Editing Aberdare Athletic F.C. (section)

===League football===
{{See also|1921–22 Aberdare Athletic F.C. season}}
Despite a promising start in league football, finishing 8th in the [[1921–22 Aberdare Athletic F.C. season|1921–22]] season, Aberdare suffered financial instablility throughout the 1920s. The club merged with [[Aberaman Athletic F.C.|Aberaman Athletic]] in 1926 with the first team competing in the Football League under the name Aberdare Athletic, while the reserve team played in the [[Welsh Football League|Welsh League]] under the name Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Johnes |first1=Martin |title=Soccer and Society: South Wales, 1900-1939 |date=2002 |publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=9780708317419 |page=156}}</ref> However the merged clubs still had to operate on a tight player budget meant it was unable to secure new players. In the [[1926-27 in English football|1926–27]] season, Aberdare Athletic finished bottom of the Third Division South and failed to gain [[re-election (Football League)|re-election]] to the League, with Torquay United taking their place.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Johnes |first1=Martin |title=Soccer and Society: South Wales, 1900-1939 |date=2002 |publisher=University of Wales Press |isbn=9780708317419 |page=156}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepyramid.info/stats/updownyear.htm|title=The Pyramid.info: Promotion to/Relegation from the Football League by year|website=www.thepyramid.info|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> 

Aberdare's loss of their Football League place was controversial. In the first ballot, Aberdare and Southern League side Torquay, the latter having previously applied to join the League in 1923, tied with 21 each. That round of voting was marred by controversy as the potentially tie-breaking ballot was reported to be "spoilt" and Aberdare's secretary claimed that one of the scrutineers was "an interested party". Aberdare lost the second ballot with 19 votes to Torquay's 26; fellow League side Watford, who had finished second-bottom, were comfortably re-elected with 44 votes.<ref>[http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; nonleaguematters – A history of admission to the Football League<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The club now fully adopted the name "Aberdare & Aberaman Athletic", and rejoined the Southern League.