Gwynfi United F.C. Explained

Clubname:Gwynfi United
Fullname:Gwynfi United Football Club

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 . 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.

History

Gwynfi 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

Information in this section is sourced from the Football Club History Database.[6]

SeasonPyramid TierLeagueFinal position
1996–974Welsh Football League Division Three1st - Champions
(promoted)
1997–983Welsh Football League Division Two4th
1998–993Welsh Football League Division Two2nd - Runners-Up
(promoted)
1999–20002Welsh Football League Division One9th
2000–012Welsh Football League Division One12th
2001–022Welsh Football League Division One10th
2002–032Welsh Football League Division One14th
2003–042Welsh Football League Division One15th
2004–052Welsh Football League Division One17th
(relegated)
2005–063Welsh Football League Division Two18th
(relegated)
2006–074Welsh Football League Division ThreeResigned from the league
(record expunged)
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Honours

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Struggling Gwynfi call it a day. Wales Online. 28 August 2019. 6 January 2007.
  2. https://www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk/leagues_ptalbot.php?season_id=2
  3. https://www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk/leagues_ptalbot.php?season_id=3
  4. https://fchd.info/lghist/2011-12_Part_5.pdf
  5. https://fchd.info/lghist/2012-13_Part_5.pdf
  6. Web site: Football Club History Database - Gwynfi United. www.fchd.info.