Abergavenny Town F.C.
| Full name | Abergavenny Town Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Pennies, The Butchers | ||
| Founded | 2014 | ||
| Ground | Pen-Y-Pound Stadium | ||
| Chairman | Rob Francis | ||
| Manager | Ben Murphy | ||
| League | Welsh Football League Division One | ||
| 2019–20 | Welsh Football League Division One, 13th | ||
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Abergavenny Town Football Club is a Welsh association football club based in the town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, who play in the Welsh Football League Division One. The club was founded in June 2014 after local side Govilon changed their name,[1] eleven months after the former club Abergavenny Thursdays folded, citing a lack of players as the reason.[2]
The new club was entered into the Gwent County League First Division for the 2014-15 season. They finished the season as champions of that division after going the entire league campaign unbeaten . This earned the club a place in the Third Division of the Welsh Football League. Success continued during the 2015/16 season as the club won promotion to the Second Division after finishing second in the league. The club also won the FAW trophy following a 1-0 victory over Sully Sports. The 2016/17 saw Abergavenny finish 11th in the Second division and the end of the season saw long time servant and Manager Steve “Butch” Morgan leave the club after 20 years of involvement at Govillon and Abergavenny. Season 2017/18 saw the club promote reserve team player/manager Ben Bannon to first team manager. Bannon led the team to a 10th place finish in the league.[3]
Pen-Y-Pound Stadium
Football has been played at Pen-Y-Pound since around the 1930s. Stadium development including building a 250 seat stand and club house were to achieved by Thursday's first management committee led by local businessman Vince Sullivan. Unfortunately the stand hasn't been used since the League of Wales days in the early 1990s but the club are try to get the stand reopened and used in the future.
In 1963 Pen-Y-Pound was used a helicopter landing site for John Lennon. The Beatles were playing in the Town and Lennon had been in London making an appearance on the BBC television show Juke Box Jury. He landed in Abergavenny's Penypound football ground at 9.50pm, and was driven straight to the Town Hall.[4]
The ground has hosted a couple of Welsh Youth international matches during the years.
Honours
- Gwent County League Division 1 Champions – 2014–15[5]
- Welsh Football League Division 3 Runners Up - 2015-16
- FAW Trophy Winners - 2015-15
References
- ^ "Abergavenny Town". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ Penman, Andrew (20 August 2013). "Abergavenny Thursdays withdraw from Gwent County League". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Welcome to the Official Home of Abergavenny Town FC". www.abergavennytownfc.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "The Beatles Bible - Live: Town Hall, Abergavenny". The Beatles Bible. 22 June 1963. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "History". Abergavenny Town F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
