The club caused a real shock in winning the 1963 Welsh Cup and therefore qualifying for the Cup Winner's Cup. Borough Untied were formed in 1952 when two struggling clubs joined forces - "Llandudno Junction" and "Conwy Borough" merged and continued to play at Junction's Nant-Y-Coed ground - They won the Welsh League North in 1959 and 1963.
They beat Rhyl, Denbigh Town, Bangor City (who were then cup holders) and Hereford United to set up the 1963 Welsh Cup final with Newport County who were then members of the Football League Fourth Division. In the final, played over two legs, the club won 2–1 at home and drew 0–0 at Somerton Park to secure their famous win.
In the first round of the cup winner's cup they face Maltese side Silema Wanderers and drew 0-0 away in front of 9,786 people before a 2-0 win at Wrexham in the second leg in front of an amazing crowd of 17,910.
They then played Czechoslovakian side Slovan Bratislava losing narrowly 0-1 in the first leg in front of 10,115 before losing the second leg 3-0 with Czechoslovakian International player Pavol Molnár scoring twice. He had played for his country in the 1958 and 1962 World Cup Finals.
The club were evicted from their ground in 1967 and continued to play in the minor Vale of Conwy League before folding in the summer of 1969.
In 1977 Conwy Town and Conwy Royal British Legion amalgamated to form a new club Conwy United who currently play in the Cymru North.
1963/64
Cup Winner's Cup
First Round
Silema Wanderers W 2-0 D 0-0 (W 2-0)
Second Round
Slovan Bratislava L 0-1 L 0-2 (L 0-3)
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