Pontypridd A.F.C.

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Pontypridd AFC
Full namePontypridd Association Football Club
NicknameThe Black Sheep
Founded1911
GroundTaff Vale Park

Pontypridd Association Football Club was a Welsh football team based in Pontypridd which existed between 1911 and 1926. [1]

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History

The club was founded as a professional football club in 1911 to "promote first class association football in the Pontypridd District". [2] The club were based at Taff Vale Park [3] in the nearby community Trefforest. Pontypridd AFC played in the Southern League between 1911 and 1926. [4]

The club also played in the Welsh League and were champions in the 1923–24 season. It was a finalist in the Welsh Cup in 1912, 1913 and 1921. [5] The Dragons won the South Wales FA Senior Cup in 1925. [6]

Colours

The club’s kit currently consists of black and white striped shirts with black shorts, with purple shirts and shorts for the goalkeepers [7] [8]

Ground

The club play at Taff Vale Park, in Treforest. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Daryl Leeworthy (2013). ‘The Dragons of the North: Working-Class Culture, the Miners' Lockout, and the Development of Rugby League in South Wales, 1926–31’. In ‘’Sport in History’’, vol. 33, issue 1, 2013. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17460263.2013.763284#abstract.
  2. ↑ "-i Association Football at ! Pontypridd. I|1911-05-27|The Rhondda Leader – Welsh Newspapers Online – the National Library of Wales".
  3. ↑ "-i Association Football at ! Pontypridd. I|1911-05-27|The Rhondda Leader – Welsh Newspapers Online – the National Library of Wales".
  4. ↑ "Football Club History Database – Pontypridd".
  5. ↑ "Football Club History Database – Pontypridd".
  6. ↑ "South Wales FA Senior Cup previous winners".
  7. ↑ "Answers to correspondents". Athletic News: 4. 14 August 1911.
  8. ↑ "Answers to correspondents". Nottingham Football Post: 4. 27 February 1915.
  9. ↑ "Pontypridd FC supporters at Taff Vale Park, Pontypridd. Pontypridd vs Brisol Rovers". People's Collection, Wales. Retrieved 17 January 2025.


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