MacWhirter Welsh Football League
Founded
1904
Nation
Wales
Feeder To
Welsh Premier League
Divisions
Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Number of Teams
54
Levels on Pyramid
Level 2 (MacWhirter Welsh League Division 1) Level 3 (MacWhirter Welsh League Division 2) Level 4 (Welsh Football League Division 3)
Cups
Shamrock Travel League Cup
Current Champions (2006-07)
Neath Athletic (Division 1) Garw Athletic (Division 2) Cwmbran Celtic (Division 3)
Website
Welsh Football League

The Welsh Football League is a club football league in Wales, immediately below the Welsh Premier League in the Welsh football league system. It is often referred to as the MacWhirter Welsh Football League after its main sponsor. Despite its name, the league covers only the south of Wales. The Cymru Alliance and a number of regional leagues are its equivalents in the north. The Welsh Football League lies above the parallel Gwent County League, South Wales Amateur League, South Wales Senior League, and a number of feeder leagues in west Wales - Carmarthenshire League, Neath & District League, Pembrokeshire League and Swansea Senior League. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales_2. ... This article is about the country. ... The Welsh Premiership is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. ... The Welsh League Cup is a knock-out competition for all members of the three divisions that make up the Welsh Football League. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Taffs Well Association Football Club are a Welsh association football team founded in 2005 after a merger between two other clubs, Neath and Skewen Athletic. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... This article is about the country. ... The Welsh Premiership is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. ... The Welsh football league system (or pyramid) is a series of football leagues with regular promotion and relegation between them. ... The Cymru Alliance (currently the Huws Gray Fitlock Cymru Alliance, for sponsorship reasons) is a football league and forms the second level of the Welsh football league system in north and central Wales. ... The Gwent County League is a football league in South Wales, consisting of 3 divisions, named Divisions One, Two and Three. ...

The Welsh Football League's history stretches back to 1904 when the competition was first formed.

It also has its own knock-out competition, the Shamrock Travel Welsh Football League Cup, which was lifted by Afan Lido at the end of the 2006/07 season. Lido, who were also Welsh Cup runners-up, beat favourites Goytre United 1-0 at Port Talbot's Remax Stadium on Monday May 14. The Welsh League Cup is a knock-out competition for all members of the three divisions that make up the Welsh Football League. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Structure

The league is made up of three divisions (named the First Division, the Second Division and the Third Division) each having 18 clubs. There is promotion and relegation between the divisions, with the top three teams in each division being promoted to the one above and the bottom three being relegated to the one below. The winner of the First Division may be promoted to the national Welsh Premier League (subject to ground facilities), the highest level of Welsh football. The bottom three teams in the Third Division may be relegated to the appropriate parallel regional league running below the Welsh Football League, subject to champions of the feeder leagues being promoted, again assuming ground criteria being met. The First Division of the Welsh Football League (currently the CC Sports Welsh League First Division, for sponsorship reasons) is a football league and forms the second level of the Welsh football league system in south Wales. ... The Second Division of the Welsh Football League (currently the CC Sports Welsh League Second Division, for sponsorship reasons) is a football league and forms the third level of the Welsh football league system in south Wales. ... The Third Division of the Welsh Football League (currently the CC Sports Welsh League Third Division, for sponsorship reasons) is a football league and forms the fourth level of the Welsh football league system in south Wales. ... The Welsh Premiership is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. ...

The 2005/06 champions were Goytre United, but they were not promoted to the Welsh Premiership even though Grange Quins resigned from the Welsh Premier. Normally, the top clubs from each of the two feeder leagues (the Welsh Football League and the Cymru Alliance) are promoted subject to an application for membership of the League of Wales being received and accepted and the stadium and infrastructure safety criteria of that League being met. Goytre United elected not to apply for promotion, and the First Division runners-up, Neath Athletic, failed to meet the stadium criteria and had their bid for promotion rejected. [1] Goytre United F.C. is a Welsh football club based in Port Talbot. ... The Welsh Premiership is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. ... Cardiff Grange Quins (Grange Harlequins AFC) is a Welsh football team which plays in the Welsh Premier League. ... The Cymru Alliance (currently the Huws Gray Fitlock Cymru Alliance, for sponsorship reasons) is a football league and forms the second level of the Welsh football league system in north and central Wales. ...

Neath Athletic, though, were champions of the Welsh Football League for 2006/07 with 92 points, a record number for Division One, and have taken their place in Wales' top-flight for 2007/08.

Current clubs

First Division

• Afan Lido F.C.
• Bridgend Town F.C.
• Bryntirion Athletic F.C.
• Caerleon A.F.C.
• Caldicot Town A.F.C.
• Cambrian & Clydach F.C.
• Croesyceiliog F.C.
• Cwmbran Town F.C.
• Dinas Powys F.C.
• ENTO Aberaman Athletic F.C.
• Garw Athletic F.C.
• Goytre United F.C. (Port Talbot)
• Maesteg Park F.C.
• Newport YMCA A.F.C.
• Pontardawe Town F.C.
• Pontypridd Town A.F.C.
• Taff's Well A.F.C.
• Ton Pentre F.C.

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Second Division

• Ammanford A.F.C.
• Barry Town F.C.
• Bettws F.C.
• Briton Ferry F.C.
• Caerau (Ely) A.F.C.
• Cardiff Corinthians F.C.
• Cwmbran Celtic F.C.
• Ely Rangers A.F.C.
• Garden Village F.C.
• Grange Harlequins A.F.C.
• Llangeinor F.C.
• Llanwern F.C.
• Pontyclun A.F.C.
• Tredegar Town F.C.
• Treharris Athletic F.C
• Troedyrhiw F.C.
• UWIC Inter Cardiff A.F.C.
• West End F.C.

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Third Division

• Aberbargoed Buds F.C
• Abertillery Excelsiors F.C.
• Cwmamman Institute F.C.
• Cwmamman United A.F.C.
• Goytre A.F.C. (Monmouthshire)
• Llansawel F.C.
• Llantwit Fardre F.C.
• AFC Llwydcoed
• Merthyr Saints A.F.C.
• Monmouth Town F.C.
• Morriston Town F.C.
• Newcastle Emlyn F.C.
• Penrhiwceiber Rangers F.C.
• Pentwyn Dynamo F.C.
• Porthcawl Town F.C.
• Risca United F.C.
• Seven Sisters A.F.C.
• Ystradgynlais F.C.

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The number of times that teams have won the Welsh Football League

List of League Champions from 1914 onwards

• 1904-1913 - Unknown
• 1914 - Llanelly
• 1915 - Unknown
• 1920 - Mid Rhondda
• 1921 - Aberdare
• 1922 - Porth
• 1923 - Cardiff City Reserves
• 1924 - Pontypridd
• 1925 - Swansea Town Reserves
• 1926 - Swansea Town Reserves
• 1927 - Barry Reserves
• 1928 - Newport County Reserves
• 1929 - Cardiff City Reserves
• 1930 - Llanelly
• 1931 - Merthyr Town Reserves
• 1932 - Lovell's Athletic
• 1933 - Llanelly
• 1934 - Swansea Town Reserves
• 1935 - Swansea Town Reserves
• 1936 - Swansea Town Reserves
• 1937 - Newport County Reserves
• 1938 - Lovell's Athletic
• 1939 - Lovell's Athletic
• 1946 - Lovell's Athletic
• 1947 - Lovell's Athletic
• 1948 - Lovell's Athletic
• 1949 - Merthyr Town Reserves
• 1950 - Merthyr Tydfil Reserves
• 1951 - Swansea Town Reserves
• 1952 - Merthyr Tydfil Reserves
• 1953 - Ebbw Vale & Cwm
• 1954 - Pembroke Borough
• 1955 - Newport County Reserves
• 1956 - Pembroke Borough
• 1957 - Haverfordwest County
• 1958 - Ton Pentre
• 1959 - Abergavenny Thursdays
• 1960 - Abergavenny Thursdays
• 1961 - Ton Pentre
• 1962 - Swansea Town Reserves
• 1963 - Swansea Town Reserves
• 1964 - Swansea Town Reserves
• 1965 - Swansea Town Reserves
• 1966 - Lovell's Athletic
• 1967 - Cardiff City Reserves
• 1968 - Cardiff City Reserves
• 1969 - Bridgend Town
• 1970 - Cardiff City Reserves
• 1971 - Llanelli
• 1972 - Cardiff City Reserves
• 1973 - Bridgend Town
• 1974 - Ton Pentre
• 1975 - Newport County Reserves
• 1976 - Swansea City Reserves
• 1977 - Llanelli
• 1978 - Llanelli
• 1979 - Pontllanfraith
• 1980 - Newport County Reserves
• 1981 - Haverfordwest County
• 1982 - Ton Pentre
• 1983 - Barry Town
• 1984 - Barry Town
• 1985 - Barry Town
• 1986 - Barry Town
• 1987 - Barry Town
• 1988 - Ebbw Vale
• 1989 - Barry Town
• 1990 - Haverfordwest County
• 1991 - Abergavenny Thursdays
• 1992 - Abergavenny Thursdays
• 1993 - Ton Pentre
• 1994 - Barry Town
• 1995 - Briton Ferry Athletic
• 1996 - Carmarthen Town
• 1997 - Haverfordwest County
• 1998 - Ton Pentre
• 1999 - Ton Pentre
• 2000 - Ton Pentre
• 2001 - Ton Pentre
• 2002 - Ton Pentre
• 2003 - Bettws
• 2004 - Llanelli
• 2005 - Ton Pentre
• 2006 - Goytre United
• 2007 - Neath Athletic

External link

• League Website
• Swansea Senior Football League

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