Pontlottyn Blast Furnace F.C.


Pontlottyn Blast Furnace A.F.C. were a Welsh football club from the village of Pontlottyn, in the county borough of Caerphilly, Wales. They played in the Welsh Football League for 34 seasons. The club folded in 2003 before reforming in 2008 as Pontlottyn A.F.C.

History

Pontlottyn Town

The Association football club was formed in 1898 with the first season of the club seeing them playing 24 matches with 15 matches won, 5 lost and 4 drawn. A club called Pontollyn Town A.F.C. won the Second Division of the Glamorgan League in 1909–10.

Pontlottyn

A club called Pontlottyn F.C. appeared in the Welsh Football League in the 1920s.

Pontlottyn Blast Furnace

The club joined the Welsh Football League for the 1969–70 season and remained a league member for 34 seasons before withdrawing from the league after the end of the 2002–03 season citing lack of players.

Pontlottyn AFC

Another club, Pontlottyn AFC was formed in 2008 using the same ground. The team joined the Taff Ely and Rhymney Valley League, before gaining promotion to the South Wales Senior League where they moved up the top division after finishing runners-up in Division Two at the end of the 2012–13 season. In the final season of that division in 2014–15, the club were Division One champions. They came within a game of a return to the Welsh Football League, losing the play-off final to STM Sports at the Cardiff City Stadium in 2015. The club subsequently played in the new merged South Wales Alliance League, but were relegated from the Premier Division. The club again folded in the summer of 2019.

Honours

Pontollyn Blast Furnace

Information sourced from the Football Club History Database and the Welsh Soccer Archive.
SeasonPyramid TierLeagueFinal position
1925–262Welsh Football League Division Two Section A2nd – Runners-Up
1926–272Welsh Football League Division Two Section A4th
1928–292Welsh Football League Division Two11th
1969–703Welsh Football League Division Two4th
1970–713Welsh Football League Division Two4th
1971–723Welsh Football League Division Two6th
1972–733Welsh Football League Division Two5th
1973–743Welsh Football League Division Two5th
1974–753Welsh Football League Division Two3rd
1975–762Welsh Football League Division One5th
1976–772Welsh Football League Division One2nd – Runners-Up
1977–781Welsh Football League Premier Division8th
1978–791Welsh Football League Premier Division15th
1979–801Welsh Football League Premier Division13th
1980–811Welsh Football League Premier Division11th
1981–821Welsh Football League Premier Division18th
1982–832Welsh Football League Division One13th
1983–843Welsh Football League Division One1st – Champions
1984–852Welsh Football League Premier Division6th
1985–862Welsh Football League Premier Division5th
1986–872Welsh Football League Premier Division15th
1987–882Welsh Football League Premier Division16th
1988–893Welsh Football League Division One10th
1989–903Welsh Football League Division One10th
1990–913Welsh Football League Division Two17th
1991–923Welsh Football League Division Two10th
1992–934Welsh Football League Division Three9th
1993–944Welsh Football League Division Three6th
1994–954Welsh Football League Division Three6th
1995–964Welsh Football League Division Three9th
1996–974Welsh Football League Division Three9th
1997–984Welsh Football League Division Three11th
1998–994Welsh Football League Division Three9th
1999–20004Welsh Football League Division Three15th
2000–014Welsh Football League Division Three7th
2001–024Welsh Football League Division Three14th
2002–034Welsh Football League Division Three8th

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