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Mae
Hanes y Clwb yn seiliedig ar waith ymchwil
Mr Twm Alun Davies dros gyfnod o nifer lawer o flynyddoedd
yn yr Archidfy yng Nghaernarfon, ac yn nhudalennau ôl
y papur bro lleol 'Eco'r Wyddfa'.
Diolch
yn fawr iawn Twm !!!!
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Yn
y dechreuad….............…
Fe
ffurfiwyd Cynghrair Pêldroed Eryri yn Chwfror 1922 mewn
cyfarfod yng Nghwm y Glo. Yn bresennol roedd cynrychiolwyr o
dimau Rhythallt Comrades, Glasgoed Rangers, Llanberis United
ac Ebenezer. Yn ddiweddarach fe ymunodd Rhythallt Comrades â
Glasgoed Rangers i ffurfio Llanrug Football Club, i chwarae
yng Nghynghrair Genedlaethol Cymru, Adran 3 y Gorllewin. Ar
gae Cefn Llwyd y chwaraeid y gemau cartref, ac yn y tymor cyntaf
hwn fe lwyddwyd i gyrraedd ffeinal y Cwpan Iau, gan golli o
bedair gôl i un yn erbyn Oakenholt ar gae Bae Colwyn.
Gwnaed
elw y tymor hwnnw o £28/1/1½ (tua £28.06)
- roedd y costau teithio yn unig cymaint â £64/2/10
(£64.14)
Yn
ystod tymor 1924-1925 gwelwyd yr enw Llanrug United yn ymddangos
am y tro cyntaf, ac yn y tymor canlynol hwy oedd pencampwyr
y gynghrair.
Fe
ymunodd Clwb Pêldroed Caernarfon â'r Adran Gyntaf
yn nhymor 1926-1927, ac o'r herwydd, am rhyw reswm, ni ffurfiwyd
tim yn Llanrug! Yn wir, nid fu tim cynghrair yn y pentref wedi
hynny hyd at dymor 1931-1932.
Yn
y cyfamser, yn Hydref 1930, fe roddwyd gae chwarae i'r ardal
gan Faer Caernarfon, sef Mr. D.Elliot Alves (a gyflwynodd yr
Alves Cup enwog yn ddiweddarach). Mr. Alves oedd perchennog
Castell Bryn Bras ar gyrion pentref Llanrug.
Mewn
cyfarfod yn y Sefydliad Coffa flwyddyn yn yn ddiweddarach fe
benderfynwyd sefydlu tim Pêldroed Llanrug Institute i
chwarae gemau cyfeillgar, ac yna yn nhymor 1932-1933 ymunwyd
â Chynghrair Bangor a'r Cylch. Mr. Alves oedd Llywydd
y clwb, ac ar y 'Recreation Ground' a roddwyd ganddo i'r ardal
y bwriadwyd chwarae'r gemau cartref.
Dyma'r
tymor y cofnodir y gêm gynghrair gyntaf rhwng Llanrug
a Llanberis; a'r sgôr - Llanberis 4 Llanrug Institute
1. Ar ddiwedd y tymor roedd Llanrug yn bedwerydd a Llanbêr
yn bumed yn nhabl y gynghrair.
Nodir
y gorfu symud gêm rownd gyntaf y Cwpan Iau yn yr Hydref
o Lanrug i Drefor gan nad oedd y 'Recreation Ground' o safon
boddhaol. Ym mis Rhagfyr yr un flwyddyn cynhaliwyd dawns i godi
arian i'r clwb yn neuadd yr Eglwys, gyda'r Hedley Moffat Band
yn cyfeilio.
Mewn
cyfarfod Cymdeithas Pêldroed Arfordir Gogledd Cymru ym
Mehefin '34, fe adroddwyd fod gemau yn cael eu trefnu mewn nifer
o ardaloedd, a hynny y tu allan i'r tymor pêldroed swyddogol!
Penderfynwyd na fyddai caniatad i rai a fyddai'n cymryd rhan
i chwarae yn y cynghreiriau pan ddeuai'r tymor pêldroed
go-iawn. Gan fod nifer o'r gemau 'anghyfreithiol' hyn wedi eu
chwarae yn Llanrug fe waharddwyd bump o'r chwaraewyr, yr holl
swyddogion a'r cae! Yn ddiweddarach, ym mis Medi, fe godwyd
y gwaharddiad oddi ar y swyddogion a'r cae gan nad oeddynt â
dim i'w wneud â'r gemau haf. I'r pentref y perthyn y cae,
ac nid oedd hawl gan y clwb pêldroed iddo ond rhwng dau
a phump ar Sadyrnau yn ystod y gaeaf.
Yn
Ebrill 1937 fe ymddiswyddodd y clwb o gynghrair Bangor a'r Cylch,
ac fe ddiddymwyd y gynghrair y tymor canlynol oherwydd diffyg
cefnogaeth.
Ni
ymunwyd ag unrhyw gynghrair yn ystod y blynyddoedd canlynol,
ac am resymau amlwg ni fu chwarae o gwbl ar y lefel hon rhwng
1940 a 1945.
Ar
ôl y rhyfel.....................
Yn
nhymor 1945-1946 fe ymunwyd unwaith eto â Chynghrair Cymru Adran
3, ond yn dilyn cwynion fod y 'Recreation Ground' yn rhy fach,
gorfu iddynt ddisgyn i'r 'Bangor and District League' oedd newydd
gael ei hail-sefydlu, a chwarae ar gae Parc Bailey. Newidwyd
yr enw eto i Llanrug United, ac ar ddydd Nadolig 1946 fe drechwyd
Llanberis ganddynt o dair gôl i un. Llanrug oedd pencampwyr
y gynghrair y tymor hwnnw.
Nid
oedd diwedd ar y trafferthion gyda'r caeau, ac yn y tymor dilynol
gorfu iddynt symud yn ôl i gae Cefn Llwyd. Fe gipwyd y Cwpan
Alves ar yr Oval, Caernarfon, drwy drechu Nantlle Vale o bedair
gôl i dair, ac fe baratowyd gwledd hael i groesawu'r chwaraewyr
a'r swyddogion yng Nghastell Bryn Bras!
Un o ser lleol y cyfnod oedd blaenwr Llanrug, Emlyn Jones. Yn
Ebrill 1949 gwahoddwyd ef am dreialon yn Bolton Wanderers am
y trydydd tro. Yn dilyn gêm gyfartal, ar ôl amser ychwannegol,
ar ddiwedd y tymor ym Mangor, fe ranwyd Cwpan Her y gynghrair
rhyngddynt a Phorthdinorwig.
Fe
benodwyd chwaraewr-reolwr y tymor canlynol, sef Donald Kimlock
Macdonald o Fangor. Brodor ydoedd o Glasgow â phrofiad o chwarae
yng nghynghrair yr Alban gyda chlwb Dunfermline. Fe enillwyd
y Cwpan Her eto, gan drechu ail dim Llandudno o bedair gôl i
un.
Daeth
enw Emlyn Jones yn amlwg eto yn Ionawr 1951 pan sgoriodd wyth
gôl mewn crasfa 14 - 0 i Fethesda. Credir fod hyn yn record
hyd heddiw.
Roedd
y broblem o gael cae chwarae addas yn parhau, ac fe gychwynwyd
tymor 1951-1952 yn Mhontrythallt, ar dir fferm Tan'rwylfa. Yn
anffodus roedd hwn yn gwbl anaddas, ac fe ymfudwyd i gae Dol
Helyg. Fe ystyrid hwn ymysg goreuon arfordir Gogledd Cymru,
ond bu rhai gadael a symud i Barc y Rhos y tymor canlynol. Yn
Hydref 1953 bu rhaid ymddiswyddo o'r gynghrair gan nad oedd
unlle addas iddynt i chwarae arno. Fe ymddiswyddodd Llanberis
hefyd yr un pryd - prin oedd nifer y cefnogwyr, efallai fod
dyfodiad 'Grandstand' ar deledu BBC yn eu cadw adref.
Ail
ymunwyd â chynghrair Caernarfon a'r Cylch am un tymor, ond ni
ffurfiwyd tim ar gyfer 1955-1956.
Ni
chaniatawyd i Lanrug, Deiniolen na Llanberis chwarae yn Hydref
na Thachwedd 1957 gan fod y clwyf traen a'r genau yn yr ardal.
Ni ffurfiwyd tim ar gyfer 1959-1960 oherwydd diffyg diddordeb
a phroblemau arianol, a dyna fu'r hanes am y naw tymor dilynol,
hyd at 1968-1969.
Y dadeni.........................
Penderfynwyd
ail-afael yn yr awenau yn nhymor 1968-1969, gan ymuno â chynghrair
Caernarfon a'r Cylch a chwarae ar gae Eithin Duon. Ar yr un
pryd dechreuwyd hybu pêldroed ieuenctid yn yr ardal gyda'r bwriad
o ymuno â chynghrair ieuenctid y tymor canlynol. Fe wnaed hynny,
ac yn 1970 fe ffurfiwyd tim dan 15 oed i chwarae yng nghynghrair
Gwyrfai.
Yn
ystod y cyfnod yma hefyd fe brynwyd cwt pren o Borthmadog, ei
ail-godi ar Eithin Duon a'i addasu i fod yn ystafell newid.
Dychwelwyd i gae Cefn Llwyd am gyfnod, yn dilyn penderfyniad
i aredig ac ail-hadu Eithin Duon. Ar ôl dychwelyd yn nhymor
1971-1972 hwy oedd pencampwyr y gynghrair gan golli ond un gêm
drwy gydol y tymor. Ychwanegwyd y Cwpan Alves y tymor dilynol.
Ar
ddiwedd y tymor fe brynwyd Eithin Duon ac fe dalwyd dros fil
o bunnau i gwmni proffesiynol i'w lefelu. Fe chwaraewyd gemau'r
tymor ar gae Ysgol Brynrefail gan ddefnyddio'r cwt ar Eithin
Duon i ymolchi a newid. Daethant yn ail yn y gynghrair, gan
godi'r Cwpan Deanfield.
Yna,
digon llwm fu'r cwpwrdd tlysau hyd at dymor 1977-1978 pan benodwyd
Howyn Jones yn rheolwr. Roedd profiad ganddo o chwarae'n broffesiynol
gyda Wrecsam ac am dymor yn Awstralia, heb sôn am rai o glybiau
mwyaf blaenllaw Gogledd Cymru megis Dinas Bangor. Ar ddiwedd
ei dymor cyntaf, Llanrug oedd pencampwyr y gynghrair, enillwyr
Cwpan Iau Gogledd Cymru, y Cwpan Penrhyn, y tlws chwarae têg
a thlws Marconi. Fe barhaodd y llwyddiant y tymor canlynol gan
ail-ennill pencampwriaeth y gynghrair a'r Cwpan Iau.
Fe
ymddiswyddodd Howyn Jones fel rheolwr ar ddiwedd y tymor, ac
er i Gwynfor Owen, Peter Roberts a Vernon Lloyd gymeryd yr awennau
yn eu tro, ni ddaeth llwyddiant y tymor dilynol. Digon tebyg
oedd yr hanes hyd at dymor 1985-1986, gyda Dafydd Arfon Jones
a Peter Casey yn eu tro yn rheoli. Yna yn 1986-1987 ail sefydlwyd
Cyngrair Gwynedd, ac ymunodd y Llanrug dan reolaeth Mike Kennedy,
gan sefydlu Ail Dim i feithrin ieuenctid lleol dan ofal R. Melfyn
Jones.
Yn
nhymor 1987-1988 penodwyd Dafydd Mona Owen yn rheolwr i ddilyn
Mike Kennedy. Y tymor canlynol ymunodd Howyn Jones gyda Dafydd
i reoli'r tim cyntaf, gyda Gary Davies yn cymeryd awennau'r
Ail Dim. Y flwyddyn honno yr Ail Dim Llanrug United oedd Pencampwyr
Cyngrair Caernarfon a'r Cylch a cholli ffeinal Cwpan Wil Evans.
Ym
mis Mehefin 1991 cafwyd gem byth gofiadwy yn Eithin Duon, gem
ola'r tymor roedd Llanrug angen curo myfyrwyr Prifysgol Bangor
os am gipio pencampwriaeth Cynghrair Gwynedd o afael Penmachno.
Roedd y timau yn gyfartal ar bwyntiau, ond roedd gwahaniaeth
goliau Machno yn llawer iawn gwell. Golygai fod angen i Lanrug
guro'r Brifysgol o 12 gôl clir. Ymysg y dorf o ymhell
dros 300 y nôson honno roedd swyddogion Machno, yno yn
barod i dderbyn y Gwpan, ond och o gwae, roeddynt wedi cychwyn
am adre ymhell cyn i Lanrug ei sicrhau gyda buddugoliaeth o
17 gôl i 0 !!!!
Y
tymor canlynol 1991-1992 fe ennilloedd y Tim Cyntaf Gwpan George
Lovatt, Tarian Eryri a Chwpan Gwynedd, tra gipiodd yr Ail Dim
gan reolaeth Kevin Owen, Cwpan Deanfield a cholli yn ffeinal
Cwpan Moorings.
mwy
o hanes i ddod yn fuan..................
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The
History of the club is based on the research work of Mr
Twm Alun Davies, for many years in the Archives in Caernarfon,
and from the back pages of the local regional newspaper
- 'Eco'r Wyddfa'
Many
thanks Twm !!! Diolch yn fawr iawn !!!
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In the beginning...................
At
a meeting at Cwm y Glô during February 1922, the Eryri
Football League was formed, the founder members were Rhythallt
Comrades, Glasgoed Rangers, Llanberis United and Ebenezer. Soon
after Rhythallt Comrades and Glasgoed Rangers amalgamated to
form Llanrug Football Club, and were members of the Welsh National
League - Division III (West). The home fixtures were played
at Cefn Llwyd, and in that very first season the club reached
the final of the North Wales Coast Football Association - Junior
Cup. The match was played at Colwyn Bay, but unfortunately Llanrug
lost the match by four goals to nil against a very strong Oakenholt
side. A grand total of £28/1/1½ profit was made
by the club during that very first season, which is equivalent
to about £28.06 in today's money - the travelling costs
alone totalled £64/2/10 (£64.14).
During
the 1924-1925 season the name Llanrug United appeared for the
very first time, and the following season they were the Welsh
National League - Division III (West) champions. In the 1926-1927
season Caernarfon Football Club joined the Welsh National League
1st Division, and for some reason or other Llanrug United did
not have a team in the league, and as a result there wasn't
a league side in the village until the 1932-1933 season.
In
the meantime, during October 1933, a new playing field was given
to the village of Llanrug by the Mayor of Caernarfon Mr D. Elliot
Alves (who later donated the famous Alves Cup). Mr Alves was
the proprietor of the Bryn Bras Castle on the outskirt of Llanrug.
The following year during a meeting at the Memorial Institute,
Llanrug Institute Football Club was formed, initially to play
friendly matches, and eventually they joined the Bangor &
District Football League for the 1932-1933 season. Mr Alves
was elected as the club's president, and the home fixtures were
played on the new 'Recreation Ground' which he donated to the
village.
This
is the first season on record that a fixture took place between
local rivals Llanrug and Llanberis, the score being - Llanberis
4 - 1 Llanrug Institute. At the end of the season Llanrug were
fourth and Llanberis were fifth in the final league table. In
October a North Wales Coast Football Association - Junior Cup
1st Round tie had to be switched from Llanrug to Trefor, because
the Recreation Ground was not up to the satisfactory standard
required. A dance evening with the Hedley Moffat Band was held
during December at the Church Hall, to raise fund for the club.
During
a North Wales Coast Football Association meeting in June 1934,
it was reported that numerous illegal football matches were
being arranged in several areas outside the official football
season. It was decided not to allow those participating in these
matches to join the League in the forthcoming season. Many of
these illegal matches were staged at Llanrug, and as a result
five players, and all the officials of the club and the pitch
were banned from the League. But by September in the same year,
the ban on the officials and the pitch were lifted, as it was
proven that they had no connections at all with the matches
played during the summer months. The pitch belonged to the village
of Llanrug, and the football club only had a privilege for its
use between the hours of two and five on Saturday afternoon
during the winter months.
In
April 1937 the club resigned from the Bangor & District
Football League, and the following season the League was abolished,
due to lack of interest and support. The club did not join any
League between 1937 and 1939, and for a very prominent reason
no football was played at any level between 1940 and 1945.
After
the War......................
The
club was re-established as Llanrug United for the 1945-1946
season, and they joined the Welsh National League - Division
III (West). But unfortunately the following season, as a results
of complaints that the 'Recreation Ground' playing area was
to small, the club were resigned to join the re-established
Bangor & District League, and the home fixtures were played
at 'Parc Bailey'. On Christmas day 1946, Llanrug gained a famous
local derby win by three goals to one against Llanberis, and
at the end of that season Llanrug were crowned champions of
the Bangor & District League.
There
was no end to the ground problem, and the following season the
club had to switch back to their very first home at Cefn Llwyd.
At the end of the season the Alves Cup was won at the Oval,
Caernarfon, by a margin of four goals to three against Nantlle
Vale. A great feast awaited the players and officials after
the match at Bryn Bras Castle.
One
of the local stars of the period was the Llanrug centre forward
Emlyn Jones, and in April 1949 he was invited for trials at
Bolton Wanderers for the third time. At the end of the season,
following a nil-nil result after extra-time at Farrar Road,
Bangor the League Challenge Cup was shared between Llanrug United
and Portdinorwic.
The
following season Donald Kimlock Macdonald from Bangor was appointed
player-manager. He was a native of Glasgow, and had vast experience
of playing professionally in the Scottish National League with
Dunfermline. The League Challenge Cup was won again, by a margin
of four goals to one against Llandudno Reserves.
The
name of centre forward Emlyn Jones was prominent again in January
1951, when he scored eight goals for Llanrug, in a demolition
match of fourteen goals to nil against Bethesda, it is believed
that this record still stands today.
The
problem of having an adequate pitch to play on was on going
major headache for the club. At the commencement of the 1951-1952
season the home fixtures were played at Pontrhythallt, on land
owned by Tan'Rwylfa Farm. Unfortunately the pitched proved to
be totally in-adequate, and the club switched there home fixtures
to Dôl Helyg. This ground was considered to be one of
the best on the North Wales Coast, but once more for some apparent
reason the club had to move and play at Parc Rhôs the
following season.
In
October, 1953 the club could not find a suitable and adequate
pitch to play their home fixtures, and as a direct result had
to resign from the league. Local rivals Llanberis also resigned,
the supporters numbers were scarce, its was thought at the time
that the introduction of the sport television programme 'Grandstand'
was keeping them all indoors on Saturday afternoons.
The
club re-joined the Caernarfon & District League for the
1954-1955 season, but the following season, there was no team
in the village of Llanrug. The club re-joined the league for
the 1956-1957 season, but unfortunately as a result of a lack
of interest and financial problems the Llanrug United Football
Club resigned from the Caernarfon & District League at the
end of the 1958-1959 season, there wasn't a team in the village
thereafter for nine years, until the re-emergence for the 1968-1969
season.
The Renaissance......................
On
Tuesday night the 7th of June, 1968, in a public meeting at
the Memorial Institute Llanrug it was unanimously decided to
re-establish the Llanrug United Football Club. And in that meeting
the following officers were appointed, John Lewis (Anchorage)
as Chairman, the Secretary was Arfon Davies (Ty Capel), and
Alan Vincent Owen (4 Rhôs Rug) as Vice-Secretary and Evan
Owen (Ty Fry) as Treasurer.
The
club joined the Caernarfon & District Football League for
the forthcoming 1968-1969 season, and the home fixtures where
played at Eithin Duon. Other teams in the League were as follows:
Bethesda, Llanberis, Caernarfon Town Reserves, Talysarn Celts,
Nantlle Vale, Llechid Celts, Mountain Rangers, Pwllheli, Harlech,
Hirael, Criccieth, Nefyn, Penrhyn and Caernarfon YMCA.
Therefore, during the summer months a squad of players were
assembled to represent the club, one of the first players to
sign was R. Arwyn Roberts, a left winger who was with Llanberis
the previous season, and Arfon Lewis who had played as a centre
forward for Caernarfon Town Reserves. Another to register was
Alan Vincent Owen who had vast experience of playing for Caernarfon
YMCA, Llanberis and Mountain Rangers, others to register were
Ritchie Owen, Gwyndaf Lewis, Gwyndaf Roberts and John Ian Jones.
And on the 23rd of August, 1968 the first competitive league
match was played by Llanrug United at their new Eithin Duon
ground, and the visitors that afternoon were Nantlle Vale Reserves.
The players selected to represent the club were as follows :
Tom Pritchard, A. Bendlow, Alan Vincent Owen, Alan Jones, Arthur
Wyn Hughes, R. Arwyn Roberts, John Walsh, Robin Bowden, E.G.Owen,
Arfon Lewis, Gareth Jones. Llanrug won the match by two goals
to one, with R. Arwyn Roberts and Arfon Lewis scoring for the
home side. A large crowd supported the team that afternoon,
this was the first competitive league match in the village for
nine years, gate receipts that day added to £17.00.
During this period the club decided to promote youth football
in the village, with the intention of establishing a youth side
in the league the following season. And in 1970 a Llanrug United
- Under 15's side joined the Gwyrfai Junior a Football League.
Also during this period the club purchased a wooden hut from
Porthmadog, and re-built it at Eithin Duon to be used as changing
rooms, for the both set of players and the match officials.
For a very short period the club returned to their original
ground at Cefn Llwyd, while Eithin Duon had to be ploughed and
re-seeded. And after returning for the 1971-1972 season they
were crowned Caernarfon & District Football League Champions,
they only lost one league match throughout the season. And the
following season1972-1973 they lifted the Alves Cup.
At the end of 1972-1973 season, Eithin Duon was purchased by
the club officials, and immediately the playing surface was
leveled by a professional company at a cost exceeding well over
a thousand pounds. As a result the home fixtures for the 1973-1974
season were played at the Brynrefail Secondary School field,
that season the club finished a creditable second in the league,
and therefore lifted the Deanfield Cup.
The trophy cabinet proved to be rather empty thereafter up until
the 1977-1977 season, when Howyn Jones was appointed as player-manager
of the club. He had vast experience of playing professionally
with Wrexham, and also had a season playing professionally in
Australia, and he also played for various leading clubs in North
Wales, notably Bangor City. At the end of the first season,
Llanrug were the Caernarfon & District Football League Champions,
the NWCFA Junior Cup winners, Penrhyn Cup winners, Marconi Trophy
winners, and the Fair Play Trophy winners. The following season
they retained the Caernarfon & District Football League
title and also the NWCFA Junior Cup.
At the end of the 1978-1979 season, Howyn Jones resigned as
manager, and the trio of his players Gwynfor Owen, Peter Roberts
and Vernon Lloyd took over the management role. Unfortunately
no success came their way that season, and it remained the same
up until the 1986-1987 season, with Dafydd Arfon Jones and Peter
Casey in turn taking over the manager's role. Then in the 1986-1987
season the Gwynedd Football League was re-established, and as
a result Llanrug United joined under the management of Mike
Kennedy. A Reserve side was also formed to promote local youngsters
and R. Melfyn Jones was appointed as manager.
The following season 1987-1988, Dafydd Mona Owen was appointed
as manager of the first team to follow Mike Kennedy . And for
the 1988-1989 season Howyn Jones joined forces with Dafydd as
a management duo, while veteran Gary Davies took on the role
of player-manager of the Reserves. That season the Llanrug United
Reserves were crowned Caernarfon & District League Champions
and were also losing finalist in the Wil Evans Cup.
On a Friday evening in June 1991 an ever-memorable match took
place at Eithin Duon, its was the final league match of the
1990-1991 season, and Llanrug had to win against University
College of North Wales (Bangor) to clinch the Gwynedd Football
League Championship from the grasps of Machno United. The teams
would be level on points, but Machno's goal difference was far
more superior, therefore Llanrug had to win against the students
by twelve clear goals. Among the well over three hundred crowd
at Eithin Duon that evening were the Machno United officials,
ready and waiting to receive the League Trophy. But the were
well gone on their way home, when Llanrug clinched the title
by winning the match by seventeen goals to nil !!!!
The following season 1991-1992, the first team finished second
in the league and therefore received the George Lovatt Cup,
they also achieved a cup double by winning the Eryri Shield
and the Gwynedd Cup. While the Reserves under the management
of Kevin Owen won the Deanfield Cup and were losing finalist
in the Moorings Cup.
Following the resignation of Dafydd Mona Owen and Howyn Jones,
two former players Maldwyn A Williams as manager and Ken Jones
as assistant were appointed for the 1992/1993 season, and United
went on gain a very respected 7th position in the league.
United failed to shine during the next few season's, with several
individuals trying their hand at the management helm, John Williams,
Ken Jones, Eilian Williams, Percy Allen and Stuart Williams.
The later stepped down in November 1997,and long serving reserve
team manager Kevin W Owen took over. United did reach the final
of the Eryri Shield at the end of the 1997/1998 season, but
lost to League Champions Amlwch Town at Meurig Park, Bethesda.
The following season the President Cup was won by beating Pwllheli
in an enthralling penalty shoot-out at the Traeth, Porthmadog,
were the scores had been level 2-2 after extra time. In the
1999/2000 season a very respectable 5th position was achieved
in the league.
United received the George Lovatt Shield for the 2000/2001 season,
for being runners-up in the Gwynedd League, losing out on the
championship on goal difference to Felinheli. Also that season
United were losing finalist in the Eryri Shield, 5-3 in extra
time against Bodedern at the Oval, Caernarfon.
The 2001/2002 season proved to be a disappointment, an 8th place
finish in the League and Kevin W. Owen stepped down as manager
in the summer of 2002, after five seasons at the helm.
Long serving player Gwyn Davies was appointed as the new manager
in August 2002, with Dafydd Mona Owen as his assistant. And
in their first and only season at the helm together, United
were crowned champions of the Gwynedd League and winners of
the John Smith's Gwynedd Cup.
Following ground improvements at Eithin Duon, which the club
undertook at their own expense, United were prompted and accepted
as members of the Welsh Alliance League for the 2003/2004 season.
Dafydd Mona Owen was appointed as manager with Kevin Wyn Owen
as his assistant, United finished their first campaign at the
higher level in a respectable mid table position. And were losing
finalist in the Alves Cup in a final played at Conwy, were Bethesda
Athletic won 4-2 after extra time.
Aled Owen, who's originally from Porthmadog, but has lived in
Llanrug for many years was appointed as the new manager in July
2005. He is a well respected player and coach, who was at Llangefni
as a 1st team coach for the 2004/2005 season in the Cymru Alliance,
this after a distinguished career at the top tier of Welsh football
as captain of Porthmadog FC. United finished the 2005/2006 season
at a well earned 8th position.
more to be posted soon....................
