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| Full name | Merthyr Tydfil Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Martyrs (formerly The Lilywhites) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Penydarren Park Merthyr Tydfil Wales (Capacity 10,000) |
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| Chairman |  Wyn Holloway |
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| Manager | Garry Shephard |
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| League | Southern League Premier Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | Southern League Premier Division, 13th (of 22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Merthyr Tydfil Football Club is a Welsh football club, based at the Penydarren Park ground in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. 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. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Penydarren Park is the stadium is for Merthyr Tydfil FC in Merthyr Tydfil. Merthyr Tydfil today Government The current Borough boundaries date back to 1974 when the former county borough of Merthyr Tydfil expanded slightly to cover The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Clubs for 2008-09 season Champions 1894-95 Millwall Athletic 1895-96 Millwall Athletic 1896-97 Southampton Clubs for 2008-09 season Champions 1894-95 Millwall Athletic 1895-96 Millwall Athletic 1896-97 Southampton Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Penydarren Park is the stadium is for Merthyr Tydfil FC in Merthyr Tydfil. Merthyr Tydfil today Government The current Borough boundaries date back to 1974 when the former county borough of Merthyr Tydfil expanded slightly to cover Glamorgan or Glamorganshire (Morgannwg is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. The team currently play in the Southern League Premier Division. Clubs for 2008-09 season Champions 1894-95 Millwall Athletic 1895-96 Millwall Athletic 1896-97 Southampton
They are unrelated to the town's previous football club, Merthyr Town, who played in The Football League during the 1920s, but folded in 1934. Merthyr Town were a Welsh football club that played in the English Football League during the 1920s but apparently folded in 1934 The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs
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History
In the 1945/6 season, Merthyr Tydfil were runners-up in the Welsh League, and joined the Southern League. Structure The league is made up of three divisions (named the First Division, the Second Division and the Third Division) each having 18 clubs The club were immensely successful in their first few seasons, winning the championship in 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1954. In the 1947/8 championship winning season, at home, Merthyr only dropped one point against Colchester United and only lost four games all season. Colchester United Football Club is an English football team who play in League One for the 2008-09 season following confirmation of their relegation on However, despite their success, the club failed to be elected to the Football League. The 1950/1 season ended with Merthyr winning the Southern League, the Welsh Cup, the Southern League Cup and the Welsh Challenge Cup.
After bouncing between the various Southern League divisions during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the club finally won their sixth championship in 1989, making them joint Southern League title record-holders together with Southampton. Southampton Football Club is a professional English football team, nicknamed The Saints and based in the city of Southampton. This time, winning the championship meant promotion to the Football Conference, the fifth level of English football. Organisation The Football Conference stands at the top of the National League System (NLS a comprehensive structure linking together over 50 different leagues under the The club did quite well, finishing 9th in their first two seasons, and then 4th. However, the club went into decline, and were relegated back to the Southern League in 1995, and have remained there since. They should have been relegated a season earlier, but were reprieved when Northern Premier League champions Marine failed to meet the stadium criteria for the league. 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 Marine Football Club are an English football club who play in Crosby Merseyside.
Being a Welsh club playing in an English League, Merthyr Tydfil were able to play in both the FA Cup, and the Welsh Cup until the Welsh FA stopped the Welsh clubs in the English pyramid from entering. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales. 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 club's best FA Cup performance has been to reach the 2nd round, which they managed in 1946/7 (losing 3-1 to Reading), 1954/5 (losing 7-1 to Bradford City), 1973/4 (losing 3-0 to Hendon), 1979/80 (losing 3-1 in a replay with Chesham United) and 1990/1 (losing 5-1 to Woking). Reading Football Club are an Association football club based in the English town of Reading, in Berkshire. Bradford City Association Football Club (also known as The Bantams, and previously The Paraders) is an English football club based in Bradford Hendon Football Club are an English football club based in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet, London, England. Chesham United is an English football club based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, currently playing in the Southern League. The only time the club managed to actually beat a Football League club in the FA Cup was in the first round of the 1946/7 cup, when they beat Bristol Rovers 3-1. Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football team based in Bristol.
The club were considerably more successful in the Welsh Cup, which they have won on three occasions; 1949 (beating Swansea City 2-0), 1951 (beating Cardiff City 3-2 in a replay) and 1987 (beating Newport County 1-0 in a replay). Swansea City AFC ( Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh football team playing in the Coca Cola Championship from Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Newport County are a Welsh football team based in the city of Newport. In addition, the club finished as runners-up in 1947 and 1952.
After winning the final in 1987, the club were allowed to enter the European Cup Winners' Cup. In the first round, they were drawn against the Italian club Atalanta. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football The club managed a sensational win in the first leg at home, beating the Italians 2-1. However, the return leg was lost 2-0, and the club were out.
Currently, the club's biggest rivals are Gloucester City. Gloucester City are a semi-professional football club based in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, currently playing in the Southern League. The two clubs have played over 120 times in their history, making it the most played Anglo-Welsh derby in football.
2007/2008 Season
Season 2007/2008 brought about many challenges, with the club battling to retain their British Gas Business Southern Football League Premier Division status, and a bitter feud between the Board of Directors and Supporters Trust.
In the FA Cup, The Martyr's progressed to the First Round Proper, where they met former Football League Cup winners Oxford United. A crowd of over 1,000 turned up as Merthyr lost narrowly 2-1 at Penydarren Park.
Towards the end of the season, Merthyr Tydfil FC took a significant step in launching their first official club website (http://www.merthyrfootball.co.uk) with which to market the club, communicate with fans and bring in some much-needed revenue.
The Martyrs finished 2007/2008 in 13th place after flirting with relegation in the latter part of the Southern Football League Premier Division campaign. On the final day of the season league leaders Kings Lynn travelled to Penydarren Park and their 2-0 victory, watched by Merthyr's highest home league crowd of the season (912), confirmed the Norfolk side's promotion as champions.
Current squad
Club records
- Record Attendance: 21,000 vs. Dean Clarke (born 28 July 1983 in Hereford) is an English footballer who currently plays for Merthyr Tydfil. Reading, FA Cup 2nd Round 1949
- Best league pyramid position: 4th in Football Conference, 1991/92
- Most goals scored in a League Season: 187 in the Welsh League, 1945/46
- Least goals conceded in a League Season: 32 in the Southern League Western Division, 2002/03
Notable former players/managers
- John Charles CBE (player-manager during the 1970s, formerly with Leeds United and Juventus and a member of the Welsh national team)
Bob Latchford (player, previously with Birmingham City, Everton and was also capped by the England national team)
Tommy Hutchison (player in the early 90's, previously with Burnley, Swansea City and many other teams)- Colin Addison (manager from 1996-8, previously managed Notts County, West Brom, Derby County, Newport County, Celta Vigo and Atlético Madrid amongst others)
- Nathan Jones (player during the mid-nineties, now playing with Yeovil Town)
- Tom Ramasut (player during the 1998-1999 season)
- Leroy Rosenior (manager, previously managed Gloucester City)
- John Relish (manager during 2004/05 season)
- Tim Harris (manager during 2005-2006, previously managed Forest Green Rovers, Cinderford Town and Newport County)
External links
- Unofficial Club Website
- Full Record of Merthyr Tydfil's League Positions
- Diagnosis Merthyr : Merthyr Tydfil FC Fansite
- Old Merthyr Tydfil: Penydarren Park - Historical Photographs of Merthyr Tydfil F. For the American football player of the same name see John Charles (American football. Leeds United Association Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Leeds United or informally Leeds, are an English professional football The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. Robert Dennis "Bob" Latchford (born 18 January 1951) is an English former Association footballer who played as a centre forward Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football Thomas " Tommy " Hutchison (born 22 September 1947 in Cardenden, Fife) is a Scottish former professional Burnley Football Club, nicknamed The Clarets, is a professional football club managed by Owen Coyle and based in Burnley, Lancashire Swansea City AFC ( Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh football team playing in the Coca Cola Championship from Colin Addison (born 18 May 1940 in Taunton, Somerset) is an English former professional footballer and manager Notts County Football Club is a football club based in Nottingham, England, and the oldest of all the clubs that are now professional West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or WBA) are Derby County Football Club is a professional football club based at Pride Park Stadium in Derby England. Newport County are a Welsh football team based in the city of Newport. Real Club Celta de Vigo Sociedad Anonima Deportiva is a Spanish football team from Vigo in Galicia. Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid who play in the Primera División of La Liga. Nathan Jones (born Rhondda, Wales, May 28 1973) is a Welsh professional Football (soccer left sided defender currently Tom Ramasut (real name Mahan Ramasut, born 30 August 1977 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh footballer of Thai Leroy Rosenior (born 24 August 1964 in Clapham, London) is an English -born Sierra Leonean football coach Gloucester City are a semi-professional football club based in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, currently playing in the Southern League. John Relish (born 5 October 1953 in Huyton, Lancashire) is an English football manager and former player currently managing Tim Harris (born October 17, 1959) is an English football manager Forest Green Rovers FC is an English football team based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. Cinderford Town FC are a football club based in Cinderford in Gloucestershire, England. Newport County are a Welsh football team based in the city of Newport. C. & Penydarren Park.
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