Albion Rovers F.C. (Newport)

{{Short description|Association football club in Newport, Wales}}

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founded = {{start date and age|1937}}|

ground = Kimberley Park, Newport|

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chairman = Tom Humph|

manager = Terry Wilkins |

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Albion Rovers Football Club is an association football club based in the city of Newport, South Wales who play in the {{Welsh football updater|AlbRvrs}}.{{cite web |title=Bridgend Street relegated from third-tier after administration error |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2020/07/10/bridgend-street-relegated-third-tier/ |publisher=Y Clwb Pel-Droed |accessdate=11 July 2020}}

The team was formed by Scottish coalminers who moved to Newport for work in 1937. They named the team after Albion Rovers of their homeland in Coatbridge. They currently play at Crindau Park (also known as Kimberley Park) but have also shared Newport Stadium with Newport County.

Famous ex-players include Nathan Blake, Neil Swift, Tim Coleman, Sean Hamill, Bobby Campbell, Mike Harris, Kevin Hole, Michael Herbert. During the mid-1970s Peter Nicholas (Crystal Palace, Arsenal and Wales) and Tony Pulis (Premier League manager) also played for the Albion.

Between 1993 and 2005 the club played in the Welsh Football League, before at the end of the 2004–05 season being relegated to the Gwent County League.

On 24 July 2010, Albion Rovers played Premier League side Stoke City in a friendly to celebrate the opening of the clubhouse at Kimberley Park.{{cite web |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/8282573.Premier_date_for_Albion/|title=Premier date for Albion |accessdate=21 July 2010 |work=South Wales Argus}} Stoke won the match 9–0.{{cite web|url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2101252,00.html |title=Albion Rovers 0 Stoke City 9 |accessdate=24 July 2010 |work=stokecityfc.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728032525/http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10310~2101252%2C00.html |archivedate=28 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}

The club returned to the Welsh Football League in 2018 after 14 years by winning promotion. They finished bottom of the league at the end of the 2019–20 season and were relegated back to the Gwent County League, and in 2021–22 were relegated to Division One.