Trefelin BGC

Trefelin Boys & Girls Club, often shortened to Tefelin BGC, is an association football club who play their home games at Ynys park in Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Their men's team play in the Welsh Football League Division Three.

Trefelin BGC was founded in 1984. Initially they played their matches in the local park (the plough) however they later moved to their current home of Ynys Park near Port Talbot following local fundraising efforts.[1] In 2000, Trefelin BGC won the FAW Trophy by winning in the final 6–2 against Bryntirion Athletic F.C..[2] In 2007 they were promoted as champions of the South Wales Amateur Second Division and following their first season in the First Division, Trefelin BGC finished the season as runners-up to eventual champions and former Welsh League team AFC Porth.[3] In 2014, Trefelin BGC won promotion from the South Wales Amateur League First Division[4] with at least a fourteen-game unbeaten run.[5] In the same year, they won the W John Owen Cup by defeating AFC Bargoed.[6] In the 2015–16 season, Trefelin won promotion to the Welsh Football League after winning the newly formed South Wales alliance league.

Women

In 2010, Trefelin BGC Ladies were promoted from the Southern Conference into the Welsh Premier Women's Football League.[7] Following two years in Welsh women's top flight, the team broke away from Trefelin BGC and renamed themselves Port Talbot Town Ladies after becoming affiliated with Port Talbot Town F.C.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Homepage". Trefelin BGC. 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  2. ↑ "Wales – List of Welsh Amateur Cup Finals". Rsssf. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. ↑ "Porth Bounce Bac to Make League History". South Wales Echo. Retrieved 2016-04-30.  – via HighBeam (subscription required)
  4. ↑ "Trefelin lift First Division Title with Games to Spare". South Wales Echo. Retrieved 2016-04-30.  – via HighBeam (subscription required)
  5. ↑ "Penrhyn face Test at Trefelin in Trophy". Daily Post. Retrieved 2016-04-30.  – via HighBeam (subscription required)
  6. ↑ "Holders Trefelin and Baroed Both into the Semi-Finals of Cup". South Wales Echo. Retrieved 2016-04-30.  – via HighBeam (subscription required)
  7. ↑ "WPWL Honours". Welsh Premier Women's League. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  8. ↑ "Port Talbot Town Ladies Club Information". Welsh Premier League. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
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