The
Clwyd Football League was formed in 1973, when two local
area Leagues, the Dyserth, and the Halkyn Mountain
Leagues amalgamated.
The
League consisted of Five Divisions, Premier, First, Second,
and Third, with the Fourth Division mainly consisting of
Youth teams.
The
Top Three Divisions boasted an avarage membership of between
16, & 18 teams, but with the formation of the Cymru
Alliance League, and then the League of Wales (now the Welsh
Premier League) in the early nineties, and a number of clubs
scrapping their reserve sides, the league had shrunk to
its present three divisions.
The
Clwyd League is affiliated, North Wales Coast Football Association,
which deals with disciplinary matters, and is responsible
for appointing match officials for the League fixtures.
The
Clwyd League boundaries stretch eastwards along the North
Wales coast as far as the English border at Chester, covering
the whole of Flintshire, parts of Denbighshire, and Conwy.
Teams
from outside the area have been members of the League, Penmaenmawr
joined the Gwynedd League on winning promotion from the
Vale of Conwy League, they were then soon promoted to the
Welsh Alliance League, but after a couple of seasons were
unfortunately relegated to the Clwyd League.
Penmaenmawr
eventually regained their Welsh Alliance status, after winning
promotion in 1999.
Hawarden
Rangers come under the North East Wales F.A. But are allowed
to play in the Clwyd Premier League, Hawarden's Reserve,
and Youth Teams play in the Wrexham area League.
The
Premier Division is still accepted as a senior League in
North Wales football, and is on par with the Gwynedd League,
which both act as direct feeder leagues to the more senior
Welsh Alliance League.
Premier
Division Clubs compete in the NWCFA Challenge Cup, and the
Barritt Cup, which is an inter League Cup competition run
by the Welsh Alliance League.
Clubs
in the lower Divisions must compete in the NWCFA Junior
Cup.
Promotion
and Relegation
All
new clubs joining the league normally enter Division 1,
or 2, although there have been some exceptions in the past
when the Vale of Conwy League was functional, the Champions,
or the runners up were admitted to the Premier Division.
(Bro Cernyw, Penrhyn United, & Llansannan being recent
examples.)
Clubs
being promoted from Division 1 (normally the top two), are
subject to Ground criteria, dressing rooms must be on site,
and the playing area must have a spectator rail, or at least
be roped off during matches.
One
Team from the top two in the Premier Division can be promoted
to the Welsh Alliance League, the conditions of promotion
are more stringent, no reserve side can be promoted, and
ground criteria must be met.
The
last side to be promoted were Llandyrnog United in 2002/03,
Llandyrnog finished the season runners up behind Rhyl Thirds,
who were crowned Champions, after Flint Town Reserves were
deducted points for failing to fulfill a fixture, and dropped
to third place.
NORTH WALES FOOTBALL PYRAMID
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WELSH PREMIER
LEAGUE
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CYMRU ALLIANCE
LEAGUE
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WELSH ALLIANCE
LEAGUE
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CLWYD PREMIER
LEAGUE
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GWYNEDD LEAGUE
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CLWYD DIV 1
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CAERNARFON AREA
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ANGLESEY LEAGUE
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CLWYD DIV 2
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LEAGUE TABLES
2006/2007
2005/2006
