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Cardiff Draconians F.C.
Association football club in Wales
Cardiff Draconians Football Club is a Welsh football team based in Gabalfa, Cardiff, Wales. They play in the Ardal Leagues South West which is in the third tier of the Welsh football league system.
| Full name | Cardiff Draconians Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Dracs |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Ground | Lydstep Park[1] |
| Manager | Carl Hill (2022 -) |
| League | Ardal SW League |
| 2022–23 | Ardal SW League, 13th of 16 |
The Draconians were founded in 1963, receiving special permission to use the Draconians name first used by a Welsh representative side.[2] In their first season in the Cardiff Combination League, they finished as Second Division champions.
The club changed its name to Gabalfa Draconians at about the time that the Llanidloes Road ground was first used for home games (1984–85 season), before reverting to their original name in 2000 when they entered the South Wales Amateur League.[3]
After finishing as runner-up in the South Wales Alliance League Premier Division in 2019–20 and being granted a tier 3 licence by the Football Association of Wales, the club initially failed to gain a place in the new tier 3. However after the withdrawal and folding of STM Sports, on 3 August 2020 the club was informed that they had been accepted to the new tier 3 Ardal Leagues South West for the 2020–21 season[4] as the highest placed team from the Alliance League who had been awarded a licence.
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- South Wales Alliance League Premier Division – Runners-up: 2019–20
- South Wales Alliance League Division One – Champions: 2016-17[5]
- South Wales Alliance League Division Two – Runners-up: 2015-16
- South Wales Amateur League Division Two – Champions: 2008–09
- South Wales Amateur League Division Two – Runners-up: 2000–01
- Cardiff Combination League Senior Division/ Premier Division – Champions (as Cardiff Draconians): 1967–68; 1971–72; 1973–74; 1979–80
- Cardiff Combination League Senior Division/ Premier Division – Champions (as Galbalfa Draconians): 1991–92; 1992–93; 1996–97; 1998–99
- Cardiff Combination League Second Division – Champions: 1963–64; 1972–73 (seconds)
- Cardiff Combination League Second Division Cup – Winners: 1972–73 (seconds)
- Cardiff Combination League Second Division Cup – Runners-up: 1963–64
- Cardiff Combination League Combination Cup – Winners: 1965–66; 1974–75
- WJ Owen Cup – Winners: 2017, 2019[6]
- Ardal South Cup – Runners-up: 2021–22[7]
- "Map/Directions - Cardiff Draconians FC". cardiffdraconians.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- "History of the Cardiff Combination Football League". Cardiff Combination Football League. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- "Galbalfa Draconians". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- Jones, Jordan. "Cardiff Draconians admitted to Ardal Leagues". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- "Cardiff Draconians". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- Jones, Jordan. "Cardiff Draconians claim WJ Owen Cup". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- Jones, Harrison Jones (25 May 2022). "Cardiff Draconians 0-1 Trethomas Bluebirds: Alfie Jones delivers Ardal South Cup trophy win". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
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