2023–24 Ardal NE

The 2023–24 Ardal NE season (also known as the 2023–24 Lock Stock Ardal NE season for sponsorship reasons), was the third season of the new third-tier northern region football in Welsh football pyramid, part of the Ardal Leagues.

Ardal NE
Season2023–24
ChampionsPenrhyncoch
PromotedPenrhyncoch
RelegatedLlanrhaeadr
Welshpool Town
2024–25 →

The winners (Penrhyncoch) were promoted to the 2024–25 Cymru North. The third-placed team (Llanuwchllyn) qualified for the Ardal Northern play-off, losing and remaining in the league. The bottom two teams (Llanrhaeadr and Welshpool Town) were relegated to Tier 4.

Teams

The league was made up of fifteen teams; twelve teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from Tier 4, and one team relegated from the 2022–23 Cymru North.[1][2] On 31 July 2023, Barmouth & Dyffryn United withdrew from the league, reducing the number of teams by one.[3]

The teams promoted from Tier 4 were Llansantffraid Village from the Central Wales Football League Northern Division and Radnor Valley from the Central Wales Football League Southern Division (replacing the relegated Ardal NE teams of Corwen and Rhayader Town). The team relegated from the Cymru North was Penrhyncoch (replacing the promoted Ardal NE team of Caersws).[4][5]

Stadia and locations
Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Ardal NE
Team Location Home Ground Capacity
Bow StreetRhydypennauCae Piod1,000
Builth WellsBuilth WellsLant Fields1,000
Cefn AlbionRhosymedreThe Rock3,000
Dolgellau AthleticDolgellauCae Marian2,000
Llandrindod WellsLlandrindod WellsLant Avenue Broadway1,000
Llanfair UnitedLlanfair CaereinionMount Field2,000
Llangollen TownLlangollenTower Fields1,100
LlanrhaeadrLlanrhaeadr-ym-MochnantThe Recreation Field1,000
Llansantffraid VillageLlansantffraid-ym-MechainRecreation Ground2,000
LlanuwchllynBalaMaes Tegid3,000
PenrhyncochPenrhyn-cochCae Baker950
PenycaePen-y-caeThe SoccerMillion Riverside Arena2,000
Radnor ValleyNew RadnorThe Bypass
Rhos AelwydRhosllanerchrugogPonciau Park1,000
Welshpool TownWelshpoolMaes y Dre3,000

Source: Ardal NE Ground Information

Personnel
Team Head coach Captain
Bow Street Llyr Hughes Steffan Richards
Builth Wells Stuart Turpin Chris Roff
Cefn Albion Ian Andrews Nathan Williams
Dolgellau Athletic Owain Williams Jonathan Sutton
Llandrindod Wells Gareth Jones Shaun Nicholls
Llanfair United Lawrence WIlson Ben Jones
Llangollen Town Luke Maybury Kristian Jones
Llanrheadr Mike Barton Joe Vaughan
Llansantffraid Village
Llanuwchllyn Sion Tudor Iolo Jones
Penrhyncoch
Penycae Daniel Richards Adam Peters
Radnor Valley
Rhos Aelwyd Aled Parry Aled Robertson
Welshpool Town Russell Cadwallader Ricky Litchfield

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Penrhyncoch (C, P) 28 21 4 3 83 21 +62 67 Promotion to Cymru North
2 Bow Street 28 20 5 3 90 29 +61 65
3 Llanuwchllyn 28 19 6 3 74 32 +42 63 Qualification for the Ardal Northern play-off[lower-alpha 1]
4 Builth Wells 28 15 6 7 52 37 +15 51
5 Dolgellau Athletic 28 14 5 9 60 48 +12 47
6 Radnor Valley 28 14 4 10 61 57 +4 46
7 Cefn Albion 28 13 3 12 61 55 +6 39
8 Llandrindod Wells 28 10 9 9 40 43 −3 39
9 Llangollen Town 28 10 4 14 49 61 −12 34
10 Llansantffraid Village 28 9 5 14 53 60 −7 32
11 Rhos Aelwyd 28 8 7 13 40 44 −4 31
12 Llanfair United 28 9 4 15 39 63 −24 31
13 Penycae 28 6 4 18 48 72 −24 22
14 Llanrhaeadr (R) 28 4 6 18 35 69 −34 15 Relegation to Tier 4
15 Welshpool Town (R) 28 0 4 24 16 110 −94 4
Source: Ardal Northern
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Bow Street were refused a promotion license; the Ardal Northern play-off spot was passed to the third-placed team.

Results
Home \ Away BOW BUI CFN DOL LDW LFU LGN LRH LSF LNW PRC PYC RNV RHO WEL
Bow Street — 3–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 5–0 5–0 3–0 1–0 3–3 2–2 5–1 6–2 2–0 7–0
Builth Wells 0–3 — 2–1 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–0
Cefn Albion 1–3 2–3 — 2–3 3–1 3–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–6 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 4–1
Dolgellau Athletic 1–3 4–0 2–4 — 3–1 1–2 3–0 4–1 3–0 0–2 0–3 5–2 3–1 1–0 4–1
Llandrindod Wells 3–4 2–2 5–1 3–3 — 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0
Llanfair United 0–3 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 — 1–2 4–3 2–2 0–2 2–4 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–0
Llangollen Town 3–3 1–2 3–4 1–2 0–2 4–2 — 3–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 4–2 1–3 2–1 8–0
Llanrhaeadr 1–4 0–1 4–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 — 1–6 2–4 0–3 1–1 0–7 2–2 6–1
Llansantffraid Village 0–6 1–4 0–4 2–3 6–0 0–1 8–0 3–2 — 0–2 1–5 2–0 1–1 2–2 6–2
Llanuwchllyn 3–2 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 11–2 0–0 3–1 2–2 — 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–2 4–0
Penrhyncoch 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–1 4–1 2–0 6–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 — 6–2 4–1 3–0 5–0
Penycae 2–3 0–1 3–7 3–3 3–1 3–1 2–3 0–0 4–2 1–3 1–3 — 0–2 3–1 4–1
Radnor Valley 1–0 0–4 4–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–7 4–3 — 3–1 4–1
Rhos Aelwyd 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–4 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 — 1–1
Welshpool Town 0–5 2–2 0–5 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–4 0–6 1–2 1–3 0–6 1–3 0–5 0–3 —
Source: Ardal Northern
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. "Ardal Leagues: A geographical look at the teams competing in the 2023/24 season". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. June 2023.
  2. "New names galore rise to tier 3 for the 2023-24 campaign". Grassroots North Wales. June 2023.
  3. Jones, Jordan (31 July 2023). "Barmouth make huge decision as Ardal North East rocked by withdrawal". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed.
  4. "Defeats for Penrhyncoch and Llanidloes in final league games". Cambrian News. 17 April 2023.
  5. "Appeal success for Caersws as Bluebirds seal promotion". Powys County Times. 19 May 2023.
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