The Futures Bright, The Futures Yellow

Pontyclun FC’s 1st team are delighted to announce that the club have reached the W.John Owen Cup Final to be played on May 2nd against AFC Bargoed at White Tips Stadium, home of Treforest FC. The club sealed victory with two last gasp goals to bring the scores level against reigning champions Trefelin BGC. The match went into extra time where the teams couldn’t be split and the Clun won the shootout 5-4 with 5 excellently taken penalties.

This is the 1st teams first opportunity to win silverware since the Welsh League Division 3 winning side of 2002/2003 (pictured above), which current Captain Craig Williams, current First Team Manager Barry Quinn and current First Team Coach Adrian James were all a part of. Since that season the club has experienced some highs and more recently some lows but reaching this Final is a statement by the current team that good times lie ahead. What made the victory more pleasing was that all of the starting 11 were locally based players who came through the clubs youth system or  have been involved with the club from a young age.

First Team Manager Barry Quinn was delighted with the win saying,

“It is an absolute privilege to manage the current crop of players we have at Pontyclun. Attitude and spirit is everything, we cannot wait for the Cup Final”.

Kick off is at 2.30pm, 2nd May at the White Tips Stadium (Dan-y-Bryn Rd, Pontypridd CF37 1RX). This is a great opportunity to get behind the club and support the community team. We hope that all involved with the junior setup will attend and encourage new supporters to come and see what a positive impact the club has on our village.  There is a supporters bus being put on to attend the game which if you’d like to travel on please contact Phil Sweet on philip.sweet693@btinternet.com or put your details in to the form below, our hardcore group of fans have filled most spaces but there are still a few places left up for grabs.

The bus will be leaving Pontyclun Athletic Club at 12.30 and returning from Treforest at 6.15 at a cost of £5. Hopefully we’ll see a large number of the 2002/2003 team in attendance as well!

Also congratulations to our Reserve Team who reached the Final of the Greyhound Cup by beating league above Bush Bluebirds 5-2 at Ivor Park with the evergreen club legend Pepe Mele scoring a “worldy” to wrap up the tie. The date and Final are due to be announced shortly, in the meantime the Reserves have another Semi-Final this weekend against Nelson Cavaliers in the Bernard Martin Cup again at Ivor Park. As the 1st Team have no game come down and support the boys!

Tags:afc bargoed, football, pontyclun, pontyclun fc, south wales amateur league, south wales fa, w.john owen cup, welsh football