2017–18 Welsh Alliance League

The 2017–18 Welsh Alliance League, known as the Lock Stock Welsh Alliance League for sponsorship reasons, is the 34th 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	2017–18
Dates	12 August 2017 – 26 May 2018
Champions	Division 1 – Conwy Borough Division 2 – Prestatyn Sports
Relegated	Division 1 – Pwllheli & Trearddur Bay Division 2 – Llanfairpwll
Matches played	392
Goals scored	1,780 (4.54 per match)
Biggest home win	Division 1 Greenfield 12–1 Pwllheli (2 December 2017) Division 2 Prestatyn Sports 9–0 Llanfairpwll (7 May 2018)
Biggest away win	Division 1 Llanberis 0–8 Conwy Borough (12 August 2017) Division 2 Llanfairpwll 0–10 Prestatyn Sports (9 September 2017)
Highest attendance	1,002 – Division 1 Nantlle Vale 2–1 Llandudno Albion (5 May 2018) 454 – Division 2 Penmaenmawr Phoenix 7–0 Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur (26 April 2018)
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 26 February 2019.

There are fifteen teams in each division, with the champions of Division 1 promoted to the Cymru Alliance and the bottom two relegated to Division 2. In Division 2, the champions and runners-up are promoted to Division 1, with the bottom two relegated to either the Gwynedd League or the Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League.

The season began on 12 August 2017 and concluded on 26 May 2018.

Division 1

Teams

Glantraeth were champions in the previous season and were promoted to the Cymru Alliance. They were replaced by Conwy Borough who were relegated from the Cymru Alliance.

The bottom two teams from the previous season, Llanrwst United and Glan Conwy, were relegated to Division 2 for 2017–18. Division 2 champions, Llandudno Albion and runners-up, Mynydd Llandegai were promoted in their place.

Barmouth & Dyffryn United

Conwy Borough

Greenfield

Llanberis

Llandudno Albion

Llandyrnog United

Llangefni Town

Llanrug United

Llanrwst United

Mynydd Llandegai

Nantlle Vale

Penrhyndeudraeth

Pwllheli

St Asaph City

Trearddur Bay

Locations of the Division 1 teams of the 2017–18 Welsh Alliance League

Grounds and locations

Team	Location	Ground
Barmouth & Dyffryn United	Barmouth	Wern Mynach
Conwy Borough F.C.	Conwy	Y Morfa Stadium
Greenfield	Greenfield	Bagillt Road
Llanberis	Llanberis	Ffordd Padarn
Llandudno Albion	Llandudno	Ffordd Dwyfor
Llandyrnog United	Llandyrnog	Cae Nant
Llangefni Town	Llangefni	Bob Parry Field
Llanrug United	Llanrug	Eithin Duon
Llanrwst United	Llanrwst	Gwydir Park
Mynydd Llandegai	Mynydd Llandygai	Mynydd Llandegai
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	Conwy Borough (C, P)	28	20	4	4	107	37	+70	64	Promotion to Cymru Alliance
2	Llangefni Town	28	19	4	5	68	25	+43	61
3	Llanrug United	28	12	12	4	64	51	+13	48
4	Llanberis	28	14	4	10	43	55	−12	46
5	Greenfield[lower-alpha 1]	28	14	5	9	82	53	+29	44
6	Llanrwst United	28	12	8	8	63	54	+9	44
7	Llandudno Albion[lower-alpha 2]	28	13	6	9	76	52	+24	42
8	Penrhyndeudraeth	28	11	5	12	55	49	+6	38
9	Barmouth & Dyffryn United	28	12	2	14	38	49	−11	38
10	Mynydd Llandegai	28	10	5	13	57	72	−15	35
11	Llandyrnog United	28	8	6	14	51	63	−12	30
12	St Asaph City	28	7	8	13	49	60	−11	29
13	Nantlle Vale	28	6	5	17	32	74	−42	23
14	Trearddur Bay (R)	28	7	1	20	42	83	−41	22	Relegation to Division 2
15	Pwllheli (R)	28	6	3	19	47	97	−50	21

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Greenfield were deducted three points for playing an ineligible player.[1]
2. Llandudno Albion were deducted three points for non fulfilment of fixture.[2]

Results

Home \ Away	BDU	CON	GRE	LNB	LNA	LLD	LLG	LRU	LRW	MYN	NAN	PEN	PWL	STA	TRE
Barmouth & Dyffryn United	—	3–5	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	1–2	4–0	1–0	0–4	2–1	2–1	3–1
Conwy Borough	2–1	—	4–1	5–1	1–4	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	8–1	2–2	2–1	8–1	3–3	11–0
Greenfield	0–1	0–2	—	0–4	1–0	1–4	1–2	2–2	5–4	1–1	6–1	6–2	12–1	4–0	6–0
Llanberis	1–0	0–8	2–1	—	2–1	4–1	0–4	1–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–2
Llandudno Albion	2–0	2–6	5–5	8–1	—	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	5–1	8–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	2–1
Llandyrnog United	0–1	1–4	1–3	1–4	2–4	—	3–2	0–1	0–1	0–4	5–1	3–3	4–1	2–3	1–0
Llangefni Town	1–3	1–2	4–2	4–0	4–1	2–1	—	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	8–0	3–0	2–1
Llanrug United	5–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–3	3–2	—	3–3	5–3	2–1	1–1	3–3	2–2	1–3
Llanrwst United	3–1	1–4	5–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	1–2	4–4	—	2–4	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–4
Mynydd Llandegai	1–2	1–4	2–2	3–1	7–4	3–3	0–2	2–0	5–3	—	1–1	2–3	1–5	2–3	2–3
Nantlle Vale	0–3	2–1	1–6	0–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	—	0–4	4–4	1–1	2–0
Penrhyndeudraeth	1–2	0–2	2–3	2–3	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–0	2–2	0–3	6–0	—	3–2	3–1	2–1
Pwllheli	1–0	1–5	0–2	5–1	0–3	1–2	2–5	1–3	1–2	1–3	4–6	4–0	—	2–0	2–1
St Asaph City	5–1	0–5	1–4	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–4	1–4	2–2	3–0	1–2	5–1	—	7–3
Trearddur Bay	3–0	0–4	0–3	2–3	1–4	0–4	0–3	1–3	0–3	4–1	0–3	3–2	6–1	2–1	—

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

Division 2

Teams

Llandudno Albion were champions in the previous season and were promoted to Division 1 along with runners-up, Mynydd Llandegai. They were replaced by Glan Conwy who were relegated from Division 1.

The bottom two teams from the previous season were Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur and Llannerch-y-medd. However, both teams were not relegated. Gwynedd League champions, Bodedern Athletic, runners-up, Aberffraw and Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League Premier Division champions, Llannefydd were promoted to Division 2.

Aberffraw

Amlwch Town

Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur

Bodedern Athletic

Gaerwen

Glan Conwy

Llanfairpwll

Llannefydd

Llannerch-y-medd

Meliden

Mochdre Sports

Penmaenmawr Phoenix

Pentraeth

Prestatyn Sports

Y Felinheli

Locations of the Division 2 teams of the 2017–18 Welsh Alliance League

Grounds and locations

Team	Location	Ground
Aberffraw	Aberffraw	Tŷ Croes
Amlwch Town	Amlwch	Lôn Bach
Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur	Blaenau Ffestiniog	Cae Clyd
Bodedern Athletic	Bodedern	Cae Tŷ Cristion, Village Hall
Gaerwen	Gaerwen	Lôn Groes
Glan Conwy	Glan Conwy	Cae Ffwt
Llanfairpwll	Llanfairpwllgwyngyll	Maes Eilian
Llannefydd	Llannefydd
Llannerch-y-medd	Llanerch-y-medd	Tan Parc
Meliden	Meliden	Ffordd Tŷ Newydd
Mochdre Sports	Mochdre	Swan Road
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	Prestatyn Sports[lower-alpha 1] (C, P)	28	24	3	1	117	30	+87	72	Promotion to Division 1
2	Bodedern Athletic (P)	28	21	1	6	78	41	+37	64
3	Glan Conwy	28	19	2	7	74	35	+39	59
4	Llannefydd	28	15	7	6	65	35	+30	52
5	Amlwch Town	28	16	4	8	66	47	+19	52
6	Y Felinheli	28	16	1	11	71	49	+22	49
7	Meliden	28	12	4	12	70	67	+3	40
8	Gaerwen	28	12	3	13	47	58	−11	39
9	Aberffraw	28	11	2	15	53	61	−8	35
10	Penmaenmawr Phoenix	28	10	4	14	58	59	−1	34
11	Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur	28	9	4	15	70	98	−28	31
12	Pentraeth	28	8	4	16	40	67	−27	28
13	Mochdre Sports	28	7	3	18	53	84	−31	24
14	Llannerch-y-medd	28	4	2	22	19	78	−59	14
15	Llanfairpwll (R)	28	2	4	22	25	97	−72	10	Relegation to Anglesey League[5]

Source: Welsh Alliance League,NonLeagueMatters
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.[6]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Prestatyn Sports were deducted three points for playing a non registered player.[4]

Results

Home \ Away	ABF	AML	BFA	BOD	GAR	GLC	LPG	LLF	LYM	MEL	MOC	PHO	PEN	PRE	FEL
Aberffraw	—	3–2	4–3	1–4	2–3	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	5–1	5–2	2–2	0–1	2–6	3–1
Amlwch Town	1–3	—	5–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	4–2	6–1	5–1	2–4	2–1
Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur	6–2	4–5	—	4–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	7–6	3–3	5–5	3–1	1–8	2–3
Bodedern Athletic	1–0	5–3	2–0	—	5–0	2–1	4–1	4–2	2–0	3–1	4–1	6–2	2–1	4–4	4–0
Gaerwen	4–3	2–0	5–3	1–3	—	1–2	1–4	3–3	1–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–4
Glan Conwy	3–2	4–2	3–0	1–2	6–0	—	9–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	2–0	1–2	5–2	1–2	2–1
Llanfairpwll	0–1	1–1	1–5	0–3	0–3	2–4	—	0–4	1–1	1–3	3–4	0–4	0–1	0–10	0–4
Llannefydd	2–1	1–1	8–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	—	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	5–0	3–3	4–0
Llannerch-y-medd	0–4	0–1	1–3	2–4	0–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	—	0–6	3–5	0–6	1–2	0–3	0–5
Meliden	2–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	4–1	2–4	3–2	—	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–4	4–3
Mochdre Sports	5–2	2–3	2–5	0–3	1–2	1–5	2–2	1–2	4–0	4–6	—	3–2	2–0	1–6	0–4
Penmaenmawr Phoenix	1–2	0–3	7–0	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–3	3–2	—	2–0	0–1	1–2
Pentraeth	1–0	1–3	2–4	4–0	2–0	0–5	3–1	2–2	3–1	4–4	2–3	2–2	—	2–2	0–1
Prestatyn Sports	5–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–1	9–0	2–1	3–1	8–1	5–1	5–0	7–1	—	3–1
Y Felinheli	1–1	1–4	8–1	3–2	3–2	1–3	5–0	0–2	7–0	3–2	4–0	1–5	2–1	2–1	—

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

References

1. "NonLeagueMatters – Welsh Alliance Football League Division 1 Table".
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. "Double blow for Anglesey football as Trearddur Bay and Llanfairpwll resign from Welsh Alliance League". Daily Post. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
6. "Welsh Alliance Football League - League Handbook". Welsh Alliance Football League. Retrieved 24 January 2019.