In the Beginning

Welcome to Greens In The Valley.

It used to be a photocopied paper version, contaminated by Prit stick glue, and amateur Clip Art, and distributed to the members of Laxey Football Club for their amusement and sometimes disgust. Lengthy match reports, profiles of players, slightly rude pictures and double entendres were the order of the day in the mid nineties. Plus of course the Saga of the Founding of the Club in 1909 - the doings of Old Tom Snuggles and his mining contemporaries.

But as we approach the Centenary of the Club those sticky photocopy days have gone and we have our own website - at http://laxeyfc.intheteam.com/modules/page/page.aspx?pc=home

And here as an experiment, a blog all about Laxey Football Club.

The first league game of the club in the Isle of Man was in 1910 and there is a mighty saga to tell of those early days in future entries.

For now though, the basics. Laxey play in Green - Laxey play in a Valley. A beautiful valley. How green? Mighty green at the moment. And Laxey play football in the Premier (First) Division of the Isle of Man and peaked in 2006 when they won all the Cup Competitions (4), and the League, without losing any games. The Grand Slam. And we still have most of the players of those days and hope for more glory as the months of our Centenary Year unfold.

So if you want to know more about the beautiful village of Laxey and the Club which is part of the glue which holds the community together, come back here again.