|
AIRBUS UK FC
(WALES) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Airbus
UK FC is a football team based in Broughton, North Wales, a few miles from
the city of Chester. They are the works team of the Airbus aerospace factory
where the wings of the Airbus airliner are produced, and are consequently
nicknamed The Wingmakers or The Planemakers. The club was promoted to the
League of Wales for the first time in 2004, and normally play at The
Airfield, Broughton (capacity 2,100, 250 of whom are seated); however as
their pitch could not be brought up to League of Wales standards in time
following their promotion, for their first season in the League they will
share Conwy United FC's ground. The Airfield features unusual retracting
floodlights as it is adjacent to an operational runway.
History
Formed in 1946, the club has known several different names as the ownership
of the factory has changed over the years. Originally called Vickers-Armstrong,
it has variously been named de Havillands, Hawker Siddeley, British
Aerospace, and Bae Systems.
The club's early years were spent in the Chester & District League and the
Wrexham area leagues. The club won the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area)
Division Two title during the 1991-92 season, when they won 28 of their 34
matches and scored 130 goals. They then spent four years making steady
improvements in their position in the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area)
Division One before being promoted to the Welsh National League Premier
Division at the end of the 1995-96 season when they were runners-up in
Division One. They spent another four years consolidating their position in
the Premier Division before winning promotion to the Cymru Alliance at the
end of the 1999-2000 season, when they won 21 of their 30 matches. To co-incide
with this promotion the club changed its name to Airbus UK.
Once again they spent four seasons in their new league, successively
finishing in 11th, 8th, and 5th positions before running away with the
league title in 2003-04 to earn promotion to the top level of Welsh domestic
football for the first time.
Team Honours
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division Two Champions: 1991-92.
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One Runners-up: 1995-96.
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division Champions: 1999-2000.
Cymru Alliance Champions: 2003-04. |
|
|
BACK TO THE WELSH SOCCER TEAMS DIRECTORY |
|
|
