Taff's Well Association Football Club is a Welsh association football Club founded in 1946. The team are based in Taff's Well, in Cardiff, and compete in the Cymru South, the second tier of Welsh football. The team is nicknamed the Wellmen and their home is situated at the Rhiw'r Ddar Stadium in Taffs Well.

Wellmen

Full name	Taff's Well Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Wellmen
Founded	1946
Ground	Rhiw'r Ddar Stadium
Chairman	Lee Bridgeman
Manager	Craig Sampson
League	Cymru South
2021–22	Cymru South, 7th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

Following the end of World War II, Elan Gough and Bill Newman initiated the idea of merging local clubs to improve the facilities and playing standards than experienced pre-war. This idea was warmly welcomed and Taffs Well AFC was born. The club was formed at St Marys Church Hall, Glan-y-Llyn in the summer of 1946. Two teams were formed and entered into the Cardiff and District League. The club's first ground was at the Gwaelod-y-Gareth cricket club. The team then shortly moved to a field provided by Dai Parry, a local farmer. Following the inaugural season the club joined the South Wales Amateur League. The club were champions twice and runners up 4 times between 1949 and 1956 and won the Corinthian Cup in 1954.

Following a successful initial period, Bill Newman died and the Club faced a difficult time. In 1960, Don James joined the Club as Secretary. The determination of Don and many others resulted in a change of fortunes for the team both on and off the pitch, with the club winning three titles in the 1970s. Don has now been with the Club for over 60 years and his fantastic efforts were rewarded in 2014 as the main stand was renamed the “Don James Stand”.

The Club won the South Wales Amateur League First Division in 1975, 1976 and 1977 as well as South Wales Intermediate Cup in 1975 and 1977. The Club entered the Welsh League in 1977. Malcolm Frazer joined the Club the same year and his hard work was recognised in 2017 with the unveiling of a new stand brandishing his name. In 1996 Norma Samuel became the Club’s Secretary having previously been a committee member and has been another tremendous servant ever since.

Under the management of current Chairman, Lee Bridgeman, the club's most successful spell in recent times saw the Club finish Division One runners up in 2011-12 and 2012–13 and winning the Nathaniel Car Sales League Cup four times in five seasons; 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014-2015 and 2015-16. In 2018-19 Taffs Well Youth side won the Welsh League Youth Division.[1] and in 2021/22 won the JD Cymru Premier Development League South and the Cymru Premier League National Playoff.[2]

The Club were members of the inaugural JD Cymru South League, which began in 2019, finishing 7th in the 2021/22 season.

Honours

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• Welsh Football League Division One
  • Runners-up: 2011–12, 2012–13; 2014–15; 2015–16
• Welsh Football League Cup
  • Winners: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16,
• South Wales Amateur League
  • Champions: 1952–53; 1953–54;[3] 1954–55; 1974–75; 1975–76; 1976–77[4]
• South Wales Amateur League
  • Runners-up: 1955–56;[3] 1971–72; 1972–73; 1973–74
• South Wales FA Senior Cup
  • Winners: 2015–16; 2016–17[5]
• South Wales FA Intermediate Cup
  • Winners: 1957–58; 1974–75; 1976–77
• Corinthian Cup
  • Winners: 1953–54[3]
• Corinthian Cup
  • Runners-up: 1950–51;[3] 1952–53[3]

Staff

• Manager : Craig Sampson
• Assistant Manager: Dan Hooper
• Goalkeeping Coach: James McElvenney

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 August 2022.[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  WAL Ed King — GK  COD Exauce Dimonekene — DF  WAL Luca Ring — DF  WAL Scott Hillman — DF  WAL Riccardo Mackenzie — DF  WAL Vaughn Fowler — DF  WAL Harry Gidman — DF  WAL Harvey Sing — DF  WAL Daniel Hooper — DF  WAL Adam Ward — DF  WAL Nick Grist

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  WAL Harry Treharne — MF  WAL Charlie Lewis — MF  WAL Joe Shephard — MF  WAL Brandon Griffiths — MF  ENG Sam Pashen — MF  WAL Jamie Owen — FW  WAL Cian Hales — FW  WAL Marinho Manga — FW  WAL Marcus Jones — FW  WAL David Lyon — FW  WAL Ethan Cann — FW  GER Jan Maertins — FW  WAL Jordan Carey

Colours

The predominant club colours are yellow and black. The strip typically has a yellow top, with the shorts normally black.[7] The colours of blue, green and pink have been mainly used in the away strips.

Stadium

Taffs Well currently play their home games at the Rhiw'r Ddar Stadium in Taffs Well.[8] It is currently known as the Gentles Construction Stadium due to a sponsorship deal.[9] The 3000 capacity stadium was expanded to include two new stands between 2014 and 2017.

Club staff

Role	Name
President	Don James
Chairman	Lee Bridgeman
Secretary	Norma Samuel
Social Club Manager	Malcolm Frazer
Treasurer	Richard Davies
Media Manager	Kevin Francis
Groundsman	Steve Samuel

References

External links

• Official website
• Taff's Well A.F.C. on Twitter
• Taff's Well A.F.C.'s channel on YouTube
• Taff's Well A.F.C. on Facebook
• Taff's Well A.F.C. on Instagram