Tynte Rovers Football Club was a Welsh
football
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team based in
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See also
* Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Mountai ...
, in the
Cynon Valley, within the County Borough of
Rhondda Cynon Taf,
Wales. The club last played in the
South Wales Alliance League and had previously played in the
Welsh Football League for 31 seasons.
History
The club joined the
Welsh Football League as a Division Two East club for the 1958–59 season. They finished runners-up for three successive seasons between 1961–62 and 1963–64. The club remained in the second tier of the league until end of the 1975–76 season and remained in the third tier until the end of the 1988–89 season when they left the league.
The club then played in the
Aberdare Valley League being crowned as Premier Division champions in the 2012–13 season, and were promoted to the
South Wales Amateur League
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Division Two for the 2013–14 season. They then transferred into the newly formed
South Wales Alliance League Division Two for the 2015–16 season.
In July 2019 the club announced they had folded.
Honours
*
Welsh Football League Division Two East – Runners-up: 1961–62; 1962–63; 1963–64
*
South Wales Intermediate Cup – Winners: 1962–63
*
Aberdare Valley League Premier Division – Champions: 2012–13
External links
Club official website
References
2019 disestablishments in Wales
Defunct football clubs in Wales
South Wales Amateur League clubs
South Wales Alliance League clubs
Welsh Football League clubs
Association football clubs disestablished in 2019
Sport in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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