Kinmel Bay Football Club is a Welsh football team based in Kinmel Bay, in Conwy County Borough, north-east Wales. The team play in the Ardal NW League.
| Full name | Kinmel Bay Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Ground | Y Morfa Leisure Centre |
| Capacity | 50 seated |
| Chairman | Frank Standing |
| Manager | Andy Thomas and Leon Field |
| League | Ardal NW League |
| 2025–26 | North Wales Coast East Premier Division, 2nd of 12 (promoted) |
| Website | https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/kinmelbayfootballclub2 |
History
editThe club was established in 2002 by Bill Darwin and his sister, Anne Darwin.[1]
In the 2017–18 season the club were champions of the Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League Premier Division at the first attempt[2] and were promoted to the Welsh Alliance League Division Two. After the FAW league pyramid restructure in 2019–20 the club did not meet the new criteria set out by the FAW and returned to the North Wales Coast East Premier Division.
The club's reserve team, were moved from the FAW Reserve League to the newly formed North Wales Coast Reserve League and in the 2023–24 season they moved into the new North Wales Coast Development League. In the 2025–26 season they won the East Division scoring 128 goals in 22 games and losing only two games all season.
Kinmel Bay also has a woman’s team who compete in the North Wales coast Llandudno Kia Woman’s League and in the 2025–26 season finished in second position under the management of Naomi Oakley.
Currently[when?] Kinmel Bay Football Club have a number of teams in both boys and girls ages from under-5s to under-16s who all compete in Rhyl and District Junior League and North Wales Girls Football League.
Honours
edit- North Wales Coast East Football League Premier Division – Runners-up: 2025–26[3]
- Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League Premier Division – Champions: 2017–18[4]
- Cookson Cup – Winners: 2023–24[5]
- Cookson Cup – Runners-up: 2025–26[6]
External links
editReferences
edit- ↑ Clarke, Scott (12 July 2021). "Kinmel Bay FC celebrates 20th anniversary on new £96k games area". Rhyl, Prestatyn & Abergele Journal. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ↑ Jones, Dave (9 May 2018). "All hail Kinmel Bay FC - Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League champions". Daily Post. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ↑ Jones, Dave (10 May 2026). "North Wales Coast East: Kinmel Bay beat champions, Henllan edge seven-goal thriller". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ "General Information and Club Directory 2018" (PDF). Vale of Clwyd & Conwy Football League. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ↑ Jones, Dave (11 June 2024). "North Wales men's senior football roll of honour season 2023-24". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ↑ Jones, Dave (17 May 2026). "Mochdre Sports lift Cookson Cup for the first time!". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
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