Absolutely unbelievable!!! Shocked and delighted to win this award. Its great to see these initiatives and how much clubs do in their local communities. We're very proud of this and it shows how far we've come as a club. 🧡🖤
WOW 🧡🖤
Sorry its taken a while, phone has been going crazy.
What a draw for the club and for our community. We've worked so hard over the years and this is huge for us.
@AberystwythTown
we'll see you soon, what a feeling
How can you not love grassroots football? The manager and chairman (amongst others) worked hard throughout the summer on these changing rooms for the boys!! People doing it for the love of the game, their club and our junior teams love it too!!
#COTA
🧡🖤
Sorry for all the posts 🙈 but the excitement is building 😂😂
Some club members have gone a day early to setup with the kit, put flags out etc. No doubt for a beer too 👀😂
Many thanks to
@AberystwythTown
for allowing this 🙌
⚽️⚽️ Matchday ⚽️⚽️
WOW who would of thought little old us could have a day like this. The messages and support has been incredible from everyone so thank you
⚽️
@AberystwythTown
🕰 2pm
📆 4/09/21
🏟 Park Avenue
🏆 JD Welsh Cup
#COTA
🧡🖤
This is better than winning the league!!!Great news at the club today as the father of our player
@LiamJOwen
has been discharged from hospital following a long battle with Covid-19
He's a big supporter and we can't wait to see him at a game soon.
🧡🖤💪🏻
WOW 😍
A home tie against one of the biggest clubs in the country.
We can't wait to welcome yourselves and your fans to Abertridwr.
It'll be the biggest crowd our ground has seen in recent times.
🧡🖤
⚽️⚽️Matchday ⚽️⚽️
Obviously a huge game for us today as we welcome
@BarryTownUnited
to little old Abertridwr.
It's important to remember we all still play the game for enjoyment.
Let's give them some sugar boys !!
Credit
@JacobJames10
@AdamWilliams12_
Enjoy
🟠⚫️
Sorry if we missed any messages yesterday, big thanks to everyone.
Result aside, what a top day.
@AberystwythTown
were absolutely top class hosts and couldn't do enough for us, even washed our kit 👏👏
Thankyou for everything
🧡🖤
Happy to confirm we've been promoted to the
@SWAllianceLge
Premier division. The lads and staff deserve it following a top season.
Time to upgrade our facilities.
@CaerphillyCBC
we look forward to working closely with you.
Today, we'd planned to post your return to Aber Valley FC as a veteran's player
Instead, we find ourselves devastated by the news of your sudden passing
@andrewgomer
the man with the most infectious laugh and smile
You will be missed by all who knew you, RIP our friend 🧡🖤
Finally managed to get all this framed and up in the clubhouse from our historic trip to
@AberystwythTown
A superb cup run from us this season and memories that will last a lifetime for all players, management, coaches, committee and fans.
🧡🖤
Today we remember the 439 men and children that went to work and never returned.
It was, and remains, the worst coal mining disaster in British history. It's left a scar over the Valley that will never go away.
The price of coal
#439
🖤
And that's a wrap 🧡🖤
4 hours of sorting over 600 presents, it's not often Andrew Tiger Hart and his team are left speechless!
From us all at Aber Valley FC thank you all for your incredible generosity, children of the Valley and beyond will smile on Christmas morning 👏
Submitted our temporary events form Monday to
@CaerphillyCBC
and now it gets real & the planning starts for the biggest game of our clubs history. Big thanks to the help and guidance they've provided so far.
🟠⚫️
What a day yesterday!!
Not the result we wanted but we gave it our all, little things were the difference but them little things are huge in context.
@BarryTownUnited
were absolutely superb before, during and after the game 👏🤝
Until next year in this competition now 🟠⚫️
So many videos and pictures to share, we weren't sure what to go with so we're putting this up of the boys.
Crowd were absolute top class,
@PorthcawlTownFC
were top hosts and we thank them for their hospitality.
Great day for our club, our togetherness is key.
#COTA
🧡🖤
Huge thanks to
@CaerphillyCBC
for helping us with prepping for Saturdays game.
A general clean up of the park, bushes cut from around the pitch and walkways 👏👏👏
Our fixture this Saturday!!!
The whole squad are looking forward to this one as we all travel to
@AberystwythTown
in a JD Welsh Cup fixture. We'll go up, enjoy the occasion and give it our best.
Last one (we think)
Many thanks to
@BarryTownUnited
for the signed shirt and Pennant.
These will get framed and put up in the clubhouse, a great gesture from yourselves.
Also, good luck to
@Gavchesterfield
in his new role.
He was superb on sat, so much time for everyone.
Proud moment for the club 🧡🖤
With so many volunteers from the under 5's through to seniors, the girls huddle and the foodbank. It's great to see the link between the club and the community growing.
Special mention to
@tigerbhart10
@LeighWilliams2
@tomhawkins18
for the foodbank
We've only gone and done it !!!!
What a result for us and what a performance our boys put in!!!! The game finishing 2-1
First round proper of the JD Welsh Cup for us, for the first time ever.
Many thanks to hosts
@Treowenstarsfc
all the best.
#COTA
🧡🖤
🖤 Unbelievable 🧡
We are totally stunned by the response of our gift a child this Christmas campaign!
77 referrals and over 500 presents donated, wrapped and ready to go 🎅
A huge thank you to each and everyone one of you and to our volunteers from Aber Valley FC foodbank.
We're delighted to announce that
@willo1111
is now a part of Aber Valley FC 🧡🖤
The strength and versatility this brings to the club is very exciting. A great signing for the club
Welcome to our football family 🧡🖤
#COTA
#newsigning
Today we remember the
#439
we remember all those that were affected 108 years ago.
The heritage and the history of the valley. From a farming valley to the biggest mining disaster.
#Thepriceofcoal
🧡🖤♥️💙
Just wow 😍
We've had this done in partnership with the
@FAWales
Huge thanks to Molson Coors for your support with this ⚽️
You definitely need to pop along to appreciate just how amazing this is on our clubhouse
@theaberhotel
#suppprtyourlocal
#TAH
For anyone attending our Welsh Cup game tomorrow, there will be a stall where donations can be made to our foodbank.
Every little donation helps us keep going and helps our community.
#communityclub
#family
🧡🖤
Big welcome to
@TomNeville97
A great signing for us who brings lots of experience. He'll add something else up top and bring goals 🟠⚫
Hopefully the first of a few signings over the next few weeks
How true is this !!!
Let's hope after this lockdown is over, we can get people back playing.
Grassroots is so important for so many men, women, boys and girls!!
The positive mental impact on sport being played has been massively underestimated by the government.
🧡🖤So our gift a child, involved 50+ presents and numerous families!!
This wasn’t possible without the generous people, who have ‘gifted a child’ so no one is left without on Christmas Day.
We have big plans for the New Year!!
Disclaimer:- Our club captains aren’t gifts🧡🖤
As of Monday, our squad of over 30 players can't play/train together but can all sit in a beer garden together.
Where is the sense in this ?
Players missing out all over the country because of a number plucked out of the sky !!!
It needs to be upped
A huge welcome to a new member of our coaching team
@ScottTancock1
has been first team manager at
@LlanAFC
assistant at
@pentwynmawrafc
both of them in the GC 1 and also
@AberBluebirdsFC
in the Cymru South
He is a UEFA B licensed coach and is starting with us this weekend 🖤🧡
Before training this week, we had a shield presented to us. The person making the shield has struggled with mental health, although a small thing, this project helped him massively.
We invited him training to present it to us.
#ItsOkayToNotBeOkay
#Openup
🧡🖤
End of the season for our firsts and its been a decent first season in the Alliance Prem.
6th place finish in an extremely tough and quality league.
A Welsh cup run on top and huge advances in our community relationship aswell as our kids section.
#COTA
🧡🖤
Last one 🤣
Super
@Bennithornton
our longest serving player swapped shirts with one of theirs when he was subbed into boxing 😂
@AberystwythTown
we wish you nothing but the best going forward, you guys were top class hosts
A weekend of memories for everyone connected to our club
Special mention for our seconds tonight.
Beating top of the league and making it a year without a competitive defeat.
Whatever level of sport, that's some achievement 👏
🟠⚫️
Our old stand around 1979ish. Such a shame it wasn't maintained. It's in the club's ambitions to improve our facilities and push on.
Picture courtesy of
@Andyhart23
A bit late but here is the final table and us confirmed as champions.
Not the way we wanted to win the league but it's been a great season for us. We'd like to thank everyone involved at the club, players, coaching staff, committee and sponsors. Fingers crossed for promotion.
Many thanks to
@AberdareTown
as they bring supplies for our foodbank today. Great gesture from them and we thank manager
@Tf1tz
and the club as a whole for their kind donation 👏👏👏
#Greatgesture
❤
106 years ago an explosion ripped through a mine, a village and the valley itself. It killed 439 miners and a rescuer, It affected the valley and beyond. It remains the worst mining disaster in Britain and our valley continues to remember.
#Thepriceofcoal
#miningdisaster
Huge Thank-you to
@TreforestFC
as they're allowing us use of their pitch fri night.
Another huge Thank-you to
@PontypriddFC
who have also agreed to play on the fri so all of our club can enjoy the Welsh Cup game 👏🤝
This week the players and management have decided dummy club will be food items that can be donated to the local church and given to those who need it most. Anyone else who wants to donate then drop items to the
@theaberhotel
all weekend. Christmas is for everyone
#Community
Sad news for club with the passing of Howard Herbert.
Huge influence in football in our valley, from coaching kids teams right through to seniors.
He was a huge part in the reform of the senior team in 2000.
Thoughts are with his family.
🧡🖤
Thanks for the hospitality, absolute top class from you. The boys and the club loved the day and that's credit to you. We might have lost the football but we definitely won the boxing 🍺🤣🤣
Thank you all at
@aber_valley_fc
for your tremendous support this afternoon! We believe it’s the largest seat following we’ve had at Park Avenue (aside from Cup Finals) we wish you a safe trip home and enjoy your evening!
#AberAsOne
#Seasiders
First game for our vets today. Brilliant to see the old boys having a game and coming together.
Thoroughly enjoyable day for our first ever game. We do need some strands of hair though 😂😂
#COTA
🧡🖤
New manager announcement
We are please to announce the management duo of
@m33ky0
and
@Woodsy501
who will jointly take over the first team affairs.
@LeighWilliams2
and
@parrotttt99
will continue their roles as first team coaches.
#COTA
🧡🖤
Our new flag put behind the goals ready for our first he game in 2022
Our mini and junior section got this to put up for all to see and be proud of in our community.
#communityclub
Only a PM away
If ANYONE runs out of food or necessities or times are just tough. Please don’t let yourself or your kids go to sleep with an empty stomach. Don’t be afraid or embarrassed to send us a message. We have our foodbank, it's the hardest, most stressful time.
#justask
We would like to say a big thanks to the staff of
@LlantwitAFC
and in particular the off duty paramedic who stayed till the ambulance arrived. The club really appreciates all the help. Hope for a quick recovery for
@Bennithornton
who unfortunately broke his leg 👎
The last picture of the season for us before our last game, over 50 children missing for various reasons too.
Thank you to all sponsors who have helped the club on its journey.
Big thanks to
@FC_Cwmaman
for moving next weeks game from Wednesday to Tuesday night 🤝
This allows our seconds to have their semi-final at home on the Wednesday and allows our firsts to support them.
The response to our dummy club was superb. Our senior players, mini's, juniors and the committee got involved and managed put all this together. It will all go to people who need it most, hopefully it can take some pressure away from families.
Christmas is for everyone
#Community
2 good wins for our senior teams yesterday followed by our Xmas night out!! 38 boys out for a curry and then back to our clubhouse to watch the boxing. The team spirit and togetherness of the boys is class, all good mates and all enjoy each others company.
#COTA
🧡🖤
Yet more bikes/quads on our pitch this weekend.
@CaerphillyCBC
what are you going to do about this ? We tweeted about this and dog mess 2 and 3 weeks ago and you ignored us. We pay towards maintenance of this facility, its being ruined. You're quick enough to get involved 1/2
Before our terrible performance today against
@merthyrsaints
our boys dummy club was more foodbank donations. Great response and it all helps 👏👏
Congratulations Saint's on the win, thoroughly deserved and all the best
More good news this morning. Our club has set a link up with
@SAINTSRUGBY2
where both clubs will share a facility for kids teams. Great to see the 2 clubs working together.
As a result of this, we need to source goalposts if anyone could point us in the right direction.
A sad day for the club as Howard Herbert gets laid to rest.
A club legend who done so much for us over the years and got hundreds of kids playing football before moving into senior football.
He helped reform the seniors in 2000 after a few years of no football here.
RIP 🧡🖤
Refused a 3rd team in the summer and now our seconds being refused a friendly this sat (no fixture)
The league then stating we should find a league fixture 🙈🙈
Boys just want to play football, no wonder players are walking away from the game.
#shambles
Warming up for the final game of the season, in his 10th year at the club is the legend
@tomhawkins18
Coming up from U8s all the way through the pathway to become a great player, coach and foodbank volunteer for the club. 1 in a million, congrats Tom👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Our club are pleased to announce that we are now FAW accredited silver from bronze!!
A lot of hardwork going on behind the scenes on all fronts with club looking to continue to progress at all levels on and off the pitch.
At Aber Valley FC, we look after all ages, Ken who resides at a the local carehome loves football, and has been to support Aber Valley on a number of occasions. We thought a little gesture back would be nice to thank him for his support.
He was absolutely chuffed with it 🧡🖤
Confirmation tonight of our 2nd team finishing 2nd on PPG. Good season for the lads, with a few youngsters and new players playing their part. More youngsters to come from our youth next season, hopefully we can push on.
#COTA
🧡🖤
Our mini and junior section out on a sponsored walk and litter pick through the community.
A great effort by them to raise money and clean up our area too 👏 👏👏🟠⚫️
⚽️⚽️ Matchday ⚽️⚽️
It's the first round proper for us today, first time ever for the club. A big game against a very good side who we know well. A great day for our small Valley.
⚽️
@PorthcawlTownFC
🕰 2pm
📆 14/08/2021
🏟 Locks Lane, CF36 3HY
🏆 JD Welsh Cup Rd 1
#COTA
🧡🖤
A very exciting new signing for Aber Valley FC with
@callumgunstone1
joining the club
A superb young player with an eye for goal. Callum will strengthen our squad & our attacking options 🧡🖤
Thanks to Cardiff Dracs for making the transfer so smooth
#COTA
#newsigning
🟠⚫️
Very productive meeting with
@CaerphillyCBC
today. We're thankful for your time and advice. Many thanks to our local councillors and MP too.
Let's get this club moving forward off the pitch as well as on it.
#Facilities
#Development
#Community
The winning goal tonight scored by
@benft2001
2-0 down away to team in the league above, our seconds showed some character to come back, win and get through to another semi final.
Great team performance 🟠⚫️
Ourselves
@Garw_SBGC
and Graham Evans having a photo with the banner.
This is a group set up recently by
@shaunt36
and has been a huge success in getting men out, walking and talking together.
A great initiative 👏 👏👏
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
🧡🖤
18 year old Jake Wood came on as a substitute for our firsts tonight.
He wins a penalty and also sets up the last goal.
Great to have another youngster involved with the seniors 🟠⚫️
42 girls at this week's huddle, an absolutely amazing response and turnout in only our second week.
The club is growing and growing with hopefully more to come over the next few weeks as restrictions ease.
🧡🖤
Some good news for the club this week as we prepare ro return to the new normal. Two successful funding applications appeoved with
@sportwales
via the Be Active Fund &
@GameOnWales
Gear Grant. Thanks to both organisations for the support.
Good team social last night for a few birthdays, a leaving do and wetting the babies head. Nice to have all the boys out properly following covid.
We also had
@jon_midgley
rolling back the years 🔥
🧡🖤
*OFFICIAL STATEMENT*
As a club we expect high standards and one of our players Owain Davies has let them standards slip recently !! He's taken the term PUB TEAM to a whole new level.
This is his apology to the players and staff 😂😂
#PrayforOwain
#COTA
🧡🖤
31 parcels ready for delivery tomorrow within our community.
There is a steady increase in requests, any donations would be much appreciated as our stock goes down very quickly.
#foodbank
#community
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Trying to organise midweek games but struggling to get a facility which can host us close to our area.
This highlights just how little facilities there are which can host Alliance league and above throughout the winter.
More are needed up and down the country.
Firsts and seconds are both home today.
Firsts at Abertridwr Park against an excellent
@BridgendSt
2.30 ko
Seconds on Penyrheol Park against top of the table
@TreforestFC
2pm ko
There will be a minutes applause before both games for our friend 🧡 🖤
#Gomer9
Fingers crossed for us tonight as we attend the FAW McDonald's grassroots football awards.
@sophiejohnsey
and Lucy from our committee attending.
The club has worked hard on its image and we're delighted to just be nominated. Thanks to all our volunteers who have got us here 🧡🖤