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Ond pam fod yr Hen Gorff a'r enwadau eraill (a hefyd rhai o Ryddfrydwyr amlwg y cylch) mor wrthwynebus i bel-droed?
Mae hanes datblygiad y gem yn Llanfair yn y 1890au yn taflu cryn oleuni ar y mater hwn. Yn gyntaf, gem Seisnig, estron, oedd ffwtbol yn y cyfnod hwn, ac Eglwyswyr a Cheidwadwyr rhonc oedd rhai brif swyddogion y clwb yn y dyddiau cynnar. Y cadeirydd cyntaf, er enghraifft, oed Samuel Holbut Davies Dew, BA (1877 - 1910), mab Griffith Dew, Carreg Brān, a fu'n asiant Ceidwadol y sir yn etholiad 1892. Doedd hyn ddim wrth fodd Rhyddfrydwyr y pentref. Yn ail, yr oedd y bechgyn yn newid ac yn cymdeithasu yn un o dafarnau'r fro - y "Butcher's Arms" a'r landlord oedd un George Thompson - Tori mawr arall. Roedd hyn hefyd yn fater o gryn bryder i ddirwestwyr y plwyf. Yna, yn olaf, rhaid cofio fod gan bel-droed (ac yn enwedig dilynwyr y gem) enw drwg y cyfnod hwn.
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There were many important factors which created opposition to the game and the Rovers.
Most of the villagers were Welsh, Non-Conformist and Liberal, as were the people of Anglesey.
Football was an English game and the senior officers of the football club were Church and fervent Tories.
The chairman of the Club, for example, was Samuel Holbut Davies Dew, BA (1877-1910), the son of Griffith Dew, Carreg Brān, who was a Tory agent in the 1892 election. (Note the Welsh name of the father and the double barrelled English style name of the son.) This was not to the liking of the Liberals in the village - a Tory and a Church-goer!
Also, the players changed for matches and spent their social hours at the Butcher's Arms, a pub located opposite where the Kwiksave supermarket is now. As if frequenting a local tavern was not bad enough and using it as headquarters for the Rovers, the landlord was one George Thompson - another fervent Tory.
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