2016–17 Cymru Alliance

The 2016–17 Cymru Alliance (known as the Huws Gray Cymru Alliance for sponsorship reasons) was the 2016–17 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 on 12 August 2016 and concluded on 22 April 2017.

Cymru Alliance
Season2016–17
Dates12 August 2016 – 25 April 2017
ChampionsPrestatyn Town
PromotedPrestatyn Town
RelegatedConwy Borough
Buckley Town
Matches played240
Goals scored930 (3.88 per match)
← 2015–16

On 11 March 2017, Prestatyn Town defeated Gresford Athletic 1–0 to clinch the league title and promotion to the 2017–18 Welsh Premier League.[1]

Teams
Locations of the 2016–17 Cymru Alliance teams

Caernarfon Town were champions in the previous season but were ineligible for promotion to the 2016–17 Welsh Premier League; the promotion spot instead passed to runners-up Cefn Druids. No teams in the previous season were relegated from the top-flight into the Cymru Alliance; both Haverfordwest County and Port Talbot Town dropped into the 2016–17 Welsh Football League Division One.

Only the bottom-placed team from the 2015–16 Cymru Alliance, Rhayader Town, were relegated to a third-tier district league for 2016–17, the Mid Wales Football League Division One. Two teams were successful in the 2015–16 Welsh third-tier leagues and were promoted in Rhayader's place: Penrhyncoch and Ruthin Town.

Stadia and locations
TeamLocationStadium
Buckley TownBuckleyGlobe Way
Caernarfon TownCaernarfonThe Oval
CaerswsCaerswsRecreation Ground (Caersws)
Conwy BoroughConwyY Morfa
Denbigh TownDenbighCentral Park
Flint Town UnitedFlintCae-y-Castell
Gresford AthleticGresfordClappers Lane
GuilsfieldGuilsfieldGuilsfield Community Centre
Holyhead HotspurHolyheadThe New Oval
Holywell TownHolywellHalkyn Road
Llanfair UnitedLlanfair CaereinionMount Field
Mold AlexandraMoldAlyn Park
PenrhyncochPenrhyn-cochCae Baker
PorthmadogPorthmadogY Traeth
Prestatyn TownPrestatynBastion Road
Ruthin TownRuthinMemorial Playing Fields

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Prestatyn Town (C, P) 30 26 2 2 114 35 +79 80 Promotion to the Welsh Premier League
2 Caernarfon Town 30 19 7 4 83 45 +38 64
3 Gresford Athletic 30 18 2 10 67 47 +20 56
4 Porthmadog 30 16 2 12 64 48 +16 50
5 Holywell Town 30 14 8 8 52 45 +7 50
6 Flint Town United 30 14 6 10 62 47 +15 48
7 Caersws 30 15 3 12 61 59 +2 48
8 Guilsfield 30 12 7 11 54 46 +8 43
9 Holyhead Hotspur 30 12 6 12 57 52 +5 42
10 Denbigh Town 30 10 8 12 57 62 −5 38
11 Ruthin Town 30 10 3 17 49 72 −23 33
12 Penrhyncoch[lower-alpha 1] 30 9 7 14 39 48 −9 31
13 Llanfair United (R) 30 7 4 19 36 69 −33 25 Relegation to Welsh Level 3
14 Mold Alexandra (R) 30 7 4 19 44 91 −47 25
15 Conwy Borough (R) 30 7 3 20 53 83 −30 24
16 Buckley Town (R) 30 6 4 20 38 81 −43 22
Source: Cymru Alliance, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.[3]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Penrhyncoch were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in a league match.[2]

Results
Home \ Away BUC CNR CSW CWB DEN FTU GRE GUI HHD HWL LLU MOL PRC POR PRE RUT
Buckley Town — 1–3 4–3 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–5 1–1 1–1 1–5 4–0 1–2 1–2 0–7 1–6 3–5
Caernarfon Town 6–0 — 1–1 5–2 2–2 1–1 5–1 5–1 2–0 6–2 2–4 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–4 3–2
Caersws 1–0 0–2 — 2–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–4 0–3 3–1 1–2 0–3 3–1 2–5 3–2
Conwy Borough 0–1 2–3 2–5 — 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–3 1–0 3–3 3–1 1–5 1–11 6–0
Denbigh Town 3–0 4–4 0–1 1–3 — 4–1 0–1 5–3 2–2 0–4 0–2 1–1 3–2 4–6 1–1 2–1
Flint Town United 2–0 1–6 1–3 2–1 3–1 — 1–2 2–0 4–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–0
Gresford Athletic 3–1 2–5 3–5 4–0 4–2 3–3 — 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 6–0
Guilsfield 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 5–0 1–2 5–1 — 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 2–1
Holyhead Hotspur 2–0 3–1 3–5 1–2 1–3 2–3 1–2 2–1 — 0–0 1–0 8–1 3–1 1–3 4–2 1–2
Holywell Town 3–3 2–3 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 — 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–3
Llanfair United 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 3–3 2–5 0–2 0–4 2–2 — 4–3 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–0
Mold Alexandra 3–2 2–2 1–3 4–3 1–3 0–12 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 5–0 — 0–1 2–6 2–10 0–3
Penrhyncoch 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 7–1 — 2–1 0–2 0–1
Porthmadog 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 3–2 0–2 1–2 1–5 3–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 — 1–3 3–1
Prestatyn Town 4–0 3–2 3–2 6–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–1 6–0 2–1 4–2 3–2 1–1 — 7–1
Ruthin Town 3–1 0–1 6–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–4 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–7 —
Source: Cymru Alliance
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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References
  1. "Prestatyn Town Huws Gray champs". www.huwsgrayalliance.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  2. Jones, Dean (29 March 2017). "Conwy Borough receive boost as relegation rivals Penrhyncoch hit with three point deduction". North Wales Pioneer. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "Cymru Alliance 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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