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Cambrian Coast Football League

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Cambrian Coast Football League
Founded1920
Folded1963
Countryย Wales

The Cambrian Coast Football League was a football league covering Mid Wales, in Wales, United Kingdom. It was also known during its history as the Cambrian Coast League.

League History

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The league was founded in January 1920. It ran in the post-World War One period through to the end of the 1921โ€“22 season, before it was absorbed into the Welsh National League system.[1] It was reformed for the 1930โ€“31 season as an eight club league. The league considered a proposal to merge with the Mid-Wales League in May 1935 but rejected this and continued, inviting additional clubs to join the league.[2]

The league ran through to the end of the 1962โ€“63 season. Plans to reform the league in 1971 failed, and the league never returned.[3]

The history of the league was documented by Mel ap Ior Thomas, who set up the Welsh Football Data Archive. He researched, wrote and published the โ€˜History of the Cambrian Coast Leagueโ€™.[4]

League Champions

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Those years empty are not known.[5]

1910s

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1920s

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1930s

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  • 1930โ€“31: โ€“ Machynlleth
  • 1931โ€“32: โ€“ Machynlleth
  • 1932โ€“33: โ€“ Aberystwyth Town
  • 1933โ€“34: โ€“ Aberystwyth Town
  • 1934โ€“35: โ€“ Aberystwyth Town[7]
  • 1935โ€“36: โ€“ Aberystwyth Town
  • 1936โ€“37: โ€“ Aberystwyth Town
  • 1937โ€“38: โ€“ Aberdyfi Town
  • 1938โ€“39: โ€“ Machynlleth
  • 1939โ€“40: โ€“ Football suspended - World War Two

1940s

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  • 1940โ€“41: โ€“ Football suspended - World War Two
  • 1941โ€“42: โ€“ Football suspended - World War Two
  • 1942โ€“43: โ€“ Football suspended - World War Two
  • 1944โ€“45: โ€“ Football suspended - World War Two
  • 1945โ€“46: โ€“ Tywyn
  • 1946โ€“47: โ€“ Machynlleth
  • 1947โ€“48: โ€“ Machynlleth
  • 1948โ€“49: โ€“ Machynlleth
  • 1949โ€“50: โ€“ Aberystwyth Town

1950s

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  • 1950โ€“51: โ€“ 55th R.A. Tonfannau 'B'
  • 1951โ€“52: โ€“ Bryncrug
  • 1952โ€“53: โ€“ 55th R.A. Tonfannau
  • 1953โ€“54: โ€“ 37th H.A.A. Tonfannau
  • 1954โ€“55: โ€“ Barmouth & Dyffryn United
  • 1955โ€“56: โ€“ 55th R.A. Tonfannau
  • 1956โ€“57: โ€“ Aberystwyth Town
  • 1957โ€“58: โ€“ 55th R.A. Tonfannau
  • 1958โ€“59: โ€“ Bala Town
  • 1959โ€“60: โ€“ Porthmadog Reserves

1960s

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  • 1960โ€“61: โ€“ Corris United
  • 1961โ€“62: โ€“ Porthmadog Reserves
  • 1962โ€“63: โ€“ Bala Town

References

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  1. โ†‘ https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/barmouthdyffrynfc/a/club-history--50329.html?page=1
  2. โ†‘ "Football - The Cambrian Football League". British Newspaper Archive. Welsh Gazette. 30 May 1935. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  3. โ†‘ "No league reform" - Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition), Thursday 24 June 1971 (page 13)
  4. โ†‘ Jones, Dave (11 November 2023). "Farewell to a true gent and genuine giant of Welsh football โ€“ Mel ap Ior Thomas". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  5. โ†‘ "CAMBRIAN COAST LEAGUE ALL SEASONS". Welsh Soccer Archive. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  6. โ†‘ https://welshallianceleague.co.uk/club-info/520356
  7. โ†‘ "Cambrian Coast League". British Newspaper Archive. Welsh Gazette. 2 May 1935. Retrieved 27 March 2025.