12 noon 26 April 2025
Port Talbot and District League, Premier Division
Gwynfi United 3 Afan United reserves 5 (att 30)
I tried to visit Gwynfi United back in the 1990s when they were in the Welsh League, only to arrive at the ground to find the game had been postponed. I wouldn't have expected it be so long before I returned, but the club have fallen several levels in the years since.
They're now in the Port Talbot and District League, by my reckoning the seventh tier of Welsh football, and this season may end with a drop into the league's lower division.
The Port Talbot League isn't normally on my radar, but the attraction of this fixture was the kick off time. I don't know why it was at midday, but it allowed me to get a groundhopping double.
The Gwynfi Welfare Ground is evidence of a club that once played at a higher level. The pitch is enclosed, with a raised terrace, stand and dugouts on one side. The changing rooms are in a building in the corner, which has a covered standing area to the front and a snack bar inside.
As well as good facilities, the ground's other standout feature is its setting. It's high up on the edge of the village of Blaengwynfi, with excellent views all around.
A good ground is always better with a good game, and there was plenty of entertainment and plenty of goals. A penalty put Gwynfi in front but Afan United had a 2-1 lead by half time.
There had been little between the sides in the first half, but after the break the visitors were on top. They extended their lead to 5-1 before conceding two late goals, the second in stoppage time.
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