2023–24 Ardal NW

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

Ardal NW
Season2023–24
ChampionsFlint Mountain
PromotedFlint Mountain
Llay Welfare
RelegatedBethesda Athletic
Hawarden Rangers
Saltney Town
2024–25 →

The winners (Flint Mountain) were promoted to the 2024–25 Cymru North. The runners-up (Llay Welfare) were also promoted after winning the Ardal Northern play-off. The bottom three teams (Bethesda Athletic, Hawarden Rangers, and Saltney Town) were relegated to Tier 4.

Teams

The league was made up of sixteen teams; ten teams remaining from the previous season, four teams promoted from Tier 4, and two teams relegated from the 2022–23 Cymru North.[1]

The teams promoted from Tier 4 were St Asaph City and Llannefydd from the North Wales Coast East Football League Premier Division, and Bethesda Athletic and Pwllheli from the North Wales Coast West Football League Premier Division (replacing the relegated Ardal NE team of Rhostyllen, the withdrawn Ardal NE teams of Bodedern Athletic and Rhydymwyn, and the folded team of Llandudno Albion). The teams relegated from the Cymru North were Conwy Borough and Holyhead Hotspur (replacing the promoted Ardal NE teams of Denbigh Town and Bangor 1876).[2][3][4]

Stadia and locations
Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Ardal NW
Team Location Home Ground Capacity
Bethesda AthleticBethesdaParc Meurig500
Brickfield RangersWrexhamClywedog Park1,000
Conwy BoroughConwyY Morfa Stadium2,500
Flint MountainPentre HalkynCae-y-Castell2,000
Hawarden RangersHawardenGladstone Playing Fields1,000
Holyhead HotspurHolyheadThe New Oval
Llangefni TownLlangefniCae Bob Parry4,500
LlannefyddLlannefyddCae Llannefydd
Llanrwst UnitedLlanrwstGwydyr Park2,000
Llay WelfareLlayThe Ring1,000
Nantlle ValePenygroesMaes Dulyn1,000
PwllheliPwllheliLeisure Centre200
Saltney TownSaltneySaltney Community Centre1,000
St Asaph CitySt AsaphRoe Plas
Y FelinheliY FelinheliCae Seilo1,000
Y Rhyl 1879RhylBelle Vue3,000

Source: Ardal NW Ground Information

Personnel
Team Head coach Captain
Bethesda Athletic
Brickfield Rangers Gareth Wilson Chris Dixon
Conwy Borough
Flint Mountain Aden Shannon Peter Martin
Hawarden Rangers Andy Butler Ellis Jones
Holyhead Hotspur Darren Garmey
Llangefni Town James Saxon James Saxon
Llanrwst United Barry Owen Thomas Jones
Llay Welfare Mike Gadie Dean Bryan
Llannefydd
Nantlle Vale Sion Eifion Jones Matthew Davies
Pwllheli Martyn Smith
Saltney Town Andy Dutton Tom Wells
St Asaph City
Y Felinheli Euron Davies Aled Griffith
Y Rhyl 1879 Gareth Thomas Reece Fairhurst

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Flint Mountain (C, P) 30 22 2 6 82 34 +48 68 Promotion to Cymru North
2 Llay Welfare (O, P) 30 21 3 6 66 33 +33 66 Qualification for the Ardal Northern play-off
3 Y Rhyl 1879 30 19 3 8 57 41 +16 60
4 Holyhead Hotspur 30 17 5 8 63 36 +27 56
5 Nantlle Vale 30 17 4 9 62 44 +18 55
6 St Asaph City 30 13 8 9 63 54 +9 47
7 Brickfield Rangers 30 13 5 12 44 52 −8 44
8 Llangefni Town 30 11 8 11 55 46 +9 41
9 Llannefydd 30 12 5 13 57 58 −1 41
10 Llanrwst United 30 11 7 12 52 46 +6 40
11 Pwllheli 30 12 3 15 53 64 −11 39
12 Y Felinheli 30 10 2 18 38 63 −25 32
13 Conwy Borough 30 8 7 15 56 70 −14 31
14 Bethesda Athletic (R) 30 9 2 19 53 63 −10 29 Relegation to Tier 4
15 Hawarden Rangers (R) 30 6 3 21 44 84 −40 21
16 Saltney Town (R) 30 3 5 22 33 90 −57 14
Source: Ardal Northern
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BET BRI CON FLT HAW HOL LGT LLA LRU LYW NTL PWL SAL STA YFL RHY
Bethesda Athletic — 3–2 5–8 1–2 4–0 1–2 1–2 6–1 1–5 1–3 0–2 1–3 3–2 1–1 4–0 1–2
Brickfield Rangers 5–3 — 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 4–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–1
Conwy Borough 0–2 1–1 — 1–5 2–3 0–3 1–1 8–3 2–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 2–2 1–5 1–2 3–0
Flint Mountain 2–1 4–1 2–3 — 4–2 4–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 5–2 0–2 1–0 6–1
Hawarden Rangers 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 — 1–4 1–7 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–3 2–4 3–1 3–3 4–1 1–2
Holyhead Hotspur 4–0 6–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–3 8–0 1–0 1–0 1–4
Llangefni Town 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 — 2–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 4–2 6–2 2–2 3–0 1–3
Llannefydd 1–2 3–0 4–2 1–6 6–1 1–2 5–2 — 2–0 2–0 2–4 4–4 6–1 1–1 2–2 0–2
Llanrwst United 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 — 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–4
Llay Welfare 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–5 6–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 — 3–2 6–0 1–0 4–2 6–1 1–0
Nantlle Vale 0–3 4–0 3–3 2–2 4–3 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 — 4–2 7–1 3–2 2–1 4–2
Pwllheli 1–0 0–3 2–3 0–2 4–2 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 — 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0
Saltney Town 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–5 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 — 1–4 3–0 0–5
St Asaph City 1–0 3–3 4–3 3–2 3–2 3–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–4 5–1 — 4–2 1–2
Y Felinheli 4–2 0–1 4–3 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 0–4 0–4 2–1 3–1 4–1 3–0 — 0–2
Y Rhyl 1879 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–4 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–2 4–1 —
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. "JD Cymru North Weekend round-up". Cymru Football. 17 April 2023.
  3. "Reaction: Denbigh Town plan for future after clinching title with final day win at Rhostyllen". Grassroots North Wales. May 2023.
  4. "Baglan Dragons and Bangor 1876 secure promotion to the JD Cymru Leagues". Cymru Football. 28 May 2023.
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