Aber Valley F.C.
Association football club in Wales
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Aber Valley Football Club is a Welsh football team based in Abertridwr, Caerphilly, Wales. They play in the South Wales Premier League Premier Division. They were champions of Division One for the 2019–20 season.
| Full name | Aber Valley Football Club | |
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| Founded | 2000[1] (reformed) | |
| Ground | Abertridwr Park | |
| League | South Wales Premier League Premier Division | |
| 2024–25 | South Wales Premier League Premier Division, 8th of 12 | |
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History
A club called Aber Valley played in the Welsh Football League Division Two East for the 1963–64 season, finishing tenth,[2] and gained promotion to Division One (tier 2) at the end of the 1966–67 season after finishing third in Division Two.[3] After one season in Division One, where they finished bottom of the league,[4] the club left the Welsh Football League. They were South Wales Amateur League Division Two champions in the 1970–71 season.
The current club were formed in 2000 as Aber Valley YMCA and played in the South Wales Amateur League Division Two. In 2003–04 they had seven points deducted which cost them the Division Two championship title. The following season they did finish as champions[5] They were runners-up of Division One for the 2006–07 season. [6]
In 2015 the club changed its name to Aber Valley. They were champions of Division One for the 2019–20 season[7] and were promoted to the Premier Division.[8]
Honours
- Welsh Football League Division Two A – Champions: 1923–24.[9]
- South Wales Alliance League Division One: – Champions: 2019–20[10]
- South Wales Amateur League Division One: – Runners-up: 2006–07
- South Wales Amateur League Division Two: – Champions: 1970–71; 2004–05
- Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League Premier Division: – Champions: 2002–03[11]
- Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League Division One: – Champions: 2001–02
- Rhymney Valley League: – Runners-up: 2000–01
- WJ Owen Cup: – Winners: 2006–07, 2007–08
