Garw S.B.G.C. (Garw Seniors, Boys and Girls Club) is a football club based in the village of Pontycymer, near Bridgend, Wales who play in .

History The club was formed in 1945 as Garw Athletic. They joined the Welsh Football League in 1952 and played in the league continuously until the end of 2009–10 when they were relegated out of the league. The club were champions of Welsh Football League Division Two in 2000–01 and 2006–07. The club changed its name to Garw S.B.G.C in 2008–09. The club then played in the South Wales Senior League, before joining the South Wales Alliance League where they were Division Two champions in 2016–17 and runners-up in Division One in 2017–18. The team folded after the 2024–25 season, and returned for the 2026–27 season.

Welsh Football League history Information in this section is sourced from the Football Club History Database and the Welsh Soccer Archive.

Season Pyramid Tier League Final position1953–542Welsh Football League Division Two West12th1954–552Welsh Football League Division Two West9th 1955–562Welsh Football League Division Two West11th 1956–572Welsh Football League Division Two West7th 1957–582Welsh Football League Division Two West13th 1958–592Welsh Football League Division Two West16th 1959–602Welsh Football League Division Two West13th 1960–612Welsh Football League Division Two West16th 1961–622Welsh Football League Division Two West16th 1962–632Welsh Football League Division Two West11th 1963–642Welsh Football League Division Two West12th 1964–65In this season Division 1 was renamed 'Premier Division', Division 2 East and West were replaced by 'Division 1' and 'Division 2' (effectively Division 2 and Division 3) Garw Athletic placed in Division 2, the 3rd tier division.3Welsh Football League Division Two9th 1965–663Welsh Football League Division Two10th 1966–673Welsh Football League Division Two11th 1967–683Welsh Football League Division Two11th 1968–693Welsh Football League Division Two17th 1969–703Welsh Football League Division Two14th 1970–713Welsh Football League Division Two14th 1971–723Welsh Football League Division Two11th 1972–733Welsh Football League Division Two14th 1973–743Welsh Football League Division Two14th 1974–753Welsh Football League Division Two5th 1975–763Welsh Football League Division Two9th 1976–773Welsh Football League Division Two2nd - Runners-Up(promoted) 1977–782Welsh Football League Division One13th 1978–792Welsh Football League Division One16th(relegated) 1979–803Welsh Football League Division Two9th 1980–813Welsh Football League Division Two8th 1981–823Welsh Football League Division Two10th 1982–833Welsh Football League Division Two3rd(promoted) 1983–84In this season The Premier Division (Division 1) was renamed 'National Division'. The 2nd tier division was renamed 'Premier Division' with the 3rd tier division named 'Division 1'.2Welsh Football League Premier Division19th(relegated) 1984–853Welsh Football League Division One4th 1985–863Welsh Football League Division One10th 1986–873Welsh Football League Division One11th 1987–883Welsh Football League Division One10th 1988–893Welsh Football League Division One1st - Champions(promoted)1989–902Welsh Football League Premier Division12th 1990–91In this season, The 2nd tier division was renamed 'Division 1' with the 3rd tier division renamed 'Division 2'.2Welsh Football League Division One10th 1991–922Welsh Football League Division One17th(relegated)1992–93In this season the League of Wales was created as the new national tier 1 league. The Welsh Football League covered South Wales and now exists at tier 2 (Division 1); tier 3 (Division Two) and tier 3 (Division Three).3Welsh Football League Division Two10th 1993–943Welsh Football League Division Two7th 1994–953Welsh Football League Division Two7th 1995–963Welsh Football League Division Two15th 1996–974Welsh Football League Division Three7th 1997–984Welsh Football League Division Three10th 1998–994Welsh Football League Division Three4th 1999–20004Welsh Football League Division Three1st - Champions(promoted) 2000–013Welsh Football League Division Two1st - Champions(promoted) 2001–022Welsh Football League Division One4th 2002–032Welsh Football League Division One6th 2003–042Welsh Football League Division One11th 2004–052Welsh Football League Division One18th(relegated) 2005–063Welsh Football League Division Two3rd 2006–073Welsh Football League Division Two1st - Champions(promoted)2007–082Welsh Football League Division One18th(relegated) 2008–09Club renamed Garw S.B.G.C. for this season onwards3Welsh Football League Division Two17th(relegated) 2009–104Welsh Football League Division Three18th(relegated)

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Honours

Welsh Football League Division Two (Tier 3 Welsh Football Pyramid) - Champions: 2000–01; 2006–07 Welsh Football League Division One (Tier 3 Welsh Football League) - Champions: 1988–89 Welsh Football League Division Two (Tier 3 Welsh Football League) - Runners-Up: 1976–77 Welsh Football League Division Three (Tier 4 Welsh Football Pyramid) - Champions: 1999–2000 South Wales Alliance League Division One - Runners-Up: 2017–18 South Wales Alliance League Division Two - Champions: 2016–17

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