# Mardy A.F.C. > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mardy_A.F.C. > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mardy_A.F.C..md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardy_A.F.C. > Source revision: 1328174081 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Former association football club in Wales Football club Mardy Full name Mardy Association Football Club Nickname the Rams[1] Founded 1889? Dissolved 1924 Ground Mardy Athletic Ground Home colours **Mardy A.F.C.** was a [Welsh](/source/Wales) [football](/source/Association_football) team that played in the [Southern League](/source/Southern_Football_League) in the 1910s and 1920s. They were based in the village of [Maerdy](/source/Maerdy), [Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan).[2] ## History The earliest records for the club date to the 1888–89 season.[3] It won the second division of the South Wales League in 1904–05, clinching the title with a 6–1 win over Merthyr Vale to leapfrog [Ton Pentre](/source/Ton_Pentre_F.C.).[4] The club took a more serious step in 1909, when incorporated as a limited company.[5] The club joined the Southern League (Division Two) for the [1911–12 season](/source/1911%E2%80%9312_Southern_Football_League), but left at the end of [1913–14](/source/1913%E2%80%9314_Southern_Football_League).[6] After [World War I](/source/World_War_I) they rejoined the league in [1919–20](/source/1919%E2%80%9320_Southern_Football_League) and the [following season](/source/1920%E2%80%9321_Southern_Football_League) their league was renamed as the Welsh Section. Mardy generally finished towards the bottom of the table in their seasons in the league.[7] After the First Division sides left the league in 1920 to join [The Football League](/source/The_Football_League) Mardy continued to struggle, finishing in the bottom two in 1921–22.[8] In the [1922–23 season](/source/1922%E2%80%9323_Southern_Football_League), the club did not complete its fixtures, and its record was expunged;[9] Mardy had actually played 17 of its 18 fixtures, and was lying 7th out of 10 in the table at the time it stopped playing.[10] In 1923–24, the club joined the [Welsh League](/source/Welsh_League), but, on Easter Monday 1924, did not turn up to a fixture with [Caerau](/source/Caerau_F.C.). As a result, the [Welsh Football Association](/source/Welsh_Football_Association) fined the club £50 and imposed a suspension,[11] which in practice finished the club, as there are no further references to it playing. ## Colours The club wore dark blue shirts with white knickers.[12][13] ## Ground The club's ground was simply known as the Mardy Athletic Ground.[14] It may have been the Recreation Ground between the village and the railway line. ## Notable individuals Former Mardy players include [Jack Cartmell](/source/Jack_Cartmell),[15] [John Goodall](/source/John_Goodall)[16][17] and [Proctor Hall](/source/Proctor_Hall).[17] [Tom Evans](/source/Tom_Evans_(footballer%2C_born_1903)), who later played for [Clapton Orient](/source/Leyton_Orient) and earned several Welsh caps, started his career at the club.[18] Welsh international [Charlie Morris](/source/Charlie_Morris_(footballer)) managed the club briefly from 1913.[19] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "Points for Caerphilly". *Western Mail*: 4. 17 April 1923. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). *Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players*. Bridge Books. p. 106. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-8724-2411-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-8724-2411-2). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "Treharris - Grand Charity Football Match". *Merthyr Express, Aberdare and East Glamorgan Herald, Tredegar and West Monmouth Times*: 8. 5 April 1890. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Association matches". *Merthyr Express*: 3. 6 May 1905. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Mardy Association Football Club (Limited)". *Western Mail*: 9. 29 September 1909. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "Mardy resign from S.L.". *Daily Express*: 7. 18 November 1914. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Dinant Abbink (24 July 2005). ["Final Tables Division Two"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engsouthernleaghist.html). *England – Southern League Final Tables*. RSSSF. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["SOUTHERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1920–21 to 1938–39"](http://www.myfootballfacts.com/SOUTHERN-FOOTBALL-LEAGUE--1920-21-to-1938-39.html). My Football Facts. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "Welsh section". *Western News*: 2. 9 May 1923. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** "Positions of all the clubs in the Welsh section". *South Wales Argus*: 7. 17 April 1923. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** "Sport in brief". *Daily Herald*: 9. 26 May 1924. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** "Answers to correspondents". *Athletic News*: 4. 14 August 1911. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** "Answers to correspondents". *Athletic News*: 4. 7 October 1912. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** "Mardy Athletic Ground". *Western Mail*: 3. 23 February 1910. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). *Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006*. Yore Publications. p. 35. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0955294914](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0955294914). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["1913"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110124092426/http://www.givemefootball.com/premier-league/on-this-day-in-history-january-18-). *On This Day in History: January 18*. Givemefootball.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.givemefootball.com/premier-league/on-this-day-in-history-january-18-) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-joyce_17-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-joyce_17-1) Joyce, Michael (2004). *Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939*. Soccerdata. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1899468676](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1899468676). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** "Football page". *Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald*: 8. 9 December 1927. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** "Charlie Morris as Mardy manager". *South Wales Echo*: 3. 4 May 1912. ## External links - [Southern League finishing positions by club, 1894–95 to 1919–20](http://www.myfootballfacts.com/SOUTHERN-FOOTBALL-LEAGUE--1894-95-to-1919-20.html) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mardy A.F.C.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardy_A.F.C.) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardy_A.F.C.?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.