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A distinctly average season in the newly-named Corbett Sports Welsh Premier League would follow in 2011/12, as the Port Talbot failed to reach the top-six
and missed out on the play-offs altogether, in a season typified by a dismal exit in the Welsh Cup third round to rivals Afan Lido.
A busy off-season for the club saw a host of new signings arrive at the GenQuip Stadium - including the high-profile arrival of Rhys Griffiths. His unexpected
signing was cut just short just a few weeks later however, when he was offered professional terms with League Two outfit Plymouth Argyle. When the
2012/13 season finally kicked off, it brought with it an uninspiring start and by December, the decision was to taken to end manager Mark Jones' four-year
tenure at the club. Former Cardiff City player Scott Young and Marc Cahill, who’d joined the club's coaching staff in the summer were shortly appointed as
manager and first-team coach respectively. A influx of new players and a mini exodus - to Australia - saw Young virtually rebuild the team mid-season and the
side - inspired by the goals of David Brooks – flourished in the second-half of the season, comfortably securing a top-six finish. A play-off semi-final victory
over Carmarthen Town put Port Talbot within grasp of qualifying for Europe, with home advantage in the play-off final against Bala Town. But a bumper crowd
at the GenQuip Stadium were left heart-broken when a late goal saw Bala victorious and Port Talbot empty-handed.

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