Meliden F.C.
| Full name | Meliden Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Miners |
| Founded | 1974 (reformed 2008) |
| Ground | The Mine |
| Chairman | Tom Fletcher |
| Manager | Dan Sleet[1] |
| League | North Wales Coast East Premier Division |
| 2024–25 | North Wales Coast East Premier Division, 8th of 15 |
| Website | https://www.melidenfootballclub.co.uk |
Meliden Football Club is a Welsh football team based in Meliden, Denbighshire, Wales. The team played in the North Wales Coast East Football League Premier Division, until they withdrew from the league in September 2025.
History
Meliden Football Club was originally founded in 1974.[2] They played in the Clwyd Football League, and gained promotion to the Premier Division in 1994–95, but folded in 1997.[3]
The club reformed for the 2008–09 season and initially joined the Clwyd League. In 2012 they won the Clwyd Cup and Combination Cup,[2] and joined the Welsh Alliance League in 2012. They played seven seasons in Division Two, with their best finishing position being fifth in the first season.[4]
In March 2019 the club announced that at the end of the 2018–19 season they would resign from the Welsh Alliance League and rejoin the Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League.[5] They finished the 2019–20 season in sixth place in a season curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
In 2020 the team was accepted into the Premier Division of the new North Wales Coast East Football League.[7]
In 2023 Meliden reached two cup semi-finals, in the Cookson Cup[8] and NWCFA Intermediate Challenge Cup, but lost both.
In October 2024 after a string of losses, Warren Adam mutually left Meliden, with Dan Sleet taking over as Manager with the return of player Luke Astley as Assistant Player/Manager.[1]
In September 2025, the club withdrew from the North Wales Coast East League.[9]
Honours
- Clwyd Football League Premier Division – Runners-up: 2011–12[10]
- Clwyd Football League Division One - Runners-up: 2009–10[10]
- Clwyd Cup – Winners: 2011–12[10]
- Combination Cup – Winners: 2011–12
External links
References
- ^ a b ""New Management: Dan Sleet & Luke Astley | Meliden Football Club"". Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ a b "ABOUT | Meliden Football Club". www.melidenfootballclub.co.uk.
- ^ Administrator, northwales (19 April 2013). "Meliden are back on the football map after 10 years". North Wales Live.
- ^ "Meliden". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ Bridges, Ronald. "Meliden To Resign From League At End Of Season". Meliden FC. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "2019-20 Vale of Clwyd & Conwy League Premier Division". nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Sixty-six clubs join North Wales Coast FA leagues for 2020/21 season - Y Clwb Pêl-droed". 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Epic Cookson Cup semi-final ends in victory for Prestatyn Sports - but Meliden more than play their part". 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Club Statement: Sabbatical | Meliden Football Club". www.melidenfootballclub.co.uk.
- ^ a b c "General Information and Club Directory 2018" (PDF). Vale of Clwyd & Conwy Football League. Retrieved 26 September 2021.