2017–18 Welsh Football League Division One

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Welsh Football League Division One
Season2017–18
Dates11 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
ChampionsLlanelli Town
PromotedLlanelli Town
Matches played240
Goals scored876 (3.65 per match)
All statistics correct as of 21 April 2018.

The 2017–18 Welsh Football League Division One (known as the Nathaniel Cars Welsh Football League Division One for sponsorship reasons) was the 2017–18 season of the top football league in South Wales. Together with its North Wales counterpart, the Cymru Alliance, the 16-team division forms the second tier of the Welsh football league system, one level below the nationwide Welsh Premier League. The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded in May 2018.

Teams[]

Locations of the 2017–18 Welsh Football League Division One teams

Barry Town United were champions in the previous season and were promoted to the 2017–18 Welsh Premier League.

The bottom two placed teams from the previous season, Risca United and Caldicot Town, were relegated to the 2017–18 Welsh Football League Division Two; they were replaced by Llanelli Town, Briton Ferry Llansawel and Cwmamman United, the top three teams from Division Two the previous season.

Stadia and locations[]

Team Location Stadium
Afan Lido Aberavon Marston Stadium
Briton Ferry Llansawel Briton Ferry Old Road
Caerau (Ely) Ely Cwrt-yr-Ala
Cambrian & Clydach Vale Clydach Vale King George's New Field
Cwmamman United Glanamman Grenig Park
Cwmbran Celtic Cwmbran Celtic Park
Goytre Penperlleni Plough Road
Goytre United Goytre Glenhafod Park Stadium
Haverfordwest County Haverfordwest Bridge Meadow Stadium
Llanelli Town Llanelli Stebonheath Park
Monmouth Town Monmouth Chippenham Sports Ground
Pen-y-Bont Bridgend Kymco Stadium
Port Talbot Town Port Talbot Victoria Road
Taff's Well Taff's Well Rhiw Dda'r
Ton Pentre Ton Pentre Ynys Park
Undy Athletic Undy The Causeway

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Llanelli Town (C, P) 30 24 3 3 87 33 +54 75 Promotion to the Welsh Premier League
2 Haverfordwest County 30 19 3 8 65 37 +28 60
3 Pen-y-Bont[a] 30 18 6 6 64 37 +27 57
4 Cambrian & Clydach Vale 30 17 3 10 58 39 +19 54
5 Afan Lido 30 15 4 11 61 48 +13 49
6 Goytre 30 15 3 12 51 62 −11 48
7 Goytre United 30 13 8 9 53 52 +1 47
8 Cwmbran Celtic 30 14 4 12 67 51 +16 46
9 Undy Athletic 30 13 5 12 62 60 +2 44
10 Taff's Well 30 11 5 14 52 48 +4 38
11 Briton Ferry Llansawel 30 10 7 13 58 64 −6 37
12 Cwmamman United 30 8 6 16 38 59 −21 30
13 Port Talbot Town[b] 30 9 11 10 58 53 +5 29 Possible relegation to Welsh League Division Two
14 Monmouth Town 30 7 4 19 44 73 −29 25
15 Caerau (Ely) 30 5 3 22 32 78 −46 18 Relegation to Welsh League Division Two
16 Ton Pentre 30 1 7 22 26 82 −56 10
Source: Welsh Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.[2]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Pen-y-Bont were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[1]
  2. ^ Port Talbot Town were deducted nine points.[citation needed]

Results[]

Home \ Away AFA BFL CAE CCV CWU CWC GOA GOU HAV LLA MON PYB PTA TAF TON UND
Afan Lido — 0–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 5–0 4–0 1–6 1–2 0–4 3–1 1–2 3–3 3–2 4–2 4–1
Briton Ferry Llansawel 2–2 — 4–3 1–2 1–2 4–5 3–1 3–1 0–3 1–4 1–0 3–3 5–2 0–4 3–1 3–3
Caerau (Ely) 0–4 3–2 — 0–1 0–1 0–5 0–1 2–4 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–8 0–3 0–1 1–2
Cambrian & Clydach Vale 0–2 2–0 2–1 — 2–3 1–0 5–2 1–1 3–0 1–3 4–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 5–1 3–0
Cwmamman United 1–0 1–1 2–5 0–5 — 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–3 2–2 4–2 2–1 2–0
Cwmbran Celtic 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 — 4–1 0–1 2–3 1–3 3–1 3–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–2
Goytre 2–1 3–1 4–1 0–2 1–0 0–10 — 0–0 3–2 1–4 4–1 3–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 4–1
Goytre United 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–4 1–5 — 1–7 0–5 4–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 4–2 2–2
Haverfordwest County 3–0 2–3 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–3 — 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
Llanelli Town 1–2 4–1 4–1 4–2 1–0 5–3 2–0 3–3 2–0 — 4–1 1–0 2–2 5–2 3–0 0–1
Monmouth Town 2–3 2–1 2–3 4–0 1–1 1–4 2–0 1–3 3–2 2–2 — 2–4 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–6
Pen-y-Bont 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–4 2–1 — 3–0 3–1 8–0 8–1
Port Talbot Town 1–1 3–5 0–0 2–2 3–3 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–3 4–2 0–2 — 2–1 2–0 2–3
Taff's Well 2–1 0–0 2–2 4–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 3–0 0–0 0–1 — 2–0 2–4
Ton Pentre 2–2 0–4 0–2 1–1 3–3 0–2 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–3 2–4 0–2 1–5 2–2 — 1–5
Undy Athletic 0–2 2–2 6–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 3–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 —
Source: Welsh Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References[]

  1. ^ "FAW panel updates". Football Association of Wales. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Welsh League Division One 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

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