Blaenrhondda A.F.C. Explained

Clubname:Blaenrhondda
Fullname:Blaenrhondda Association Football Club
Founded:1934
Dissolved:2022
Ground:Blaenrhondda Park

Blaenrhondda Association Football Club was an association football club based in the village of Blaenrhondda in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The club last played in the South Wales Alliance League Premier Division, part of the Welsh football league system in South Wales but folded in July 2022.[1]

History

The club had significant history in the Welsh Football League, including periods in the top two divisions from the 1970s to the 1990s.[2]

After dropping out of the Welsh Football League the club played in the South Wales Amateur League, before dropping into the Rhondda & District League. The club joined the South Wales Alliance League for the 2017–18 season. Since then the club has secured back-to-back promotions - winning the second division in 2017–18[3] and finishing first division runners-up in the 2018–19 season,[4] gaining promotion to the Premier Division.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tweet . Twitter . Blaenrhondda AFC . 19 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Football Club History Database - Blaenrhondda.
  3. http://www.southwalesallianceleague.co.uk/LeagueArchives?season=3095&divID=9177
  4. Web site: Highadmit Projects South Wales Alliance Football League - League Tables . www.southwalesallianceleague.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180117084453/http://www.southwalesallianceleague.co.uk/Divisions?div=16115&age=all . 2018-01-17.
  5. Web site: Jones . Jordan . South Wales Alliance League confirm league lists as League runs with forty-six . 12 July 2019 . Y Clwb Pel-Droed . 5 August 2020.
  6. Web site: Leaguewebsite.co.uk has now closed.
  7. Web site: Blaenrhondda 2-1 Penydarren BGC: Division Two side stun Penydarren to lift Cup . 23 May 2018 . Y Clwb Pel-Droed . 27 July 2020.