Cardiff & District League

Cardiff & District League

Founded	1897 [1]
Country	Wales
Number of clubs	41
Level on pyramid	7–10
Promotion to	South Wales Premier League
Current champions	Pentyrch Rangers (2024–25)

The Cardiff & District League is a football league covering the city of Cardiff and surrounding areas in South Wales. The leagues are at the seventh to tenth levels of the Welsh football league system.

Area of the league

Clubs within the bounds of St Mellons, Rumney, Tremorfa, Splott, The Docks, Llandough, Bonvilston, Peterstone, Super Ely, Radyr, Pentyrch, Gwaelod y Garth, Taffs Well, Thornhill, Lisvane, Cyncoed, Pentwyn and Llanrumney are eligible to apply to play in the league. ^[2]

Divisions

The league is composed of four divisions.

Member clubs 2024–25

Premier Division

• AFC Whitchurch
• Canton Rangers
• Cardiff Allstars
• Cardiff Bay
• Cwrt Y Vil
• Llandaff Cosmos
• Pentwyn Dynamo
• Pentyrch Rangers
• Splott Albion
• St Albans
• St Mellons

Division One

• Avenue Hotspur
• Caerau (Ely) (community)
• Canton Rangers (reserves)
• Cardiff Academicals
• Clwb Cymric (reserves)
• Clwb Sparta
• Ely Rangers (reserves)
• Llanrumney Athletic
• Splott (reserves)
• Tongwynlais (reserves)

Division Two

• AFC Whitchurch (reserves)
• Cardiff Academicals (reserves)
• Cardiff Villa
• Grange Albion (reserves)
• Grangetown Cath OB
• Llanrumney United (reserves)
• North Cardiff Cosmos
• Pentyrch Rangers (reserves)
• Splott Albion (reserves)
• Splott Albion OB

Division Three

• AFC Rumney
• Avenue Hotspur (reserves)
• Cardiff Cosmopolitan (reserves)
• Clwb Sparta (reserves)
• Fairwater (reserves)
• Grangetown Cath OB (reserves)
• Llandaff Cosmos (reserves)
• Llanrumney Athletic (reserves)
• Pentwyn Dynamo (reserves)
• St Albans (reserves)

Promotion and relegation

Promotion from the Premier Division is possible to the lowest tier of the South Wales Premier League, with the champion of the league playing the other tier 7 champions from the South Wales regional leagues via play-off games to determine promotion.

Champions (top flight division)

• 1901–02: – Cardiff Albion ^[3]
• 1904–05: – Barry Dock Albions ^[4]
• 1905–06: – Roath Park Old Boys ^[5]
• 1908–09: – Gordon's FC ^[6]
• 1930–31: – Barry Amateurs ^[7]
• 1931–32: – Barry Amateurs
• 1946–47: – Grange Albion ^[8]
• 1959–60: – Docks Albion ^[9]
• 1960–61: – Docks Albion ^[9]
• 1961–62: – Docks Albion ^[9]
• 1962–63: – Cardiff Cosmos ^[9]
• 1963–64: – Canton Athletic ^[9]
• 1964–65: – St Patrick's ^[9]
• 1965–66: – St Patrick's ^[9]
• 1966–67: – St Patrick's ^[9]
• 1967–68: – St Patrick's ^[9]
• 1968–69: – St Patrick's ^[9]
• 1969–70: – St Patrick's ^[9]
• 1970–71: – St Patrick's ^[9]
• 1971–72: – St Patrick's ^[9]
• 1972–73: – St Patrick's ^[9]
• 1973–74: – St Patrick's ^[9]
• 1974–75: – St Patrick's ^[9]
• 1975–76: – St Patrick's ^[9]
• 1976–77: – Cardiff Rovers ^[9]
• 1981–82: – Bridgend Street
• 1983–84: – Bridgend Street
• 1985–86: – Bridgend Street
• 1986–87: – Bridgend Street
• 1987–88: – Grange Albion
• 1988–89: – Grange Albion
• 1991–92: – Bridgend Street
• 1992–93: – St Joseph's ^[10]
• 1993–94: – Bridgend Street
• 2005–06: – Clwb Cymric ^{[11] [12]}
• 2006–07: – Pentwyn Dynamo reserves ^[13]
• 2007–08: – Grangetown Catholics Old Boys ^[14]
• 2008–09: – St. Albans ^[15]
• 2009–10: – Clwb Cymric
• 2010–11: – Canton Liberal ^[16]
• 2011–12: – Clwb Cymric ^[17]
• 2012–13: – Canton Liberal ^[18]
• 2013–14: – Cardiff Cosmopolitan ^[19]
• 2014–15: – Cardiff Cosmopolitan
• 2015–16: – Creigiau ^[20]
• 2016–17: – Pentwyn Dynamo ^[21]
• 2017–18: – AFC Rumney Juniors ^[22]
• 2018–19: – Canton Rangers
• 2019–20: – Tongwynlais ^[23]
• 2020–21: – Season void
• 2021–22: – Tongwynlais (promoted via SWAL playoff) ^[24]
• 2022–23: – Star
• 2023–24: – Splott Cons
• 2024–25: – Pentyrch Rangers (promoted via SWPL playoff) ^[25]

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