Every now and then, we are reminded of the power of sport and how it knits together our communities up and down the country. A football club in Bridgend has managed to encapsulate that better than anyone with their promotion-winning celebrations.
For every Liverpool, who won the FA Cup final on Saturday, there were thousands of Cefn Cribwr FCs up and down the country, popping the bubbles after winning a promotion for which they had toiled all season long. There is a very poignant reason, though, that this celebration video has gone viral.
Following the 4-2 triumph over Blaenrhondda on Saturday, a win which booked Cefn Cribwr a spot in the third tier of the Welsh football pyramid, Champagne corks were popped and jubilant celebrations ensued at their Cae Gof base. But there was one very notable absentee.
