...The History
Rhyl Football Club boasts a 140-year history which is being added to
every season, with the team now entered for its 4th consecutive UEFA competition.
It is without doubt that the 2003/2004 season when triumphs included
winning the Welsh Premier League, Welsh Cup, Premier League Cup and the NWCFA Challenge
Cup. The Champions' League followed and we were narrowly beaten by Latvian champions
Skonto Riga.
2004/2005 saw us qualify for the UEFA Cup where we visited Lithuanian
Champions FK Atlantis, who we beat and entered the second qualifying round draw, where
we were unlucky to be beaten by Norway's giants Viking Stavanger who were managed
by Roy Hodgson.
2005/2006 saw us defeat Bangor City to gain UEFA Cup qualification via
the Welsh Cup final but also finished third in the Welsh Premier League. Again we
were drawn against Lithuanian opposition called FK Suduva from the town of Marijampole
and after a tempestuous game we were defeated.
2006/2007 we finished Welsh Premier League runners-up and we are again
in the UEFA Cup against Northern European opposition.
Led by Peter Parry, an ex-player and local businessman, a strategic
board was put together, chaired by another ex-player Paul Higginson along with other
leading business entrepreneurs. This board was able to engage much local business
support which is now the envy of many other clubs.
The day to day operations are led by Managing Director David Milner FCA and Comercial
Director Mal Jackson who now run the club's affairs from a newly constructed purpose
built office complex.
Belle Vue is in it's fourth UEFA licensed season and the ground improvements
are continuing apace. The ground meets the all-seated criteria demanded by UEFA
and we have now increased both disabled and normal toilet facilities to local authority
standards.
During 2006/2007, we have hosted several matches of International Standard and more
are scheduled.
It was in 1870 when the team known as Rhyl Skull
& Crossbones started, and in those early years the first Welsh floodlit match
was played at the then Greenfield Ground with the help of famous inventor, Thomas
Edison.
1900 saw the club move to Belle Vue and many fond memories shaped.
The new Millennium proved to be the kick-start for a renewed impetus
at the club and together with it's stable footing, the club's faithful can look
forward to an exciting and fruitful future.
Updated - 17/7/07