At Porthcawl Town AFC, a post season visit

 I cant believe how long we've been coming to Porthcawl and neither of us has somehow managed to vist the local football club..

A lovely little ground, unlike the grounds we visted in Cornwall this season(which all seem to be in the middle of countryside), Porthcawl is tooked away in amongst houses and about a 2 min walk from the sea front. 

You are greeted with a decent carpark, a club house and 3 training/reserve pitches (and the cricket club) although, when we arrived I (Larry) thought this was the first team pitch, in my defence I'm off colour, so it was an easy mistake to make,

Porthcawl have been around since 1947 and I think they have been at the same ground, Locks Lane,ever since. They currently play in the South Wales Alliance League, Premier Division. Where they survived this season by 2pts and a superior goal difference from Trebanog FC (The Welsh have some fantastic team names-most of which I unable to pronouce )

During the 90s, Porthcawl had quite a bit of success, cup wins and promotions and enjoying several decent runs in the Welsh Cup, making the semis in 1996. 

Porthcawl currently run a 1st team, reserves and 3rds plus a number of junior clubs. Although I'm not sure if they have a ladies team(yet)

I love a dug outand got quite excited when I saw these, although the away dugout doesn't have "away" written on it anymore.

However the ones on the fits team pitch have locked gates over them!!!

Not that I was able to take a decent photo with the big fence and locked gates and all. I stood on a pile of gravel to take this.

The first and last photo was me holding my phone through the fence and hoping I didnt drop it.

You can just see the stand, we also love a stand at a minor league ground. Polpero is still my fav stand visited this season but this looks a challenger.

When pre season starts or even early season, we will be going back to get better photos and watch the "seasiders", whoever they are up against.

I saw this in the window of the club house and thought how good it was. Football is a wonderful sport and it does bring people together but I have seen people lose their mind over the slightest mistake at grassroots level and this poster should just remind people to enjoy the game,then go for a cuppa or pint afterwards and get over it.

One final thing to like about the club-the home strip is red and white :), although the stripes are broader than my beloved Sunderland (Larry) and more Sheff Utd size stripes. Gotta love a team in red and white (except perhaps Stoke)

We are visiting a few more grounds this week, AFC Butetown, Port Talbot (again) and Afan Lido. Enjoy your post season and we look forward to watching you soon.