| LC control no. | nr2007010093 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Merthyr Town A.F.C. |
| Variant(s) | Merthyr Town Football Club (1908-1934) Martyrs (Soccer team) |
| See also | Successor: Merthyr Tydfil Football Club |
| Beginning date | 1908 |
| Ending date | 1934 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Wales |
| Located | Merthyr Tydfil (Wales) |
| Field of activity | Soccer |
| Found in | Merthyr Town A.F.C. 1908-1934, 2007: p. ii, etc. (founded 1908; disbanded 1934; Merthyr Town Football Club) Evening Express and Evening Mail [newspaper], 12 December 1908: page 4 (under Association [Football] League: Merthyr Town [in] Rhymney Valley Division I, played 3 matches to date) Football Club History Database website, viewed 8 September 2021 (Merthyr Town; joined Southern League Division 2A at start of 1909/10 season; also joined Western League) Merthyr Town FC website, viewed 8 September 2021: under Our Story: History (Merthyr Town was formed in the summer of 1908 and played its first competitive match in the South Wales League on September 4th 1908 for the visit of Swansea; Penydarren Park was owned at this time by Merthyr Athletic Club and it was decided to form an Association Football Club to represent the town; disbanded June 1934; resurrected as Merthyr Tydfil FC at the end of the second World War, playing its first home match in the Welsh League in 1946) English Football Archive website, 29 October 2007 (Merthyr Town FC; disbanded: 1934 due to recession; reformed: 1945 as Merthyr Tydfil AFC; nickname: The Martyrs; ground: Penydarren Park, Merthyr Tydfil CF47 8RF) Wikipedia, viewed 8 September 2021: under Merthyr Town F.C. (i Wikipedia, viewed 8 September 2021: under Merthyr Town F.C. (Welsh football club founded in 1909 as Merthyr Town A.F.C., folded in 1934 and replaced by newly formed Merthyr Tydfil F.C. in 1945; in 2010, the club reformed again as Merthyr Town F.C. after Merthyr Tydfil F.C. was liquidated) |
| Associated language | eng |
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