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A Brief History |
CAERAU ELY AFC - A BRIEF HISTORY
Caerau Ely were formed in 1955 joining the junior division of the Cardiff Combination League
A set of red jerseys given to the club by Mr. Ron Miller of Cross Bros. AFC was to determine the colours of the club forever.
The club started its playing days on the Ely RaceCourse moving on to Glyn Derw School in the eighties and then finally moving onto the Cwrt-yr-Ala ground in Ely.
In 1991 they gained entry to the new Senior League and then progressed to the CC Sports Welsh League in 1998 after beating Dinas Powys 1-0 in the play off held at Bridgend.
The history shows that after winning well over eighty combined league titles and cups in its time, Caerau Ely has become one of the most successful clubs in Cardiff.
Caerau Ely Today
Last season saw the coming together of Caerau Ely and the youth of the very successful Llanishen Dons football club. Caerau without a representative side in the youth league approached Llanishen to invite them to join the Caerau set up. The advantages for Llanishen were obvious in that they could play at a very good level and the advantages for Caerau were that they would have a new group of young players for the future.
The first season saw the youngsters finish third in the East division and also saw an amount of players move up and take their place in the senior side. This year we have big hopes for the club and have set goals for all three teams to reach there highest ever positions in their leagues.
The ground has had plenty of work carried out throughout the summer and the introduction of a clubhouse is immanent.
We know we have a long journey ahead, where we need to improve our image and earn the respect from other clubs who play at this level, the very fact that we admit we need to improve will be the starting point of hopefully moving up the league. This improvement should hopefully take us to bigger and better days for a club that has so much promise.
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