Welsh football league system




The Welsh football league system (or pyramid) is a series of football leagues with regular promotion and relegation between them.


Note that while most Welsh clubs play in the Welsh pyramid and most clubs in that pyramid are Welsh, several Welsh clubs play in England, and vice versa.




Contents






  • 1 Structure of Welsh football


  • 2 Second and lower tier leagues (North Wales)


  • 3 Second and lower tier leagues (South Wales)


  • 4 Current system


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Structure of Welsh football


At the top is the Welsh Premier League, which is the only national league in Wales. Below it is the second tier of leagues, covering north and south Wales. The south is covered by the Welsh Football League while the north and centre is covered by the Cymru Alliance. The champions of each of these leagues can be promoted to the Welsh Premier League, subject to acceptable ground facilities, and if the champions cannot meet the criteria the runner-up team may be considered.



Second and lower tier leagues (North Wales)


In the north the Cymru Alliance has only one division, and has a feeder league structure of its own with three regional leagues feeding it—the Mid Wales League (covering Powys and Ceredigion) the Welsh Alliance League (covering all of the north except Wrexham) and the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) (covering the small region around Wrexham). Again, the champions or runners-up of these leagues can be promoted into the Cymru Alliance, given suitable grounds.


Below these third tier leagues are even more localised leagues: in Central Wales there are four leagues feeding into the Mid Wales League (covering Ceredigion, Montgomeryshire, Mid Wales South, and Aberystwyth areas respectively), while below the Welsh Alliance there are the Gwynedd League and the Clwyd League and these even have feeder leagues of their own such as the Anglesey League. The Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) has two lower divisions of its own and the Clwyd East Football League is the feeder league below it.



Second and lower tier leagues (South Wales)


In the south, the Welsh Football League has three divisions all covering the whole of the South Wales geographical area, and it is not until the fifth tier of the pyramid that local leagues appear. Promotion to, and relegation from the Welsh League is structured, as in the north, on three regional football associations (Gwent FA, South Wales FA, and West Wales FA). Each can send one promoted team into the Welsh Football League. This is straightforward enough in the Gwent FA area, where there is one senior league, the Gwent County League, whose champions (or runners-up) are eligible, if they satisfy Welsh Football League criteria. (Below the three divisions of the Gwent County, there are the Newport and District, East Gwent, Central Gwent and North Gwent leagues)


The South Wales FA area was formerly more complicated however, as this region had two senior leagues of identical status covering the same area, each with two divisions - the South Wales Senior League and the South Wales Amateur League but as of the 2015/16 season the two divisions merged to become the South Wales Alliance League- whereby the champions could be promoted to the Welsh Football League subject to meeting criteria. Below these two leagues are local leagues in the towns and cities of South Wales, the champions of which may play off to be promoted into the new league.


The West Wales FA area is the only one not to have set up a senior league in its area - this means that there are four local leagues (Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea and Neath & District) with all their champions potentially having to play-off for the one available promotion place. However, as few west Wales clubs can face the prospect of the travelling implications of moving up to the Welsh Football League, this four-way play-off idea is theory rather than practice. The latest clubs to gain promotion from this region were Llansawel in 2006 (from the Neath & District League), West End in 2005 (from the Swansea Senior League), Ystradgynlais in 2004 (from the Neath & District League), Cwmamman United in 2002 (from the Neath & District League) and Garden Village in 1999 (from the Carmarthenshire League). On 31st May 2016, Ynysygerwn (Neath & District League) beat Team Swansea (Swansea Senior League) 3-1 at the Old Road, Briton Ferry Llansawel in a play-off to gain promotion to the Welsh League Division 3.



Current system


For each division, its official name and number of clubs is given:





































































































































Level
 League(s)/Division(s)

1
Welsh Premier League
12 clubs

2
Cymru Alliance
16 clubs
Welsh Football League Division One
16 clubs

3
Welsh National League Premier Division
16 clubs
Welsh Alliance League Division One
15 clubs
Mid Wales Football League Division One
16 clubs
Welsh Football League Division Two
16 clubs

4
Welsh National League Division One
12 clubs
Welsh Alliance League Division Two
15 clubs
Mid Wales Football League Division Two
14 clubs
Welsh Football League Division Three
16 clubs

5
North East Wales League
11 clubs
Gwynedd League
11 clubs
Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League Premier Division
10 clubs
Aberystwyth League Division One
10 clubs
Montgomeryshire League Division One
9 clubs
Ceredigion League Division One
11 clubs
Mid Wales South League
12 clubs
Gwent County League Division One
14 clubs
South Wales Alliance League Premier Division
16 clubs
Carmarthenshire League Premier Division
14 clubs
Neath & District League Premier Division
11 clubs
Pembrokeshire League Division One
13 clubs
Swansea Senior League Division One
12 clubs

6

Anglesey League
11 clubs
Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League Division One
11 clubs
Aberystwyth League Division Two
7 clubs
Montgomeryshire League Division Two
14 clubs
Ceredigion League Division Two
8 clubs

Gwent County League Division Two
12 clubs
South Wales Alliance League Division One
15 clubs
Carmarthenshire League Division One
14 clubs
Neath & District League Division One
10 clubs
Pembrokeshire League Division Two
14 clubs
Swansea Senior League Division Two
11 clubs

7

Ceredigion League Division Three
5 clubs

Gwent County League Division Three
11 clubs
South Wales Alliance League Division Two
16 clubs
Carmarthenshire League Division Two
12 clubs
Neath & District League Division Two
10 clubs
Pembrokeshire League Division Three
14 clubs
Swansea Senior League Division Three
12 clubs

8

East Gwent League Division One
Gwent Central League Division One
Newport and District League Premier X Division
North Gwent League Premier Division
Aberdare Valley League Premier Division
Bridgend & District League Premier Division
Cardiff & District League Premier Division
Cardiff Combination League Premier Division
Merthyr & District League Premier Division
Port Talbot Football League Premier Division
Rhondda & District League Premier Division
Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League Premier Division
Vale of Glamorgan League Premier Division

Pembrokeshire League Division Four
11 clubs

9

East Gwent League Division Two
Gwent Central League Division Two
Newport and District League Premier Y Division

Aberdare Valley League Division One
Bridgend & District League Division One
Cardiff & District League Division One
Cardiff Combination League Division One

Rhondda & District League Championship
Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League Division One
Vale of Glamorgan League Division One

Pembrokeshire League Division Five
9 clubs

10

Newport and District League Division One

Bridgend & District League Division Two
Cardiff & District League Division Two
Cardiff Combination League Division Two

Vale of Glamorgan League Division Two

11

Newport and District League Division Two

Cardiff & District League Division Three


See also



  • Football in Wales

  • Welsh Cup

  • Welsh League Cup

  • FAW Premier Cup

  • List of football clubs in Wales

  • List of stadiums in Wales by capacity



References





External links


  • Welsh Football Magazine's page on the Welsh Pyramid










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