Ynysybwl F.C. is 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 in the 2010s as Ynysybwl Athletic, the club played in the Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League and won three league titles before folding in 2019.
The club reformed again in 2021, returning to the Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League.
History An association football club in Ynysybwl was active as early as November 1895.https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4602721/4602724/79/Ynysybwl%2BOR%2Bassociation?from=search For the 1910–11 season Ynysybwl were members of the Glamorgan League Division Three.https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4222750/4222753/108/Ynysybwl%2BAND%2Bassociation%2BOR%2Bfootball?from=search By 1913 there were three football clubs in the village, of those it was Christchurch Crusaders described as the best.https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4211094/4211096/39/Ynysybwl%2BOR%2Bsoccer?from=search
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 in 1991 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 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. Later that summer the club withdrew from the 2019–20 season.
In 2021 the club was reformed as Ynysybwl FC, and won the Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League Division One in their first season.https://x.com/YnysybwlFhttps://x.com/YnysybwlF/status/1522861628189986816
Honours
Welsh Football League Division Two (Tier 3 of the Welsh Football pyramid) – Champions: 1968–69 Welsh Football League Division One (Tier 3 of the Welsh Football pyramid) - Runners-Up: 1988–89 Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League Premier League – Champions: 2015–16; 2016–17; 2018–19 Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League Premier League – Runners-Up: 2017–18 Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League Division One – Champions: 2021–22
Welsh Football League history Information sourced from the Football Club History Database for Ynysybwl Athletic and Pontypridd-Ynysybwl, and the Welsh Soccer Archive.
Season Pyramid Tier League Final position1920–212Welsh Football League Division Two16th1925–262Welsh Football League Division Two Section B5th1945–462Welsh Football League Division Two East10th1946–472Welsh Football League Division Two East17th1967–68From 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).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 Two14th1976–773Welsh Football League Division Two6th1977–783Welsh Football League Division Two19th1978–793Welsh Football League Division Two20th1979–803Welsh Football League Division Two20th1980–813Welsh Football League Division Two17th1981–823Welsh Football League Division Two15th1982–833Welsh Football League Division Two12th1983–84In 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'.3Welsh Football League Division One11th1984–853Welsh Football League Division One10th1985–863Welsh Football League Division One12th1986–873Welsh Football League Division One5th1987–883Welsh Football League Division One9th1988–893Welsh Football League Division One2nd – Runners Up(promoted)1989–902Welsh Football League Premier Division5th1990–912Welsh Football League Division One11th1991–92In this season the club was renamed Pontypridd-Ynysybwl F.C.2Welsh Football League Division One6th
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External links Official club Twitter