{"id":30,"date":"2021-05-19T11:16:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T11:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cwmwelfare.com\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2023-06-13T21:13:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T21:13:53","slug":"club-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cwmwelfare.com\/index.php\/club-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Club History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center\">Plenty of History and a Big Future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The team was formed in 1954 entering the South Wales Amateur League. They were Division Two champions in the 1959\u201360 season.  The club subsequently played in the Pontypridd and District League, before in 1998-99 joining the South Wales Senior League. We were Division Two champions in the 2003-04 season. A number of seasons in Division One saw them finish runners-up in the 2009-10 and 2012\u201313 seasons. The 2013-14 season saw them go one better and finish as Division One champions. They then won the playoff final, beating Trefelin and gaining promotion to the Welsh Football League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center\">Welsh League Success<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Three seasons in the league saw two mid-table finished in the&nbsp;Welsh Football League Division Three&nbsp;before we finished bottom of the league in the 2016-17 season and were relegated. We then joined the&nbsp;South Wales Alliance League&nbsp;Premier Division finishing bottom in 2017\u201318 but were spared relegation. In 2018\u201319 The club finished bottom of the league again at the end of the season and was relegated to Division One for the 2019\u201320 season.  In 2022-23 season following a restructure of the league where the top 2 were promoted the next 4 were safe and the bottom 10 demoted the team were relegated to the newly regionalized Division 2 west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-accent-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:45px\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Major Honours <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cwmwelfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Champions-League-3.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-435\" 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class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default\">\n<p>South Wales Senior League Division One \u2013 Champions: 2013-14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Wales Senior League Division One \u2013 Runners-Up: 2009-10; 2012\u201313<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Wales Senior League Division Two \u2013 Champions: 2003-04<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Wales Amature League Division Two \u2013 Champions: 1959\u201360<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-13\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-9\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-7\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Season<\/th><th>League<\/th><th>Final position<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>2014\u201315<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Welsh_Football_League_Division_Three\">Welsh Football League Division Three<\/a><br><\/td><td>10th<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2015\u201316<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Welsh_Football_League_Division_Three\">Welsh Football League Division Three<\/a><br><\/td><td>8th<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2016\u201317<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Welsh_Football_League_Division_Three\">Welsh Football League Division Three<\/a><br><\/td><td>16th<br>(relegated)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex 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