New Brighton Villa F.C.

New Brighton Villa
Full nameNew Brighton Villa Football Club
Nickname(s)The Yellers
Founded1997
Dissolved2023
GroundEstadio de Mark Lopez
2022–23North East Wales Premier Division, 5th of 10 (club folded after season)

New Brighton Villa Football Club was a Welsh football team based in New Brighton in Flintshire, north-east Wales. The team last played in the North East Wales Football League Premier Division, which is at the fourth tier of the Welsh football league system.

History

The original New Brighton Villa, existed between 1987 and 1996, and competed in the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division before they folded. This current version of the club was founded in 1997 as New Brighton FC, before changing back to New Brighton Villa in 2008.[1]

The club joined the newly formed North East Wales Football League in 2020 as a Premier Division club.[2]

In June 2023, following the end of the season, the club announced it was folding with immediate effect.[3]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "New Brighton Villa". The 94th Minute. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Let The Good Times Begin!!". North East Wales Football League. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Club statement: NBV call it a day". New Brighton Villa FC. Pitchero. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. ^ "New Brighton Villa". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 19 August 2021.


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