2016–17 Cymru Alliance

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Cymru Alliance
Season2016–17
Dates12 August 2016 – 25 April 2017
ChampionsPrestatyn Town
PromotedPrestatyn Town
RelegatedConwy Borough
Buckley Town
Matches played240
Goals scored930 (3.88 per match)

The 2016–17 Cymru Alliance (known as the Huws Gray Cymru Alliance for sponsorship reasons) was the 2016–17 season of the top

Welsh Premier League
. The season began on 12 August 2016 and concluded on 22 April 2017.

On 11 March 2017, Prestatyn Town defeated Gresford Athletic 1–0 to clinch the league title and promotion to the 2017–18 Welsh Premier League.[1]

Teams

Caernarfon Town were champions in the previous season but were ineligible for promotion to the 2016–17 Welsh Premier League; the promotion spot instead passed to runners-up Cefn Druids. No teams in the previous season were relegated from the top-flight into the Cymru Alliance; both Haverfordwest County and Port Talbot Town dropped into the 2016–17 Welsh Football League Division One.

Only the bottom-placed team from the 2015–16 Cymru Alliance,

Mid Wales Football League Division One. Two teams were successful in the 2015–16 Welsh third-tier leagues and were promoted in Rhayader's place: Penrhyncoch and Ruthin Town
.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium
Buckley Town Buckley Globe Way
Caernarfon Town Caernarfon
The Oval
Caersws Caersws
Recreation Ground (Caersws)
Conwy Borough Conwy Y Morfa
Denbigh Town Denbigh Central Park
Flint Town United Flint Cae-y-Castell
Gresford Athletic Gresford Clappers Lane
Guilsfield Guilsfield Guilsfield Community Centre
Holyhead Hotspur Holyhead The New Oval
Holywell Town Holywell Halkyn Road
Llanfair United Llanfair Caereinion Mount Field
Mold Alexandra Mold Alyn Park
Penrhyncoch Penrhyn-coch Cae Baker
Porthmadog Porthmadog Y Traeth
Prestatyn Town Prestatyn Bastion Road
Ruthin Town Ruthin Memorial Playing Fields

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Prestatyn Town (C, P) 30 26 2 2 114 35 +79 80 Promotion to the Welsh Premier League
2 Caernarfon Town 30 19 7 4 83 45 +38 64
3 Gresford Athletic 30 18 2 10 67 47 +20 56
4 Porthmadog 30 16 2 12 64 48 +16 50
5 Holywell Town 30 14 8 8 52 45 +7 50
6 Flint Town United 30 14 6 10 62 47 +15 48
7 Caersws 30 15 3 12 61 59 +2 48
8 Guilsfield 30 12 7 11 54 46 +8 43
9 Holyhead Hotspur 30 12 6 12 57 52 +5 42
10 Denbigh Town 30 10 8 12 57 62 −5 38
11 Ruthin Town 30 10 3 17 49 72 −23 33
12 Penrhyncoch[a] 30 9 7 14 39 48 −9 31
13 Llanfair United (R) 30 7 4 19 36 69 −33 25 Relegation to Welsh Level 3
14 Mold Alexandra (R) 30 7 4 19 44 91 −47 25
15 Conwy Borough (R) 30 7 3 20 53 83 −30 24
16 Buckley Town (R) 30 6 4 20 38 81 −43 22
Source: Cymru Alliance, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Penrhyncoch were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in a league match.[2]

Results

Home \ Away BUC CNR CSW CWB DEN FTU GRE GUI HHD HWL LLU MOL PRC POR PRE RUT
Buckley Town 1–3 4–3 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–5 1–1 1–1 1–5 4–0 1–2 1–2 0–7 1–6 3–5
Caernarfon Town 6–0 1–1 5–2 2–2 1–1 5–1 5–1 2–0 6–2 2–4 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–4 3–2
Caersws 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–4 0–3 3–1 1–2 0–3 3–1 2–5 3–2
Conwy Borough 0–1 2–3 2–5 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–3 1–0 3–3 3–1 1–5 1–11 6–0
Denbigh Town 3–0 4–4 0–1 1–3 4–1 0–1 5–3 2–2 0–4 0–2 1–1 3–2 4–6 1–1 2–1
Flint Town United 2–0 1–6 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–0
Gresford Athletic 3–1 2–5 3–5 4–0 4–2 3–3 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 6–0
Guilsfield 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 5–0 1–2 5–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 2–1
Holyhead Hotspur 2–0 3–1 3–5 1–2 1–3 2–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 8–1 3–1 1–3 4–2 1–2
Holywell Town 3–3 2–3 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–3
Llanfair United 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 3–3 2–5 0–2 0–4 2–2 4–3 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–0
Mold Alexandra 3–2 2–2 1–3 4–3 1–3 0–12 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 5–0 0–1 2–6 2–10 0–3
Penrhyncoch 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 7–1 2–1 0–2 0–1
Porthmadog 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 3–2 0–2 1–2 1–5 3–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–1
Prestatyn Town 4–0 3–2 3–2 6–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–1 6–0 2–1 4–2 3–2 1–1 7–1
Ruthin Town 3–1 0–1 6–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–4 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–7
Source: Cymru Alliance
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ "Prestatyn Town Huws Gray champs". www.huwsgrayalliance.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  2. ^ Jones, Dean (29 March 2017). "Conwy Borough receive boost as relegation rivals Penrhyncoch hit with three point deduction". North Wales Pioneer. Retrieved 16 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Cymru Alliance 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

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