- Haverfordwest County A.F.C.
Football club infobox | clubname = Haverfordwest County
fullname = Haverfordwest County Association Football Club
nickname = The Bluebirds, The West
founded = 1899 (as Haverfordwest F.C.)
ground =Bridge Meadow Stadium Haverfordwest
capacity = 2,000
chairman = flagicon|Wales
manager = flagicon|Republic of IrelandDerek Brazil | league =Welsh Premier League
season = 2007-08
position =Welsh Premier League , 8th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFHaverfordwest County A.F.C. is a football team, playing in the
Welsh Premier League .The club was founded in
1899 and was variously known as Haverfordwest FC, Haverfordwest Town, and Haverfordwest Athletic before adopting the current name, and plays at theBridge Meadow Stadium ,Haverfordwest , which accommodates 2,000 spectators. [ [http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/united_kingdom/wales.shtml www.worldstadiums.com] ]:The teams' first choice strip is blue shirts, shorts, and socks. :The second choice strip is orange & black shirts, black shorts, orange socks .
History
Haverfordwest Football Club was formed in 1899, and was quickly renamed Haverfordwest Town in 1901. In 1936, the name of Haverfordwest Athletic was adopted and the first team switched to the "Welsh Football League", leaving a reserve side in the "Pembrokeshire League". In 1956 they gained promotion to the "Welsh League Premier Division", having won the First Division title. The present name of Haverfordwest County was adopted and the club embarked on a long stay in the top flight. Disaster struck in 1975-76 when the club won only four league matches and was relegated to the First Division. Promotion eluded them until 1980 and they went on to take the championship in their first season back, losing only five games.
In 1983 the "Welsh League" was reorganised to create a form of "premiership" for the leading clubs and Haverfordwest's facilities, administration and playing record secured their admittance. In the nine years of existence of this National Division, Haverfordwest were out of the top six only once, but their way to the title was blocked by the powerful Barry Town side. Their opportunity to take the championship came in 1990, once Barry had decided to move to English non-league football.
Haverfordwest County were founder members of the League of Wales in 1992-93 but their stay was brief. Having accepted an offer which involved the redevelopment of their Bridge Meadow ground, and unable to find a suitable alternative ground of League of Wales standard, they resigned from the League in 1994. The decision to take a long-term view was fully vindicated by their return to the League of Wales three years later. The league has since changed its name to the Welsh Premier League.
Biggest victories and losses
*Biggest League of Wales win: 5-0 v
Cemaes Bay F.C. in 1997
*Biggest League of Wales defeat: 0-9 at Bangor City.Current squad
Notable former players
*
Ivor Allchurch
*Mel Charles
* Simon Davies
*Rory Keane
*Atif Bashir
*Arthur Willis References
External links
* [http://www.haverfordwestcounty.co.uk/ Official website]
* [http://www.bluebirds.co.nr/ unofficial website]
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