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Colwyn Bay

Full name

Colwyn Bay Football Club

Nickname(s)

Seagulls

Founded

1881

Ground

Llanelian Road, Old Colwyn
(Capacity 2,500)

Chairman

Geoff Cartwright

Manager

Steve Pope

League

Northern Premier League
Division One North

2007-08

Northern Premier League
Division One South, 7th (of 18)





Home colours





Away colours

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History

The club traces its history back to 1881 when a Colwyn Bay club was first formed. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common They entered the North Wales Coast Football League in 1901 and remained in this league until it folded in 1921, whereupon they joined the Welsh National League. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The club became founder members of the North Wales Football Combination in 1930, marking their first entrance into English football, as the new league also covered Cheshire. Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England.

They won this new league in its first season of existence and so moved on to the Birmingham & District League, until returning to Welsh football as members of the Welsh League (North) in 1937 after experiencing travelling difficulties in the West Midlands-based competition. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The West Midlands conurbation is the name given to the large Conurbation that includes the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the large towns of The club remained in their new home for many years before successive championships in 1983 and 1984 saw them return to a higher level, this time the North West Counties Football League. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Overview The league was formed in 1982 by the merger of the Cheshire County League and the Lancashire Combination.

The club made rapid progress in their new surroundings, winning promotions and also reaching the FA Cup First Round for the first time in their history in the 1987-88 season, losing 1-0 to Northwich Victoria. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Northwich Victoria Football Club is an English football club based in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire. In the 1990-91 season the club was finally promoted to the Northern Premier League as runners-up following the demise of South Liverpool, representing their highest level reached at that time. History The Northern Premier League (NPL was founded in 1968, as the northern equivalent of the Southern League, decades after the other two leagues at what South Liverpool FC are a football club from Liverpool, England.

Despite winning the Northern Premier League First Division in 1992, the club soon faced problems as the Football Association of Wales decided to ban Wales-based teams from continuing in English non-league football in order to boost its new League of Wales competition. Split At the beginning of the 2007-08 season the league was split into the Northern Premier League Division One North and the Northern Premier League Division One South The Football Association of Wales (Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru is the governing body of Association football in Wales, being a member of both FIFA The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. After a series of failed court battles, Colwyn Bay were forced to leave Wales and seek temporary homes in Northwich and Ellesmere Port in order to continue in the NPL. Northwich is a town in Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Ellesmere Port is a large industrial town and cargo port in the district of Ellesmere Port and Neston, Cheshire, England, situated in the south of the The club eventually won an overturning of the ruling at the High Court in London in April 1995, allowing them to return to their home ground. For the Cameroonian court by this name see High Court of Justice (Cameroon, for the Israeli court of this name see Supreme Court of Israel. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995

The club had managed to maintain their status as members of the Northern Premier League Premier Division throughout the ordeal, although things began to look more uncertain when Bryn Jones stepped down as manager after 18 years at the end of the 2000-01 season, long-serving player Colin Caton took over as player-manager and managed to keep the team up, but they were relegated in 2002-03 and Caton stepped down. Current clubs Past winners 1968-69 Macclesfield Town 1969-70 Macclesfield Town 1970-71 Wigan His replacement Jimmy Mullen lasted only one season as he failed to gain promotion. James " Jimmy " Mullen (born November 8, 1952 in Jarrow, County Durham) is an English football His successor Adie Jones, who was appointed in May 2004, could not secure promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division and left the club at the end of the 2005-06 season after two years in charge. Current clubs Past winners 1968-69 Macclesfield Town 1969-70 Macclesfield Town 1970-71 Wigan In his place the club appointed former Manchester United striker Peter Davenport as their new manager on 24 May, 2006. Peter Davenport (born March 24 1961 in Birkenhead) is an English former professional footballer and until April 2008 was manager of He resigned as manager on 15 January, 2007 to take charge of Nationwide Conference side Southport Gary Finley was appointed manager on 23 January, 2007. Southport Football Club are an English football club based in Southport, Merseyside. Finley was sacked at the end of the 2007/2008 season following the Bay's failure to reach the UniBond League Division One South play-offs. Steve Pope was appointed manager on 13 May, 2008.

The club's best FA Cup run came during the 1995-96 season when they reached the Second Round, before bowing out 2-0 away to Blackpool. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 and located in the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. The Seagulls reached the quarter finals of the FA Trophy during the 1996-97 season,losing to Stevenage Borough The club have also reached the semi finals of the Welsh Cup on three occasions, but no longer participate in the competition as they play in the English pyramid. History It was created by The Football Association in 1969 for Semi-professional teams to complement the existing FA Amateur Cup. Stevenage Borough FC are an English football team based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, currently playing in the Conference National The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales.

2006-07 season

A good run of 17 points from seven games near the end of the 2006-07 season had given Colwyn Bay a good chance of making the play-offs and going into the final weekend of the season, they needed to equal Stocksbridge's result at Rossendale. A 2-1 defeat to Eastwood looked to have cost the Bay, but a last minute goal conceded by Stocksbridge meant they too were defeated and Colwyn had qualified for the play-offs. They travelled to Cammell Laird on 1 May, 2007. Cammell Laird twice took the lead but it looked like Colwyn Bay would force extra time in with a 90th minute equaliser. However, in the final minute of stoppage time Cammell Laird scored to send the Welsh side out 3-2.

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