Holyhead Hotspur F.C.

Holyhead Hotspurs
Full name Holyhead Hotspurs Football Club
Nickname(s) The Harbourmen
Short name Holyhead
Founded 1990
Ground The New Stadium
Chairman Wales Ben Williams
Manager Wales Darren Garmey
League Cymru Alliance
2018–19 Cymru Alliance, 12th

Holyhead Hotspur Football Club is a football club based in Holyhead, Anglesey playing in the Cymru Alliance (part of the Welsh football league system).

The team's first choice strip is blue and white striped shirts, blue shorts and blue socks. The second choice strip is all white.

Holyhead Hotspur play at the New Oval ground opposite the leisure centre in Holyhead. The new stadium was opened in a ceremony on 27 July 2007 with a friendly match played against a Wolverhampton Wanderers XI.

Club history

Holyhead Hotspur was formed in 1990, initially playing in the Anglesey League. A group of local football lads who were playing for another local team decided to start their own team with the help of Ken Chambers and Gary Williams. To choose a team name, they each put their suggestion in a hat and the name HOTSPUR was drawn out, so Holyhead Hotspur was born.

In 1996, following the success of Holyhead Hotspur in the Anglesey League and Gwynedd League, the club amalgamated with the other four clubs representing Holyhead to form Holyhead Hotspur and Holyhead Hotspur Reserves.

Holyhead Hotspur were promoted to the Cymru Alliance league for the 1998-99 season after winning the Welsh Alliance League in the 1997-98 season. At the same time, Holyhead Hotspur Reserves also saw promotion to the Gwynedd League.

In summer 1997, local junior football club Holyhead Peibio Youth amalgamated with Holyhead Hotspur and formed the club's junior branch. Now known as Holyhead Hotspur Peibio Youth, the juniors are represented at Under 7, Under 9, Under 11, Under 12, Under 14, Under 16 and Under 18 age groups. Holyhead Hotspur Peibio Youth was the first organisation in the whole of Wales to receive the Welsh Football Trust's Fun Football Accreditation, allowing the Club to host regular soccer school activities as well as football in the community programme, involving a newly formed ladies team (Cybi Ladies) and a learning difficulties team (Clwb Cybi). In 2009 they were one of only four clubs on Anglesey to be awarded silver accreditation by McDonald's and the Football Association of Wales. Silver accreditation was retained for the 2010-11 season.

In summer 2011, girls' teams were reintroduced into the Club. Teams at under 10 and under 12 were affiliated to the North Wales Girls League.

2018 was big change for Holyhead Hotspur with Darren Garmey and Nick Dumbarton becoming Manager and Assistant Manager, and also Ben Williams becoming Chairman. Our reserve side which is aimed at bring youth through was taken over be club legend Mike Kelly, Tom Scott, Martyn Mcclymont and John Jones. This Season they play in the Anglesey league.

Stadium

The club play at the New Stadium, which they moved into in 2007.[1] The old ground still stands next to the new one, and is in use for some local games.[2]

The stand at Holyhead Hotspur's old ground

Management team

It was announced on 13 September 2009 that Campbell Harrison was to step down as manager after 3 seasons in charge. On 16 September 2009, Mark Williams, who was assistant manager to Campbell, was offered the post of manager. He duly accepted, and promoted reserve team boss Emlyn Manley-Williams to be his assistant manager on 8 October 2009. Emlyn was appointed first team manager at the start of the 2011 season which heralded unprecedented success in his first season. Emlyn and his backroom staff of Neil Bell and Mark Jat tendered their resignations in May 2013. On 6 June 2013, Campbell Harrison was re-appointed first team manager.

Campbell Harrison Quit the reigns in 2018, with Darren Garmey and Nick Dumbarton replacing him.

  • Manager: Darren Garmey
  • Assistant Managers: Nick Dumbarton

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Wales GK Carl Jones
2 Wales DF Alex Jones
3 Wales DF Tomos Clarke
4 Wales MF Harry Galleoti
6 Wales DF Ciao Hywel
7 Anglesey FW John Littlemore
8 Wales MF Corey Jones
10 Wales FW Mel McGinness
11 Wales MF Kenleigh Owen
12 Wales MF Jamie McDaid
13 Wales DF Dan McGinness
14 Anglesey MF Jamie Roberts
15 Wales MF Dean Garmey
No. Position Player


22 Wales FW Luke McGivern
23 Wales FW Mark Evans
25 Wales FW Chris Jones


References


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