Season | 2021–22 |
---|---|
Champions | Pontardawe Town |
Promoted | Pontardawe Town Ynyshir Albions |
Relegated | Ton Pentre West End AFC Porth |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
The 2021–22 Ardal SW season (also known as the 2021–22 Floodlighting and Electrical Services Ardal SW season for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the new third-tier northern region football in Welsh football pyramid, part of the Ardal Leagues, after the cancellation of the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales.[1]
Teams
[edit]The league was made up of 16 teams competing for one automatic promotion place to Cymru South, whilst the second place team qualified for a play-off with the second-placed team of Ardal SE. Three teams were relegated to Tier 4.
Stadia and locations
[edit]Team | Location | Home Ground | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
AFC Llwydcoed | Llwydcoed | Welfare Ground | 1,000 |
AFC Porth | Porth | Dinas Park | 1,200 |
Caerau (Ely) | Cardiff | Cwrt-yr-Ala | 1,000 |
Cardiff Draconians | Cardiff | Riverside Ground | 1,000 |
Cwmamman United | Glanamman | Grenig Park | 1,500 |
Dinas Powys | Dinas Powys | The Murch | 1,500 |
Garden Village | Kingsbridge | Stafford Common | 2,000 |
Penrhiwceiber Rangers | Penrhiwceiber | Glasbrook Field | 1,000 |
Penydarren BGC | Penydarren | The Bont Playing Fields | 1,000 |
Pontardawe Town | Pontardawe | Parc Ynysderw | 1,000 |
Pontyclun | Pontyclun | Ivor Park | 1,000 |
Ton Pentre | Ton Pentre | Ynys Park | 2,000 |
Treharris Athletic | Trelewis | Parc Taff Bargoed | 1,000 |
West End | Llandarcy | Llandarcy Academy of Sport | 1,000 |
Ynyshir Albions | Porth | Dinas Park | 1,200 |
Ynysygerwn | Llandarcy | Llandarcy Academy of Sport | 1,000 |
Source: Ardal SW Ground Information
League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Pontardawe Town (C, P) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 69 | 24 | +45 | 71 | Promotion to Cymru South |
2 | Ynyshir Albions (O, P) | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 85 | 38 | +47 | 68 | Qualification for the Ardal Southern play-off |
3 | Pontyclun | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 77 | 37 | +40 | 67 | |
4 | Cardiff Draconians | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 57 | |
5 | Penydarren BGC | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 83 | 46 | +37 | 55 | |
6 | Penrhiwceiber Rangers | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 51 | |
7 | Ynysygerwn | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 44 | |
8 | Caerau (Ely) | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 56 | 68 | −12 | 38 | |
9 | Dinas Powys | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 65 | −13 | 38 | |
10 | Treharris Athletic | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 35[a] | |
11 | Garden Village | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 34 | |
12 | Cwmamman United | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 45 | 73 | −28 | 27 | |
13 | AFC Llwydcoed | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 38 | 66 | −28 | 27 | |
14 | Ton Pentre (R) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 25[b] | Relegation to Tier 4 |
15 | West End (R) | 30 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 40 | 92 | −52 | 13[c] | |
16 | AFC Porth (R) | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 85 | −62 | 12 |
Source: Ardal SW
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jones, Jordan (4 February 2021). "Football season cancelled for many in Wales after FAW meeting". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. Retrieved 30 March 2021.