Cwm Welfare A.F.C.
| Full name | Cwm Welfare Association Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Welfare | ||
| Founded | 1949 | ||
| Stadium | Mount Pleasant Park | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Lesley Hanson | ||
| League | South Wales Premier League Division One East | ||
| 2023–24 | South Wales Alliance Division One West, 8th of 12 (lateral league transfer) | ||
| Website | https://cwmwelfare.com/ | ||
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Cwm Welfare A.F.C. are a Welsh football club from the village of Beddau which is approximately six miles from the county town of Pontypridd in the Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales. Formed in 1949, they have played in the Welsh Football League. They play in the South Wales Premier League Division One East.
History
[edit]The team was formed in 1949 entering the South Wales Amateur League. They were Division Two champions in the 1959–60 season. They club subsequently played in the Pontypridd and District League, before in 1998-99 joining the South Wales Senior League. They were Division Two champions in the 2003–04 season. A number of seasons in Division One saw them finish runners-up in the 2009–10 and 2012–13 seasons. The 2013–14 season saw them go one better and finish as Division One champions. They then won the play off final, beating Trefelin[1] gaining promotion to the Welsh Football League. Three seasons in the league saw two mid-table finished in the Welsh Football League Division Three before they finished bottom of the league in the 2016–17 season and were relegated. The then joined the South Wales Alliance League Premier Division finishing bottom in 2017–18 but were spared relegation. In the 2018–19 season they regularly suffered sizeable defeats, including losing 12–1, 16–0 and 17–0 in December 2018 and January 2019.[2] The club finished bottom of the league again at the end of the season and were relegated to Division One for the 2019–20 season.[3]
Honours
[edit]Updated August 2022
South Wales Senior League Division One – Champions: 84–85; 85–86; 86–87; 87–88; 94–95; 97–98; 2013–14
South Wales Senior League Division One – Runners-Up: 93–94; 94–95; 2009–10; 2012–13
South Wales Senior League Division Two – Champions: 2003–04
South Wales Amateur League Division Two – Champions: 1959–60
Greyhound cup - Champions 83–84; 87–88; 94–95
Horniman Cup - Champions 88–89; 94-95 RUNNERS UP 68–69
Senior Amateur cup - Champions 83–84; 85–86; 86–87; 87–88; 94–95; 97–98
SWFA Intermediate Cup - Champions 59–60
U16's SWWGL Division 2 - Champions 2021–22
U16s SWWGL SHield - CHampions 2021–22
Welsh Football League history
[edit]Information in this section is sourced from the Football Club History Database.[4]
| Season | League | Final position |
|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | Welsh Football League Division Three | 10th |
| 2015–16 | Welsh Football League Division Three | 8th |
| 2016–17 | Welsh Football League Division Three | 16th (relegated) |
- Notes
References
[edit]- ^ "Cwm Welfare Out To Make History".
- ^ "Cwm Welfare send out desprate recruitmentplea after suffering 17-0 hammering from Cardiff Draconians". 13 January 2019.
- ^ Jones, Jordan (12 July 2019). "South Wales Alliance League confirm league lists as League runs with forty-six". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Football Club History Database - CWM Welfare [Glamorgan]".
External links
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