HISTORY OF THE OSBORNE (NOW PENRHIWCEIBER CON AFC
06 Aug 2008

THE OSBORNE WAS STARTED UP BY THE LEGENDARY DAI MATTHEWS (SENIOR) IN 1986,WHO LATER ON WENT ON TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE ABERDARE LEAGUE.
THE TEAM STRUGGLED IN THE EARLY YEARS BUT IN THE 1991-92 SEASON THEY REACHED THEIR FIRST FINAL V PENYWAUN ON GOLDEN ACRES,ALAS THEY LOST IT 1-0 TO AN INJURY TIME GOAL.
IN THE 1994-95 SEASON THEY WON THEIR FIRST SILVERWARE BEATING CWMAMAN 3-1 IN THE CUP FINAL.3 YEARS LATER THE OS WON THE FIRST DIVISION TITLE WITH GARY LOCKE CAPTAINING THE SIDE LOSING ONLY 1 GAME ALL SEASON.THIS MEANT THEY WERE TO PLAY PREMIER CHAMPIONS CWMBACH IN CHAMPIONS OF CHAMPIONS AND IT WAS OS WHO WON 5-1.
IN 1998-99 THE OS FORMED THE SECOND SIDE .
1998-99 AFTER PROMOTION TO PREMIER LEAGUE OS FINISHED 2ND AND GOT TO THE BURTON CUP FINALWHICH THEY LOST 3-1 TO CWMAMAN.THE 1999-2000 WAS A TURNING POINT IN THE CLUB ,WHILE THE B SIDE WERE CLIMBING THE TABLE IN DIV 1,THE A SIDE WERE GOING FOR THE LEAGUE TITLE.IT WENT DOWN TO THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON.MACKWORTH WERE 1 POINT IN FRONT AND WERE PLAYING CWMAMAN ,OS WERE AT HOME TO MOUINT TOWN,WITH OS LOCKED AT 1-1 DICKY GRIFFITHS SCORED THE WINNER WITH 5 MINS LEFT.NEWS FILTERED THRO THE MACKWORTH HAD LOST 4-1.OS HAD WON THE LEAGUE AND MARTIN GRIFFITHS AND ALAN DAVIES LIFTED THE CHAMPIONSHIP.IN THE SAME SEASON THE OS WON THE JACK JONES CUP WITH DICKY GETTING THE GOLDEN GOAL AGAINST ABERNANT A 1-0 WIN ,BUT THEY LOST TO ABERAMAN ALL STARS 1-0 IN NAT WEST CUP FINAL.THIS WAS MANGER ALAN DAVIES 2ND PROMOTION IN 3 YEARS.
2000-01 OS WERE PROMOTED TO THE AMATEUR LEAGUE AND FOUND IT HARD IN THEIR 1ST SEASON WINNING ONLY 4 GAMES .STEVE PRING MADE HISTORY FOR THE CLUB BY SCORING THE 1ST EVER GOAL IN THE AMATEUR LEAGUE FOR OS.THE B SIDE GOT TO THE GILBERT MORGAN CUP FINAL AND LOST 5-1 TO HIRWAUN WEL.2001-02 BELONGED TO THE B SIDE THEY WON THE TREBLE UNDER MANAGER STEVEN WILLIAMS.WINNING THE LEAGUE LOSING 2 GAMES,THE GILBERT MORGAN CUP 4-1 AGAINST MACKWORTH ,WITH DARREN BEVAN SCORING ONE OF THE BEST GOALS EVER SCORED UP THE STADIUM AND THEY WON JACK JONES CUP BEATING HIRWAUN 2-0.
2002-03 THE B SIDE REACHED THE GILBERT MORGAN CUP FINAL AGAIN AFC ABERCYNON,LEADING 3-0 THEY LOST THE GAME 4-3 .
2003-04 THE AMATEUR SIDE FINISHED 2ND IN DIV2 AND PROMOTED TO 1ST DIV,AND THEY GOT TO THE SEMI-FINAL OF THE F.A.W. TROPHY LOSING 5-1 TO EVENTUAL WINNERS PENYCAE.ON THE WAY THEY TOOK SOME NOTABLE SCALPS IN COGAN CORONATION,LLANGEINOR,TILLERY OF THE WELSH LEAGUE.1ST YEAR UP WAS DISASTEROUS AND WENT BACK DOWN .THE FOLLOWING YEARS OS STRUGGLED AND FINALLY GOT RELEGATED BACK INTO THE ABERDARE LEAGUE.LAST SEASON THE 2 SIDES FINISHED 3RD WITH THE A SIDE WINNING THE NAT WEST CUP BEATING ABERAMAN LEGION 3-1 IN THE FINAL.
THIS SEASON THE CLUB HAS CHANGED THEIR NAME TO PENRHIWCEIBER CON A.F.C.AFTER 20 YEARS AS OSBORNE ATHLETIC FC
IN THEIR FIRST SEASON IN 2008-09 UNDER SPADE AND REG THE A SIDE CAME RUNNERS-UP TO ABERAMAN IN THE LEAGUE ALSO RUNNERS-UP TO PERTHCELYN A 5-4 IN JUBILEE CUP FINAL ,BUT THEY WON PROBABLY THE BEST EVER TROPHY WINNING THE SWFA CUP 4-2 AGAINST
LLANHARAN SCORERS WERE GIGGSY,JOSH EVANS 2,AND ANDREW BATTEN WHO ALSO BECAME THE CONS FIRST EVER TOP SCORER IN THE LEAGUE WITH 46 GOALS.THE CLUB ALSO GAINED PROMOTION TO THE AMATEUR LEAGUE AFTER A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL AGAINST THE SWFA.
THE B SIDE UNDER ZIGGY ONCE AGAIN PRODUCED A GOOD SEASON 3RD IN THE LEAGUE WHICH WENT DOWN 2 THE WIRE WITH CWMBACH WINNING THEIR LAST GAME 2 PIP US,SEMI-FINAL GLIBERT MORGAN CUP LOST TO PERTHCELYNA 2-1 RYAN ROBERTS SCORING AFTER GIVING AWAY A PEN AND ALSO Q-FINAL OF JUBILEE CUP LOSING 3-2 TO GLAN A 2 GOALS COMING IN FINAL 5 MINS OF MATCH.
IN 2009-10 SEASON CON WERE PROMOTED AS A RESULT OF 2ND PLACE IN LEAGUE AND AN APPEAL GOT US UP AFTER WINNING IT.IN OUR 1ST SEASON IN SENIOR LEAGUE WE FINISHED 9TH OUT OF 16 NOT BAD FOR A DEBUT SEASON IN LEAGUE.JOSH EVANS SCORING 22 GOALS IN HIS 1ST SEASON IN THAT LEVEL.2NDS FINISHED A DISAPPOINTING 5TH IN THE ABERDARE LEAGUE.THEY BEAT TOP SIDE WHITE LION THEIR ONLY DEFEAT AND ALSO BEAT MOUNT TOWN 7-0 THE BOTH OF THEM SIDES WERE PROMOTED SO GOES TO SHOW THEY CAN BEAT ANYONE ON THEIR DAY .
IN 2010-11 IT WAS  A GREAT SEASON FOR CON .THE SENIOR LEAGUE SIDE WINNING PROMOTION AFTER FINISHING 3RD IN THEIR LAST GAME A POINT WAS ENOUGH AGAINST YNYSHIR WATTSTOWN  AND THE 2NDS WINNING THEIR LEAGUE DIV 2  AFTER BEATING PENYWAUN B 9-1 IN THEIR FINAL GAME.AFTER GOING ON A 13 MATCH UNBEATEN RUN,IN DOING SO THEY BEAT MOUNT ATHLETIC DIV 1 WINNERS IN JACK JONES CUP 5-2 AND THEY THEN LOST 7-0 TO CELYN A AFTER PLAYING 2 GAMES IN 2 DAYS .WEL DONE TO MARTIN GRIFFITHS,RICHARD WILLIAMS AND PETER TAYLOR THE RESPECTIVE MANAGERS.