Ynysybwl Athletic A.F.C. Explained

Clubname:Ynysybwl Athletic Association Football Club
Fullname:Ynysybwl Athletic
Ground:Ynysangharad Park[1]

Ynysybwl Athletic A.F.C. was a Welsh football club from the village of Ynysybwl in Cwm Clydach in Wales and forms part of the community of Ynysybwl and Coed-y-cwm. They play in the .

The club played for 25 seasons in the Welsh Football League, before in the early 1990s merging with Pontypridd. After reforming, the club played in the Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League and finished as champions in the 2018–19 season, their third title in four years in that division.

History

There is evidence of the club playing in the Welsh Football League in the 1920s and again for two seasons in the post-war period. They rejoined the league in the 1967–68 season and over the next twenty years fluctuated between the second and third tiers of the Welsh League. Promotion to the top flight was secured in 1989 and after a campaign at that level the club merged with Pontypridd Social Club to become Pontypridd-Ynysybwl. A year later, Ynysybwl was removed entirely from the club's identity as Pontypridd Town were formed.

The club reformed in the 2010s and played in the Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League. Their first season in Division One in 2014–15 saw them finish fourth[2] with the following season they moved up to the Premier Division, winning the first of their three titles in four years in that division (the fourth year they finished on equal points with the winners, losing out for the title only on goal difference.) At the end of the 2018–19 season the club again won the title, but lost to Maesteg Park in the South Wales Alliance League promotion play-off final.[3] Later that summer the club withdrew from the 2019–20 season.[4]

Honours

Welsh Football League history

Information sourced from the Football Club History Database for Ynysybwl Athletic[5] and Pontypridd-Ynysybwl,[6] and the Welsh Soccer Archive.[7]

SeasonPyramid TierLeagueFinal position
1920–212Welsh Football League Division Two16th
1925–262Welsh Football League Division Two Section B5th
1945–462Welsh Football League Division Two East10th
1946–472Welsh Football League Division Two East17th
1967–68[8] 3Welsh Football League Division Two4th
1968–693Welsh Football League Division Two1st – Champions
(promoted)
1968–692Welsh Football League Division One7th
1969–702Welsh Football League Division One11th
1970–712Welsh Football League Division One11th
1971–722Welsh Football League Division One6th
1972–732Welsh Football League Division One16th
1973–742Welsh Football League Division One10th
1974–752Welsh Football League Division One18th
(relegated)
1975–763Welsh Football League Division Two14th
1976–773Welsh Football League Division Two6th
1977–783Welsh Football League Division Two19th
1978–793Welsh Football League Division Two20th
1979–803Welsh Football League Division Two20th
1980–813Welsh Football League Division Two17th
1981–823Welsh Football League Division Two15th
1982–833Welsh Football League Division Two12th
1983–84[9] 3Welsh Football League Division One11th
1984–853Welsh Football League Division One10th
1985–863Welsh Football League Division One12th
1986–873Welsh Football League Division One5th
1987–883Welsh Football League Division One9th
1988–893Welsh Football League Division One2nd – Runners Up
(promoted)
1989–902Welsh Football League Premier Division5th
1990–91[10] 2Welsh Football League Division One11th
1991–922Welsh Football League Division One6th
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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ynysybwl striving to return to where they 'belong' nearly 30 years after 'heartbreaking' re-brand - . 2019-10-19 . 2019-10-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191018220736/https://ygemfootball.com/2019/05/04/ynysybwl-striving-to-return-to-where-they-belong-nearly-30-years-after-heartbreaking-re-brand/ . dead .
  2. Web site: The Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Football Leagues website has moved!. www.leaguewebsite.com.
  3. Web site: Maesteg Park promoted to Alliance League after crushing Ynysybwl. Jordan. Jones. May 21, 2019.
  4. Web site: Ynysybwl: Club withdraw from league after narrowly missing out on promotion. Jordan. Jones. August 22, 2019.
  5. Web site: Football Club History Database - Ynysybwl. www.fchd.info.
  6. Web site: Football Club History Database - Pontypridd-Ynysybwl. www.fchd.info.
  7. Web site: Welsh League. www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk.
  8. From the 1964–65 season Division 1 was renamed 'Premier Division', Division 2 East and West were replaced by 'Division One' and 'Division Two' (effectively Division Two and Division Three).
  9. In this season The Premier Division (Division One) was renamed 'National Division'. The 2nd tier division was renamed 'Premier Division' with the 3rd tier division named 'Division One'.
  10. In this season the club was renamed Pontypridd-Ynysybwl F.C.