Cambrian & Clydach Vale erect 60-seater stand to meet Cymru Premier requirements
Port Talbot, Wales, UK. 12th Dec, 2020. Port Talbot Town v Cambrian & Clydach Vale at Victoria Road in the Nathanial MG Cup on the 12th December 2020 Credit: Lewis Mitchell/YCPD
Cambrian & Clydach Vale have moved one step closer to achieving their dream of top-flight football after erecting a 60-seater stand.
The club have installed more seating which takes their seated capacity up to 500, which is required in the Tier One licencing criteria.
The move will help Cambrian in their ambitions to become the first Rhondda side to compete in the Welsh top flight in 24 years.
Cambrian were recently refused a Tier 1 Licence by the FAW, but wouldn’t have been eligible for a promotion due to the 2020/21 JD Cymru South season being mothballed.
Commenting on the new stand, chairman Kevin Jones said: “We were officially the first football club within RCT to have a 3G facility and our ambitions have grown considerably since.
“We now have our sights firmly set on successfully achieving and sustaining a place at the top table of Welsh domestic football in the near future.
“We have a fantastic Academy set up, which is bringing through and developing young talent from across the local area, and further afield.
He added: “This, coupled with the consolidation and completion of improving our facilities, will provide an integrated ‘sports village’ in Clydach Vale to serve both the immediate area and the broader community of RCT.
“This new stand is the last piece of the seating jigsaw puzzle, which means that we will comply with FAW Tier 1 criteria. We are hugely grateful to Pennant Walters for their continued support.”
In 2012, the club won the Welsh Football League Division One title but didn’t meet the licencing criteria to be promoted.
They were also Nathaniel MG Cup finalists in 2018/19 and claimed one of Welsh football’s biggest upsets, defeating The New Saints at their M&P Group 3G home.
Cambrian have since gone through two managerial appointments. Lee Kendall replaced club legend Dane Williams before he was later replaced by Scott Young.
