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Stadium: Llanelian Road, Colwyn Bay
Formed: 1881
Website: www.colwynbayfc.co.uk
On Being A Colwyn Bay Fan
By Rhys Wynne
My hometown club. This category probably will be the biggest on this blog, with good reason, as it’s my team. Since 1995 I’ve been a fan of Colwyn Bay, and seen them be promoted & relegated. I’ve travelled hours to see the Bay play, and we are lovely.

Rose tinted specs are optional, and I’ll aim to not be biased when I talk about the mighty mighty Seagulls!

Anyway, we are one of the longest running clubs in not only Wales, but also the entire UK. Our history has been jumping between minor English leagues & major Welsh leagues, shunning the League of Wales on formation to take our place in the English league system. Following exhile, Colwyn Bay had the most successful period, reaching the Unibond Premier Division in 1992, and having a couple of successful FA Cup Runs – reaching the second round in 1995 (losing to Blackpool) and the First Round the next two years (losing to Wrexham & Notts County).

Hinckley United – 1 Colwyn Bay – 3 So ever since that defeat to Chester Colwyn Bay have been on a bit of a downturn. The early season optimism was replaced with a run of defeats that saw us slump down the table. Even a victory against Warrington Town & taking the first points off [...]

Please Note: Due to the schoolboy error of me forgetting my camera, the pictures were taken on my mobile phone, so won’t be as good as normal, or as extensive. Sorry! Chester FC – 2 Colwyn Bay FC – 1 Football Conference North – 25th August 2012 With all due respect for the rest of [...]

Airbus UK Broughton – 1 Colwyn Bay – 6 Preseason Friendly – 11th August 2012 So my amazing week of sport finished with a preseason friendly against Airbus UK. After taking in the Olympic Park on Wednesday and Eton Dorney on Thursday, the Saturday saw me head down the coast from Colwyn Bay to the [...]

Runcorn Linnets – 1 Colwyn Bay FC – 0 Preseason Friendly – 24th July 2012 To coin a phrase from a certain Jamaican Alcoholic Beverage – the M56 on the 24th August was “total gridlock”. Something happened. I’m not sure what happened, many people weren’t sure, but all was known that although the majority of [...]

Gainsborough Trinity – 2 Colwyn Bay – 0 Football Conference North – 31st March 2012 What….you didn’t believe Sunday’s post, did you? A football blogger, in one of his other pursuits (the church) wrote recently “It has been proven recently that when man has nothing else for comfort, they get comfort from God.”. I am [...]