Welsh club Rhyl FC, who liquidated earlier this year, re-form as a new phoenix club and get back their old ground Belle Vue back.
They will now be known as CPD Y Rhyl 1879 and are set to go again for the 2020/21 season, what league is to be announced.

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The club statement on their website read: We are delighted and excited to announce that we have reached agreement with the owner of the Belle Vue stadium that Rhyl’s new football club CPD Y Rhyl 1879 will be playing at Belle Vue for the new 2020/21 season. We also can share that we have an exclusive option to buy the ground for the football club, its supporters, the town and the local community it serves.
Former Chairman Paul Higginson, new Chairman Tom Jamieson and Managing Director Adam Roche have been working behind the scenes tirelessly over the last few weeks in order to protect the commercial sensitivity required to guarantee the famous ground for the new club. They would also like to go on record and thank Mr Butters (the owner) who has opened up this exclusive opportunity to purchase Belle Vue. It creates the opportunity for Belle Vue to be club owned for the first time in its history since it became the centre of Rhyl football over 120 years ago.
The number one priority for the new club and its leadership team was to secure the Belle Vue stadium for the future of football in Rhyl. Whilst it was, up until a few days ago, an unbearable prospect that football would never be played at the famous North Wales ground again, it is now certain that CPD Y Rhyl 1879 will kick off the new season there but more importantly the new leadership team will look to guarantee the club never loses out on Belle Vue ever again. Paul Higginson said: “Personally I have been involved in trying to secure Belle Vue for nearly 15 years. This is a remarkable and momentous opportunity to secure an iconic ground and to secure the history of football in Rhyl, ensuring that the Club plays an important role in the regeneration of Rhyl”.
The new chairman, Tom Jamieson said: “We now want to call on everyone who showed their support across all the media for the old club, following the difficult announcement a month ago, to come forward to help bring back success to Rhyl and its community.” Tom also invited investment, “Now we have the ground I’d welcome all conversations from any serious credible investors to help us secure our famous ground and show your community support for the future of football in the town of Rhyl. We have the football support to rival any Welsh team and now we have the ground to match too“. Serious investment enquiries are invited to rhylfcbellevuegroup@gmail.com
A new volunteer management committee has been formed, with announcements to follow this week. They have also expressed their delight and excitement that the new club will be playing football back at Belle Vue when the new 2020/21 season starts and Tom was keen to echo their thoughts: “Whilst an historic moment for the new club and our town, the hard work at the ground will start on the 1st June when we get the keys as we have to call on all volunteers, existing and new to get the ground ready post coronavirus to kick that first ball in anger”.
Managing Director Adam Roche said on plans for a new first team manager: “We will be shortly advertising for someone who first and foremost is a proven winner, they must be positive, committed and experienced in North Wales football. We want someone who can demonstrate their passion for success through hard working players on the pitch and equally off it in representing the club with their support through local community engagement. This is an unbelievable opportunity to be the first manager in our new club to join us as we look to continue Rhyl’s footballing history by bringing success on the pitch back to Belle Vue”.
Fans were left pleasantly surprised after hearing that the Welsh club re-form as a phoenix club and get back their old ground…
??? A real Football Ground. Best of luck ⚫️⚪️❤️
— Lee Kendall (@kendscoach) May 18, 2020
Quality this
— Stewart Carroll NSNO ??? (@stewart35539171) May 18, 2020
Fantastic news!
— John Roberts (@JohnJjroberts) May 18, 2020
Quality news ????
— phil bathers (@philbathers) May 18, 2020
Forza CPD Y Rhyl 1879
— Oli? (@olihtfc) May 18, 2020
— Ryan.??????? (@RDGwyther) May 18, 2020
Amazing news. What a brilliant piece of work by those involved.
— ⚒⚒ Jonathan Evans ⚒⚒ (@HighwaymanX) May 18, 2020
Fantastic news for the club ?
— The 94th Minute ??????? (@The94thMin) May 18, 2020
The new welsh name is great!
— eliyerknow (@eliyerknow) May 18, 2020

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