Flint Town United F.C.

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Flint Town United

Full name

Flint Town United Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Silkmen

Founded

c. 1946

Ground

Cae-y-Castell
Flint, Flintshire
(Capacity 1,000
250 Seated)

Chairman

Alan Baines

Manager

Dave Beck/Paul Davies (joint)

League

Cymru Alliance

2007-08

Cymru Alliance, 3rd (of 18)





Home colours





Away colours

Flint Town United FC is a Welsh football club representing the Flintshire town of Flint in Wales. They are nicknamed the The Silkmen, and play their home games at Cae-y-Castell, Flint. They currently play in the Cymru Alliance league.

1 Overview
2 History
3 Notable Former Players
4 Recent history
5 External Links

[edit] Overview

Flint Town United currently play their games at Cae-y-Castell lit. "The Castle Field", a purpose built stadium, the previous one becoming a shopping park complex. Flint Town are currently in financial trouble, having been unable to find a proper sponsorship deal for the team. However, despite this they finished third in the previous season, despite having had points deduced for refusing to play a game in the mid-week. Their traditional rivals are Holywell Town F.C. (the local town rivalry) and Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. (Their other local rival). They finished third in the 2006-07 season of Cymru Alliance.

[edit] History

The team was founded in 1886 as Flint F.C., playing at Strand Park. Soon after, there were three teams in Flint, Flint FC, Flint Athletic and Flint UAC (United Alkali Company). Flint F.C. and Flint UAC merged in 1905 to become 'Flint Town'. After World War I they got their nickname 'The Silkmen', from the textile industries that were present at the time. In 1924 they left Strand Park to a new ground at Holywell Road, were they would play for the next 71 years.

After World War II, they merged with Flint Athletic, finally becoming Flint Town United. In 1954 Flint Town won their biggest honour to date - the Welsh Cup when they defeated Chester City F.C. (an English team, no less) 2-0 at Wrexham A.F.C.'s Racecourse ground. Having defeated their local rivals Holywell Town F.C., Oswestry Town F.C., Rhyl F.C., Llanelli F.C. and (at the time) a First Division Cardiff City F.C. on the way.

However, the club declined in the 60's, returning to local football for the next two decades. They rejoined the Welsh league in the 87-88 season, going on to win it a season later. In 1990, Flint Town United was one of the founding members of the new Cymru Alliance. They went on to win the inaugural league with 73 points. In 1992 they became one of the founding members of the League of Wales. However, they were relegated in the 97-98 season to the Cymru Alliance and have been there since.

In 1995 they left the Holywell Road pitch to move to the purpose-built Cae-y-Castell stadium.

[edit] Notable Former Players

Billy Hughes

[edit] Recent history

Season	League	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1987-88	Welsh Alliance	13th	30	7	7	16	44	60	21
1988-89	Welsh Alliance	1st	32	23	4	5	72	26	73
1989-90	Welsh Alliance	7th	34	16	5	13	61	54	53
1990-91	Cymru Alliance	1th	26	22	1	3	77	24	67
1991-92	Cymru Alliance	4th	30	14	9	7	58	37	51
1992-93	League of Wales	16th	38	11	6	21	47	67	39
1993-94	League of Wales	4th	38	20	6	12	70	47	66
1994-95	League of Wales	6th	38	20	3	15	77	60	63
1995-96	League of Wales	5th	40	19	9	12	76	57	66
1996-97	League of Wales	15th	40	11	8	21	48	76	41
1997-98	League of Wales	18th	38	9	7	22	50	77	34
1998-99	Cymru Alliance	3rd	30	14	6	10	60	44	48
1999-00	Cymru Alliance	6th	32	16	8	8	65	43	56
2000-01	Cymru Alliance	17th	32	6	4	22	43	85	13
2001-02	Cymru Alliance	14th	34	8	7	19	40	58	31
2002-03	Cymru Alliance	11th	32	11	7	14	50	61	40
2003-04	Cymru Alliance	10th	32	10	9	13	61	60	39
2004-05	Cymru Alliance	16th	34	9	11	14	50	57	38
2005-06	Cymru Alliance	3rd	34	19	12	3	77	40	66*
2006-07	Cymru Alliance	3rd	34	20	7	7	70	36	67