Penybont Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Penybont) is a

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club that plays in the Cymru Premier. The current club was formed in 2013, following the merger of Bridgend Town and Bryntirion Athletic. Penybont play their home games at Bryntirion Park (known as The SDM Glass Stadium for sponsorship reasons).

History

To coincide with the merger of the two clubs,

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was laid at Bryntirion Park and at the

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Football Academy in

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, funded by the sale of Bridgend Town's former Coychurch Road ground to superstore chain ASDA. The club began the season with a series of away games since Bryntirion Park's 3G pitch installation was incomplete until January 2014. The club's first league game was away against

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, the result of which was a 1–0 loss. The new pitch was officially opened by former

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manager Malky Mackay on 7 January 2014 at a friendly game played against a

Development XI. Cardiff's development team won the match 5–0. The club's first manager was Francis Ford, who managed Bryntirion Athletic prior to the club's merger with Bridgend Town. Penybont ended their inaugural season in third place in the

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. On 18 January 2015, the club announced that it had reached a sponsorship agreement with Bridgend-based KYMCO Healthcare UK, which included renaming Bryntirion Park as ''The KYMCO Stadium''. The club finished the 2014–15 season in 5th place in Welsh League Division One. On 12 September 2015, the club announced that it had applied for a

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Domestic License for the Cymru Premier. This indicated that the club was committed to improving the facilities at Bryntirion Park in order to make the club applicable for promotion to the top flight. In May 2016, Francis Ford resigned from his post as manager to be replaced by former

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, Newport County and Cymru Premier footballer Rhys Griffiths. On 11 June, former Cardiff City and Newport County player

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was appointed as his assistant. On 13 April 2019, it was confirmed that the club had secured promotion to the Cymru Premier after promotion rivals Cambrian & Clydach Vale and Cwmamman United suffered defeats. On 4 July 2019, former

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and

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player

Daniel Jefferies Daniel Rhys Jefferies (born 30 January 1999) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a centre-back for Cymru Premier side Penybont Jefferies is a product of the Swansea City Academy. He left the club in 2017 to join Colchester United. He joined Dund ...

signed for the club. On 23 December 2021, the club announced the signing of former

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and Wales international

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on an 18-month deal.

Current squad

Club honours

League

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**Winners: 1979–80 (as Bridgend Town) * Welsh Football League

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**Winners: 1968–69, 1972–1973 (as Bridgend Town); 2010–2011 (as Bryntirion Athletic); 2018–19 (as Penybont) **Runners-up: 1975–76 (as Everwarm); 1976–77, 1984–85, 1985–86 (as Bridgend Town) * Welsh Football League

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**Winners: 1996–97 (as Bridgend Town) * Welsh Football League Division Three **Winners: 2003–04 (as Bryntirion Athletic)

Cups

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**Runners-up: 2021–22 **Semi finalists: 1976–77, 2008–09 (as Bridgend Town);

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* Welsh Football League Cup **Winners: 1987–88 (as Bridgend Town) **Runners-up: 1998–99 (as Bridgend Town); 2007–08, 2012–13 (as Bryntirion Athletic)

References

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