Briton Ferry Athletic F.C. was a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club from

Briton Ferry Briton Ferry ( cy, Llansawel) is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The Welsh name may indicate that the church, ''llan'', is protected from the wind, ''awel''. Alternatively, ''Sawel'' may be a derivative ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

, playing their home games at Old Road. They last played in

Welsh League The Welsh League was the first club rugby league competition in Wales.Lush (1998), pg. 19 Its inaugural season was in 1908/09 when four additional teams were formed to join Ebbw Vale RLFC and Merthyr Tydfil RLFC, which allowed a league tournamen ...

Division Three. They merged with

Llansawel Llansawel is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, about ten miles north of Llandeilo. It covers an area of . The community is bordered by the communities of: Pencarreg; Cynwyl Gaeo; Talley; Llanfynydd; Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn; and ...

to form Briton Ferry Llansawel A.F.C. on 28 April 2009.

History

After being members of the Welsh League since the 1930s, in 1992 the club was one of the founder members of the

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. After getting relegated in 1994, they bounced straight back as Welsh League Champions in 1994–95. They then spent another two years in Wales' top flight before being relegated again. The club dropped through the divisions to the point where in 2008 it was relegated to Division Three.

Honours

**Best ever finish Seventeenth in 1992–93 & 1995–96 * Welsh League National Division (Step 1) **Runners-up 1991–92 * Welsh League Division 1 (Step 2) **Winners 1971–72, 1994–95 * Welsh League Division 2 West (Step 2) **Winners 1946–47 *

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**Winners 2003–04 * West Wales Senior Cup **Winners 2003–04, 2004–05 **Runners-up 1947–48, 1974–75, 1983–84, 1986–87 *Neath & District League Premier Division **Winners 1935–36, 1975–76 **Runners-up 1972–73, 1973–74, 1983–84 *Neath & District League Division One **Winners 1982–83, 1992–93 **Runners-up 1994–95 *Neath & District League Division Four **Runners-up 1985–86 *Neath & District League Cup **Winners 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76 *Neath & District League Premier Division Cup **Runners-up 1935–36, 1971–72, 1973–74 *Neath & District League Division One Cup **Runners-up 1963–64

References

{{Welsh Premier League 1925 establishments in Wales 2009 disestablishments in Wales Defunct football clubs in Wales Association football clubs established in 1925 Association football clubs disestablished in 2009 Sport in Neath Port Talbot Cymru Premier clubs Neath & District League clubs Welsh Football League clubs