Croeserw Athletic F.C.

Croeserw Athletic (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Athletaidd Croeserw) is a Local League football club based in Port Talbot, Wales. The club competes in the Port Talbot Football League and is currently playing in the Premier Leaue & Reserve League. They are one of the biggest clubs in Port Talbot, with their squad size currently at a record high of 51 players, including 41 players in the Academy. They play their home games at Tudor Park, which is the highest football pitch in Port Talbot in terms of altitude.

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Croeserw Athletic were founded in 2010 after branching off Croeserw United after a disagreement between the management, but have been operating since 2006 under Croeserw Juniors after Carl Griffiths felt the village needed a better run club. They won the promotion to the Premier Division of the Port Talbot Football League in 2011, after finishing 2nd in Division 1. They also got to the Semi-Final of the Open Cup in the same season. In the opening season, Croeserw Athletic managed to sign 21 players and began to build on a future that brought the community closer to the football club itself.

In 2011, Croeserw Athletic began a programme that would see the Academy fall directly below the senior squads and be fed through the ranks of a First Team & Second Team when they turn to the age of 16. Athletic reordered the biggest sponsorship in Port Talbot Football League history with the biggest Wind Turbine company in Europe sponsoring the whole club for the entire season. The club were now under a single crest (info box), and wearing the same shirt.

In 2011/2012 football season, Athletic saw a raise in players go from 21 senior players, to 46 players. They failed to gain entry to the Port Talbot Reserve League with a second teams squad, but were granted entry to the Premier League. This meant that Croeserw Athletic Second Team would have to arrange friendlies with other teams who had gained entry to the Reserve League which proved difficult for all involved. Croeserw Athletic had finished the season at the bottom of the table, with just 6 points and 1 recorded win. In the same year, Croeserw Athletic Under 14's won the League title & Cup, while the under 12's finished Runners Up in the League.