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2022–23 Ardal NE

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Ardal NE
Season2022–23
ChampionsCaersws
PromotedCaersws
RelegatedRhayader Town
Corwen

The 2022–23 Ardal NE season (also known as the 2022–23 Lock Stock Ardal NE season for sponsorship reasons) is the second season of the new third-tier northern region football in Welsh football pyramid, part of the Ardal Leagues.

Teams

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The league was made up of 16 teams competing for one automatic promotion place to Cymru North, whilst the second-placed team qualified for a play-off with the second-placed team of Ardal NW. The bottom three teams are relegated to Tier 4.

Machynlleth have notified the Football Association of Wales of their withdrawal from the Ardal Leagues. Notifying the league, Machynlleth said: “This decision has come about due to lack of players and commitment".[1]

The FAW’s National Game Board (NGB) met on Tuesday, July 5 to discuss who will replace Machynlleth after their late exit. It was opted to promote the Denbighshire based team of Llangollen Town out of the options available.[2]

On 19 July 2022, the league suffered another blow after Berriew became the latest club to withdraw from the North East division.[3] Explaining their decision, they released a statement that read: “The Club has lost a significant number of senior players during the close season and have not been able to replace them."

With just under three weeks until the league season starts, a reprieve or promotion for any other team remains unlikely given the fixture list has been handed out, so remaining with 15-teams is the most logisitical option.

Team changes

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Stadia and locations

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Locations of teams in the 2022–23 Ardal NE
Team Location Home Ground Capacity
Bow Street Rhydypennau Cae Piod 1,000
Builth Wells Builth Wells Lant Fields 1,000
Caersws Caersws Recreation Ground 3,500
Cefn Albion Rhosymedre The Rock 3,000
Corwen Corwen War Memorial Park 1,000
Dolgellau Athletic Dolgellau Cae Marian 2,000
Llandrindod Wells Llandrindod Wells Lant Avenue Broadway 1,000
Llanfair United Llanfair Caereinion Mount Field 2,000
Llangollen Town Llangollen Tower Fields 1,100
Llanrhaeadr Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant The Recreation Field 1,000
Llanuwchllyn Bala Maes Tegid 3,000
Penycae Pen-y-cae The SoccerMillion Riverside Arena 2,000
Rhayader Town Rhayader The Weirglodd 2,200
Rhos Aelwyd Rhosllanerchrugog Ponciau Park 1,000
Welshpool Town Welshpool Maes y Dre 3,000

Source: Ardal NE Ground Information

Personnel

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Team Head coach Captain
Bow Street Wales Llyr Hughes Wales Steffan Richards
Builth Wells Wales Stuart Turpin Wales Chris Roff
Caersws England Mark Griffiths Wales Matthew Mumford
Cefn Albion Wales Ian Andrews Wales Nathan Williams
Corwen Republic of Ireland Ben Heath Wales Scott Evans
Dolgellau Wales Owain Williams Wales Jonathan Sutton
Llandrindod Wells Wales Gareth Jones Wales Shaun Nicholls
Llanfair United England Lawrence WIlson Wales Ben Jones
Llangollen Wales Luke Maybury Wales Kristian Jones
Llanrheadr Wales Mike Barton Wales Joe Vaughan
Llanuwchllyn Wales Sion Tudor Wales Iolo Jones
Penycae England Daniel Richards Wales Adam Peters
Rhayader Wales Dai Davies Wales Joe Wozencraft
Rhos Aelwyd Wales Aled Parry Wales Aled Robertson
Welshpool Town Wales Russell Cadwallader England Ricky Litchfield

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Caersws (C, P) 28 22 3 3 89 26 +63 69 Promotion to Cymru North
2 Cefn Albion 28 18 6 4 74 22 +52 60 Qualification for the Ardal Northern play-off
3 Bow Street 28 17 6 5 66 26 +40 57
4 Llanuwchllyn 28 16 2 10 63 38 +25 50
5 Llanfair United 28 14 3 11 51 49 +2 45
6 Rhos Aelwyd 28 11 8 9 44 38 +6 41
7 Llandrindod Wells 28 12 4 12 55 58 −3 40
8 Builth Wells 28 11 6 11 51 54 −3 39
9 Llanrhaeadr 28 11 4 13 54 63 −9 37
10 Welshpool Town 28 10 3 15 54 67 −13 33
11 Penycae 28 9 6 13 48 64 −16 33
12 Dolgellau Athletic 28 9 3 16 38 59 −21 30
13 Llangollen Town 28 6 8 14 36 62 −26 26
14 Corwen (R) 28 4 7 17 34 80 −46 19 Relegation to Tier 4
15 Rhayader Town (R) 28 4 3 21 23 74 −51 12[a]
Source: Ardal NE
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Rhyader Town were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.

Results

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Home \ Away BOW BUI CAE CFN COR DOL LDW LFU LGN LRH LNW PYC RHY RHO WEL
Bow Street 3–2 2–3 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 6–0 1–1 4–3 1–1 3–1 4–0 4–0 3–0
Builth Wells 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–4 1–1 3–1 4–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 3–1 1–4 3–1
Caersws 0–0 6–0 1–1 7–0 5–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 5–2
Cefn Albion 1–2 2–0 2–3 5–0 5–0 3–1 6–1 7–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 5–0
Corwen 1–2 0–0 1–5 0–3 1–1 0–7 1–5 3–2 2–4 0–3 1–2 4–0 2–2 0–4
Dolgellau Athletic 0–4 0–2 3–4 0–3 3–0 3–1 0–2 2–3 3–2 5–2 1–0 1–0 3–0
Llandrindod Wells 0–4 1–1 1–5 2–1 1–4 1–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 5–0 2–1 2–1
Llanfair United 1–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–2 4–0 0–0 6–2
Llangollen Town 0–0 0–0 0–5 0–2 3–3 2–5 4–3 0–3 2–1 2–4 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–4
Llanrhaeadr 0–4 1–4 0–6 2–2 4–1 1–0 4–2 4–3 1–3 0–4 3–0 10–3 0–0 2–2
Llanuwchllyn 1–2 5–3 1–4 0–3 5–1 2–0 3–4 1–4 0–1 0–1 4–1 5–0 1–0 2–1
Penycae 0–3 3–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–5 4–1 2–2 4–6
Rhayader Town 3–1 1–3 0–3 0–5 3–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1
Rhos Aelwyd 0–3 7–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–2
Welshpool Town 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–4 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–5 1–4 3–0 1–2
First match(es) will be played: 6 August 2022. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top Goalscorers - League Only

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As at 16 May 2023
20 Goals: Glunn Coney (Caersws)
18 Goals: Jack Evans (Llandrindod Wells)
15 Goals: Ben Wilson (Llangollen Town)
15 Goals: Callum Mannion (Cefn Albion)
14 Goals: Ryan Knott (Welshpool Town)

Source: [2]

References

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  1. ^ Jones, Jordan (1 July 2022). "Ardal Northern Leagues plunged into chaos as Machynlleth withdraw". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ Jones, Jordan (6 July 2022). "Fifth-placed Llangollen Town granted promotion to Ardal North East". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  3. ^ Jones, Harrison (19 July 2022). "Ardal Leagues dealt major blow as yet another team withdraws". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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