Ceredigion League

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Ceredigion League
Founded1921
CountryFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Divisions3
Number of teams32
Level on pyramid5–7
Promotion to Central Wales Football League
Current champions Ffostrasol Wanderers
(2022-23)

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 ten founding teams were Aberaeron, Aberystwyth Battery, Conservative FC, College Reserves, Drefach, Lampeter, Llanybydder, Newcastle Emlyn, Padarn United and Parish Hall United. [2] Newcastle Emlyn withdrew from the league without playing games.

Contents

Member clubs for 2023–24 season

First Division

  • Bargod Rangers
  • Cardigan Town
  • Crannog
  • Crymych
  • Dewi Stars
  • Felinfach
  • Ffostrasol Wanderers
  • Lampeter Town
  • Llanboidy
  • Llechryd
  • New Quay
  • St Dogmaels

Second Division

Third Division

  • Bargod (reserves)
  • Cardigan (reserves)
  • Crannog (reserves)
  • Lampeter (reserves)
  • Llanon
  • Llanboidy (reserves)
  • Llandysul (reserves)
  • Maesglas (reserves)
  • Pencader (reserves)
  • St Dogmaels (reserves)

First Division champions

Information provided from league website [3] Those years empty are not known.

1920s

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

1930s

  • 1930–31: Newcastle Emlyn
  • 1931–32: Bargod Rangers
  • 1932–33: Aberaeron Town
  • 1933–34:
  • 1934–35:
  • 1935–36:
  • 1936–37:
  • 1937–38:
  • 1938–39:

1940s

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

1950s

1960s

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

1970s

1980s

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 [4]
  • 2013–14: Newcastle Emlyn reserves
  • 2014–15: Cardigan Town
  • 2015–16: Cardigan Town
  • 2016–17: St Dogmaels [5]
  • 2017–18: Lampeter Town
  • 2018–19: St Dogmaels
  • 2019–20: St Dogmaels

2020s

Cup Competitions

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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ceredigion</span> County in Wales

Ceredigion, historically Cardiganshire, is a county in the west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the Dyfi estuary to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. Aberystwyth is the largest settlement and, together with Aberaeron, is an administrative centre of Ceredigion County Council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aberaeron</span> Town in Ceredigion, Wales

Aberaeron, previously anglicised as Aberayron, is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales. Located on the coast between Aberystwyth and Cardigan, its resident population was 1,274 in the 2021 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lampeter</span> University town in Wales

Lampeter is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, at the confluence of the Afon Dulas with the River Teifi. It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion, after Aberystwyth and Cardigan, and has a campus of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. At the 2011 Census, the population was 2,970. Lampeter is the smallest university town in the United Kingdom. The university adds approximately 1,000 people to the town's population during term time.

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Mid Wales or Central Wales is a region of Wales, encompassing its midlands, in-between North Wales and South Wales. The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the Senedd covered the unitary authority areas of Ceredigion and Powys and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been the district of Meirionnydd. A similar definition is used by the BBC. The Wales Spatial Plan defines a region known as "Central Wales" which covers Ceredigion and Powys.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diocese of St Davids</span> Anglican diocese of the Church in Wales

The Diocese of St Davids is a diocese of the Church in Wales, a church of the Anglican Communion. The diocese covers the historic extent of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, together with a small part of western Glamorgan. The episcopal see is the Cathedral Church of St David in the City of St Davids, Pembrokeshire. The present cathedral, which was begun in 1181, stands on the site of a monastery founded in the 6th century by Saint David.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line</span> Former railway line in Wales

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The Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway was an independent branch line railway in south west Wales. It connected Aberayron to the former Manchester and Milford Railway line at Lampeter; New Quay was never reached.

The Welsh Rugby Union Division Three West is a rugby union league in Wales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ceredigion Coast Path</span> Long-distance footpath following the coast of Ceredigion, Wales

The Ceredigion Coast Path is a waymarked long distance footpath in the United Kingdom, on the coast of Ceredigion, Wales. It is 65 miles (105 km) in length, running along the coast of Cardigan Bay from Cardigan (52.0810°N 4.6608°W) to Ynyslas (52.5271°N 4.0495°W).

J. Emrys Morgan Cup is an association football knockout cup competition for football clubs in the lower leagues of the Welsh Football Association pyramid in the Mid and West Wales regions. It consists of a round by round knockout with semi-finals and the final played a neutral ground. Teams are drawn to play each other home or away in rounds up to the semi-finals. The following leagues are covered by the cup:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Felin Fach railway station</span> Former railway station in Wales

Felin Fach or Ystrad was a small railway station in the rural location between Ystrad Aeron and Felinfach, the intermediate station on the Aberayron branch of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Ceredigion. Opened by the Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway, the branch to Aberayron diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

The first election to the Cardiganshre County Council was held in January 1889. It was followed by the 1892 election. The county was divided into numerous single member wards with two councillors elected to represent Cardigan, Lampeter, New Quay and Llandysul, and four to represent the town of Aberystwyth. 37 Liberals, 10 Conservatives and 1 Unionist were returned.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Ceredigion County Council election</span> Ceredigion County Council election

The 2022 Ceredigion County Council election took place as of 5 May 2022 to elect 38 members to Ceredigion Council. On the same day, elections were held to the other 21 local authorities and to community councils in Wales as part of the 2022 Welsh local elections. The previous all-council election took place in May 2017 and future elections will take place every five years.

References

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