Bridgend Deanery
Football Club
Bridgend Deanery FC
Bridgend Deanery Football Club is an 11-aside team playing in the United Christian League.
Players range in age from 17 to 39 and we are the only Church in Wales side in the league. Our players come, not just from Bridgend, but from across the surrounding area. We play in a league of 14 church football clubs from Swansea, Cardiff, RCT and places in between.
Today players regularly comment that the encouraging atmosphere and the emotional support they receive in our club is a significant difference to other teams they have played for.
“In 2010 both my sons and two of my nephews were already playing for the football team and I would regularly attend training sessions and matches. At the time there was much publicity around the prevalence of young men’s suicide in Bridgend and I thought the football team could be used as a vehicle to provide a supportive environment and a friendship group for young men, which would encourage good mental well-being. In 2011, when the original manager left, I took over as manager with this ethos in mind”
Are you a young man age 18-39?
Could you benefit from being involved in BDFC?
You’re invited
We train and play home matches at Coleg Cymunedol y Dderwen (CCYD) in Tondu.
Training takes place at 8pm on Wednesdays and Home matches are at 10:30am on Saturdays.
For more information please contact:
Brian Harrison (Chair) 077 6058 6576
Rev’d Steve Willson (Chaplain) 077 9109 7435
