Full name	Afan Lido Football Club
Location	Princess Margaret's Way Port Talbot SA12 6QW Wales
Ground Capacity	5000
Seating Capacity	525
Record attendance
Pitch size	112 x 75 metres
Contact person	Mr P. R. ROBINSON
Postal Address	56 Rhodfa Abbeyville PORT TALBOT SA12 6PY Wales
tel.no	(++44) (0)1639 892960
fax.no	(++44) (0)1639 885638
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CLUB HISTORY courtesy of the Football Club History Database

1973-74   Welsh League Division Two runner-up
1980      Relegated to Division One
1983-84   Placed in Division One on league re-organsiation (effectively
          relegated)
1984-85   Welsh League Division One runner-up
          Promoted to Premier Division
1987-88   Welsh League Premier Division Champions
1988-89   Welsh League Premier Division Champions
1989-90   Promoted to National Division
1992-93   Founder members of League Of Wales
1994-95   League Of Wales runner-up
1996-97   Rejoined Welsh League
1997-98   Welsh League runner-up
1998-99   Rejoined League of Wales
1999-00   Welsh Cup semi-finalists
2002-03   League Of Wales renamed Welsh Premier League

SEASON    LEAGUE     P    W    D    L    F    A    P      POS

1977-78   WELSH-P   34   12    8   14   48   44   32     11/18
1978-79   WELSH-P   34   17    7   10   43   37   41      4/18
1979-80   WELSH-P   34    6   12   16   31   68   24     16/18
1980-81   WELSH-1   34   10    9   15   44   52   29     14/18
1981-82   WELSH-1   34    9   11   14   48   46   38     13/18
1982-83   WELSH-1   32    5    5   22   41   78   20     17/17
1983-84   WELSH-1   36   20    8    8   76   41   68      4/19
1984-85   WELSH-1   32   22    2    8   81   36   68      2/17
1985-86   WELSH-P   34    9   10   15   41   65   37     14/18
1986-87   WELSH-P   34   16   10    8   57   41   56      7/18
1987-88   WELSH-P   34   28    3    3   80   25   87      1/18
1988-89   WELSH-P   34   23    7    4   70   29   76      1/18
1989-90   WELSH-P   34   20    6    8   78   43   66      3/18
1990-91   WELSH-N   30    9    8   13   44   62   35     12/16
1991-92   WELSH-N   30   12    7   11   54   47   43      8/16
1992-93   WALES     38   14   10   14   64   65   52     12/20
1993-94   WALES     38    8   15   15   52   66   39     16/20
1994-95   WALES     38   24    7    7   60   36   79      2/20
1995-96   WALES     40    9    9   22   33   71   36     20/21
1996-97   WELSH-1   34   18    9    7   60   31   63      6/18
1997-98   WELSH-1   36   27    4    5   86   26   85      2/19
1998-99   WALES     32    7   10   15   28   45   31     14/17
1999-00   WALES     34   12   10   12   44   42   46     10/18
2000-01   WALES     34   13    8   13   42   37   47     11/18
2001-02   WALES     34   18    4   12   42   36   58      5/18
2002-03   WEL PR    34   14   10   10   44   34   52      7/18
2003-04   WEL PR    32    8    8   16   31   54   32     14/17
2004-05   WEL PR    34    6    6   22   29   51   21     18/18


EUROPEAN COMPETITIONS

SEASON    CUP     RD   OPPONENTS                     VEN   SCORE

1995-96   UEFA    PRE  R A F YELGAVA (LAT)            H     1-2
                       R A F YELGAVA (LAT)            A     0-0 (Agg 1-2)


WELSH CUP

1999-00   QF    LLANELLI                            H    3-1
          SF    BANGOR CITY                         N    2-4    @ Newtown
2003-04   QF    RHYL                                H    1-2
2004-05   QF    TOTAL NETWORK SOLUTIONS             A    1-4

Founded in 1967, Afan Lido initially entered the Port Talbot and District league, serving the many people who attended the then newly-built leisure centre in the town.

Success in that league and the great ambition of its prime-mover, Phil Robinson, saw the club quickly move into and succeed in the national system, climbing the pyramid, winning the Welsh Intermediate Cup in 1987, being Premier Division Champions several times and entering the National Division in 1990.

The Lido were founder members of the League of Wales in 1992, and achieved strongly in the early days of the league, winning the League Cup for both of its first two seasons and also finishing runners-up in the league in 1995, entering the UEFA Cup as a result and only narrowly failing to win their tie.

Relegation to the Welsh League in 1996 was disappointing, though the club used it as a springboard to strengthen further, and when the club returned to the league two years later, they missed out on a second European qualification only on goal difference.

Currently in the Welsh League because of a relegation caused by a harsh points deduction, the club will surely again look towards its renowned youth academy and build again, hoping to return to the Welsh Premier at the earliest opportunity.

© Mike Brown 2005