Nantlle Vale F.C () are a Welsh football club from Penygroes, near Caernarfon, formed around 1920. They play in the .
History They were notorious in the early 1970s for their very robust style of play, when the team featured noted hard men such as player-manager Orig Williams – a professional wrestler by trade, who fought under the stage name El Bandito – and defender Idris Evans, better known by his nickname of Tarw Nefyn (the Nefyn Bull). Williams was once famously sent off in only the third minute of a match at Bangor City. His autobiography Cario'r Ddraig was published in the 1990s.
Honours
League Caernarfon & District League: Champions (1): 2000–01 Gwynedd League: Champions (1): 1987–88 Gwyrfai League: Champions (1): 1924 Welsh League Division One (North) Champions (1): 1959–60 Welsh League Second Division (East) Champions (2)
Cups Amateur Cup: Winners (2): 1973–74, 1974–75 Barritt Cup: Winners (1): 2001–02 Challenge Cup: Winners (1) Cooks Cup: Winners (1): 1938–39 Cookson Cup: Winners (1): 1959–60 Intermediate Cup: Winners (1): 1975–76 Lleyn & District Cup: Winners (1): 1938–39 Moorings Cup: Winners (3): 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2000–01 Penrhyn Cup: Winners (1): 1973–74 President Cup: Winners (1): 2002–03 Snowdonia Shield: Winners (1): 1987–88 North Wales Coast FA Junior Challenge Cup: Winners (1): 2000–01 North Wales Coast West Football League Premier Cup: Winners: 2025–26
Source: Nantlle Vale Football Club – The Official Nantlle Valley Website, Welsh Alliance League
References
External links Official Website Nantlle Vale Football Club – The Official Nantlle Valley Website