Briton Ferry Llansawel A.F.C.
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| Full name | Briton Ferry Llansawel Athletic Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | The Ferry | ||
| Founded | 2009[1] | ||
| Ground | Old Road, Briton Ferry | ||
| Capacity | 2,000[2] | ||
| Chairman | Tony Mullins | ||
| Manager | Andy Dyer[3] | ||
| League | Cymru Premier | ||
| 2024–25 | Cymru Premier, 10th of 12 | ||
| Website | http://www.britonferryllansawelafc.com/ | ||
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Briton Ferry Llansawel A.F.C. (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Llansawel[4]) is a football club based in Briton Ferry in Wales, currently playing in the Cymru Premier. The club was formed in 2009 after the merger between Briton Ferry Athletic and Llansawel.
The club's crest uses the colours green, red and yellow, which represent the colours of the two merged teams. For 2009–10 the home colours were the traditional Briton Ferry quartered red and green shirt, green shorts and red socks. The away colours were the traditional Llansawel yellow shirt, black shorts and hooped yellow and black socks.[5]
History
[edit]During the summer of 2009, representatives of Briton Ferry Athletic and Llansawel entered into discussion about the possibility of merging the two clubs. After a lengthy period of consideration, it was announced that the two clubs had merged to form Briton Ferry Llansawel.[6]
They were to play their first season in Welsh Football League Third Division, replacing Briton Ferry Athletic. South Gower replaced Llansawel after they applied for membership to the league.[7] In their first season the merged club finished 4th.[8]
In 2012 the club was promoted to the Welsh Football League Second Division, and two years later were promoted again to the First Division. In 2016 they were relegated back to the Second Division but finished second in their first season and returned to the First Division.[8]
In 2019 they were founder members of the Cymru South, where they finished 3rd in their first season. After the COVID-19 pandemic were two more third-place finishes, before winning the 2023–24 title and gaining promotion to the Cymru Premier.[9][10][11] In their first Cymru Premier season they finished 10th.[8] On 10 August 2025 they beat defending champions The New Saints 3–0.[12] This was The New Saints' heaviest defeat in four years and their first loss on the opening day of the season in eight years.[13]
Ground
[edit]The club plays at the Old Road ground in Briton Ferry.[14] Their record attendance is 1,384, achieved on 31 December 2024 in a 0–0 draw against Barry Town United.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ Creative, SA1. "We are Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC". www.britonferryllansawelafc.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Soccerway.com".
- ^ "REDS APPOINT NEW MANAGER". www.britonferryllansawelafc.com.
- ^ https://sgorio.cymru/cymru-premier/
- ^ "Home Page". www.welshleague.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009.
- ^ Creative, SA1. "History - Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC". www.britonferryllansawelafc.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "South Gower AFC". www.pitchero.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009.
- ^ a b c "Football Club History Database - Briton Ferry Llansawel". www.fchd.info.
- ^ "Briton Ferry Llansawel: Promoted side riding the crest of a wave". BBC Sport. 9 August 2024.
- ^ Allen, Olly (10 April 2024). "Briton Ferry Llansawel secure JD Cymru South title".
- ^ "Briton Ferry promoted to Cymru Premier after Luke Bowen show". 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Cymru Premier: Briton Ferry thrash reigning champions The New Saints". BBC Sport. 9 August 2025.
- ^ "An unusual sight at the bottom of the JD Cymru Premier!". 10 August 2025.
- ^ Creative, SA1. "Our Ground - Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC". www.britonferryllansawelafc.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Allen, Olly (2 January 2025). "JD Cymru Premier | Record crowds at Briton Ferry and Haverfordwest".
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