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| End of the line for Canaries |
| Friday 26 February 2010 |
 A WELSH Premier club less than a year ago, Caernarfon Town appear to have reached the end of their existence. The Canaries were suspended from all football activities on Thursday due to non-payment of fines to the FAW and, according to a statement on the club's forum, chairman George Denham says he has been unable to raise the neccessary funds for the club to continue for the rest of the season. The club's players, who have reportedly not been paid for a month, have been told they are released and can join new clubs this afternoon making them eligible to play for their respective new clubs tomorrow. "It is almost 100% certain that the club will now fold," adds the statement. With a history dating back to 1876, Caernarfon were one of the clubs to resist the FAW's move to form the League of Wales and continued to play in the Northern Premier League. They were forced to play their 'home' games more than 100 miles away at east Manchester club Curzon Ashton and later in Ellesmere Port. But, following a series of mediocre performances over a five-year period, the club’s board of directors decided to return to Welsh soccer and joined the domestic league in 1995. Their heyday came in 1996/7 when they challenged Barry Town for the league title, eventually finishing fourth, with striker Eifion Williams scoring 34 goals from 37 starts and winning Wales Under-21 honours before his move to Jenner Park. Relegated in 2000, they returned as Cymru Alliance champions 12 months later, but recent seasons have brought poor results and they spent nearly all last season in bottom place before being relegated again. The club is informing the Cymru Alliance that it is unable to fulfil Saturday's fixture at Llanfairpwll, but is yet to resign from the league officially. |