in the Premier Division of the Clwyd League. [4]

The demise of the factory in 1985 [5] was linked to the end of the football team.

A new club, Greenfield, formed in 2005, now represents the village, and uses the former ground of the team.

Honours

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