Baglan Dragons F.C.

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Baglan Dragons
Baglan Dragons FC logo.png
Full nameBaglan Dragons Association Football Club
Founded1950 [1]
GroundEvans Bevan Playing Fields
League Cymru South
2024–25 Cymru South, 8th of 16

Baglan Dragons Association Football Club is a Welsh football team based in Baglan, Port Talbot, Wales. They play in the Cymru South.

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History

The club were formerly known as Red Dragon & Baglan and played in the South Wales Amateur League, and were Division Two champions in the 2002–03 season. [2] In 2004 the club changed its name to Baglan Red Dragons [3] and 2009 changed to Baglan Dragons. [4] The club were relegated from Division One at the end of the 2010–11 season, but regained their place in Division One at the end of the following season after a third-place finish in Division Two.

In 2015–16 the club joined the South Wales Alliance League Division One in its inaugural season and obtained promotion in the first season, finishing as runners-up. The club continued to play in the South Wales Alliance League Premier Division until they won the division in 2021-22, earning promotion to the Ardal SW. In the club’s one and only season in the division, they secured a second-place finish and qualified for the Ardal Southern Play-off. They won this game 2-0 and gained promotion to the Cymru South for the first time in their history. In their first season they finished 10th in the league. [5] In the following season, the club improved on their previous season by 2 places to finish 8th in the league. [6]

Honours

References

  1. "Cwmbran Celtic FC Season 2023/24 Official Match Day Programme" (PDF). CWMBRAN CELTIC FC. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  2. "Red Dragon & Baglan". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. "Baglan Red Dragons". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. "Baglan Dragons". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. "Baglan Dragons FC - Our history". www.baglandragons.com. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  6. "Cymru South Table". JD Cymru Leagues. Retrieved 17 April 2025.

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