Records show that organised football was started in
Abergavenny during the 1890s with the founding of Abergavenny Rangers. The team later became known as Abergavenny Rangers Thursdays before dropping Rangers from its name altogether in 1908. The Thursdays, who were unconnected to the first team formed in the town, were founded in 1927. The club won promotion to the top tier of the
Welsh Football League in 1951. They won the
Welsh Football League Cup in 1952 after defeating
Caerau Athletic in the final. Eight years after entering Division One, the club won its first Welsh Football League title during the 1958–59 season, finishing 15 points clear of second placed side
Cardiff City reserves after winning 28 of their 36 league matches. They retained the title the following year. They also reached the semi-final of the
Welsh Cup during their second title winning season, the furthest the club ever advanced in the competition, suffering a defeat to
Wrexham in a replay. Several of the Thursdays' players during this era went on to join
English Football League sides after performing well for the club, including
Brian Evans and
Danny McCarthy. In the 1960s, the team remained in the top tier and finished as runners-up on three consecutive occasions between 1963 and 1965, losing out to
Swansea Town reserves each time.
League of Wales and decline Success returned to the club in the 1990–91 season, when the club won the Welsh Football League for the first time in 31 years, and they retained the title a year later. They became one of the founding members of the
League of Wales, a new national division which promised European football for the highest-placed teams. However, prior to the start of the
inaugural season, the club was required to provide a bond to the FAW as security to ensure that floodlights would be installed in time for the start of the campaign. Although Thursdays obliged, the money put a considerable strain on the club's financial resources and the ensuing uncertainty as to whether the club would be competing in the League of Wales led to a mass exodus of players, as well as the resignation of manager
Ray Warren and coach
John Lewis. The trust included former manager Kyle Holmes and several former players. The trust took over ownership of the club and renovated several areas of the ground. Tentative approaches were made over a potential merger between the Thursdays and local side Mardy in 2006 but were eventually dismissed. The club's last 11 seasons were spent in the Third Division of the Gwent County League. In August 2013, Thursdays withdrew from the Gwent County League days before they were due to play Pontypool in their opening match of the 2013–14 season, citing a lack of players. The problem had been a longstanding issue within the local area and the Thursdays had struggled for consistent levels for a number of seasons. Within a year of the old club's demise, a new club was formed to represent the town of Abergavenny –
Abergavenny Town F.C. ==Honours==