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| Full name | Ammanford Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1992 | ||
| Ground | The Rec,Ammanford | ||
| Manager | Gruff Harrison | ||
| League | Cymru South | ||
| 2024–25 | Cymru South, 10th of 16 | ||
| Website | https://ammanfordafc.co.uk/ | ||
Ammanford Association Football Club is afootball club fromAmmanford,Carmarthenshire in Wales. They play in theCymru South. They are now based at the Recreation Ground in Ammanford. The club is affiliated to theFootball Association of Wales (FAW), West Wales Football Association (WWFA),Welsh Football League and the Carmarthenshire Association Football League.
Football was played in the Ammanford andBetws parish in the 1920s by Ammanford Thursdays (who only played when the shops closed on Thursday afternoons). In the 1930s Ammanford Corinthians played on Betws Park. Betws Blackbirds football team was founded circa 1946, later joining the Carmarthenshire League. The club were elected to the Welsh league and in 1952 reached the final of the West Wales Amateur Cup. In the 1958–59 season they won promotion to the first division.[1]
In 1960 the club changed their name to Ammanford Town, to avoid confusion with similarly named teams. They merged with Ammanford Athletic A.F.C. in 1992, changing their name to Ammanford A.F.C.[1]
The club reached the fourth round of theWelsh Cup in 1991[1] and made it to the quarter-finals in February 1999.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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