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{{Short description|Association football club in Wales}}
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'''Ynysygerwn FC''' is a [[Welsh Football League Division Two]] side from [[Aberdulais]], situated approximately 2 miles from [[Neath]] town centre.
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| fullname = Ynysygerwn Football Club
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| founded = 1981
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| chairman = Barrie Davies
| manager = Nicholas Maggs
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'''Ynysygerwn Football Club''' is a Welsh [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Aberdulais]], situated approximately two miles from [[Neath]] town centre. The club currently competes {{Welsh football updater|Ynysyge}}.


Ynysygerwn FC run three senior football sides along with a junior section from Under 6s right through to U18s. The first team currently play their home games at Llandarcy Academy of Sport, home of [[The Ospreys]] training ground, while the rest of the sides play at [[Ynysygerwn Cricket Club]].
Ynysygerwn has three senior football sides along with a youth academy which runs teams from Under 6s to Under 18s. The first team currently play their home games at Llandarcy Academy of Sport, the training ground of the [[Ospreys (rugby union)|Ospreys]] rugby union team, while the rest of the teams play at [[Ynysygerwn Cricket Club]].<ref name="wfl"/> The club's president is [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] and Wales player [[Ben Davies (footballer, born 1993)|Ben Davies]].


==History==
The club's President is [[Tottenham Hotspur]] and Wales player [[Ben Davies (footballer, born 1993)|Ben Davies]].
Ynysygerwn Football Club was founded in 1981 by members of the town's cricket club as a way for the players to stay fit when the cricket season ended. The club entered the amateur [[Neath & District League]].<ref name="wfl">{{cite web |url=http://wfleague.co.uk/teams/view/172 |title=Ynysygerwn FC |publisher=Welsh Football League |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref> The club achieved promotion in 1985 and by the early 1990s had reached the First Division. In the 1991–92 season, Ynysgerwyn finished First Division champions.<ref name="wfl"/>


The team remained in the top tiers of the Neath & District League, achieving a third-placed finished in 2014. Two years later, the club won promotion to the [[Welsh Football League]] during the 2015–16 season for the first time in its history,<ref name="wfl"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://fchd.info/YNYSYGER.HTM |title=Ynysygerwn |publisher=Football Club History Database |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref> defeating Team Swansea in a play-off match in May 2016 having finished as runners-up.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/jd-welsh-cup-latest-learning-curve-ynysygerwn/ |title=JD Welsh Cup the Latest Learning Curve for Ynysygerwn |publisher=Football Association of Wales |date=4 November 2016 |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref> The side also won the Neath & District League Cup for the first time in its history in the same season.<ref name="wfl"/>
{{Welsh Football League Division Two teamlist}}

[[Wales national football team|Wales]] international defender [[Ben Davies (footballer, born 1993)|Ben Davies]] was named club president in the 2010s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2019/05/27/ben-davies-tottenham-hotspur-champions-league/ |title=The Welsh League club who’ll be supporting Tottenham in the Champions League final this Saturday |publisher=Y Clwb Pel-Droed |last=Jones |first=Jordan |date=27 May 2019 |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref> Davies had played cricket for the club as a teenager.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://clwbpeldroed.org/2019/06/01/ben-davies-champions-league-tottenham-hotspur/ |title=Ben Davies: How Ynysygerwn prepared Wales star for Champions League final |publisher=Y Clwb Pel-Droed |last=Jones |first=Jordan |date=1 June 2019 |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:28, 19 August 2024

Ynysygerwn
Full nameYnysygerwn Football Club
Founded1981
ChairmanBarrie Davies
ManagerNicholas Maggs
LeagueArdal SW League
2023–24Ardal SW League, 8th of 16

Ynysygerwn Football Club is a Welsh football club based in Aberdulais, situated approximately two miles from Neath town centre. The club currently competes Ardal SW League.

Ynysygerwn has three senior football sides along with a youth academy which runs teams from Under 6s to Under 18s. The first team currently play their home games at Llandarcy Academy of Sport, the training ground of the Ospreys rugby union team, while the rest of the teams play at Ynysygerwn Cricket Club.[1] The club's president is Tottenham Hotspur and Wales player Ben Davies.

History

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Ynysygerwn Football Club was founded in 1981 by members of the town's cricket club as a way for the players to stay fit when the cricket season ended. The club entered the amateur Neath & District League.[1] The club achieved promotion in 1985 and by the early 1990s had reached the First Division. In the 1991–92 season, Ynysgerwyn finished First Division champions.[1]

The team remained in the top tiers of the Neath & District League, achieving a third-placed finished in 2014. Two years later, the club won promotion to the Welsh Football League during the 2015–16 season for the first time in its history,[1][2] defeating Team Swansea in a play-off match in May 2016 having finished as runners-up.[3] The side also won the Neath & District League Cup for the first time in its history in the same season.[1]

Wales international defender Ben Davies was named club president in the 2010s.[4] Davies had played cricket for the club as a teenager.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Ynysygerwn FC". Welsh Football League. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Ynysygerwn". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. ^ "JD Welsh Cup the Latest Learning Curve for Ynysygerwn". Football Association of Wales. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. ^ Jones, Jordan (27 May 2019). "The Welsh League club who'll be supporting Tottenham in the Champions League final this Saturday". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  5. ^ Jones, Jordan (1 June 2019). "Ben Davies: How Ynysygerwn prepared Wales star for Champions League final". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

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