Football club
| Full name | Pontypridd Association Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | the Dragons | |
| Founded | 1911 | |
| Dissolved | 1926 | |
| Ground | Taff Vale Park | |
| ||
Pontypridd Association Football Club was a Welsh football team based in Pontypridd which existed between 1911 and 1926.
History
The club was founded as a professional football club in 1911 to "promote first class association football in the Pontypridd District". The club were based at Taff Vale Park in the nearby community Trefforest. Pontypridd AFC played in the Southern League between 1911 and 1926.
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. The Dragons won the South Wales FA Senior Cup in 1925.
Colours
The club wore black and white.
Ground
The club played at Taff Vale Park, in Trefforest.
References
- "Pontypridd brilliant". Western Mail: 3. 6 October 1919.
- 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.
- "-i Association Football at ! Pontypridd. I|1911-05-27|The Rhondda Leader – Welsh Newspapers Online – the National Library of Wales".
- "-i Association Football at ! Pontypridd. I|1911-05-27|The Rhondda Leader – Welsh Newspapers Online – the National Library of Wales".
- "Football Club History Database – Pontypridd".
- "Football Club History Database – Pontypridd".
- "South Wales FA Senior Cup previous winners".
- "Answers to correspondents". Nottingham Football Post: 4. 27 February 1915.
- "Pontypridd FC supporters at Taff Vale Park, Pontypridd. Pontypridd vs Brisol Rovers". People's Collection, Wales. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
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