Full name | Athletic Football Club Porth |
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Nickname(s) | Black Dragons |
Founded | 1950 (as Beatus United F.C) |
Ground | Dinas Park, Porth |
Chairman | Neil Dowler |
Manager | Kevin Richards[1] |
2022–23 | South Wales Alliance Championship |
AFC Porth is a Welsh football team based in the village of Porth in the Rhondda Valley. The club plays in the South Wales Alliance League Championship Division, which is the fifth tier of Welsh football. The club play its home matches at Dinas Park before the club withdrew in 2023.
The club was originally founded in 1950 as Beatus United before changing its name to Porth in 1986. Porth won the Second Division of the Welsh Football League in 1993 and spent several years in the First Division. The club changed its name to A.F.C. Rhondda in 1996 but reverted to Porth in 2004.
Unfortunately in 2023 with the club unable to field a side, the club withdrew from competition for the 23/24 Season. The club hopes to resume playing in the Rhondda League for season 24/25.