Garden Village A.F.C.
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| Full name | Garden Village Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Village, The Canaries |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Ground | Stafford Common, Kingsbridge |
| Capacity | 2,000 - 75 seats |
| Chairman | Lynn Jones |
| Manager | Paul Lewis |
| League | Welsh Football League Division Two |
| 2011-12 |
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Welsh Football League Division Two, 8th (of 16)
Garden Village Association Football Club is a football club, based in Swansea, south west Wales and currently playing in the Welsh Football League Division Two. The club is affiliated to the Football Association of Wales (FAW), West Wales Football Association (WWFA), Welsh Football League and the Carmarthenshire Association Football League.
Garden Village A.F.C. was founded in 1922 and started playing football at Swansea League level before joining the Carmarthenshire Football League midway through the 20th century. After numerous league and cup successes over the years, Garden Village gained promotion into the Welsh Football League at the end of the 1998/99 season after finishing second in the Premier Division of the Carmarthenshire League, and successfully beating Neath League team Cwmamman United in the Welsh League promotion play-off to become the West Wales representative in the Pyramid system.
In only our first season of Welsh League football, the club secured promotion by finishing third in Division 3 behind Garw and Ely Rangers - one point ahead of fourth-placed AFC Llwydcoed - and also fared well in the Welsh Cup; a run that saw them dispose of Pontyclun and Ely Rangers before being knocked out by the then Welsh Cup holder &League of Wales side Inter Cardiff.
The Second Division proved to be a much tougher test for Village but managed to finish a respectable eighth in our first season. We did, however, manage to secure promotion in our second season winning the final game of the season at Chepstow Town and become Division Two Champions.Village had just one short spell in the top flight of Welsh League football before they were relegated at the first attempt. An excellent run of form towards the end of the season, which almost kept them up, but unfortunately this co-in sided with other teams hit similar form and Village narrowly missed out on survival, finishing two points adrift of Ely Rangers.
After a number of seasons in Division Two, where the club never finished outside of the top 8 positions, the club regained Division One status when they finished third in season 2008/09. We remained in top division for two seasons but, unfortunately, a poor season in 2010/11 saw us relegated back into Division Two.
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