IT has been quite a week for Radnor Valley.
The club won the MMP-NL Mid Wales League Cup last week, the greatest honour in their 101 year history.
The club will celebrate its centenary this year having been forced to cancel plans last year due to the pandemic.
This season has truly seen the Goats emerge from the shadow of local rivals Knighton Town and Presteigne St Andrews who both resigned from the Mid Wales League this term.
Past action as Radnor Valley celebrate their centenary. Picture by Barcud-Coch Photography.
Following a spell in the North Herefordshire League, Radnor Valley joined the Mid Wales League (South) in 1968/69 season, although it was somewhat of an inauspicious start when the Greens finished sixth in an eight-team league.
The School Lane men finished fourth at the end of the following term and again two seasons later.
Past action as Radnor Valley celebrate their centenary. Picture by Barcud-Coch Photography.
The 1971/72 campaign will be remembered for Radnor Valley's first major honour in Welsh football when overcoming the now defunct Crossgates in the league cup final.
The Goats achieved a third-placed finish in 1973/74, 1978/79 and 1979/80 after enduring a couple of disappointing seasons.
Past action as Radnor Valley celebrate their centenary. Picture by Barcud-Coch Photography.
The 1980s were a more unremarkable decade for the New Radnor men, as they generally struggled in the lower reaches of the Mid Wales League (South) with the School Lane club's best finish during the decade 10th in the 1987/88 campaign.
The Goats' fortunes started to take a turn for the better at the beginning of the 1990s but silverware remained absent.
A past Radnor Valley line up. Picture by Barcud-Coch Photography.
The new millennium saw Radnor Valley move grounds, from a rather open, and at times windswept, venue besides the A44 Aberystwyth to Kington road, to a pitch in School Lane, located close to the changing facilities in the village primary school.
The Goats' fortunes slowly improved at the beginning of the current decade with ninth place in 2011/12 being their best league finish for 12 seasons.
Steve Pigott had overseen a gradual change in the playing personnel, as several of the squad's more experienced members came towards the conclusion of their careers, he introduced a number of local youngsters that had played youth football.
Radnor Valley FC's new home, nicknamed 'The Bypass'
The School Lane outfit's change of fortunes was highlighted in 2015 when the Goats claimed their first Mid Wales League (South) title
The School Lane club applied to step-up to the Spar Mid Wales League for the first time and were accepted after passing their ground inspection and more than held their own.
Radnor went on to enjoy a highest finish of fourth placing of eighth position in the Mid Wales League First Division in 2017/18 and lifted the Radnorshire Cup that same season following a 1-0 win over Knighton Town.
Radnor Valley FC's new home, nicknamed 'The Bypass'
Since the club has moved to a new ground, The Bypass, and marked their debut campaign at their new home by being crowned Mid Wale League Cup winners.
Radnor Valley with the MMP-NL Mid Wales League Cup trophy. Picture by Barcud-Coch Photography.
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