2016–17 Welsh Alliance League

The 2016–17 Welsh Alliance League, known as the Lock Stock Welsh Alliance League for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd season of the Welsh Alliance League, which consists of two divisions: the third and fourth levels of the Welsh football pyramid.

Welsh Alliance League

Season	2016–17
Dates	12 August 2016 – 13 May 2017
Champions	Division 1 – Glantraeth Division 2 – Llandudno Albion
Relegated	Division 1 – Glan Conwy
Matches played	422
Goals scored	1,731 (4.1 per match)
Biggest home win	Division 1 Llangefni Town 10–1 Glan Conwy (10 May 2017) Division 2 Llandudno Albion 8–1 Cemaes Bay (11 February 2017) Llandudno Albion 8–1 Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur (24 February 2017)
Biggest away win	Division 1 Llanrwst United 0–8 Glantraeth (10 December 2016) Division 2 Pentraeth 1–8 Mynydd Llandegai (24 August 2016) Llanfairpwll 1–8 Amlwch Town (17 September 2016)
Highest attendance	250 – Division 1 Llangefni Town 2–3 Glantraeth (31 December 2016) 250 – Division 2 Amlwch Town 2–1 Cemaes Bay (15 October 2016) Llanfairpwll 1–0 Cemaes Bay (5 April 2017)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 26 February 2019.

There are fourteen teams in Division 1 and sixteen teams in Division 2, with the champions of Division 1 promoted to the Cymru Alliance and the bottom team relegated to Division 2. In Division 2, the champions and runners-up are promoted to Division 1.

The season began on 12 August 2016 and concluded on 13 May 2017 with Glantraeth as Division 1 champions and Glan Conwy were relegated to Division 2. In Division 2, Llandudno Albion were champions with Mynydd Llandegai as runners-up. Both teams were promoted to Division 1.

Division 1

Teams

Trearddur Bay were defending champions from the previous season. Greenfield and Nantlle Vale, who were Division 2 champions and runners-up, respectively from the previous season were promoted to Division 1.

Abergele Town

Barmouth & Dyffryn United

Glan Conwy

Glantraeth

Greenfield

Llanberis

Llandudno Junction

Llandyrnog United

Llangefni Town

Llanrug United

Llanrwst United

Nantlle Vale

Penrhyndeudraeth

Pwllheli

St Asaph City

Trearddur Bay

Locations of the Division 1 teams of the 2016–17 Welsh Alliance League

Grounds and locations

Team	Location	Ground
Abergele Town	Llandudno	The Giant Hospitality Stadium
Barmouth & Dyffryn United	Barmouth	Wern Mynach
Glan Conwy	Glan Conwy	Cae Ffwt
Glantraeth	Bodorgan	Trefdraeth
Greenfield	Greenfield	Bagillt Road
Llanberis	Llanberis	Ffordd Padarn
Llandudno Junction	Llandudno Junction	Arriva Ground
Llandyrnog United	Llandyrnog	Cae Nant
Llangefni Town	Llangefni	Bob Parry Field
Llanrug United	Llanrug	Eithin Duon
Llanrwst United	Llanrwst	Gwydir Park
Nantlle Vale	Penygroes	Maes Dulyn
Penrhyndeudraeth	Penrhyndeudraeth	Maes Y Parc
Pwllheli	Pwllheli	Leisure Centre, Recreation Road
St Asaph City	St Asaph	Roe Plas
Trearddur Bay	Trearddur	Lon Isallt

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Glantraeth[lower-alpha 1] (C)	30	23	4	3	90	29	+61	73
2	Llandudno Junction	30	18	3	9	79	47	+32	57
3	Llangefni Town	30	17	6	7	69	37	+32	57
4	Llanrug United	30	16	6	8	77	52	+25	54
5	Greenfield	30	15	5	10	57	44	+13	50
6	Penrhyndeudraeth	30	14	7	9	66	46	+20	49
7	Trearddur Bay	30	14	4	12	58	58	0	46
8	Llandyrnog United	30	12	8	10	55	55	0	44
9	Nantlle Vale	30	11	6	13	67	64	+3	39
10	St Asaph City	30	11	5	14	60	61	−1	38
11	Llanberis	30	10	5	15	44	59	−15	35
12	Abergele Town[lower-alpha 2]	30	10	7	13	45	62	−17	34
13	Pwllheli	30	9	5	16	61	76	−15	32
14	Barmouth & Dyffryn United	30	9	5	16	51	79	−28	32
15	Llanrwst United	30	7	5	18	28	68	−40	26
16	Glan Conwy (R)	30	2	3	25	35	105	−70	9	Relegation to Division 2

Source: Welsh Alliance League,NonLeagueMatters
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.[3]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Glantraeth resigned from the Welsh Alliance League at the end of the season.[1]
2. Abergele Town were deducted three points for non fulfilment of fixture.[2]

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	BDU	GLC	GLA	GRE	LNB	LNJ	LLD	LLG	LRU	LRW	NAN	PEN	PWL	STA	TRE
Abergele Town	—	1–0	1–0	0–4	0–2	3–0	1–3	1–3	0–3	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–3	4–2	1–1	1–5
Barmouth & Dyffryn United	5–3	—	4–1	1–5	3–5	4–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	4–0	0–0	3–6	2–1	1–4
Glan Conwy	0–7	2–3	—	2–3	1–4	1–1	1–4	0–2	3–4	1–2	1–2	3–3	1–4	3–8	2–1	2–1
Glantraeth	4–2	3–1	4–1	—	0–1	1–0	3–1	5–0	4–1	4–2	5–1	2–0	2–3	5–0	2–0	6–1
Greenfield	3–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	—	3–3	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	4–0	4–2	0–1
Llanberis	1–1	4–2	3–3	0–3	0–1	—	2–1	2–3	2–1	0–3	1–4	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1
Llandudno Junction	2–0	6–0	1–0	2–2	2–3	5–2	—	4–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	6–1	2–1	4–0	4–6	2–3
Llandyrnog United	1–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–3	2–2	0–2	—	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–4	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–1
Llangefni Town	1–3	7–1	10–1	2–3	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	—	0–2	0–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	4–0	0–2
Llanrug United	5–0	9–2	4–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	4–3	1–3	1–1	—	3–1	2–1	3–4	4–4	0–1	4–2
Llanrwst United	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–8	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	0–5	0–4	—	2–4	3–0	0–1	1–4	0–2
Nantlle Vale	6–0	1–0	4–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	2–5	3–3	1–2	3–5	4–1	—	1–3	2–3	5–3	5–1
Penrhyndeudraeth	0–0	1–1	4–1	0–2	6–0	2–1	3–2	2–3	2–3	1–1	3–0	1–1	—	4–1	5–1	3–0
Pwllheli	1–1	1–2	5–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	3–4	0–2	1–2	3–3	0–0	2–3	6–2	—	2–1	4–0
St Asaph City	1–2	4–2	3–0	0–2	1–0	4–0	2–3	4–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	0–2	4–1	—	5–0
Trearddur Bay	3–3	0–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	0–2	0–2	4–3	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	—

Source: Welsh Alliance League – Division 1 Results Grid, - NonLeagueMatters - Welsh Alliance League Division 1 - Results / Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2

Teams

Greenfield were champions in the previous season and were promoted to Division 1 along with runners-up, Nantlle Vale. They were replaced by Llanfairpwll who were relegated from Division 1.

Gwynedd League champions, Y Felinheli and third place, Cemaes Bay were promoted to Division 2.

Amlwch Town

Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur

Cemaes Bay

Gaerwen

Llandudno Albion

Llanfairpwll

Llannerch-y-medd

Meliden

Mochdre Sports

Mynydd Llandegai

Penmaenmawr Phoenix

Pentraeth

Prestatyn Sports

Y Felinheli

Locations of the Division 2 teams of the 2016–17 Welsh Alliance League

Grounds and locations

Team	Location	Ground
Amlwch Town	Amlwch	Lôn Bach
Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur	Blaenau Ffestiniog	Cae Clyd
Cemaes Bay	Cemaes	School Lane
Gaerwen	Gaerwen	Lôn Groes
Llandudno Albion	Llandudno	Ffordd Dwyfor
Llanfairpwll	Llanfairpwllgwyngyll	Maes Eilian
Llannerch-y-medd	Llanerch-y-medd	Tan Parc
Meliden	Meliden	Ffordd Tŷ Newydd
Mochdre Sports	Mochdre	Swan Road
Mynydd Llandegai	Mynydd Llandygai	Mynydd Llandegai
Penmaenmawr Phoenix	Penmaenmawr	Cae Sling
Pentraeth	Pentraeth	Bryniau Field
Prestatyn Sports	Prestatyn	Gronant Playing Fields
Y Felinheli	Y Felinheli	Cae Selio, Bangor Street

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Llandudno Albion (C, P)	26	20	1	5	90	36	+54	61	Promotion to Division 1
2	Mynydd Llandegai (P)	26	19	1	6	90	50	+40	58
3	Prestatyn Sports[lower-alpha 1]	26	17	2	7	93	51	+42	50
4	Mochdre Sports	26	15	3	8	52	37	+15	48
5	Amlwch Town	26	13	5	8	54	39	+15	44
6	Meliden	26	13	3	10	61	54	+7	42
7	Penmaenmawr Phoenix	26	13	1	12	56	59	−3	40
8	Gaerwen	26	11	5	10	53	55	−2	38
9	Cemaes Bay	26	9	5	12	53	58	−5	32
10	Y Felinheli	26	8	5	13	47	57	−10	29
11	Llanfairpwll	26	8	1	17	40	77	−37	25
12	Pentraeth	26	6	2	18	37	73	−36	20
13	Llannerch-y-medd	26	5	4	17	35	67	−32	19
14	Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur	26	5	2	19	28	76	−48	17

Source: Welsh Alliance League,NonLeagueMatters
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.[5]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Prestatyn Sports were deducted three points for poor conduct.[4]

Results

Home \ Away	AML	BFA	CEM	GAR	LNA	LPG	LYM	MEL	MOC	MYN	PHO	PEN	PRE	FEL
Amlwch Town	—	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	4–1	3–5	1–4	1–6	4–1	2–3	3–1	0–2
Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur	0–1	—	2–1	0–5	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–4	1–3	5–2	2–1	1–1	3–8	0–2
Cemaes Bay	1–1	4–1	—	3–3	3–4	1–1	3–1	5–2	1–3	2–3	0–2	3–1	1–0	3–2
Gaerwen	2–2	1–0	1–3	—	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	4–2	3–1	3–3	1–3
Llandudno Albion	0–1	8–1	8–1	5–3	—	6–1	6–0	6–1	4–2	2–1	5–1	4–0	3–1	3–1
Llanfairpwll	1–8	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	—	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–7	0–3	1–2	1–5	5–2
Llannerch-y-medd	0–1	1–2	0–5	2–3	0–4	2–3	—	2–3	2–2	3–4	4–3	1–0	5–2	2–2
Meliden	2–3	5–1	6–1	3–3	2–1	3–2	4–1	—	0–2	0–3	1–0	2–1	3–5	2–0
Mochdre Sports	1–1	5–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	4–1	4–3	2–1	—	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0
Mynydd Llandegai	0–4	4–1	4–1	5–1	5–4	3–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	—	3–0	5–2	5–4	5–2
Penmaenmawr Phoenix	1–0	4–2	3–1	2–2	1–4	5–0	3–1	3–2	2–3	3–2	—	1–0	1–5	3–1
Pentraeth	0–5	0–1	0–4	4–3	3–2	4–0	3–4	0–0	3–4	1–8	3–5	—	1–3	3–2
Prestatyn Sports	3–1	6–0	4–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	7–2	3–2	4–1	4–1	5–4	7–1	—	3–1
Y Felinheli	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–5	2–3	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–3	3–3	4–0	1–0	3–2	—

Source: Welsh Alliance League – Division 2 Results Grid, - NonLeagueMatters - Welsh Alliance League Division 2 - Results / Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Glantraeth resign from league - but club insists this is not the final chapter". Daily Post. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
2. "NonLeagueMatters – Welsh Alliance Football League Division 1 Table".
3. "Welsh Alliance Football League - League Handbook". Welsh Alliance Football League. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
4. "NonLeagueMatters – Welsh Alliance Football League Division 2 Table".
5. "Welsh Alliance Football League - League Handbook". Welsh Alliance Football League. Retrieved 24 January 2019.