A.F.C. Rhoose

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AFC Rhoose are a Welsh football club from Rhoose, a village and community near the sea (the Bristol Channel) in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, near Barry. They played for two seasons in the Welsh Football League. They play in the {{Welsh football updater|AFCRhoo}}.

Club history

The club was formed in 1969 as Rhoose Social in the Barry and District League.{{cite web |title=Biggest game in Rhoose's history |url=https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/sport/10853852.biggest-game-in-rhooses-history/ |publisher=Barry & District News |access-date=10 November 2021 |date=4 December 2013}} The club, as Rhoose FC, were accepted into the South Wales Amateur League for a second time in 2006–07 and were Division Two champions in the 2007–08 season. In the 2012–13 season they were Division One champions and beat Sully Sports (champions of the South Wales Senior League in the Welsh Football League promotion play-off match.{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Gareth |title=Paul Giles' Rhoose beat Sully Sports to claim place in MacWhirter Welsh League |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/amateur-football/paul-giles-rhoose-beat-sully-4018647 |publisher=Wales Online |access-date=9 November 2021 |date=26 May 2013}}

The club spent the following two seasons in Welsh Football League Division Three, finishing eighth and fifth respectively before they resigned from the league at the end of the season.{{cite web |title=Dark leaves as Rhoose quit |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/glamorgan-gazette/20150521/282419872839685 |website=Pressreader |publisher=Glamorgan Gazette |access-date=10 November 2021 |date=21 May 2015}}

The club's current organisation came as an amalgamation of the different football teams playing in Rhoose in 2015. Senior teams Pro Copy Athletic and Rhoose Rovers merged in addition to the mini and junior teams of Rhoose Athletic to play under one united club as AFC Rhoose.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Honours

=A.F.C. Rhoose=

Vale of Glamorgan League Premier Division – Runners-Up: 2018–19{{cite web |title=AFC Rhoose hold presentation evening |url=http://www.barry-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=127679&headline=AFC%20Rhoose%20hold%20presentation%20evening§ionIs=sport&searchyear=2019 |publisher=The Barry Gem |access-date=10 November 2021 |date=19 May 2019}}
Vale of Glamorgan League First Division – Champions: 2019–20 (reserves team)
Vale of Glamorgan League Second Division – Champions: 2018–19 (reserves team)
ASRS Cup – Winners: 2018–19
ASRS Cup – Winners: 2021–22
Barry Cup – Runners–up: 2022–23

===Rhoose F.C.===

South Wales Amateur League Division One – Champions: 2012–13
South Wales Amateur League Division Two – Champions: 2007–08{{cite web |title=Rhoose are the champions! |url=https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/sport/2286552.rhoose-are-the-champions/ |publisher=Barry & District News |access-date=10 November 2021 |date=22 May 2008}}
Vale of Glamorgan League Premier Division – Champions: 2006–07
South Wales FA Senior Cup – Winners: 2009–10{{cite web |title=Rhoose FC win South Wales FA Senior Cup! |url=https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/sport/8172452.rhoose-fc-win-south-wales-fa-senior-cup/ |publisher=Barry & District News |access-date=10 November 2021 |date=20 May 2010}}

=Rhoose Rovers=

Vale of Glamorgan League Second Division – Champions: 2012–13{{cite web |title=Bright future ahead for Rhoose Rovers FC |url=https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/sport/11808313.bright-future-ahead-for-rhoose-rovers-fc/ |publisher=Barry & District News |access-date=10 November 2021 |date=20 February 2015}}
Dockers Cup – Winners: 2012–13

=Pro Copy Athletic=

Vale of Glamorgan League Division One – Champions: 2012–13
Vale of Glamorgan League Division Two – Champions: 2011–12
Dockers Cup – Winners: 2011–12

Seasons (as Rhoose F.C.)

Information in this section is sourced from the Football Club History Database.{{cite web |title=Rhoose FC |url=https://www.fchd.info/RHOOSE.HTM |publisher=Football Club History Database |access-date=10 November 2021}}

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Season ! League ! Final position
2003–04 \|Vale of Glamorgan League Premier Division \|4thhttps://web.archive.org/web/20040606092809/http://www.dinaspowysfc.co.uk/League%20positions%202003-2004.htm
2004–05 \|Vale of Glamorgan League Premier Division \|unknown
2005–06 \|Vale of Glamorgan League Premier Division \|unknown
2006–07 \|Vale of Glamorgan League Premier Division \|1st (promoted)https://www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk/leagues_vale_glam.php?season_id=1
2007–08 \|South Wales Amateur League Division Two \|1st (promoted)
2008–09 \|South Wales Amateur League Division One \|3rd
2009–10 \|South Wales Amateur League Division One \|3rd
2010–11 \|South Wales Amateur League Division One \|9th
2011–12 \|South Wales Amateur League Division One \|5th
2012–13 \|South Wales Amateur League Division One \|1st (promoted)
2013–14 \|Welsh Football League Division Three \|8th
2014–15 \|Welsh Football League Division Three \|5th

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Season

! League

! Final position

2003–04

|Vale of Glamorgan League Premier Division

|4thhttps://web.archive.org/web/20040606092809/http://www.dinaspowysfc.co.uk/League%20positions%202003-2004.htm

2004–05

|Vale of Glamorgan League Premier Division

|unknown

2005–06

|Vale of Glamorgan League Premier Division