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Caernarvon Ironopolis, Mumbles Albion and the Rechabites... they are just three of the evocative names of some of Wales’ forgotten football teams being commemorated in a new online photograpahic exhibition.

Pictures of teams from more than 120 years ago with players sporting handlebar moustaches, elegant hats and holding old style heavy leather footballs are contained in the new exhibition put together by the People’s Collection Wales, a contemporary, bilingual website dedicated to sharing the history and experience of Wales and its people with the world.

Among the old clubs included in the new collection are:

The Caernarvon Rechabites. Little is known about the side but Rechabites are associated with the temperance movement and the Independent Order of Rechabites was a friendly society formed in the 1830s.

Aberdare Association FC (also known as Aberdare Athletic) are pictured In the 1899/90 season in which they won the Leominster Charity Cup and were Gold Medallists in the South Wales League.

Carnarvon Ironopolis were formed in 1894 after the demise of Caernarvon Athletic football club. They were so-called because the team were employees of De Wintens Iron Works.

Nantlle Vale Football Club are pictured in the 1938-39 season when the won the Lleyn and District Cup and the Cooks Cup.

Mumbles Albion was one of the first clubs formed in South Wales, surviving into the 20th Century winning the Swansea League in 1909.

The University of Wales Abersytwyth Football team is pictured in 1897 with their famous goalkeeping captain, Leigh Richmond Roose, who later played for Stoke, Everton and Aston Villa, winning 24 Welsh caps.

A one-time boyfriend of music hall star Marie Lloyd the Holt, Wrexham-born player won the Military Medal for his bravery in WWI but died on the last day of the Battle of the Somme aged 38.

People’s Collection Wales is a contemporary, bilingual website dedicated to sharing the history and experience of Wales and its people with the world.

The website has recently been re-launched to improve the user experience – and there are now over 47,000 items to discover on the website.

Items range from family photographs to national treasures, with content from the three partner organisations (National Library of Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, Royal Commission of Ancient and Historical Monuments), local and regional museums, archives and libraries, community groups and, importantly, individuals.

Anybody can submit content to the website which makes People’s Collection Wales a constantly growing resource for the people of Wales to learn about their history.

Visit the People's Collection Wales wesbsite at www.peoplescollectionwales.co.uk