2023–24_Ardal_NE
2023–24 Ardal NE
Football league season
The 2023–24 Ardal NE season (also known as the 2023–24 Lock Stock Ardal NE season for sponsorship reasons), is the third season of the new third-tier northern region football in Welsh football pyramid, part of the Ardal Leagues.
| Season | 2023–24 |
|---|---|
| Relegated | Welshpool Town |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → | |
The winners are promoted to the 2024–25 Cymru North. The second-placed team qualify for the Ardal Northern play-off. The bottom two teams (Welshpool Town and one other) are relegated to Tier 4.
The league was made up of fifteen teams; twelve teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from Tier 4, and one team relegated from the 2022–23 Cymru North.[1][2] On 31 July 2023, Barmouth & Dyffryn United withdrew from the league, reducing the number of teams by one.[3]
The teams promoted from Tier 4 were Llansantffraid Village from the Central Wales Football League Northern Division and Radnor Valley from the Central Wales Football League Southern Division (replacing the relegated Ardal NE teams of Corwen and Rhayader Town). The team relegated from the Cymru North was Penrhyncoch (replacing the promoted Ardal NE team of Caersws).[4][5]
Stadia and locations
| Team | Location | Home Ground | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bow Street | Rhydypennau | Cae Piod | 1,000 |
| Builth Wells | Builth Wells | Lant Fields | 1,000 |
| Cefn Albion | Rhosymedre | The Rock | 3,000 |
| Dolgellau Athletic | Dolgellau | Cae Marian | 2,000 |
| Llandrindod Wells | Llandrindod Wells | Lant Avenue Broadway | 1,000 |
| Llanfair United | Llanfair Caereinion | Mount Field | 2,000 |
| Llangollen Town | Llangollen | Tower Fields | 1,100 |
| Llanrhaeadr | Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant | The Recreation Field | 1,000 |
| Llansantffraid Village | Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain | Recreation Ground | 2,000 |
| Llanuwchllyn | Bala | Maes Tegid | 3,000 |
| Penrhyncoch | Penrhyn-coch | Cae Baker | 950 |
| Penycae | Pen-y-cae | The SoccerMillion Riverside Arena | 2,000 |
| Radnor Valley | New Radnor | The Bypass | |
| Rhos Aelwyd | Rhosllanerchrugog | Ponciau Park | 1,000 |
| Welshpool Town | Welshpool | Maes y Dre | 3,000 |
Source: Ardal NE Ground Information
| Team | Head coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| Bow Street |  Llyr Hughes |
Steffan Richards |
| Builth Wells | Stuart Turpin |
Chris Roff |
| Cefn Albion | Ian Andrews |
Nathan Williams |
| Dolgellau Athletic | Owain Williams |
Jonathan Sutton |
| Llandrindod Wells | Gareth Jones |
Shaun Nicholls |
| Llanfair United |  Lawrence WIlson |
Ben Jones |
| Llangollen Town | Luke Maybury |
Kristian Jones |
| Llanrheadr | Mike Barton |
Joe Vaughan |
| Llansantffraid Village | ||
| Llanuwchllyn | Sion Tudor |
Iolo Jones |
| Penrhyncoch | ||
| Penycae | Daniel Richards |
Adam Peters |
| Radnor Valley | ||
| Rhos Aelwyd | Aled Parry |
Aled Robertson |
| Welshpool Town | Russell Cadwallader |
Ricky Litchfield |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penrhyncoch | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 82 | 20 | +62 | 64 | Promotion to Cymru North |
| 2 | Llanuwchllyn | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 62 | 28 | +34 | 53 | Qualification for the Ardal Northern play-off |
| 3 | Bow Street | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 70 | 25 | +45 | 47 | |
| 4 | Radnor Valley | 25 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 45 | |
| 5 | Dolgellau Athletic | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 44 | |
| 6 | Builth Wells | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 38 | |
| 7 | Cefn Albion | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 35 | |
| 8 | Llandrindod Wells | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 34 | |
| 9 | Llangollen Town | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 31 | |
| 10 | Rhos Aelwyd | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 30 | |
| 11 | Llansantffraid Village | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 29 | |
| 12 | Llanfair United | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 26 | |
| 13 | Penycae | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 22 | |
| 14 | Llanrhaeadr | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 59 | −28 | 17 | Relegation to Tier 4 |
| 15 | Welshpool Town (R) | 28 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 110 | −94 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(R) Relegated
| Home \ Away | BOW | BUI | CFN | DOL | LDW | LFU | LGN | LRH | LSF | LNW | PRC | PYC | RNV | RHO | WEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bow Street | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | ||||
| Builth Wells | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | ||||
| Cefn Albion | 1–3 | — | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | |||
| Dolgellau Athletic | 4–0 | 2–4 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | ||
| Llandrindod Wells | 3–4 | 2–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | ||||
| Llanfair United | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||
| Llangollen Town | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 8–0 | |
| Llanrhaeadr | 1–4 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–6 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 6–1 | ||
| Llansantffraid Village | 0–6 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 8–0 | 3–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 |
| Llanuwchllyn | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 11–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | |
| Penrhyncoch | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | — | 6–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
| Penycae | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
| Radnor Valley | 1–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–7 | 4–3 | — | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Rhos Aelwyd | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | |
| Welshpool Town | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–3 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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- "New names galore rise to tier 3 for the 2023-24 campaign". Grassroots North Wales. June 2023.
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- "Defeats for Penrhyncoch and Llanidloes in final league games". Cambrian News. 17 April 2023.
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