Merthyr Tydfil F.C.

The club was formed in 1945, and joined the Welsh League. In their first season, they finished as runners-up, and joined the Southern League. The club were immensely successful in their first few seasons, winning the championship in 1947–48, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52 and 1953–54. In the 1947–48 championship-winning season, Merthyr only dropped one point at home (against Colchester United) and only lost four games all season. However, despite their success, the club failed to be elected to the English Football League. The 1950–51 season ended with Merthyr winning the Southern League, the Welsh Cup, the Southern League Cup and the Welsh Challenge Cup. After bouncing between the various Southern League divisions during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the club finally won their sixth championship in 1988–89, making them joint Southern League title record-holders together with Southampton. This time, winning the championship meant promotion to the Football Conference, the fifth level of English football. The club finished ninth in their first two seasons, and then fourth. However, they then went into decline, and were relegated back to the Southern League in 1995, where they remained until reforming in 2010. They should have been relegated a season earlier, but were reprieved when Northern Premier League champions Marine failed to meet the stadium criteria for the league.

The club's best FA Cup performance was reaching the second round, which they managed in 1946–47 (losing 3–1 to…

League

Southern League/Southern Football League Premier Division Champions: 1947–48, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1988–89 Runners-up: 1952–53, 1997–98 Southern League Division One Runners-up: 1970–71 Southern League Division One North Runners-up: 1978–79 Southern League Division One Midland Champions: 1987–88 Southern League Western Division Champions: 2002–03 Champions 2014–15 Southern Football League Division 1 South & West Welsh Football League Division One Runners-up: 1945–46

Cup

Welsh Cup Winners: 1949, 1951, 1987 Finalists: 1947, 1952 Welsh Football League Cup Winners: 1951, 1962, 1981 Finalists: 1983