Greenfield F.C.

Association football club in Wales

Football club

Greenfield F.C.

Full name

Greenfield Football Club

Founded

2005

Ground

Bagillt Road, Greenfield

Capacity

500

Chairman

Shaun McGilloway

Manager

Scott Beck

League

North East Wales Premier Division

2022–23

North East Wales Premier Division, 4th of 10

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Greenfield Football Club is a football club representing the Flintshire village of Greenfield in Wales. They play their home games at The Old Courtaulds Pitch, located by the A548 road at Greenfield.They currently play in the North East Wales Football League Premier Division.

History

The club started life in the Clwyd Football League Division Two in the 2005–06 season, formed by Barry Ainsworth, who had previously run a youth section in the village in the 1990s.^[1] Ainsworth managed the club for six years after the club's formation, overseeing promotion as Clwyd Division One champions in 2007–08 with a perfect record of 24 straight wins^[1] and into the Welsh Alliance League in 2011–12. The club's next management team, Scott Beck and Tony Hogan, guided the club to the Welsh Alliance Division Two championship in 2015–16.^[1]

The club joined the newly formed North East Wales Football League in 2020 as a Premier Division club^[2] and after the first planned season was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the club were inaugural champions in the 2021–22 season.^[3]

Honours

Leagues

North East Wales Football League Premier Division – Champions: 2021–22
Welsh Alliance League Division Two – Champions: 2015–16
Clwyd Football League Division One – Champions: 2007–08

Cups

North Wales Coast FA Intermediate Cup – Winners: 2008–09
Clwyd Football League Premier Division Cup – Winners: 2008–09
Halkyn Cup – Winners: 2005–06
REM Jones Cup – Winners: 2006–07

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Jones, Dave. "Without Barry Ainsworth there would not be a Greenfield FC today". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
^ "Let The Good Times Begin!!". North East Wales Football League. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ Jones, Dave (9 May 2022). "Congratulations to Greenfield – 2021-22 North East Wales League Premier Division champions". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 16 May 2022.

External links

Official site
Official FAW page

North East Wales Football League

2023–24 clubs - Premier Division

Caerwys
Castell Alun
Coedpoeth United
Connah's Quay Town
Corwen
FC Queens Park
Greenfield
Lex XI
Mynydd Isa Spartans
Penyffordd Lions
Rhostyllen
Ruabon Rovers

2023–24 clubs - Championship

Acton
Aston Park Rangers
Bellevue
Brymbo
FC Plas Madoc
Gronant
Holywell United
Johnstown Youth
Overton Recreation
Rhydymwyn
Skippy
Sychdyn
Yr Wyddgrug

Former clubs

Defunct former clubs

v t e Flintshire Football Clubs
Welsh football league system Football in Wales Football Association of Wales Flintshire
Cymru Premier	Connah's Quay Nomads
Cymru North	Airbus UK Broughton Buckley Town Flint Town United Holywell Town Mold Alexandra
Ardal North West	Flint Mountain Hawarden Rangers Saltney Town
North East Wales Premier	CPD Caerwys Castell Alun Colts Connah's Quay Town Greenfield Mynydd Isa Penyffordd
North East Wales Championship	Aston Park Rangers CPD Gronant Holywell United Rhydymwyn CPD Sychdyn CPD Yr Wyddgrug
Defunct Teams	Buckley Victoria Connah's Quay FC Connah's Quay & Shotton Courtaulds Greenfield FC Nomads Halkyn United Mold FC Mynydd Isa (1976-2009) New Brighton Villa

Football in Wales

Football Association of Wales
Welsh Football Trust
Dragon Park, Wales National Football Development Centre
Colliers Park
PFA

National teams

Men	Wales Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Wales C (semi-professional)
Women	Wales Under-17

League system

Men

Tier 1–3	Cymru Premier (1) Cymru North (2) Cymru South (2) Ardal Leagues (3)
Tier 4–6	Aberystwyth League (5) Carmarthenshire League (5–7) Central Wales Football League (4) Ceredigion League (5–7) Gwent County League (4–6) Montgomeryshire Football League (5) Neath & District League (5–8) North East Wales Football League (4–5) North Wales Coast East (4–5) North Wales Coast West (4–5) Pembrokeshire League (5–9) South Wales Alliance League (4–6) Swansea Senior Football League (5–6) West Wales Premier League (4)
Tier 7–10	Aberdare Valley League (7) Bridgend & District League (7–9) Cardiff & District League (7–10) Cardiff Combination League (7–8) East Gwent League (7–8) Gwent Central League (7–8) Merthyr & District League (7) Newport and District League (7–10) North Gwent Football League (7–8) Port Talbot Football League (7–8) Rhondda & District League (7–8) Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League (7–9) Vale of Glamorgan League (7–8)
Defunct leagues	Anglesey (1895–2020) Bangor & District (1930–37, 1945–50) Caernarfon & District (1950–2014) Clwyd (1974–2011) Cymru Alliance (1990–2019) Denbighshire (1890–1902) Gwynedd (1983–2020) Mid Wales South (1962–2023) North East Wales (2011–20) North Wales Alliance (1912–21) North Wales Coast (1893–1921, 1933–35) South Wales Amateur (1946–2015) South Wales (1890–1911) South Wales Senior (1991–2015) Vale of Clwyd and Conwy (2011–20) Vale of Conwy (1922–2002) Welsh Alliance (1984–2020) Welsh Football League (1904–2020) Welsh League North (1935–84) Welsh National League (North) (1921–30) Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) (1945–2020) Wrexham and District (1903–12, 1925–39)

Women

Welsh Premier Women's League/Adran League

Domestic cups

Men

Active	Welsh Cup Welsh League Cup FAW Trophy FAW Welsh Youth Cup Ardal North Cup Ardal South Cup
Defunct	Welsh Football League Cup (1925–2020) Cymru Alliance League Cup (1990–2019) FAW Premier Cup (1997–2008)