2011–12 Cymru Alliance

Huws Gray Alliance
Season2011–12
ChampionsGap Connah's Quay
Relegated
Matches played240
Goals scored858 (3.58 per match)
Biggest home win
Biggest away winCaersws 1–8 Rhyl
27 August 2011
Highest scoring

The 2011–12 Cymru Alliance season, also known as Huws Gray Alliance for sponsoring purposes, is the 22nd season of the Cymru Alliance, the second-level association football league in north Wales. It began on 12 August 2011 and ended on 21 April 2012.[1] Sixteen teams take part in the league, with Gap Connah's Quay being the defending champions.

The champions are eligible for promotion to the 2012–13 Welsh Premier League, pending a licence application and approval, while the bottom three teams will be relegated to one of the three feeder leagues of the Cymru Alliance.

Teams

No team was either promoted to or relegated from the 2010–11 Welsh Premier League after 2010–11 Cymru Alliance champions Gap Connah's Quay were denied a 2011–12 Premier League licence, with Bala Town therefore being spared of relegation from the highest Welsh league.[2]

Rhydymwyn, Rhayader Town and Welshpool Town were relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table. They were replaced by the 2010–11 champions of the three Cymru Alliance feeder leagues, Conwy United (Welsh Alliance League), Llanrhaeadr (Mid Wales League) and Penycae (Welsh National League).

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Locations of the 2011–12 Cymru Alliance clubs
Club Location Ground 2010–11 position
Buckley Town Buckley Globe Way Stadium 9th
Caersws Caersws Recreation Ground 5th
Cefn Druids Cefn Mawr The Rock 3rd
Conwy United Conwy WAL, 1st
Flint Town United Flint Cae-y-Castell 7th
Gap Connah's Quay Connah's Quay Deeside Stadium 1st
Guilsfield Guilsfield Guilsfield Community Centre 13th
Llandudno Llandudno Maesdu Park 6th
Llangefni Town Llangefni Bob Parry Field 10th
Llanrhaeadr Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant MWL, 1st
Penrhyncoch Penrhyn-coch Cae Barker 11th
Penycae Penycae WNL, 1st
Porthmadog Porthmadog Y Traeth 8th
Rhos Aelwyd Ponciau Ponciau Park 4th
Rhyl Rhyl Belle Vue 2nd
Ruthin Town Ruthin Memorial Playing Fields 12th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Connah's Quay Nomads (C) 30 21 5 4 89 23 +66 68 Promotion to Welsh Premier League[a]
2 Rhyl 30 19 5 6 80 22 +58 62
3 Buckley Town 30 19 4 7 67 43 +24 61
4 Porthmadog[b] 30 19 5 6 68 41 +27 59
5 Penrhyncoch 30 17 4 9 56 44 +12 55
6 Cefn Druids 30 17 3 10 58 42 +16 54 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
7 Caersws[b] 30 17 4 9 68 49 +19 52
8 Llandudno 30 14 7 9 55 40 +15 49
9 Flint Town United 30 13 7 10 59 47 +12 46
10 Conwy United 30 10 7 13 59 65 −6 37
11 Guilsfield 30 10 4 16 41 58 −17 34
12 Ruthin Town 30 6 7 17 28 60 −32 25
13 Penycae 30 7 4 19 30 76 −46 25
14 Llanrhaeadr (R) 30 3 9 18 40 77 −37 18 Relegation to Welsh Level 3
15 Llangefni Town (R) 30 4 2 24 32 96 −64 14
16 Rhos Aelwyd (R) 30 2 7 21 29 76 −47 13
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Promotion to the Premier League is subject to a licence application and approval process. If the champions do not apply for a Premier League licence or are declined of the same, the runners-up may be promoted instead.
  2. ^ a b Caersws & Porthmadog deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[3][4]

Results

Home \ Away BUC CSW CDR CON FTU CQN GUI LND LGT LLH PRC PYC POR RHO RHL RUT
Buckley Town 0–2 4–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 7–0 2–2 4–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–0
Caersws 3–4 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–6 5–0 1–3 8–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–3 4–1 1–8 1–0
Cefn Druids 0–1 1–2 4–2 4–4 1–2 4–2 1–3 6–1 5–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–1
Conwy United 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–4 4–0 6–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 4–4 0–5 6–2
Flint Town United 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
Connah's Quay Nomads 6–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–3 5–0 4–0 4–0 8–0 2–0 9–1 1–1 6–0 2–1 6–0
Guilsfield 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 3–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–3 4–1 1–1 3–0
Llandudno 1–3 1–2 2–0 4–2 2–3 0–1 3–2 5–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1
Llangefni Town 0–4 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–6 0–3 0–1 0–6 2–2 4–2 0–1 1–5 3–0 0–1 0–2
Llanrhaeadr 2–4 0–4 1–2 1–1 4–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–3 3–3 3–0 1–2 0–1
Penrhyncoch 2–0 1–4 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 4–1
Penycae 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–4 2–4 0–4 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–6 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–1
Porthmadog 2–6 1–2 1–1 2–4 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 6–2 2–1 2–3 4–0 4–1 2–0 2–1
Rhos Aelwyd 2–4 0–3 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 4–2 1–4 2–6 1–0
Rhyl 2–1 1–1 1–2 6–0 6–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 6–1 4–0 4–0 8–0 0–0 3–0 2–0
Ruthin Town 2–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–5 0–3 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–5 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–3
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ "Feeder leagues: Cymru Alliance results and fixtures". Soccerway.com. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Connah's Quay see Welsh Premier hopes dashed". Liverpool Daily Post. May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Caersws docked points". Huws Gray Alliance. 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Porthmadog deducted points". Huws Gray Alliance. 24 February 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2012.