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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.
Ammanford AFC ist bekannt für seine starke Unterstützung durch die lokale Gemeinschaft und hat eine lange und erfolgreiche Geschichte im walisischen Fußball. Der Verein hat die Welsh League Cup viermal gewonnen und war auch mehrfach Finalist des Welsh Cup.
Zu den bekanntesten Spielern, die für Ammanford AFC gespielt haben, gehören John Charles, ein ehemaliger walisischer Nationalspieler und einer der größten Stürmer des 20. Jahrhunderts, und Terry Yorath, ein ehemaliger Spieler von Leeds United und Arsenal.
Das Heimstadion von Ammanford AFC ist der Recreation Ground, der eine Kapazität von 3.000 Zuschauern hat. Der Verein trägt seine Heimspiele in traditionellen rot-schwarzen Trikots aus.