2018–19_Welsh_Alliance_League

2018–19 Welsh Alliance League

Football league season

The 2018–19 Welsh Alliance League, known as the Lock Stock Welsh Alliance League for sponsorship reasons, was the 35th season of the Welsh Alliance League, which consisted of two divisions: the third and fourth levels of the Welsh football pyramid.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Welsh Alliance League
Season	2018–19
Dates	11 August 2018 – 18 May 2019
Champions	Division 1 – Llangefni Town Division 2 – Glan Conwy
Relegated	Division 1 Barmouth & Dyffryn United Llandudno Junction
Matches played	419
Goals scored	1,707 (4.07 per match)
Biggest home win	Division 1 Llangefni Town 8–0 Llandudno Junction (22 September 2018) Bodedern Athletic 8–0 Llandudno Junction (29 September 2018) Penrhyndeudraeth 8–0 Llandudno Junction (2 March 2019) Division 2 Llannefydd 13–0 Holyhead Town (6 April 2019)
Biggest away win	Division 1 St Asaph City 1–8 Llangefni Town (9 March 2019) Division 2 Mochdre Sports 0–8 Holyhead Town (6 October 2018)
Highest attendance	410 – Division 1 Llangefni Town 2–0 Bodedern Athletic (1 May 2019) 200 – Division 2 Amlwch Town 0–3 Llannerch-y-medd (28 August 2018)
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2019.

There were fifteen teams in each division, with the champions of Division 1 promoted to the new FAW Championship North & Mid^[1] and the bottom two were relegated to Division 2. In Division 2, the champions and runners-up were promoted to Division 1. No team was relegated from Division 2 as Meliden resigned from the Welsh Alliance League at the end of the season.^[2]

The season began on 11 August 2018 and concluded on 18 May 2019.

Division 1

Teams

Conwy Borough were champions in the previous season and were promoted to the Cymru Alliance. They were replaced by Llandudno Junction who were relegated from the Cymru Alliance.

The bottom two teams from the previous season, Pwllheli and Trearddur Bay, were relegated to Division 2 for 2018–19. However, Trearddur Bay resigned from the league in August 2018.^[3] Division 2 champions, Prestatyn Sports and runners-up, Bodedern Athletic were promoted in their place.

Barmouth & Dyffryn United

Llandudno Albion

Mynydd Llandegai

Prestatyn Sports

St Asaph City

Locations of the Division 1 teams of the 2018–19 Welsh Alliance League

Grounds and locations

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Team	Location	Ground
Barmouth & Dyffryn United	Barmouth	Wern Mynach
Bodedern Athletic	Bodedern	Cae Tŷ Cristion, Village Hall
Greenfield	Greenfield	Bagillt Road
Llanberis	Llanberis	Ffordd Padarn
Llandudno Albion	Llandudno	Ffordd Dwyfor
Llandudno Junction	Llandudno Junction	The Flyover
Llandyrnog United	Llandyrnog	Cae Nant
Llangefni Town	Llangefni	Bob Parry Field
Llanrug United	Llanrug	Eithin Duon
Llanrwst United	Llanrwst	Gwydir Park
Mynydd Llandegai	Mynydd Llandygai	Mynydd Llandegai
Nantlle Vale	Penygroes	Maes Dulyn
Penrhyndeudraeth	Penrhyndeudraeth	Maes Y Parc
Prestatyn Sports	Prestatyn	Gronant Playing Fields
St Asaph City	St Asaph	Roe Plas

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Llangefni Town (C, P)	28	21	4	3	74	16	+58	67	Promotion to FAW Championship North & Mid
2	Bodedern Athletic	28	20	1	7	72	31	+41	61
3	Llandudno Albion	28	18	3	7	76	48	+28	57
4	Greenfield	28	13	7	8	54	46	+8	46
5	Llanrug United	28	12	9	7	57	40	+17	45
6	Nantlle Vale^{[lower-alpha 1]}	28	13	6	9	63	40	+23	42
7	Prestatyn Sports	28	12	3	13	53	56	−3	39
8	Penrhyndeudraeth	28	11	5	12	65	56	+9	38
9	St Asaph City	28	11	5	12	54	61	−7	38
10	Llanberis	28	9	10	9	46	50	−4	37
11	Llanrwst United	28	11	3	14	52	52	0	36
12	Mynydd Llandegai	28	9	8	11	46	65	−19	35
13	Llandyrnog United	28	5	6	17	30	68	−38	21
14	Barmouth & Dyffryn United^{[lower-alpha 2]} (R)	28	4	5	19	34	68	−34	14	Relegation to Division 2
15	Llandudno Junction (R)	28	2	3	23	19	98	−79	9	Relegation to Division 2

Source: Welsh Alliance League,NonLeagueMatters
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.^[6]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Nantlle Vale were deducted three points for playing unregistered player.^[4]
Barmouth & Dyffryn United were deducted three points for playing ineligible player.^[5]

Results

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Home \ Away	BDU	BOD	GRE	LNB	LNA	LNJ	LLD	LLG	LRU	LRW	MYN	NAN	PEN	PRE	STA
Barmouth & Dyffryn United	—	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	4–1	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–4	2–0	1–4	0–6	3–3	6–1
Bodedern Athletic	3–0	—	2–1	6–1	0–1	8–0	4–1	0–2	3–1	7–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	6–1
Greenfield	2–1	1–1	—	1–0	3–1	4–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	4–3	2–0	2–3
Llanberis	1–2	2–0	3–3	—	2–2	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–3	4–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	3–3
Llandudno Albion	3–1	5–1	4–0	5–1	—	4–3	0–1	0–5	1–1	4–3	8–1	3–0	2–4	4–0	1–2
Llandudno Junction	2–2	1–4	1–4	1–2	0–3	—	1–2	0–3	0–4	0–6	0–2	1–6	1–1	1–2	0–4
Llandyrnog United	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–3	0–1	—	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–3
Llangefni Town	7–0	2–0	4–2	2–1	2–0	8–0	3–0	—	1–2	3–0	0–2	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–0
Llanrug United	1–1	1–3	4–4	1–2	2–6	6–0	5–1	0–2	—	4–0	0–2	3–2	3–1	3–0	3–1
Llanrwst United	5–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	5–0	1–1	1–1	—	4–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	3–1
Mynydd Llandegai	1–1	1–4	4–0	4–1	2–3	1–1	4–3	0–0	2–2	3–2	—	1–1	1–5	4–2	0–4
Nantlle Vale	1–0	4–2	0–1	1–1	6–1	2–0	4–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	5–1	—	3–0	2–2	4–0
Penrhyndeudraeth	2–0	0–1	4–2	2–3	1–3	8–0	4–2	0–3	2–2	2–0	2–3	5–3	—	3–3	3–1
Prestatyn Sports	1–0	0–1	3–2	3–1	3–4	1–2	6–1	2–3	2–1	3–2	5–0	4–3	1–3	—	2–1
St Asaph City	3–3	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–8	1–2	4–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	—

Source: Welsh Alliance League - Results Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2

Teams

Prestatyn Sports were champions in the previous season and were promoted to Division 1 along with runners-up, Bodedern Athletic. They were replaced by Pwllheli who were relegated from Division 1.

The bottom two teams from the previous season were Llannerch-y-medd and Llanfairpwll. However, Llannerch-y-medd were not relegated and Llanfairpwll resigned from the league in August 2018.^[7] Gwynedd League champions, Holyhead Town and Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League Premier Division champions, Kinmel Bay were promoted in their place.

Aberffraw

Amlwch Town

Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur

Gaerwen

Glan Conwy

Holyhead Town

Kinmel Bay

Llannefydd

Llannerch-y-medd

Meliden

Mochdre Sports

Penmaenmawr Phoenix

Pentraeth

Pwllheli

Y Felinheli

Locations of the Division 2 teams of the 2018–19 Welsh Alliance League

Grounds and locations

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Team	Location	Ground
Aberffraw	Aberffraw	Tŷ Croes
Amlwch Town	Amlwch	Lôn Bach
Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur	Blaenau Ffestiniog	Cae Clyd
Gaerwen	Gaerwen	Lôn Groes
Glan Conwy	Glan Conwy	Cae Ffwt
Holyhead Town	Holyhead	Millbank Sports Field
Kinmel Bay	Kinmel Bay	Cader Avenue
Llannefydd	Llannefydd
Llannerch-y-medd	Llanerch-y-medd	Tan Parc
Meliden	Meliden	Ffordd Tŷ Newydd
Mochdre Sports	Mochdre	Swan Road
Penmaenmawr Phoenix	Penmaenmawr	Cae Sling
Pentraeth	Pentraeth	Bryniau Field
Pwllheli	Pwllheli	Leisure Centre, Recreation Road
Y Felinheli	Y Felinheli	Cae Selio, Bangor Street

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Glan Conwy (C, P)	28	20	4	4	92	32	+60	64	Promotion to Division 1
2	Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur (P)	28	20	2	6	79	44	+35	62	Promotion to Division 1
3	Llannefydd	28	19	3	6	79	34	+45	60
4	Pwllheli	28	17	4	7	82	40	+42	55
5	Aberffraw	28	15	5	8	73	59	+14	50
6	Llannerch-y-medd	28	16	2	10	59	51	+8	50
7	Kinmel Bay	28	13	6	9	72	56	+16	45
8	Y Felinheli	27	12	7	8	75	52	+23	43
9	Penmaenmawr Phoenix	28	9	8	11	53	48	+5	35
10	Pentraeth	28	10	4	14	53	57	−4	34
11	Gaerwen^{[lower-alpha 1]}	28	8	11	9	53	54	−1	32
12	Holyhead Town^{[lower-alpha 2]}	28	6	7	15	53	77	−24	22
13	Meliden^{[lower-alpha 3]}	27	6	2	19	31	92	−61	14
14	Mochdre Sports	28	3	3	22	32	96	−64	12
15	Amlwch Town	28	0	2	26	26	120	−94	2

Source: Welsh Alliance League,NonLeagueMatters
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.^[11]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Gaerwen were deducted three points for non fulfilment of fixture.^[8]
Holyhead Town were deducted three points for non fulfilment of fixture.^[9]
Meliden were deducted six points for non fulfilment of fixture.^[10]

Results

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Home \ Away	ABF	AML	BFA	GAR	GLC	HOL	KIN	LLF	LYM	MEL	MOC	PHO	PEN	PWL	FEL
Aberffraw	—	2–0	1–4	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	6–3	4–1	5–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1
Amlwch Town	1–8	—	4–5	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–7	0–2	0–3	2–3	1–3	1–6	0–5	0–7	1–7
Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur	8–2	4–0	—	0–1	4–1	2–0	2–3	3–2	2–1	5–0	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–2
Gaerwen	1–1	3–0	0–4	—	2–5	1–4	2–3	2–2	0–3	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	4–5	2–2
Glan Conwy	10–2	10–2	3–1	2–4	—	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	9–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1
Holyhead Town	0–5	5–0	1–2	2–2	1–3	—	4–4	2–0	1–2	3–3	1–0	0–0	2–6	4–1	2–3
Kinmel Bay	1–2	2–1	0–3	3–0	1–5	3–3	—	1–3	4–0	1–5	3–3	2–0	3–1	4–2	1–1
Llannefydd	0–1	4–2	4–0	2–2	3–2	13–0	3–1	—	4–1	4–0	5–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–2
Llannerch-y-medd	5–3	3–2	5–0	1–1	4–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	—	1–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	0–3	1–4
Meliden	0–4	2–0	1–2	0–3	0–5	6–2	0–6	2–3	1–2	—	1–5	0–4	0–0	0–7	1–4
Mochdre Sports	1–7	3–3	3–4	0–2	0–3	0–8	1–4	0–3	0–3	0–1	—	2–2	2–4	0–4	1–4
Penmaenmawr Phoenix	1–1	6–1	2–3	2–2	0–5	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	4–1	5–1	—	2–2	2–1	1–1
Pentraeth	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–5	1–1	2–1	4–7	1–3	2–3	5–0	3–1	0–1	—	0–4	4–2
Pwllheli	4–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	5–1	1–0	2–3	3–1	5–1	6–1	4–2	5–2	—	2–1
Y Felinheli	6–0	7–1	2–5	5–4	0–3	3–0	4–4	1–1	4–1	VOID	5–1	1–0	0–3	2–2	—

Source: Welsh Alliance League - Results Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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"The Pyramid Review". Football Association of Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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"Meliden To Resign From League At End Of Season". Welsh Alliance Football League. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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"Welsh Alliance League Division Two – NonLeagueMatters".
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"Welsh Alliance Football League - League Handbook". Welsh Alliance Football League. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.

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