Welbury Steel F.C.

Welbury Steel F.C. are a football team based in Welbury, in the south of Mindano. Founded in 1926, they are one of the oldest clubs in the country, and were involved in the earliest recorded football match - a two-nil defeat to Southeringdale-based Dawn River.

History
Welbury Steel began life as the works team of the Welbury Steel Corporation, based in the city's industrial heartland, when they challenged a representative team of workers from Southeringdale's Dawn River region in September 1926. Despite the defeat, this team stayed together, and were one of the ten teams who founded the AFGM in 1929.

They competed in the Mulryne Cup from its inception, and quickly established themselves as one of the early powerhouses, winning the 1929 and 1932 tournaments, and losing in the 1931 final to Port Victoria.

They were involved in controversy when they were expelled from the 1936 Mulryne Cup after electing to play a National Cup match instead of their first-round tie. It proved a wise decision for the club, as they triumphed in the National Cup to become its first champions. They returned to the Mulryne Cup in 1937, and took part for three more seasons, winning for the third time in 1939. After the 1939 season, the AFGM banned professional teams, among them Welbury Steel. The club then became one of the founder members of the Jessimine League in 1940.

Cups

 * National Cup
 * Winners (1): 1936


 * Mulryne Cup
 * Winners (3): 1929, 1932, 1939
 * Runners-up (2): 1931, 1933