Machno United F.C. Explained
Machno United Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl Droed Machno Unedig) is a Welsh football team based in Penmachno, Conwy, North Wales. The team was due to play in North Wales Coast East Football League Division One for the 2021–22 season, which is at the fifth tier of the Welsh football league system, but withdrew before the season started.
History
The club, formed in 1947, have won 12 Vale of Conwy League titles, the NWCFA Junior Cup twice and lifted championships in the Caernarfon and District and Vale of Clwyd and Conwy leagues.[1]
In 2017, the club's supporters helped secure the club's future by fundraising efforts to purchase the field they had played on for the last 85 years after the retirement of the farmer who owned the land led to it coming up for sale.[2]
In July 2020 it was confirmed that the club would join the new North Wales Coast East Football League as a Division One side, tier 5 of the Welsh football pyramid.[3] However, in May 2021, the club confirmed they would be taking a season off and withdrew from the league before the season started, citing problems with the club's pitch and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on player availability.[1]
Honours
League
- Vale of Conwy League
- Champions (12): 1948–49,[4] 1949–50,[5] 1960–61,[6] 1966–67,[7] 1967–68,[8] 1968–69,[9] 1971–72,[10] 1972–73,[11] 1973–74,[12] 1985–86,[13] 1991–92,[14] 1994–95[15]
- Runners-up (8): 1951–52,[16] 1953–54,[17] 1959–60,[18] 1974–75,[19] 1983–84,[20] 1993–94,[21] 1995–96,[22] 2001–02[23]
- Gwynedd League
- Premier Division – Runners-up: 1990–91
- Division One – Runners-up: 2002–03[24]
- Caernarfon & District League
- Division Two – Champions: 2011–12[25]
- Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League
- Division One – Champions: 2012–13
Cups
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Jones . Dave . Machno United boss assures: "We WILL be back" . Grassroots North Wales . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Jones . Mari . Football club saved from extinction after fans pitch in to save its turf from being sold off . Daily Post . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Jones . Dean . Football: NWCFA East League structure confirmed . Rhyl, Prestatyn & Abergele Journal . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1948-49 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1949-50 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1960-61 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1966-67 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1967-68 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1968-69 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1971-72 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1972-73 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1973-74 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1985-86 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1991-92 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1994-95 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1951-52 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1953-54 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1959-60 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1974-75 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1983-84 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1993-94 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 1995-96 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Vale of Conwy League 2001-02 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Gwynedd League 2002-03 . Wlelsh Football Data Archive . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Awards . Machno United . 10 October 2021.
- Web site: Jones . Dave . Machno United to take a year out from football . Grassroots North Wales . 10 October 2021.