Blaenrhondda Association Football Club was an association football club based in the village of

Blaenrhondda Blaenrhondda is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, lying at the head the Rhondda Fawr valley. Blaenrhondda is a village and is part of the community of Treherbert. History The earliest evidence of people inhabiting th ...

Rhondda Cynon Taf Rhondda Cynon Taf (; RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South East Wales, south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff () and Ely valleys, ...

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. The club last played in the

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Premier Division, part of the

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in South Wales but folded in July 2022.

History

The club had significant history in the

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, including periods in the top two divisions from the 1970s to the 1990s. After dropping out of the Welsh Football League the club played in the

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, before dropping into the

Rhondda & District League The Rhondda & District League (currently the ''Carol Hosking Rhondda & District League'' for sponsorship reasons) is a football league covering the Rhondda and surrounding areas in South Wales. The leagues are at the seventh and eighth levels of t ...

. The club joined the

for the 2017–18 season. Since then the club has secured back-to-back promotions - winning the second division in 2017–18 and finishing first division runners-up in the 2018–19 season, gaining promotion to the Premier Division.

Honours

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- Champions: 1991–92 * Welsh Football League Premier Division - Runners-Up: 1982–83 * Welsh Football League Division Two - Runners-Up: 1970–71 * Welsh Football League Division Three - Runners-Up: 1996–97 *

Division Two - Runners-Up: 2018–19 * South Wales Alliance League Division Two - Champions: 2017–18 *

Premier Division – Champions: 2016–17 * WJ Owen Cup – Winners: 2018

External links

Official Twitter

References

{{South Wales Alliance teamlist 1934 establishments in Wales Welsh Football League clubs South Wales Alliance League clubs Sport in Rhondda Cynon Taf Rhondda & District League South Wales Amateur League clubs Rhondda & District League clubs Association football clubs established in 1934 2022 disestablishments in Wales Association football clubs disestablished in 2022 Defunct football clubs in Wales