Cwm Welfare A.F.C. are a Welsh football club from the village of
Beddau
Beddau ( en, Graves cy, Y Beddau) is a large former mining village (and electoral ward) situated within the South Wales Valleys Davies (2008), page 507. around from Llantrisant and from the larger town of Pontypridd in the county borough of R ...
which is approximately six miles from the county town of
Pontypridd in the
Rhondda Cynon Taf in
Wales. Formed in 1949, they have played in the
Welsh Football League. They play in the .
History
The team was formed in 1949 entering the
South Wales Amateur League
The South Wales Amateur League was a former football league in South Wales. The league consisted of two divisions, named Divisions One and Two. Division One was a feeder to the Welsh Football League Division Three, and sat at level 5 of the Welsh ...
. They were Division Two champions in the 1959–60 season. They club subsequently played in the Pontypridd and District League, before in 1998-99 joining the
South Wales Senior League. They were Division Two champions in the 2003–04 season. A number of seasons in Division One saw them finish runners-up in the 2009–10 and 2012–13 seasons. The 2013–14 season saw them go one better and finish as Division One champions. They then won the play off final, beating Trefelin gaining promotion to the
Welsh Football League. Three seasons in the league saw two mid-table finished in the
Welsh Football League Division Three before they finished bottom of the league in the 2016–17 season and were relegated. The then joined the
South Wales Alliance League Premier Division finishing bottom in 2017–18 but were spared relegation. In the 2018–19 season they regularly suffered sizeable defeats, including losing 12–1, 16–0 and 17–0 in December 2018 and January 2019. The club finished bottom of the league again at the end of the season and were relegated to Division One for the 2019–20 season.
Honours
Updated August 2022
South Wales Senior League Division One – Champions: 84–85; 85–86; 86–87; 87–88; 94–95; 97–98; 2013–14
South Wales Senior League Division One – Runners-Up: 93–94; 94–95; 2009–10; 2012–13
South Wales Senior League Division Two – Champions: 2003–04
South Wales Amateur League Division Two – Champions: 1959–60
Greyhound cup - Champions 83–84; 87–88; 94–95
Horniman Cup - Champions 88–89; 94-95 RUNNERS UP 68–69
Senior Amateur cup - Champions 83–84; 85–86; 86–87; 87–88; 94–95; 97–98
SWFA Intermediate Cup - Champions 59–60
U16's SWWGL Division 2 - Champions 2021–22
U16s SWWGL SHield - CHampions 2021–22
Welsh Football League history
Information in this section is sourced from the Football Club History Database.
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References
External links
Official club TwitterOfficial club FacebookOfficial club website
Football clubs in Wales
1954 establishments in Wales
Association football clubs established in 1954
Welsh Football League clubs
South Wales Amateur League clubs
South Wales Senior League clubs
South Wales Alliance League clubs
Sport in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Beddau
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