A team is needed, so a pitch is found.
In 1980, Drefach needed somewhere for a football team to play. A stretch of former woodland on the edge of the village was cleared to make way for a pitch — ground that had never seen a football before.
One tree stood out during the clearing: a strong old oak. Rather than being forgotten, it was worked into the design of the new club's badge — a small mark of where the pitch had come from, and a reminder that the club was built from the ground the village gave it.
Yellow and blue were chosen as the club's colours from the very start, and they've never changed since.
What's on the crest
Y Ddraig Goch
The red dragon of Wales sits at the heart of the badge, tying the club to the wider footballing and national identity of the country it plays in.
Where the pitch began
The oak inside the football marks the tree felled to clear the ground the club still plays on — the badge's most personal detail.
The founding year
A permanent reminder of when Drefach FC began, carried on the badge every team wears, from Minis to seniors.
From one pitch to sixteen teams
What started as a single team on a cleared woodland pitch has grown into a full community club. Drefach now fields 13 junior teams from Under 5s through to Under 16s, alongside three senior men's sides — 1st Team, Reserves and Development — all playing under the same badge.
Be part of the next chapter.
Whether you're joining a Minis team for the first time or lacing up for the seniors, you're joining a club with a story behind it.
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