Club History « Garth Vader Football Club

The Idea

Established during the summer of 2010, the Vaders was a product of a couple of different groups of friends coming together with the idea of creating a new club where they had control of how it was run and what type of person could be involved. After years of playing for different teams throughout Maesteg and encountering problems with other players, coaches and committee members, the idea of the Vaders was born. After securing a base at The Garth Inn pub, players and friends attempted to name the club, finally deciding on Garth Vader FC (final credit to Gareth Blackwell I believe?).

Getting Started

After initial ideas of who would play and who would be involved in running the Vaders, original Club Secretary Robert Boydell, took the bull by the horns and pushed everything forward to make it all possible. Securing sponsorship funds from brother and teammate Richard (company United Graphic Design), the Vaders were able to register with the Bridgend & District Sunday League and purchase their first kit.

Honours

2011/12 First Division Cup runners-up (Red Cow 3 vs 1 Garth Vader FC)
2017/18 First Division runners-up
2017/18 First Division Cup winners (Seagull FC 1 vs 3 Garth Vader FC)
2018/19 Open Cup runners-up (Garth Vader FC 0 vs 2 FC Globe Trotters)
2019/20 Premier Division Champions
2021/22 SWFA Sunday Intermediate Cup Champions (Michaelston Rangers FC 1 vs 2 Garth Vader FC)
2022/23 Premier Division Champions
2022/23 Premier Division Cup runners-up (Coedely Sweeney 4 vs 0 Garth Vader FC)
2022/23 Open Cup runners-up (Athletico Tremains 5 vs 0 Garth Vader FC)
2023/24 SWFA Sunday Intermediate Cup Champions (Fairwater AFC 3 vs 3 Garth Vader FC (GVFC win 4-3 on pens))
2023/24 Premier Division runners-up

First ever GVFC goal

Gareth Blackwell vs Ynysmaerdy

Biggest win

10-0 vs Wicked FC (18 October 2015)

Club Captains

2010/11 – Allan Thomas
2011/12 – Stephen Gould
2012/13 – Stephen Gould
2013/14 – Scott Sainsbury
2014/15 – Scott Sainsbury
2015/16 – Christian Powys
2016/17 – Christian Powys
2017/18 – Tom Evans
2018/19 – Tom Evans
2019/20 – Connor Lewis
2021/22 – Connor Lewis
2022/23 – Connor Lewis

All time league record

Season	Divison	Position	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
10/11	First	6/11	20	9	2	9	48	53	-3	29
11/12	First	4/12	22	10	3	9	59	63	-4	36
12/13	Prem	8/10	18	5	1	12	39	80	-41	16
13/14	Prem	5/5	14	1	1	12	29	81	-52	4
14/15	First	6/10	18	6	1	11	45	57	-12	19
15/16	Prem	5/13	17	10	0	7	71	49	22	30
16/17	Prem	6/7	18	4	0	14	38	88	-50	12
17/18	First	2/9	16	11	1	4	79	42	37	34
18/19	Prem	6/7	15	5	0	10	37	61	-24	15
19/20	Prem	1/5	7	6	0	1	25	18	+7	18
21/22	Prem	5/13	13	9	1	3	53	23	+30	28
22/23	Prem	1/3	4	3	0	1	13	9	+5	9
TOTAL			182	79	10	93	536	624	-87	250

*some results may be missing due to other teams dropping out.

All time player stats up to 2022-23 Season

Rank	Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	MotM	CoW	Yellow	Red
1	Richard Boydell	197	39	36	16	4	1	0
2	Robert Boydell	151	8	14	0	8	2	0
3	Christian Powys	149	4	4	6	3	1	0
4	Gareth Blackwell	143	8	14	3	9	5	0
5	Tom Evans	127	16	12	6	6	9	2
6	Rhodri Thomas	95	24	13	4	7	1	0
7	Lee Isaac	74	28	26	8	0	2	0
8	Josh Garfield	70	8	5	1	18	6	0
9	Joe Gallafant	61	50	26	3	4	2	0
10	Cory Seldon	61	0	1	3	6	1	0
11	Connor Lewis	58	0	1	2	4	7	1
12	Stephen Gould	58	10	8	6	0	2	1
13	Steffan Roberts	57	85	29	7	4	19	4
14	Matthew James	54	40	16	1	2	1	0
15	Kurt Vincent	53	38	5	15	1	0	0
16	Alex Blacker	53	7	6	4	16	4	2
17	Allan Thomas	52	1	1	1	6	3	0
18	Gareth Hanbury	49	1	3	3	2	3	1
19	Jason Cook	42	1	0	1	4	0	0
20	Leigh James	42	0	1	0	4	1	1
21	Matthew Evans	42	2	1	1	3	1	0
22	Owen Wanklyn	39	1	1	5	5	1	0
23	Matthew Rogers	39	11	18	8	2	0	0
24	Lee Jones	38	11	6	1	1	0	0
25	Ellis Horrigan	37	14	10	4	3	13	2
26	Scott Sainsbury	36	8	5	4	2	0	0
27	Ieuan Morris	35	28	21	5	2	0	1
28	Callum Greaves	35	7	1	3	1	1	0
29	Shaun Mizen	35	12	4	5	4	3	0
30	Morgan Evans	34	1	2	6	0	2	0
31	Lloyd Jenkins	31	12	12	1	3	7	0
32	Benjamin Poole	31	2	1	0	0	1	0
33	Sean Lake	31	6	6	1	2	0	0
34	Cory Nicholas	30	0	2	0	2	5	2
35	Ieuan Evans	30	3	3	0	5	0	0
36	Luke Whelan	30	12	6	7	0	0	0
37	Nathan Harris	28	3	1	6	3	6	3
38	Tom Thornton	28	3	3	4	3	0	0
39	Steve Williams	28	0	0	2	5	7	0
40	Nathan Whelan	27	5	17	3	0	1	0
41	Thomas Lewis	27	7	9	3	0	2	0
42	Steve Boydell	27	7	4	3	1	0	0
43	Lewis Kingdon	27	36	25	4	0	7	0
44	James Jones	23	0	0	2	0	0	0
45	Liam Barry	22	6	1	2	4	5	0
46	Keane Watts	21	7	6	2	1	2	0
47	Neil Arthur	21	3	4	1	0	0	0
48	Sean Morris	19	0	0	1	1	0	0
49	Kai Steadman	18	4	6	1	1	1	0
50	Jordan Tompkinson	17	3	1	0	1	0	0
51	Steffan Rees	17	0	0	2	0	0	0
52	Rhys Richards	15	2	1	1	0	0	0
53	Kyle Dickinson	15	5	1	1	1	2	0
54	Sion King	15	0	1	0	1	0	0
55	Alan Harris	15	0	0	1	1	1	1
56	Darren Davies	14	1	1	1	0	1	0
57	Christian Jenkins	13	2	1	0	0	0	0
58	Lee Nicholas	13	0	2	0	1	0	0
59	Aaron Loveluck-Frank	11	0	0	0	3	0	0
60	Lloyd Ham	10	9	5	4	0	0	0
61	Chris John	10	0	1	0	2	0	0
62	Thomas Wines	10	3	3	0	0	0	0
63	Tom McCluskie	9	4	7	0	0	0	0
64	Gavin Davies	8	2	0	0	1	0	0
65	Chris Howells	8	1	0	0	1	0	0
66	Ashton White	8	2	2	1	0	0	0
67	Jedd Beavis	7	0	2	2	0	0	0
68	Andrew Bowden	6	6	3	0	0	0	0
69	Geraint Dyment	6	5	1	1	0	0	0
70	Gareth Rees	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
71	Lloyd Hough	6	1	1	0	0	0	1
72	Gavin Mizen	5	0	2	0	0	0	0
73	Kane Balint	5	4	5	1	0	1	0
74	Dylan Wictome	5	1	1	0	0	0	0
75	Jaymie Seldon	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	Connor Price	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	Adam Williams	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	Adam Jenkins	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
79	Robbie Walters	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
80	Dale Coles	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	Elliott Mills	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
82	Luke Conaty	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
83	Rhys John	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
84	Nicholas Richards	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
85	Vincenzo Giuliano	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
86	Alun Blackwell	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
87	Gaige Greaves	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
88	Callum Walters	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
89	Tom Whelan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	Gavin Vincent	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
91	Rhodri Davies	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	Luke Howells	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	Jonathan Hood	2	3	1	1	0	0	0
94	Jordan Tremlett	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
95	Jack Page	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
96	Jonathan Lewis	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
97	Scott South	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
98	Tom Lewis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	Lee Arthur	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
100	Will Gallafant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
101	Nathan Watkins	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
102	Karl Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
103	Scot James	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
104	Gwilym Cox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
105	Garnon Thornton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
106	Chay-Ryan Davies	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
107	Thomas Walters	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
108	Thomas Krauze	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
109	Jamie Karnsang	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
110	Logan Stevens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The Idea

Getting Started

Honours

First ever GVFC goal

Biggest win

Club Captains

All time league record

All time player stats up to 2022-23 Season

Next match

League table

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Pos	Club	W	L	Pts
1	Llangeinor	12	1	36
2	Garth Vader FC	9	1	25
3	Super Fox United	7	4	24
4	Nantymoel Whitestars	7	5	23
5	Ewenny Rangers FC	5	8	16
6	Litchard Park	4	6	15