Gwynfi United F.C. is a Welsh football club from Blaengwynfi, a village in the Neath Port Talbot area of South Wales. They play in the Port Talbot Football League. The club played in the Welsh Football League for eleven seasons from 1996–97 until 2006–07 when they resigned from the league[1] and their results from the season were expunged.
| Full name | Gwynfi United Football Club |
|---|---|
| League | Port Talbot Football League |
| 2023–24 | Port Talbot Football League Premier Division, 3rd of 8 |
History
editGwynfi United were an established club in the South Wales Amateur League, winning the Division Two title in 1985 and 1995. Newly promoted to Division One, Gwynfi won the league title, and joined the Welsh Football League.
The club won the Division Three title in their first season in the Welsh League. In 1999, they finished second in Division Two, achieving promotion to Division One, at the second tier of Welsh football. The following season they finished ninth, which was their highest ever league finish. In 2005, they were relegated to Division Two, and were again relegated the next season, returning to Division Three. In January 2007, the club resigned from the Welsh League, and took the place of their reserve team in the Port Talbot Football League.
In 2008, Gwynfi were promoted to the Port Talbot League Premier Division, following a second place finish in Division One.[2] In their first season in the Premier Division they finished second, 18 points behind last season's Division One champions Real Bay View.[3]
In 2012, Gwynfi left the Port Talbot League, following a 4th place finish in the Premier Division.[4][5]
Welsh Football League history
editInformation in this section is sourced from the Football Club History Database.[6]
| Season | Pyramid Tier | League | Final position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | 4 | Welsh Football League Division Three | 1st - Champions (promoted) |
| 1997–98 | 3 | Welsh Football League Division Two | 4th |
| 1998–99 | 3 | Welsh Football League Division Two | 2nd - Runners-Up (promoted) |
| 1999–2000 | 2 | Welsh Football League Division One | 9th |
| 2000–01 | 2 | Welsh Football League Division One | 12th |
| 2001–02 | 2 | Welsh Football League Division One | 10th |
| 2002–03 | 2 | Welsh Football League Division One | 14th |
| 2003–04 | 2 | Welsh Football League Division One | 15th |
| 2004–05 | 2 | Welsh Football League Division One | 17th (relegated) |
| 2005–06 | 3 | Welsh Football League Division Two | 18th (relegated) |
| 2006–07 | 4 | Welsh Football League Division Three | Resigned from the league (record expunged) |
- Notes
Honours
edit- Welsh Football League Division Three – Champions: 1996–97
- Welsh Football League Division Two – Runners-up: 1997–98
- South Wales Amateur League Division One – Champions: 1995–96
- South Wales Amateur League Division Two – Champions: 1984–85, 1994–95
- Port Talbot Football League Premier Division – Champions: 2019–20
References
edit- ^ "Struggling Gwynfi call it a day". Wales Online. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ https://www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk/leagues_ptalbot.php?season_id=2
- ^ https://www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk/leagues_ptalbot.php?season_id=3
- ^ https://fchd.info/lghist/2011-12_Part_5.pdf
- ^ https://fchd.info/lghist/2012-13_Part_5.pdf
- ^ "Football Club History Database - Gwynfi United". www.fchd.info.
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