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Wikipedia - Ammanford A.F.C.
Ammanford Association Football Club is a football club from Ammanford, Carmarthenshire in Wales. They play in the Cymru South. They are now based at the Recreation Ground in Ammanford. The club is affiliated to the Football Association of Wales (FAW), West Wales Football Association (WWFA), Welsh Football League and the Carmarthenshire Association Football League.
History
Football was played in the Ammanford and Betws 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.
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.
The club reached the fourth round of the Welsh Cup in 1991 and made it to the quarter-finals in February 1999.
De clubkleuren zijn blauw en wit. Het thuisstadion van Ammanford AFC heeft een capaciteit van 3.000 toeschouwers.
Ammanford AFC heeft een rijke geschiedenis en heeft in de loop der jaren verschillende successen geboekt. Zo won de club in 1923 de Welsh Cup en in 1924 de Welsh League Cup.
In de laatste jaren is Ammanford AFC een stabiele club in de Welsh Football League Division Two. De club eindigde in het seizoen 2021/22 op de 10e plaats.
Ammanford AFC staat bekend om haar passievolle fans en haar familiale sfeer. De club is een belangrijk onderdeel van de gemeenschap van Ammanford en trekt veel supporters naar haar thuiswedstrijden.