2023–24 Ardal NE explained

Competition:Ardal NE
Season:2023–24
Winners:Penrhyncoch
Promoted:Penrhyncoch
Relegated:Llanrhaeadr
Welshpool Town
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25

The 2023 - 24 Ardal NE season (also known as the 2023 - 24 Lock Stock Ardal NE season for sponsorship reasons), was the third season of the new third-tier northern region football in Welsh football pyramid, part of the Ardal Leagues.

The winners (Penrhyncoch) were promoted to the 2024–25 Cymru North. The third-placed team (Llanuwchllyn) qualified for the Ardal Northern play-off, losing and remaining in the league. The bottom two teams (Llanrhaeadr and Welshpool Town) were relegated to Tier 4.

Teams

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

TeamLocationHome GroundCapacity
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 WelshpoolMaes y Dre 3,000
Source: Ardal NE Ground Information

Personnel

TeamHead coachCaptain
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

League table

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Ardal Leagues: A geographical look at the teams competing in the 2023/24 season. Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. June 2023.
  2. News: New names galore rise to tier 3 for the 2023-24 campaign. Grassroots North Wales. June 2023.
  3. News: Jones. Jordan. Barmouth make huge decision as Ardal North East rocked by withdrawal. Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. 31 July 2023.
  4. News: Defeats for Penrhyncoch and Llanidloes in final league games. Cambrian News. 17 April 2023.
  5. News: Appeal success for Caersws as Bluebirds seal promotion. Powys County Times. 19 May 2023.