2017–18 Cymru Alliance

Cymru Alliance
Season2017–18
Dates12 August 2017 – 15 May 2018
ChampionsCaernarfon Town
PromotedCaernarfon Town
Relegated
Matches played210
Goals scored830 (3.95 per match)
All statistics correct as of 19 May 2018.

The 2017–18 Cymru Alliance (known as the Huws Gray Cymru Alliance for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th season of the top football league in North Wales. Mirroring its South Wales counterpart the Welsh Football League Division One, the 16-team division forms half of the second tier of the Welsh football league system and falls one level below the nationwide Welsh Premier League. The season began 12 August 2017 and is scheduled to conclude on 31 March 2018.

Teams

Prestatyn Town were champions in the previous season and were promoted to the 2017–18 Welsh Premier League; they were replaced by both relegated teams from the 2016–17 Welsh Premier League, Airbus UK Broughton and Rhyl.

The bottom four teams from the previous season, Llanfair United, Mold Alexandra, Conwy Borough and Buckley Town, were all relegated to various third-tier district leagues for 2017–18. Three teams were successful in the 2016–17 Welsh third-tier leagues and were promoted in their place: Llandudno Junction (Welsh Alliance League runners-up, champions Glantraeth declined promotion),[1] Queens Park (Welsh National League champions)[2] and Rhayader Town (Mid Wales Football League champions).[3]

On 27 July 2017, Rhayader Town withdrew from the league, citing that their players were unwilling to commit to the extra travelling involved with promotion.[4] There was no replacement team - the league continued with 15 teams for this season only, playing 28 games each.

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Locations of the 2017–18 Cymru Alliance teams

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium
Airbus UK Broughton Broughton The Airfield
Caernarfon Town Caernarfon The Oval
Caersws Caersws Recreation Ground (Caersws)
Denbigh Town Denbigh Central Park
Flint Town United Flint Cae-y-Castell
Gresford Athletic Gresford Clappers Lane
Guilsfield Guilsfield Guilsfield Community Centre
Holyhead Hotspur Holyhead The New Oval
Holywell Town Holywell Halkyn Road
Llandudno Junction Llandudno Junction Arriva Ground
Penrhyncoch Penrhyn-coch Cae Baker
Porthmadog Porthmadog Y Traeth
Queens Park Caia Park, Wrexham The Dunks
Rhayader Town Rhayader The Weirglodd
Rhyl Rhyl Belle Vue
Ruthin Town Ruthin Memorial Playing Fields

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Caernarfon Town (P) 28 19 8 1 98 31 +67 65 Promotion to the Welsh Premier League
2 Denbigh Town 28 19 3 6 69 43 +26 60
3 Airbus UK Broughton 28 17 3 8 67 42 +25 54
4 Guilsfield 28 15 8 5 54 38 +16 53
5 Holywell Town 28 14 8 6 75 37 +38 50
6 Rhyl 28 13 8 7 62 45 +17 47
7 Porthmadog 28 13 5 10 70 46 +24 44
8 Gresford Athletic[a] 28 12 6 10 57 57 0 39
9 Penrhyncoch 28 10 9 9 45 46 −1 39
10 Ruthin Town 28 10 5 13 51 49 +2 35
11 Flint Town United[b] 28 10 6 12 49 42 +7 30
12 Holyhead Hotspur 28 9 3 16 40 57 −17 30
13 Caersws (R) 28 5 3 20 39 72 −33 18 Relegation to Welsh Level 3
14 Queens Park (R) 28 2 3 23 26 110 −84 9
15 Llandudno Junction (R) 28 1 4 23 28 115 −87 7
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: Cymru Alliance, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.[5]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Gresford Athletic were deducted three points.[citation needed]
  2. ^ Flint Town United were deducted six points.[citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away AIR CNR CSW DEN FTU GRE GUI HHD HWL LLJ PRC POR QUE RHL RUT
Airbus UK Broughton — 3–3 5–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 3–0 4–3 1–4 1–0 1–0 6–0 4–0 1–0 1–0
Caernarfon Town 3–0 — 5–3 7–0 2–0 6–2 2–0 1–2 4–2 8–1 5–0 3–1 7–0 1–1 3–0
Caersws 0–2 0–2 — 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–4 0–3 0–2 4–1 2–5 2–5 2–2 2–3 1–0
Denbigh Town 3–1 3–3 3–2 — 1–2 3–0 1–3 5–1 1–5 5–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–2
Flint Town United 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–3 — 2–2 3–0 3–0 0–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–3 2–1
Gresford Athletic 4–2 2–2 3–2 0–3 2–1 — 2–3 1–0 0–3 8–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Guilsfield 3–1 2–2 4–3 2–2 2–2 2–1 — 2–0 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–0
Holyhead Hotspur 0–5 1–1 4–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–4 — 0–1 4–1 2–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0
Holywell Town 2–5 1–1 3–1 2–3 3–3 2–2 0–2 4–0 — 8–0 1–1 2–0 8–0 2–2 5–0
Llandudno Junction 3–3 0–5 1–3 1–6 0–5 1–7 0–4 0–1 2–3 — 1–1 1–7 1–1 1–2 0–2
Penrhyncoch 0–3 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–3 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 — 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–2
Porthmadog 2–1 2–3 2–0 3–4 1–1 2–0 1–2 4–2 1–1 7–0 3–0 — 9–2 1–1 2–0
Queens Park 4–0 0–8 3–2 0–3 1–4 2–3 1–3 2–2 0–3 2–3 1–5 0–6 — 1–4 1–8
Rhyl 3–1 3–3 2–1 3–5 2–1 4–0 1–1 5–1 3–1 3–1 2–2 4–5 6–1 — 0–1
Ruthin Town 2–4 0–4 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–4 5–2 1–2 2–2 5–0 4–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: Cymru Alliance
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ Jones, Dave (18 May 2017). "Llandudno Junction FC ready for the big step-up". Daily Post. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. ^ Jones, Dave (9 April 2017). "Reports from the North Wales football pyramid". Daily Post. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. ^ Grosvenor, Gavin (4 May 2017). "Rhayader rejoice at return to the Huws Gray Alliance". County Times. Retrieved 2 July 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Owen, Twm (27 July 2017). "Cymru Alliance is a challenge too far for Rhayader Town". The Brecon & Radnor Express. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Cymru Alliance 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 2 July 2017.