Aberystwyth Town
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| Full name | Aberystwyth Town Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Seasiders, Black and Greens, Aber Town |
| Founded | 1884 |
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Park Avenue Aberystwyth |
| Capacity | 5,000 (1,002 seated) |
| Chairman | Donald Kane |
| Manager | Tony Pennock |
| League | Welsh Premier League |
| 2016-17 | Welsh Premier League, 10th |
| Website | Club home page |
| Manager | Emyr Jones |
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| League | WPL Development League - South |
| 2016–17 | 7th |
| Manager | Kevin Jenkins |
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| League | Women's Welsh Premier League |
| 2016–17 | 9th |
| Founded | 2013 |
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| Coach | Steven Brookes, Tomos Robson & Eirian Reynolds |
| League | West Wales PAN Disability Football League |
Aberystwyth Town Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-Droed Tref Aberystwyth) is a semi-professional football team, playing in the Welsh Premier League.
The club was founded in 1884, and plays at Park Avenue, Aberystwyth, where their ground accommodates 5,000 spectators with 1,002 of that capacity seated. The club is a founding member of the Welsh Premier League, one of only three clubs to boast this feat.
The club's youth team, Aberystwyth Town Under 19's, currently play in the Welsh Premier Development League – South, whilst the Ladies team play in the Welsh Premier Women's League. The club prides itself on its academy, which has produced many players that have played for the first team and some that have gone on to play at higher levels, the most prominent being Tom Bradshaw, who currently plays for Barnsley FC in Football League Championship.
The team's first choice strip is green shirts with a white stripes, black shorts and socks. The second choice strip is orange shirts with black trim, black shorts and socks.
Although Aberystwyth Town FC was formed in 1884, the club probably existed in the 1870s in an earlier incarnation - the re-establishment of a "town" club is recorded in 1876. The club was founded by Arthur Hughes, son of a local solicitor, and his brothers Jack and Hugh. Although football had been played in the town since at least the early 1870s, it was in October 1884 that Arthur Hughes placed an advertisement in the local press :
Aberystwyth Football Club
Gentlemen wishing to join the above club are requested to attend a meeting to be held at the Belle Vue Hotel on Saturday, the 4th inst., at 4pm. Members' subscriptions to be paid in advance, 2s. 6d.
The club's early days were limited to friendly matches, as the club did not join a league until 1896. It joined the Welsh League for a year, before reverting to playing friendlies again. After only one season they reverted to playing friendly matches but were firmly on the map in 1900, convincingly beating fancied Druids 3-0 in the Welsh Cup final and becoming the first team from mid-Wales to take the trophy. But this Welsh Cup victory almost proved to be their downfall as they hit a massive financial crisis and a mass exodus of players.
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