2019–20 Cymru South

The 2019–20 Cymru South was the inaugural season of the Cymru South, which is in the second level of the Welsh football pyramid.

Cymru South

Season	2019–20
Dates	16 August 2019 – 4 April 2020
Champions	Swansea University
Promoted	Haverfordwest County
Relegated	Caerau (Ely) Cwmamman United STM Sports F.C.
Matches played	177
Goals scored	647 (3.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mark Jones Briton Ferry Llansawel (32 goals)
Biggest home win	Afan Lido 7–0 Cwmamman United (16 November 2019)
Biggest away win	Cwmamman United 0–6 Briton Ferry Llansawel (10 January 2020)
Highest scoring	Cwmbran Celtic 4–5 Llanelli Town (25 January 2020)
2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 7 March 2020.

The league consisted of sixteen teams with the champions promoted to the Cymru Premier and the bottom three teams relegated to a regional division of FAW League One.[1]

The season commenced on 16 August 2019 and had been scheduled to conclude on 4 April 2020.[2]

After the season was cut short by the Coronavirus-19 pandemic the FAW confirmed its promotion and relegation decision on 16 June 2020.[3]

Haverfordwest County were promoted to the Cymru Premier despite finishing second, after league winners Swansea University failed to achieve a Tier One license. STM Sports were relegated despite finishing 6th, after failing to achieve a Tier Two license. Cwmamman United and Caerau (Ely) were also relegated.

Teams

The inaugural season consisted of twelve teams from the now defunct Welsh Football League Division One, which are Afan Lido, Ammanford, Briton Ferry Llansawel, Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.G.C., Cwmamman United, Cwmbran Celtic, Goytre United, Haverfordwest County, Llantwit Major, Pontypridd Town, Taff's Well[4] and Undy Athletic.

Joining them were Llanelli Town who were relegated from Cymru Premier and Welsh Football League Division Two champions, STM Sports together with runners-up, Swansea University and Caerau (Ely).

Afan Lido

Ammanford

Briton Ferry Llansawel

Caerau (Ely)

Cambrian & Clydach

Cwmamman United

Cwmbran Celtic

Goytre United

Haverfordwest County

Llanelli Town

Llantwit Major

Pontypridd Town

STM Sports

Swansea Uni

Taff's Well

Undy Athletic

Locations of the 2019–20 Cymru South teams

Grounds and locations

Team	Location	Ground
Afan Lido	Aberavon	Marstons Stadium
Ammanford	Ammanford	Recreation Ground
Briton Ferry Llansawel	Briton Ferry	Old Road
Caerau (Ely)	Cardiff	Cwrt-yr-Ala
Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.G.C.	Clydach Vale	King George's New Field
Cwmamman United	Glanamman	Grenig Park
Cwmbran Celtic	Cwmbran	Celtic Park
Goytre United	Goytre	Glenhafod Park Stadium
Haverfordwest County	Haverfordwest	Bridge Meadow Stadium
Llanelli Town	Llanelli	Stebonheath Park
Llantwit Major	Llantwit Major	Windmill Ground
Pontypridd Town	Aberdare	Aberaman Park
STM Sports	Cardiff	Cardiff University Playing Fields
Swansea University	Swansea	Sketty Lane
Taff's Well	Taff's Well	Rhiw'r Ddar
Undy Athletic	Undy	The Causeway

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Swansea University	25	17	5	3	56	31	+25	56
2	Haverfordwest County (P)	25	17	4	4	58	26	+32	55	Promotion to Cymru Premier
3	Briton Ferry Llansawel	24	15	2	7	65	36	+29	47
4	Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.G.C.	23	11	7	5	41	31	+10	40
5	Llanelli Town	26	12	4	10	47	51	−4	40
6	STM Sports (R)	22	12	3	7	51	34	+17	39	Relegation to FAW League One
7	Ammanford	25	12	1	12	44	47	−3	37
8	Goytre United	25	10	6	9	40	41	−1	36
9	Pontypridd Town	25	9	8	8	52	41	+11	35
10	Afan Lido	25	10	4	11	47	47	0	34
11	Llantwit Major	24	7	6	11	34	39	−5	27
12	Undy Athletic	21	7	2	12	29	38	−9	23
13	Cwmbran Celtic	22	6	4	12	29	44	−15	22
14	Taff's Well	25	6	3	16	40	64	−24	21
15	Cwmamman United (R)	22	5	2	15	22	55	−33	17	Relegation to FAW League One
16	Caerau (Ely) (R)	21	1	5	15	22	52	−30	8

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Cymru South
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Swansea University	10	3	2	2	5	4	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Haverfordwest County	1	1	1	1	4	3	1	4	3	1	2	3	3	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Briton Ferry Llansawel	11	12	13	15	12	9	7	9	10	10	6	6	6	5	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Llanelli Town	8	4	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	2	2	3	4	5	5	7	7	8	7	6	6	4	4
STM Sports	2	5	5	4	3	5	4	3	5	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5
Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.G.C.	4	2	7	5	1	2	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	9	7	6
Afan Lido	13	6	10	13	11	13	14	12	9	9	10	8	7	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	8	9	7
Ammanford	14	14	15	10	7	6	6	5	4	3	3	5	5	4	6	7	7	5	6	6	4	4	5	6	8
Goytre United	5	9	9	12	8	7	9	11	12	11	12	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	9	8	8	7	8	9
Pontypridd Town	9	15	8	11	13	10	12	13	14	14	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10
Llantwit Major	12	7	6	8	10	12	10	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11
Undy Athletic	6	10	11	7	6	8	11	8	8	8	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	11	12	12	12
Taff's Well	3	8	4	6	9	11	8	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Cwmbran Celtic	7	13	14	9	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Cwmamman United	15	11	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Caerau (Ely)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Promotion to Cymru Premier
	Relegation to FAW League One

Updated to match(es) played on 21 February 2020. Source: Cymru South

Results

Home \ Away	AFL	AMM	BFL	CAE	CCV	CAU	CBC	GOU	HWC	LET	LTM	PPT	STM	SWU	TAW	UNA
Afan Lido	—	2–0	0–3	2–1	3–2	7–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		5–1	1–3	1–3		2–1	0–1
Ammanford	2–0	—	1–3	2–1		3–1	5–2	2–1	0–1	2–5	4–1	0–3		2–4	0–3	2–1
Briton Ferry Llansawel	4–3	2–2	—	3–0	0–2	2–0		4–2	2–4	4–1	2–4	3–0	4–1	1–4		4–0
Caerau (Ely)	0–2	0–2		—		1–1	1–2		0–2	2–3	2–2		1–1	1–4	2–2
Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.G.C.	4–1		1–1	3–0	—		3–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1
Cwmamman United			0–6	4–2	2–4	—	2–1	0–2			1–3	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–1
Cwmbran Celtic				2–0			—	4–0	0–1	4–5	0–2	2–6		1–1	2–0	0–3
Goytre United	2–3	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–4	2–1	0–1	—	0–2	0–1	1–1		4–2	2–1	5–2
Haverfordwest County	5–1	2–0	1–4	5–0	4–1		2–2	1–1	—	4–1	2–1	3–2	1–4	0–1	7–1
Llanelli Town	1–0	1–4	3–2		5–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	2–2
Llantwit Major	1–2	1–3	0–2		0–0		1–2				—	0–1	3–2	2–3	3–2	1–1
Pontypridd Town	1–1	1–2		4–4	2–2	1–1	6–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	—		1–1	6–0	3–0
STM Sports	1–3	3–0	3–4	2–1		3–1	0–0	2–2	0–3	6–2	3–0	3–1	—			2–1
Swansea University		3–2	2–0			2–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	0–4	—	3–2	4–2
Taff's Well	3–2	3–1	0–4	0–3	0–3	6–1		0–1		1–3	1–2	5–2		1–3	—	2–1
Undy Athletic	5–3	1–2			0–1	2–0	2–1		1–0		0–3			0–2	4–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Cymru South
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mark Jones	Briton Ferry Llansawel	32
2	Jordan Carey	Taff's Well	17
3	Kaid Mohamed	Afan Lido	13

Final League table

On 19 May 2020, the league was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and an unweighted points per game method was applied to determine the final standings. The Football Association of Wales said a decision on promotion and relegation between leagues would be made in due course.

Swansea University were declared champions but they failed to secure a Tier One licence for the 2020-21 season after an unsuccessful appeal and not be eligible for promotion. Second placed Haverfordwest County were granted a Tier One licence.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
1	Swansea University (C)	25	17	5	3	56	31	+25	56	2.24
2	Haverfordwest County	25	17	4	4	58	26	+32	55	2.20
3	Briton Ferry Llansawel	24	15	2	7	65	36	+29	47	1.96
4	STM Sports	22	12	3	7	51	34	+17	39	1.77
5	Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.G.C.	23	11	7	5	41	31	+10	40	1.74
6	Llanelli Town	26	12	4	10	47	51	−4	40	1.54
7	Ammanford	25	12	1	12	44	47	−3	37	1.48
8	Goytre United	25	10	6	9	40	41	−1	36	1.44
9	Pontypridd Town	25	9	8	8	52	41	+11	35	1.40
10	Afan Lido	25	10	4	11	47	47	0	34	1.36
11	Llantwit Major	24	7	6	11	34	39	−5	27	1.13
12	Undy Athletic	21	7	2	12	29	38	−9	23	1.10
13	Cwmbran Celtic	22	6	4	12	29	44	−15	22	1.00
14	Taff's Well	25	6	3	16	40	64	−24	21	0.84
15	Cwmamman United	22	5	2	15	22	55	−33	17	0.77
16	Caerau (Ely)	21	1	5	15	22	52	−30	8	0.38

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Cymru South
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champion.

References

1. "Transitional Regulations for the Pyramid League System for seasons 2018/19 and 2019/20" (PDF). Football Association of Wales. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
2. "FAW Tier 2 South League 2019-20 Fixtures" (PDF). Cymru Premier. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
3. https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/faw-board-decision-promotion-and-relegation/
4. "FAW Tier 2 Appeals Body decisions". Football Association of Wales. Retrieved 22 June 2019.