Maesglas Football Club

Just do it youself

The Beginning

 
It began  in 1974 when five young men from the Maesglas council estate, who were fed up with there same  boring routine which awoke to them  every Saturday decided to form a football team.
The 'famous five' were Clive Jones, brother Geoff ,Clifford Griffiths,
Steven Davies and Dennis Jones.
 
 

 
They applied to the Cardiganshire League for membership and this was granted.
 
The five then set out to find a playing field.
 
On the edge of Cardigan was found a playing surface, it was at Penlan Farm, courtesy of Dai Penlan and  was to become the first pitch.A cowshed served as changing rooms at this time.
 The club loaned the ground for two years before the pitch was handed over to the National Eisteddfod, which came to Cardigan in 1976.
 

 
      At the beginning of the following season the club moved to play in the R.A.F. Airbase at Blaennanerch near Aberporth, approximately six miles from Cardigan and played there for the next four seasons.
There were no washing facilities at the camp, and Maesglas received numerous complaints from visiting teams.
      During the summer of 1980 the club, owing to lack of players and changing facilities in Cardigan decided to disband. It was over for the club,
 
 
 
Following an emergency meeting on the council estate on Sunday, 20th July, 1980 John Adey joined the Club as Secretary and he brought a new lease of life to the club.
      Within 24 hours of the crises meeting the club had acquired a new pitch. Mr Dewi Lloyd, then headmaster of Cardigan school, offered the club use of the school changing rooms and a pitch became available in the middle of Cardigan (Dolwerdd).
The club was back on its feet.
     
Although the season of  1980/81 was not the best season on the pitch but the club was getting prepared for the seasons ahead.
 
Maesglas signed several  players during the summer of 1981, and with Martyn Rotie being appointed player/manager, everything clicked into place for the council estate team.
      It was a start of probably the best and most succesful team ever to play football in the Cardiganshire League, the blues as they were known, went on to win five trophys on three different occasions winning the Emrys Morgan Cup back to back and the only side to have done this to date.
 
Now is a new day and a new beginning.
We  are already building for the future.
 
The old Maesglas had a Window sponsor in Rowleys Glazing and this time around we have Derw Glass and we are back at Dolwerdd,now known as Maes Radley  and one hopes that the all  new Maesglas  will follow  in the footsteps of the "blues" and the tradition of playing good football and start by winning the odd trophy or two !!.
 

Trophy Room



Honours -

Division 1 winners

1982/83
1984/85
1986/87
1988/89
2007/08

Division 2 winners

2006/07
1987/88 (Reserves)
1988/89 (Reserves)

Division 3/Reserves Cup winners

1982/83
1986/87
1991/92
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07

League Cup winners

1981/82
1985/86
1986/87
1987/88
1988/89
1989/90

South Cards Cup winners

2006/07
2004/05
1985/86
1988/89
1987/88

J. Emrys Morgan Cup winners

1986/87
1987/88

Percy Eldridge Cup winners

1986/87
2005/06

North Cards Cup winners

1986/87
1987/88
1988/89

Bay Cup winners

1982/83
1984/85
1986/87
1987/88
1988/89

 
 

 
       




      










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