RTB Ebbw Vale F.C.

Association football club in Wales

Football club

RTB Ebbw Vale Football Club

Full name| RTB Ebbw Vale Football Club
Nickname(s)| Ts
Founded| 1951
Ground| Hilltop Stadium, Ebbw Vale
Chairman| Grant Matthews
Manager| Craig Morgan-Hill
League| Gwent County League Premier Division
2024–25| Gwent County League Premier Division, 12th of 16

RTB Ebbw Vale Football Club are a Welsh association football club based in the town of Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales. The team was founded in 1951 as the football club of the Richard Thomas and Baldwins Steelworks. They currently play in the Gwent County League Premier Division.

They played in the Welsh Football League for two seasons in the early 2000s and in the tier 3 Ardal Leagues in early 2020s.

## History

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RTB Ebbw Vale FC was formed in 1951 as part of the then Richard Thomas & Baldwin Steel Company (social section) and entered the Ebbw Vale & District League. In the early 1960s RTB, as they were to be known, joined the Mon Senior League. The club won the Mon Senior Cup in 1969-70 and were finalists in 1971 and 1973. They were crowned Division One Champions in 1973, just missing out on the double by losing in the cup final.

In 1980 the Mon Senior League was amalgamated with the Gwent Premier League to form the Gwent County League. As coach, Mike Cope led the club to promotion to the First Division of the Gwent County League as Division Two Champions in 1993–94 and Mike Williams, as player/manager led them to promotion to the Welsh Football League Division Three in 2000–01. In 2002 the club were runners up in the Gwent Senior Cup, losing 4–1 to Newport County at Caldicot. After two seasons in the Welsh League the club were relegated back into the Gwent County and have fluctuated between the First and Second Divisions ever since.

On 9 June 2022, it was announced that the club had been promoted to the tier 3 Ardal SE League for the 2022–23 season via the vacancy route.[1]

## Honours

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* Gwent County League Division One - Runners-Up: 2000–01
* Gwent County League Division Two - Champions: 1993–94; 2015–16
* Gwent County League Division Two - Runners-Up: 2007–08
* Gwent County Motors Cup - Runners-Up: 2015–16
* Gwent Amateur Cup \- Runners-Up: 2015–16
* Mon Senior League - Champions: 1972–73
* Mon Senior Cup - Winners: 1969–70
* Mon Senior Cup - Runners-Up: 1970–71; 1972–73

## Welsh Football League history

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Information in this section is sourced from the Football Club History Database[2] and the Welsh Soccer Archive.[3]

Season  | Pyramid Tier  | League  | Final position

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2001–02  | 4  | Welsh Football League Division Three | 16th
2002–03  | 4  | Welsh Football League Division Three | 17th
(relegated)
2014–15  | 4  | Gwent County League Division Two | 5th
2015–16  | 5  | Gwent County League Division Two | 1st (promoted)
2016–17  | 4  | Gwent County Premier Division | 4th
2017–18  | 4  | Gwent County Premier Division | 13th
2018–19  | 4  | Gwent County Premier Division | 8th
2019–20  | 4  | Gwent County Premier Division | 9th (when season cancelled)
2020–21  | 4  | Gwent County Premier Division | Season cancelled
2021–22  | 4  | Gwent County Premier Division | 4th

Notes

## References

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1. ^ "Ardal Leagues: A geographical look at the teams competing in the 2022/23 season". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
2. ^ "Football Club History Database - R T B Ebbw Vale".
3. ^ "Welsh League".

## External links

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* Club website
* Club official website
* Club Twitter

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Gwent County League

2024–25
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| Premier Division|

* Abertillery Excelsiors
* Caerleon
* Cefn Fforest
* Clydach Wasps
* Coed Eva Athletic
* Cwmbrân Town
* Lliswerry
* Lucas Cwmbran
* Monmouth Town
* New Inn
* Newport Saints
* Pill
* RTB Ebbw Vale
* Rogerstone
* Sifil
* Wattsville

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Division One|

* Aberbargoed Buds
* AFC Pontymister
* Albion Rovers
* FC Tredegar
* Graig Villa Dino
* Llanhilleth Athletic
* Machen
* Mardy
* Marshfield
* Nantyglo
* Panteg
* Pentwynmawr Athletic
* P.I.L.C.S.
* Ponthir
* Rhymney

Division Two|

* Alway
* Brynmawr United
* Crickhowell
* Cwmcarn Athletic
* Pontnewydd United
* Pontnewynydd
* Pontypool Town
* Riverside Rovers
* The Oak
* Thornwell R&W
* Trinant
* Usk Town

Former teams|

* Abercarn United
* Abergavenny Town
* Abertillery Bluebirds
* Blaenavon Blues
* Caldicot Town
* Chepstow Town
* Croesyceiliog
* Cwmbran Celtic
* Fields Park
* Goytre
* Newport Corinthians
* Risca United
* Tredegar Town
* Treowen Stars
* Trethomas Bluebirds
* Undy Athletic

Defunct former teams|

* Abergavenny Thursdays
* Newport YMCA
* Neuadd Wen
* Ynysddu Welfare

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