Central Wales League
Southern Division
Saturday 9th August 2025
Kick Off 14.30 On Time!
Bont 2 Ffostrasol Wanderers 3, attendance 36 (official 50)
19’ 0-1
36’ 0-2
39’ 0-3
78’ 1-3
85’ 2-3
@ Pantyfedwen Park
B4340
Pontrhydfendigaid
SY25 6BB
£3 Admission
No Programme.
With a favourable weather forecast, where despite looking threatening at times, did remain dry throughout, I decided to head into Mid Wales, to visit the only ground I still needed in the Central Wales League, that of Bont, in the village of Pontrhydfendigaid, in Ceredigion. Coming from the east, you are fine until you get to Rhayader, where you then reach the Cambrian Mountains, with the most direct route from there being via a B road, straight through the Elan Valley. It’s certainly scenic, but littered with cattle grids and numerous sections of single track road, with the last 22 miles taking around 50 minutes to drive. At least when you enter the village, the ground is right in front of you. There’s a small car park, with the changing rooms/tea bar/toilets behind the near goal. The pitch is railed on three sides (just the far end not), with a pair of dugouts on the left hand side and a small stand opposite, painted in the club colours, which has two rows of bench seating.
The match was between two teams who’d started their league season’s with a win from their opening game and Ffostrasol will look to go one better than last season, when they finished second to champions Knighton Town, who’ve since been promoted. The first half went very much the way of the visitors, as they comfortably raced into a three goal lead. They opened the scoring after a diagonal cross from the left was headed up onto the air by a defender, dropping to a Ffostrasol player who volleyed in from close range. Another close range volley saw them double their lead after thirty six minutes, after a corner from the left had been headed on at the near post and their third followed soon after, once again from the left, when a free kick evaded the entire defence and was swept in unmarked at the far post. Ffostrasol saw a long range effort tipped onto the crossbar on the hour mark, but rarely looked like adding any further goals. With twelve minutes left Bont pulled a goal back, cutting in from the right before hitting a left footed shot into the top corner from the edge of the D. They then made it 2-3 as we entered the last five minutes, when a diagonal ball into the box was finished with a shot on the turn into the far corner, but despite mounting pressure in the remaining time, were unable to force an equaliser.
