Ceredigion League

Ceredigion League

Founded	1921
Country	Wales
Divisions	3
Number of clubs	32
Level on pyramid	5–7
Promotion to	Central Wales Football League
Current champions	Ffostrasol Wanderers (2023–24)

The Ceredigion League (known as The Costcutter Ceredigion League for sponsorship purposes) ^[1] is a Welsh football league for the county of Ceredigion. It is at the fifth to seventh levels of the Welsh football league system. It was founded in 1921 as the Cardiganshire League in Lampeter. The eleven founding teams were Aberaeron, Aberystwyth Battery, Conservative FC, College Reserves, Drefach, Lampeter, Llandysul, Llanybydder, Newcastle Emlyn, Padarn United and Parish Hall United. ^{[2] [3]} Newcastle Emlyn withdrew from the league without playing games.

Member clubs for 2024–25 season

First Division

• Cardigan Town
• Crannog
• Crymych
• Dewi Stars
• Felinfach
• Lampeter Town
• Llanboidy
• Llandysul
• Llechryd
• Newcastle Emlyn
• New Quay
• St Dogmaels

Second Division

• Aberaeron
• Aberporth
• Bargod Rangers
• Felinfach (reserves)
• Ffostrasol Wanderers (reserves)
• Lampeter Town (reserves)
• Llandysul (reserves)
• Llechryd (reserves)
• Maesglas
• Pencader United

Third Division

• Cardigan Town (reserves)
• Crannog (reserves)
• Crymych (reserves)
• Felinfach (thirds)
• Llanboidy (reserves)
• Llanon
• Maesglas (reserves)
• Pencader United (reserves)
• St Dogmaels (reserves)
• Tregaron Turfs (reserves)

First Division champions

Information provided from league website. ^[4] Those years empty are not known. The league was not running from 1934 to 1946, due to the creation of the Aberystwyth League. ^[5]

1920s

• 1921–22: Llandysul
• 1922–23: North: Parish Hall United; South: Llandysul
• 1923–24:
• 1924–25: Bargoed Rangers
• 1925–26: Bargoed Rangers
• 1926–27: Llanybydder
• 1927–28:
• 1928–29:
• 1929–30: Newcastle Emlyn

1930s

• 1930–31: Newcastle Emlyn
• 1931–32: Bargoed Rangers
• 1932–33: Aberaeron Town
• 1933–34:

1940s

• 1946–47: Bargoed Rangers
• 1947–48: Newcastle Emlyn
• 1948–49: Llandysul
• 1949–50: Cilgerran

1950s

• 1950–51: uncompleted
• 1951–52: Llanybydder
• 1952–53: Aberaeron Town
• 1953–54: Aberaeron Town
• 1954–55: Bargoed Rangers
• 1955–56: Aberaeron Town
• 1956–57: Newcastle Emlyn
• 1957–58: Bargoed Rangers
• 1958–59: Tregaron
• 1959–60: Aberaeron Town

1960s

• 1960–61: St Dogmaels
• 1961–62: Bargoed Rangers
• 1962–63: Beulah
• 1963–64: St David's College
• 1964–65: St Dogmaels
• 1965–66: St Dogmaels
• 1966–67: Bargoed Rangers
• 1967–68: Ffostrasol Wanderers
• 1968–69: Cardigan Town
• 1969–70: Ffostrasol Wanderers

1970s

• 1970–71: Ffostrasol Wanderers
• 1971–72: Ffostrasol Wanderers
• 1972–73: Bargoed Rangers
• 1973–74: St Dogmaels
• 1974–75: Ffostrasol Wanderers
• 1975–76: Newcastle Emlyn
• 1976–77: Ffostrasol Wanderers
• 1977–78: Newcastle Emlyn
• 1978–79: Bargod Rangers
• 1979–80: Ffostrasol Wanderers

1980s

• 1980–81: Bargod Rangers
• 1981–82: Aberaeron
• 1982–83: Maesglas
• 1983–84: Newcastle Emlyn
• 1984–85: Maesglas
• 1985–86: Newcastle Emlyn
• 1986–87: Maesglas
• 1987–88: Newcastle Emlyn
• 1988–89: Maesglas
• 1989–90: Newcastle Emlyn

1990s

• 1990–91: Dewi Stars
• 1991–92: St Dogmaels
• 1992–93: St Dogmaels
• 1993–94: St Dogmaels
• 1994–95: St Dogmaels
• 1995–96: Cardigan Town
• 1996–97: St Dogmaels
• 1997–98: Dewi Stars
• 1998–99: Newcastle Emlyn
• 1999–2000: Cardigan Town

2000s

• 2000–01: Cardigan Town
• 2001–02: Aberaeron
• 2002–03: Cardigan Town
• 2003–04: Crannog
• 2004–05: Lampeter Town
• 2005–06: Lampeter Town
• 2006–07: St Dogmaels
• 2007–08: Maesglas
• 2008–09: Lampeter Town
• 2009–10: Cardigan Town

2010s

• 2010–11: New Quay
• 2011–12: New Quay
• 2012–13: New Quay ^[6]
• 2013–14: Newcastle Emlyn reserves
• 2014–15: Cardigan Town
• 2015–16: Cardigan Town
• 2016–17: St Dogmaels ^[7]
• 2017–18: Lampeter Town
• 2018–19: St Dogmaels
• 2019–20: St Dogmaels

2020s

• 2020–21: No competition
• 2021–22: St Dogmaels
• 2022–23: Ffostrasol Wanderers
• 2023–24: Ffostrasol Wanderers

Cup Competitions

Teams from the Ceredigion League can compete in 6 different cups:

• Bay Cup - only 1st teams.
• League Cup - only 1st teams and reserve sides that do not have their 1st teams participating in this league (Newcastle Emlyn III, Aberaeron Reserves).
• Cwpan Ceredigion - same teams who participate in the League Cup, with their equivalent from the Aberystwyth League.
• Percy Eldridge Cup - only the reserve sides which have their 1st teams participating in the league (not Newcastle Emlyn III or Aberaeron Reserves).
• South Cards Cup - all teams from Division 2 and the teams from the Reserve Cup which do not have their 1st teams in Division 2.
• J.Emrys Morgan Cup - same teams who participate in the League Cup, with their equivalent from the Aberystwyth League, Montgomeryshire League and the Mid Wales South League.

References

1. "Ceredigion League Website".
2. "History - First Season". Cynghrair Costcutter League.
3. https://www.ceredigionleague.co.uk/Archive/Div-1-Tables/Div1Table-21-22.html
4. "Archive - Previous Winners - Division 1". www.ceredigionleague.co.uk.
5. https://www.ceredigionleague.co.uk/History/History-League-Officials.html
6. "2012-13 tables, part 5" (PDF). Football Club History Database. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
7. "St Dogmaels success runs in the family". Tivy-Side Advertiser. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

External links

• Ceredigion League: Official website