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Former association football club in Wales

Football club
Courtaulds Greenfield
Full nameCourtaulds Greenfield Football Club
GroundMainetti Park, Greenfield

Courtaulds Greenfield Football Club was a Welsh football team based in Greenfield, Flintshire, North Wales. The team played in the Welsh National League (North) for two seasons in the early 1980s which was the top-level of football in North Wales in the Welsh football league system. They were league champions in 1981–82.

History

Courtaulds Greenfield were a factory team for Courtaulds.

The team played in the inaugural season of the Clwyd Football League in 1974–75 along with another team representing the factory in Flint, Courtaulds Flint.

The team reached a Welsh Cup quarter final where they lost to Hereford United. In 1981–82 they were Welsh National League (North) champions. - in the 1982–83 season they finished fourth, but after that did not feature in the league. The club's reserve team played in the Clwyd League Division One during the same season, finishing 6th.

In the 1983–84 season, competing as Greenfield they finished 8th in the Premier Division of the Clwyd League.

The demise of the factory in 1985 was linked to the end of the football team.

A new club, Greenfield, formed in 2005, now represents the village, and uses the former ground of the team.

Honours

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

References

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  2. "Welsh League North 1982-83". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  3. "Clwyd League 1982-83". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. "Clwyd League 1983-84". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  5. "Courtaulds (Plant Closure)". Hansard. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  6. "Welsh League North 1981-82". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  7. "Clwyd League 1976-77". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  8. "Clwyd League 1977-78". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  9. "Clwyd League 1975-76". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  10. ^ Jones, Dave (15 March 2020). "Return of the North Wales Coast Intermediate Cup". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 13 October 2021.


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