Pontlottyn Blast Furnace A.F.C. were a Welsh football club from the village of Pontlottyn, in the county borough of Caerphilly, Wales. They played in the Welsh Football League for 34 seasons. The club folded in 2003 before reforming in 2008 as Pontlottyn A.F.C.
| Dissolved | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Ground | Pontlottyn Welfare Ground |
| Founded | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 2019 |
| Ground | Pontlottyn Welfare Ground[1] |
History
editPontlottyn Town
editThe Association football club was formed in 1898 with the first season of the club seeing them playing 24 matches with 15 matches won, 5 lost and 4 drawn.[2] A club called Pontlottyn Town A.F.C. won the Second Division of the Glamorgan League in 1909–10.[3]
Pontlottyn
editA club called Pontlottyn F.C. appeared in the Welsh Football League in the 1920s.
Pontlottyn Blast Furnace
editThe club joined the Welsh Football League for the 1969–70 season and remained a league member for 34 seasons before withdrawing from the league after the end of the 2002–03 season citing lack of players.
Pontlottyn AFC
editAnother club, Pontlottyn AFC was formed in 2008 using the same ground. The team joined the Taff Ely and Rhymney Valley League, before gaining promotion to the South Wales Senior League where they moved up the top division after finishing runners-up in Division Two at the end of the 2012–13 season.[4] In the final season of that division in 2014–15, the club were Division One champions.[5] They came within a game of a return to the Welsh Football League, losing the play-off final to STM Sports at the Cardiff City Stadium in 2015.[6] The club subsequently played in the new merged South Wales Alliance League, but were relegated from the Premier Division. The club again folded in the summer of 2019.[7]
Honours
editPontlottyn Blast Furnace
edit- Welsh Football League Division One (Third Tier of Pyramid) – Champions: 1983–84
- Welsh Football League Division One (Second Tier of Pyramid) – Runners-Up: 1976–77
Pontlottyn AFC
edit- South Wales Senior League Division One – Champions: 2014–15
- South Wales Senior League Division Two – Runners-Up: 2012–13
- Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League Premier Division – Champions: 2010–11, 2011–12
Welsh Football League history
editInformation sourced from the Football Club History Database[8] and the Welsh Soccer Archive.[9]
- Notes
- ^ As Pontlottyn FC
- ^ As Pontlottyn FC
- ^ As Pontlottyn FC
- ^ From 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).
- ^ At the end of this season the club was transferred to Division One as part of the league's re-organisation.
- ^ In this season The Premier Division (The Top Tier Division) was renamed 'National Division'. The 2nd tier division was renamed 'Premier Division' with the 3rd tier division named 'Division 1'.
- ^ In this season, The 2nd tier division was renamed 'Division One' with the 3rd tier division renamed 'Division Two'.
- ^ In this season the League of Wales was created as the new national tier 1 league. The Welsh Football League covered South Wales and now exists at tier 2 (Division One); tier 3 (Division Two) and tier 4 (Division Three).
References
edit- ^ "Pontlottyn Welfare, home to Pontlottyn AFC - Football Ground Map".
- ^ "PONTLOTTYN.|1899-05-27|South Wales Daily News - Welsh Newspapers".
- ^ "PONTLOTTYN TOWN ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB. WINNERS OF SECOND DIVISION GLAMORGAN LEAGUE, SEASON 1909-10.|1910-09-10|Evening Express - Welsh Newspapers".
- ^ "Football Club History Database - Pontlottyn".
- ^ "South Wales Senior League 2010-15 Champions - Welsh Football".
- ^ "STM Sports earn Welsh League status thanks to win against Pontlottyn FC at Cardiff City Stadium - Wales Online". 17 June 2015.
- ^ "South Wales Alliance League clubs Pontlottyn and Tynte Rovers fold". 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Football Club History Database - Pontlottyn Blast Furnace".
- ^ "Welsh League".