Penybont Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Penybont) is a

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football club that plays in the

Cymru Premier The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to ...

. The current club was formed in 2013, following the merger of

Bridgend Town Bridgend Town A.F.C. ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Tref Pen-y-bont) was a Welsh football club that played in the Welsh Football League. Historically, their local rivals were Maesteg Park who disbanded in 2009. In 2013, they merged with local rivals ...

and Bryntirion Athletic. Penybont play their home games at Bryntirion Park (known as The SDM Glass Stadium for sponsorship reasons).

History

To coincide with the merger of the two clubs,

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was laid at Bryntirion Park and at the

Bridgend College Bridgend College ( cy, Coleg Penybont) is a further education college based in Bridgend, Wales. Founded in 1928 as the Bridgend Mining and Technical Institute, the college today has four campuses in Bridgend, Pencoed, Queens Road and Maesteg. T ...

Football Academy in Pencoed, funded by the sale of Bridgend Town's former Coychurch Road ground to superstore chain

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. The club began the season with a series of away games since Bryntirion Park's 3G pitch installation was incomplete until January 2014. The club's first league game was away against

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, the result of which was a 1–0 loss. The new pitch was officially opened by former

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

manager

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on 7 January 2014 at a friendly game played against a

Development XI. Cardiff's development team won the match 5–0. The club's first manager was Francis Ford, who managed Bryntirion Athletic prior to the club's merger with Bridgend Town. Penybont ended their inaugural season in third place in the

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. On 18 January 2015, the club announced that it had reached a sponsorship agreement with Bridgend-based KYMCO Healthcare UK, which included renaming Bryntirion Park as ''The KYMCO Stadium''. The club finished the 2014–15 season in 5th place in Welsh League Division One. On 12 September 2015, the club announced that it had applied for a

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Domestic License for the

. This indicated that the club was committed to improving the facilities at Bryntirion Park in order to make the club applicable for promotion to the top flight. In May 2016, Francis Ford resigned from his post as manager to be replaced by former

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, Newport County and

footballer Rhys Griffiths. On 11 June, former Cardiff City and Newport County player

Martyn Giles Martyn Giles (born 10 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional footballer. He has played for Wales at U17, U19 and semi-professional levels. He is assistant manager of Cymru Premier side Penybont. Early life Born in Cardiff, Giles grew up i ...

was appointed as his assistant. On 13 April 2019, it was confirmed that the club had secured promotion to the Cymru Premier after promotion rivals Cambrian & Clydach Vale and Cwmamman United suffered defeats. On 4 July 2019, former

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and

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player

Daniel Jefferies Daniel Rhys Jefferies (born 30 January 1999) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a centre-back for Cymru Premier side Penybont Jefferies is a product of the Swansea City Academy. He left the club in 2017 to join Colchester United. He joined Dun ...

signed for the club. On 23 December 2021, the club announced the signing of former

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, AFC Bournemouth and Wales international

Shaun MacDonald Shaun Benjamin MacDonald (born 17 June 1988) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cymru Premier club Penybont. A product of the Swansea City youth team, he earned four caps for Wales and is the current record caps holder for the ...

on an 18-month deal.

Current squad

Club honours

League

* Southern Football League **Winners: 1979–80 (as Bridgend Town) *

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**Winners: 1968–69, 1972–1973 (as Bridgend Town); 2010–2011 (as Bryntirion Athletic); 2018–19 (as Penybont) **Runners-up: 1975–76 (as Everwarm); 1976–77, 1984–85, 1985–86 (as Bridgend Town) *

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**Winners: 1996–97 (as Bridgend Town) *

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**Winners: 2003–04 (as Bryntirion Athletic)

Cups

Welsh Cup The FAW Welsh Cup ( cy, Cwpan Cymdeithas Pêl-droed Cymru), currently known as the JD Welsh Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams in the Welsh football league system. It is considered the mo ...

**Runners-up: 2021–22 **Semi finalists: 1976–77, 2008–09 (as Bridgend Town);

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**Winners: 1987–88 (as Bridgend Town) **Runners-up: 1998–99 (as Bridgend Town); 2007–08, 2012–13 (as Bryntirion Athletic)

References

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