| Founded | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Country |  Wales |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Level on pyramid | 7–8 |
| Promotion to | South Wales Alliance League |
| Current champions | Ferndale BGC (2022–23) |
| Website | 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 the Welsh football league system.
The Rhondda & District Football League was formed on 7 June 1907. [1] The league was originally called The Rhondda Junior League.
The original clubs elected to the league were: [2]
In 1927 the league was called The Rhondda Valley (Amateur) Football League. At the time some clubs in the league were made up entirely of unemployed men. This resulted in the North Rhondda League being created because clubs were unable to afford travelling expenses. In 1929 the North Rhondda League was affiliated and in 1933 it was renamed The Upper Rhondda League. The leagues remained separated until the 1962–63 season when they reformed back into one league.
In 1931 a third League was formed called the Rhondda Fach League, but this dissolved after the 1937–38 season.
Throughout the Second World War The Rhondda League was one of the very few leagues to continue playing football; because of the thousands of miners working in the collieries in the Rhondda.
The league is composed of two divisions.
Promotion from the Premier Division is possible to the South Wales Alliance League, with the champion of the league playing the other tier seven champions from the South Wales regional leagues via play-off games to determine promotion.
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Information for champions of the top division from 1954–55 to 2006–07 is sourced from a booklet to commemorate 100 Years of Football in the Rhondda League. [3]
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