Cardiff Dragons FC | CPD Ddraig Caerdydd

In May 2008, one departing Birmingham Blaze player contacted the South Wales GFSN representative to find out if there were any plans to send a team to the 2008 GFSN Annual Get-together in Liverpool. There weren’t – so he made some.

Playing as Cardiff Sharks, five players came together to represent Wales on a national level.

With the excitement and success they experienced that weekend, they formed a club (ditching the ‘Sharks’ name along the way for “not being Welsh enough”) and have quickly attracted a squad of players through advertising online, through both their own website and the clever use of social networking sites like Facebook.

The Dragons made their first public appearance at the Cardiff’s Pride 2008 event, handing out flyers in their shirts, and attracting plenty of interest from the local people, who were impressed with the club’s ethos of equality and inclusion – allowing the club to pick up a number of new members in the process.

The Club Committee has set itself a target of achievement league status for the 2009/10 season, and to help them achieve this they have entered the club into the 2008/09 GFSN Cup, whilst arranging friendlies with other clubs around the UK.

The boys from South Wales are looking forward to the coming season and wish all the teams involved with the GFSN League luck.