[29], In May 2019 the club were found in breach of various league and FAW regulations by the Football Association of Wales (FAW), fined and docked 42 points from their 2018–19 Cymru Alliance points total. Matches. In the return leg in Madrid, Bangor lost 1–0. When The Great War was declared in the August of that year, football was abandoned in Bangor as many young men rushed to join up and the then leading junior teams in the town, Bangor Rangers and Clifton Amateurs, folded. At the end of 1977–78 when Southport was relegated from the English Football League Fourth Division, Bangor City, Boston United and Wigan Athletic were considered for promotion instead. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. A playoff had to be played, at Arsenal's Highbury Stadium, in London and AS Napoli won 2–1. In July 2012 Bangor City forward Les Davies made the 32-man longlist for UEFA's best player in Europe award.[5][6][7][8]. “All the clubs are the same, they don’t know what they have ahead of them. Bangor FC. Please support the local businesses that support your club. Jordan Holmes - Great inspiration for all of us: 25/03/2019. Official website.

“They play for Bangor which is a big club and they have a target on their backs. “But then when I was driving down the road, and when I woke up the next morning, I had a few little regrets. The club was also left facing a transfer embargo until 31 December 2019 and was facing a third winding up order from HMRC over further unpaid tax. Contact Us. Needing to fulfill their home fixtures in the league the club used the Bangor Cricket Club ground at Farrar Road.


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Between winning the Welsh Cup and playing their opponents, FC Haka, the manager and most of the team had left, so new manager John King had to put together a completely new side, a week before the start of the Welsh football season (and three-quarters of the way through the Finnish football season). [60] The U19 side compete in the Welsh Premier U19 League.[61].

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When the club was first founded, Bangor played their home games on a small field called Maes-y-Dref in the Hirael area of the City. Bangor Football Club, Bangor, County Down. The Citizens lost the away leg 2–1 to bow out. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. An Asda supermarket now stands on the site. Association football club in Bangor, Wales, This article is about the football club in Wales. © 2008, 2020. [22], On 26 April 2018 the FAW Club Licensing Appeals Body decided to revoke the club's Tier 1 and UEFA license due to not meeting financial criteria [23] meaning that they would automatically drop down to the second level of Welsh football the next season, despite a second-placed finish in the Welsh Premier League, and would not be able to compete for a place in the following season's Europa League.
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The first Bangor FC was founded, according to local legend, in 1914 in a rowing boat on Bangor Bay. “Bangor were a big club at one stage and we want to return the club to where they belong. Read article.

“Owners” will come and go but the people remain. Bangor ended the 2008–09 season with yet more silverware as they retained the Welsh Cup by defeating Aberystwyth Town 2–0 in a match held at Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli.

On 12 May 1984 Bangor became the first Welsh club to play at Wembley since Cardiff in 1927, when reaching the FA Trophy final against Northwich Victoria.