Aberdare Athletic Football Club were a Welsh football team founded in 1892 and based in Aberdare. They joined the Football League in 1921 but were replaced by Torquay United after failing to be re-elected in 1927. This article is about the country. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Aberdare (Welsh: ) is an industrial town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff in the traditional county of Glamorgan, in south Wales, situated (as the name implies) at the confluence of the Dar and Cynon rivers. ... The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the seaside resort town of Torquay, Devon. ...

History

Founded in 1892, Aberdare were twice Welsh Cup runners-up, in 1903-04 and 1904-05. In 1920-21 they joined the Welsh Section of the Southern League and duly finished runners-up in their first season. That gained them entry to the Football League Third Division South in time for 1921-22. The Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales and, in the past, neighbouring parts of England. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Southern League logo The Southern League (currently known under the terms of a sponsorship deal as the British Gas Business Football League) is an English football league for semi-professional and amateur teams, covering South West and South Central England, the Midlands, and parts of Wales. ... The Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

Aberdare spent six seasons in the League, with their best season being 1925-26, when they finished 9th. That same year, 1926, Aberdare merged with nearby Aberaman Athletic; the first team continued to compete in the Football League under the name Aberdare Athletic, while the reserve team played in the Welsh League under the name Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... ENTO Aberaman Athletic Football Club (known simply as Aberaman Athletic until 2004) is a Welsh football club that currently play in the Welsh Football League First Division. ... The Welsh Football League is a club football league in Wales. ...

However, the next season, 1926-27 Aberdare Athletic finished bottom of the Third Division South and failed to gain re-election to the league; Torquay United took their place. The merged club fully renamed themselves as Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic, and rejoined the Southern League. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the seaside resort town of Torquay, Devon. ...

However, the merged club only survived for another year, and in 1928 the Aberaman faction split away from the club to re-form Aberaman Athletic, while the Aberdare half folded. After World War II, in 1945 a reformed Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic was formed, but this side also split into two, in 1947; the Aberaman Athletic club continue to this day, and are currently known as ENTO Aberaman Athletic. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... ENTO Aberaman Athletic Football Club (known simply as Aberaman Athletic until 2004) is a Welsh football club that currently play in the Welsh Football League First Division. ...

Notable players

• Billy Henderson

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Managers

The following were managers around the time the team was Football League side: The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ...

• William Lot, June 1920 - March 1922
• Frank Bradshaw, May 1923 - April 1924
• Sydney Beaumont, 1924 - 1927
• Harry Hadley, November 1927 - April 1928

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References

• Twydell, Dave (1988). Rejected F.C.: Comprehensive histories of the ex-Football League clubs, Volume 1. D. Twydell. ISBN 0951332104. 

External links

• Aberdare Athletic at the Football Club History Database