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Blaenrhondda A.F.C.

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Blaenrhondda
Full nameBlaenrhondda Association Football Club
Founded1934
Dissolved2022
GroundBlaenrhondda Park
2021–22South Wales Alliance Premier, 9th of 16

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

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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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References

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  1. ^ "Tweet". Twitter. Blaenrhondda AFC. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Football Club History Database - Blaenrhondda".
  3. ^ http://www.southwalesallianceleague.co.uk/LeagueArchives?season=3095&divID=9177 [dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Highadmit Projects South Wales Alliance Football League - League Tables". www.southwalesallianceleague.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-01-17.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Leaguewebsite.co.uk has now closed".
  7. ^ "Blaenrhondda 2-1 Penydarren BGC: Division Two side stun Penydarren to lift Cup". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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