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| Full name | Clwb Pêl Droed Dinas Bangor Bangor City Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Citizens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1876 (as Bangor F. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. C. ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Farrar Road Bangor Gwynedd (Capacity 2,200 (800 seated)) |
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| Chairman |  |
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| Manager |  Neville Powell |
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| League | Welsh Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–08 | Welsh Premier League, 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bangor City F. Farrar Road Stadium is a multi-use Stadium in Bangor, Wales. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Bangor, in Gwynedd, North Wales, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. History Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th Century when it was conquered and subjugated by England The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. The 2007&ndash08 Welsh Premier League was the 16th season of the Welsh Premier League since its establishment in 1992 as the League of Wales The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. C. is a football team, playing in the Welsh Premier League. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system.
The club was founded in 1876 as Bangor F. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year C. , and took its present name in 1923, and plays at the Farrar Road Stadium, Bangor, where their ground accommodates 2200 spectators (800 seated). Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Farrar Road Stadium is a multi-use Stadium in Bangor, Wales. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Bangor, in Gwynedd, North Wales, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom.
The teams' first choice strip is Royal blue shirts, Royal blue shorts and Royal blue socks. The second choice strip is Varsity red shirts, white shorts and white socks.
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History
Bangor City F. C. is one of Wales' older football clubs, and has an illustrious history of competition in Europe. They were founder members of the North Wales Coast League in 1893, the Welsh National League in 1921, the North Wales Combination in 1930, the Welsh League (North) in 1935, the Northern Premier League in 1968, the Alliance Premier League (now Football Conference) in 1979, and in 1992 the League of Wales.
In the 1961/62 season, Bangor City won the Welsh Cup, and consequently were entered in the European Cup Winners' Cup for the first time. The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales. In the first round, Bangor were drawn against the Italian Cup winners, Napoli, at the time one of Europe's greatest football teams. For the Italian rugby competition see Coppa Italia (rugby The Coppa Italia ( Italy Cup, officially known as TIM Cup Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as simply Napoli or the abbreviation SSC Napoli, is an Italian professional football club based A thrashing was confidently expected. In the first leg, played at Farrar Road, unexpectedly Bangor won 2-0; three weeks later, in front of a crowd of 80,000 in Naples, the result was 3-1 in Napoli's favour. Under modern rules, Bangor would have progressed under the "away goals" rule, but at the time the tie was drawn 3-3 and a playoff had to be played, at Arsenal F.C.'s Highbury Stadium, in London (this was the first ECWC tie played at Highbury), and this time AS Napoli won 2-1, scoring the winner seven minutes from the end of the match, to put an end to Bangor's dreams for the moment. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
On 12th May, 1984 Bangor became the first Welsh club to play at Wembley since Cardiff in 1927, when they reached the FA Trophy final against Northwich Victoria. The match finished 1-1, with local boy Paul Whelan scoring for Bangor. The replay was played in Stoke's Victoria Ground, and despite a goal from another Bangor lad (Phil Lunn), Bangor lost 2-1 in the last minute.
In 1985 Bangor City were back in the ECWC, in the first round drawn against the Norwegian cup winners, Fredrikstad. The first leg in Norway was a 1-1 draw, while the return leg in Bangor was a 0-0 draw, resulting in Bangor progressing to the second round, where they were drawn against the mighty Spanish side Atlético Madrid. Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid who play in the Primera División of La Liga. Atlético were expected to win easily, but in the event the first leg in Bangor was only won 2-0; in the return leg in Madrid, Bangor won much admiration with a dogged defence which only allowed Atlético one more goal, and Bangor saved an Atlético penalty kick.
In 1994 as League of Wales Champions, Bangor City entered the UEFA Cup. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. They were drawn against the Icelandic champions, IA Akranes, and were seriously hampered by UEFA's ruling that a team could only contain three foreigners - many of Bangor's team were English, and despite some creative genealogy it was not possible to field a full-strength Welsh side. Íþróttabandalag Akraness is an Icelandic Sports club founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes, west Iceland Akranes won the leg in Bangor by 2-1 (the match was played in the close season when Bangor hadn't played a competitive match in three months), while Bangor lost the match in Iceland by 2-0.
In 1995 Bangor City retained the League of Wales championship, and this time drew the Polish champions Widzew Łódź in the preliminary round of the UEFA Cup. Widzew Łódź, pron ˈvidzɛv ˈwuʨ is a Polish football club based in Łódź, Poland. Lodz were an extremely powerful side, having beaten Liverpool F.C., Juventus F.C. and Manchester United F.C. in earlier campaigns, and quite simply outclassed Bangor City, winning 4-0 in Bangor and 1-0 in Lodz. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England.
In 1998 Bangor were back in the Cup Winners' Cup, and were drawn against the Finnish side FC Haka. FC Haka is a Finnish football club based in the industry town of Valkeakoski. Unfortunately between winning the Welsh Cup and playing Haka, the manager and most of the team had left, so new manager John Hulse had the impossible task of putting together a completely new side, a week before the start of the Welsh football season (and three-quarters of the way through the Finnish football season). Unsurprisingly Bangor were well beaten, 2-0 at home, and 1-0 in Finland.
In 2005, the club was also duped into thinking they had signed the next Italian football legend, Alessandro Zarelli, who turned out to be a conman. A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, scam, scheme [1][2]
Home
Bangor City have played at Farrar Road since 1920, and the 2008/09 season will be their last at that ground. Farrar Road Stadium is a multi-use Stadium in Bangor, Wales. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar A new stadium at Nantporth on the outskirts of the City is in the process of being built. Nantporth is a multi-sport venue on Holyhead Road in Bangor, Wales It will initially have 800 seats.
Biggest victories and losses
- Biggest win: Biggest League of Wales win: 9-0 v. Haverfordwest County in 1994.
- Biggest defeat: 0-12 v. Everton Reserves in the 1930s.
- Biggest League of Wales win: 9-0 v. Haverfordwest County in 1994.
- Biggest League of Wales defeat: 0-6 v. Holywell Town in 1992.
Notable former players
- Clayton Blackmore
Peter Corr- Marc Lloyd-Williams
- Steve O'Shaughnessy
- Lee Martin
- Mark Palios
- Ray Stubbs
- Eamon O'Keefe
- Neville Southall
- Dai Davies
John McClelland
References
- ^ "Alert over Italian soccer 'star'", BBC News, 2005-10-10. Peter Joseph Corr ( June 23, 1923 – June 1, 2001) was an Irish footballer. Marc Lloyd-Williams (born 8 February 1973 in Bangor, Wales) is a Welsh footballer, currently playing for Porthmadog Steve O' Shaughnessy (born October 13, 1967) is a former Welsh professional footballer. Lee Andrew Martin (born 5 February 1968 in Hyde Greater Manchester) is a former English football player Mark Palios, (born Birkenhead 9 November 1952) is an English chartered accountant football administrator and a former professional footballer Raymond Stubbs (born Wallasey, Wirral, 1956) is a broadcaster and former footballer Eamon Gerard O'Keefe (also referred to as Eamonn O'Keefe) (born 13 October 1953 in Manchester) is an English -born Irish Neville Southall MBE (born 16 September 1958 is a Welsh former footballer, best known for his time with Everton. William David Davies, better known as Dai Davies (born April 1 1948 in Glanaman, Wales) is a former professional footballer John McClelland (born 7 December 1955 in Belfast) is a former Northern Irish footballer who played as a defender Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Retrieved on 2008-04-09. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans)
- ^ "Sarreli turns out to be Italian conman", Fife Today, 2006-06-29. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Retrieved on 2008-04-09. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans)
External links
- Bangor City home page
- The Independent Bangor City Football Club Historical Website
- The Citizens Choice
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