Pen-y-Bont F.C.

Pen-y-Bont
Full name Pen-y-Bont Football Club
Nickname(s) The Bont
Founded 2013
Ground The KYMCO Stadium, Bridgend
Ground Capacity 1,200 (85 seated)
Chairman Emlyn Phillips
Manager Rhys Griffiths
Coach Paul Wiseman, Nigel Jordan and Karl Lewis
League Welsh Football League Division One
2013-14 Welsh Football League Division One, 3rd
Website Club home page

Pen-y-Bont Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Pen-y-Bont) is a Welsh football club formed in 2013 following the merger of Bridgend Town F.C. and Bryntirion Athletic F.C. and plays in the Welsh Football League Division One.

The Bryntirion Park ground.

Pen-y-Bont play their home matches at the Kymco Stadium (formerly Bryntirion Park).

The club installed third generation artificial turf at Bryntirion Park and the Bridgend College Football Academy in Pencoed. This allows the club to maintain a high pitch quality standard in adverse conditions and was funded through the sale of Bridgend Town's former Coychurch Road ground to superstore giant ASDA.[1]

Inaugural 2013–14 Season

The club began the season with a stretch of away games as the 3G pitch installation was incomplete until January, 2014. The merged clubs' first league game was away against Ton Pentre, the result of which was a narrow 1–0 loss.[2]

The new pitch was officially opened by ex-Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay on January 7, 2014 with a friendly game played against a Cardiff Developmental XI on the same afternoon. Cardiff's development team won the match 5–0.[3][4]

The club's first manager was Francis Ford who managed Bryntirion Athletic prior to the merger of the club with Bridgend Town to form Pen-Y-Bont FC.

The merged club ended its inaugural season in a respectable third place in Welsh League Division One.[5]

2014–15 Season

On 18 January 2015 the club announced that it had reached a sponsorship agreement with Bridgend-based KYMCO Healthcare UK which included stadium naming rights. Bryntirion Park would be renamed The KYMCO Stadium as part of the deal.[6]

The club finished the season in 5th place in Welsh League Division One.[7]

2015–16 Season

On September 12, 2015 the club announced that it had applied for a Football Association of Wales Domestic License for the Welsh Premier League. This indicated that the club were committed to improving the facilities at the Kymco Stadium in order to make the club applicable for promotion.[8]

In May 2016 Francis Ford resigned from his post as manager to be replaced by former Plymouth Argyle, Newport County and Welsh Premier League footballer Rhys Griffiths. On 11 June, former Cardiff City and Newport County player Martyn Giles was appointed as assistant manager.

Club honours

References

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  6. ↑ "KYMCO STADIUM". http://www.penybontfc.co.uk/. Pen Y Bont FC. Retrieved 23 February 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ "2014/15 Season Table". Welsh League. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Domestic License". http://www.penybontfc.co.uk/. Pen Y Bont FC. Retrieved 12 September 2015. External link in |website= (help)
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