Monmouth Town F.C.
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| Full name | Monmouth Town Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Kingfishers |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Ground | Chippenham Sports Ground |
| Capacity | 300 standing in covered grandstand |
| Chairman | Robin Pick |
| Manager | TBC |
| League | Welsh Football League Division One |
| 2013–14 | Welsh Football League Division One 1st (of 16) |
| Website | Club home page |
Monmouth Town Football Club is a Welsh football club based in the historic town of Monmouth. The team currently play in the Welsh Football League Division One.
The Monmouthshire Beacon reports on 7 October 1876 that Monmouth Town FC will commence its season on 12 October. There is evidence to suggest that an ’association club’ was playing in all white at Dixton Road in the town in the year 1906. The Monmouth Beacon of 14 December recalls this and adds a comment about a period when football had been extinct in Monmouth. Indeed, research shows that Monmouth were joint champions of the Monmouth and District League in 1925–26 with Clearwell FC.
The next honour recorded by the Town was victory on the Monmouthshire Senior cup on the eve of war in 1940, defeating Lovell’s Athletic, (aka the Toffeemen) then about to lift the Southern League West title, 3–2 at Monmouth Sportsground which is still home today.
Nearly 20 years later, in 1958, the Town lifted the Monmouthshire Amateur cup beating Cefn Fforest 3–0 at Pontllanfraith. The following season saw victories in both the Monmouthshire senior and Monmouth Amateur cups.
Town's only appearance in the FA Cup was a 2nd preliminary round defeat away at Llanelli on 6 October 1945.
Silverware was scarce with wins in the Gwent amateur cup in 1984 and 1996 being highlights of many years gracing the fields of Newport and the Gwent Leagues with an occasional foray into the English Forest of Dean and Herefordshire leagues.
More recently the Town were relegated to the bottom tier of the Gwent County just three years ago. The returning Andrew Smith took up the reins and gained promotion in his first season in charge finishing runners up to Rogerstone. At the beginning of 2005–06 season the club adopted ‘the Kingfishers’ nickname and logo in homage to a peculiar legend outlined later.
The season ended with fourteen match winning run as Town clinched the Gwent County Division Two title ahead of Newport Civil Service.
2006–07 almost saw a repeat but were Town were pipped by Civil for the title. However, The Kingfishers were offered the chance to take the step into the Welsh league for the first time in their history.
With Robin Pick and Barry Burns at the helm The Kingfishers won the Division Three title in 2010–11 and followed it with The Division Two title in 2011–12, Dan MacDonald scoring a remarkable 44 goals.
Their first ever season in Division One ended with a seventh-place finish after topping the table as late as March. The Kingfishers were also finalists in the Gwent Senior Cup for the first time since 1940 but lost out 1–0 to Caldicot Town.
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