Nickname(s) The Bont Chairman Emlyn Phillips Manager Rhys Griffiths | Ground Capacity 1,200 (85 seated) Ground Bridgend Founded 2013 | |
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Full name Pen-y-Bont Football Club League Welsh Football League Division One 2013-14 Welsh Football League Division One, 3rd | ||
Pen-y-Bont Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Pen-y-Bont) is a Welsh football club formed in 2013 following the merger of Bridgend Town F.C. and Bryntirion Athletic F.C. and plays in the Welsh Football League Division One.
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Pen-y-Bont play their home matches at the Kymco Stadium (formerly Bryntirion Park).
The club installed third generation artificial turf at Bryntirion Park and the Bridgend College Football Academy in Pencoed. This allows the club to maintain a high pitch quality standard in adverse conditions and was funded through the sale of Bridgend Town's former Coychurch Road ground to superstore giant ASDA.
Inaugural 2013–14 Season
The club began the season with a stretch of away games as the 3G pitch installation was incomplete until January, 2014. The merged clubs' first league game was away against Ton Pentre, the result of which was a narrow 1–0 loss.
The new pitch was officially opened by ex-Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay on January 7, 2014 with a friendly game played against a Cardiff Developmental XI on the same afternoon. Cardiff's development team won the match 5–0.
The club's first manager was Francis Ford who managed Bryntirion Athletic prior to the merger of the club with Bridgend Town to form Pen-Y-Bont FC.
The merged club ended its inaugural season in a respectable third place in Welsh League Division One.
2014–15 Season
On 18 January 2015 the club announced that it had reached a sponsorship agreement with Bridgend-based KYMCO Healthcare UK which included stadium naming rights. Bryntirion Park would be renamed The KYMCO Stadium as part of the deal.
The club finished the season in 5th place in Welsh League Division One.
2015–16 Season
On September 12, 2015 the club announced that it had applied for a Football Association of Wales Domestic License for the Welsh Premier League. This indicated that the club were committed to improving the facilities at the Kymco Stadium in order to make the club applicable for promotion.
In May 2016 Francis Ford resigned from his post as manager to be replaced by former Plymouth Argyle, Newport County and Welsh Premier League footballer Rhys Griffiths. On 11 June, former Cardiff City and Newport County player Martyn Giles was appointed as assistant manager.