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The Welsh football league system is a series of football leagues with regular promotion and relegation between them.
Aberavon RFC is a rugby union club located in the Welsh town of Port Talbot, though the club's name refers to the older settlement of Aberavon which lies on the western side of the town.
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Bridgend Ravens are a semi-professional rugby union club based in Bridgend, South Wales.
Neath Football Club was a Welsh professional association football club based in Neath last playing in the Welsh Premier League.
Bettws F.C. is a football club based in Bettws, near Bridgend, Wales. The team play in the South Wales Premier League Championship Division. They have previously played in the Welsh Football League. Their ground, North Site, is located in the north-east of the village, east of Heol Glannant and north of Heol Richard Price. At the end of the 2019–20 season they were promoted to the South Wales Alliance League Division Two pending passing the ground inspection criteria.
Briton Ferry Athletic F.C. was a football club from Briton Ferry in Wales, playing their home games at Old Road. They last played in Welsh League Division Three. They merged with Llansawel to form Briton Ferry Llansawel A.F.C. on 28 April 2009.
Cwmamman United A.F.C are a Welsh football team formed in 1976. They are based in the village of Glanaman which is in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Cwmamman United currently have three senior teams and seven junior teams. The club plays in the West Wales Premier League. They play their home games at Grenig Park.
Seven Sisters Onllwyn F.C. is a Welsh football team based in Neath, currently playing in the Ardal SW, which is at the third tier of the Welsh football pyramid.
Ystradgynlais FC are a Welsh football club based in Ystradgynlais and are a member of West Wales Football Association. They currently play in the Neath League Premier Division.
The West Wales FA Senior Cup was the regional knock-out competition for the higher ranked clubs beneath the umbrella of the West Wales Football Association until its end in 2009. It has been replaced with the WWFA Intermediate Cup, a tournament for clubs below Tier 3 in the Welsh football pyramid that play in West Wales.
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The Neath & District League is a football league in South Wales. The league consists of four divisions, named The Premier Division, Division One, Two and Three. The Premier Division is a feeder to the West Wales Premier League, and therefore sits at level 5 of the Welsh football league system.
The Swansea Senior Association Football League or Swansea Senior League, is a league competition featuring non-professional association football clubs in the area of Swansea, south Wales. The league consists of six divisions, three for "first teams" and others for "reserves" and lower teams. The top division, the Premier Division is just below West Wales Premier League, and therefore sits at level 5 of the Welsh football pyramid.
Ynysygerwn Football Club is a Welsh football club based in Aberdulais, situated approximately two miles from Neath town centre. The club currently competes Ardal SW League.
Brecon Corinthians A.F.C. are a Welsh football club from the town of Brecon in Powys. The club played for much of its history in the Welsh Football League, as well as spells in league in South and Mid Wales. They currently play in the Ardal SE League.
The West Wales Premier League is a football league in Wales, at tier 4 of the Welsh Football Pyramid in South West Wales under the control of the West Wales Football Association. The league consists of teams having their grounds and headquarters West of a line drawn from Briton Ferry, Neath, northwards to Glynneath, and then again northwards to the boundary line of the South Wales Football Association. It offers promotion opportunities to the Ardal Leagues, at tier 3 of the Football Association of Wales pyramid.
Giants Grave Football Club is an amateur Welsh football team based in Giant's Grave, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. They play in the West Wales Premier League.
Cefn Cribwr Football Club is a Welsh football team based in Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend County Borough, Wales. They play in the Ardal SW League.
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- ↑ Jones, Jordan (4 July 2020). "West Wales Premier League formed for 2020/21 season/". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ↑ "Premier League Tables | Neath Football League". Archived from the original on 16 July 2017.
