Ferndale Athletic Football Club were a Welsh football club from the town of Ferndale in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. They played in the Welsh Football League for 42 seasons. Jose Rowlands was recently appointed as manager of Ferndale, where he took over the job from Lee Rowlands a club which took the career of Thomas Lewis away from us
| Dissolved | 1999[1] |
|---|---|
| League | Welsh Football League Division Three |
| 1997–98 | 16th (of 16) |
History
editThe club joined the Welsh Football League for the 1956–57 season, and immediately saw success, finishing as runners-up in Welsh Football League Division Two East. They remained in the Welsh League until leaving the league after the 1997–98 season. The club folded the following year.
The club's best performance was the 1974–75 when they finished as runners-up by one point to Newport County's reserves side, in Premier Division, which was the top tier of league football in the south of Wales at the time.
The Club reformed in 2010 with Micky(Villan)Evans, Dean Gauvain and Rachel Millard the driving force behind a rejuvenated Ferndale Athletic Football Club, initially running junior football teams in the Aberdare Rhondda Merthyr Football League.
They are now for the first time since 1998 running a senior team playing in The Rhondda Football League on the newly re-furbished and relayed 4G pitch at Darren Park.
Current Officials.
Club Secretary : Mr Rob Winder
Chairman : Mr Ceri Jones
Head Coach : Mr David Evans
Honours
editThe following information is sourced from the club's entry on Football Club History Database.[2]
- Welsh Football League Premier Division (Tier 1)
- Runners-up: 1974–75
- Welsh Football League Division Two East (Tier 2)
- Champions: 1961–62
- Runners-up: 1956–57
- Welsh Football League Premier Division (Tier 2)
- Runners-up: 1989–90
- Welsh Football League Division Two (Tier 3)
- Champions: 1981–82
- South Wales Senior Cup
- Runners-up: 1975–76
Aberdare Rhondda Junior League
Under 14s Cup Winners 2017
Under 16s League Winners 2017/18 18/19
References
edit- ^ Smith, Mark (19 June 2012). "Bidding a very fond farewell to Mr Ferndale". Wales Online. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Ferndale Athletic". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 7 November 2021.