2008–09 Welsh Premier League

December 2021 Welsh Premier League 2008–09 Rhyl Caernarfon Town Champions League Rhyl Europa League LlanelliThe New SaintsBangor City (via cup) Rhys Griffiths (31) The New Saints 8–0 Caernarfon Town Porthmadog 0–6 Bangor City Porthmadog 6–5 Gap Connah's Quay 306 998 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Welsh Premier League was the 17th season of the Welsh Premier League since its establishment in 1992 as the League of Wales. It began on 15 August 2008 and ended on 25 April 2009.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wal09.html Wales 2008/09 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 22 August 2021 Llanelli were the defending champions. Team changes from 2007–08 Prestatyn Town were promoted from the Cymru Alliance and played in the top division for the first time in their history. Caersws survived relegation after none of the top two teams in the divisions below could meet ground regulations. Overview UK Wales right 350 Location of clubs in Welsh Premier League 2008–09 UK Wales 52.42 -4.07 Aberystwyth Town left UK Wales 53.169 -2.985 Airbus UK Broughton right UK Wales 53.224167 -4.131389 Bangor City top UK Wales 53.134716 -4.267464 Caernarfon Town left UK Wales 52.521458 -3.422429 Caersws left UK Wales 51.859936 -4.302218 Carmarthen Town UK Wales 52.972841 -3.070664 Cefn Druids UK Wales 53.2179 -3.0573 Gap Connah's Quay left UK Wales 51.80066 -4.96736 Haverfordwest County bottom UK Wales 51.683471 -4.161369 Llanelli left UK Wales 51.66 -3.81 Neath UK Wales 52.51152 -3.322876 Newtown bottom UK Wales 51.590278 -3.802222 Port Talbot Town UK Wales 52.926525 -4.132553 Porthmadog left UK Wales 53.331 -3.405 Prestatyn Town UK Wales 53.32123 -3.48019 Rhyl left UK Wales 52.875869 -3.026306 The New Saints right UK Wales 52.65966 -3.14725 Technogroup Welshpool Town right Team Ground Capacity Aberystwyth Town Park Avenue 5,500 Airbus UK Broughton The Airfield 2,100 Bangor City Farrar Road Stadium 1,500 Caernarfon Town The Oval 3,000 Caersws F.C. Recreation Ground 3,500 Carmarthen Town A.F.C. Richmond Park 3,000 Gap Connah's Quay F.C. Deeside Stadium 5,500 Haverfordwest County A.F.C. Bridge Meadow Stadium 2,000 Llanelli A.F.C. Stebonheath Park 3,700 Neath Athletic A.F.C. The Gnoll 7,000 NEWI Cefn Druids A.F.C. Plaskynaston Lane 2,000 Newtown A.F.C. Latham Park 5,000 Port Talbot Town F.C. Victoria Road 2,500 Porthmadog F.C. Y Traeth 2,000 Prestatyn Town F.C. Bastion Road 1,000 Rhyl F.C. Belle Vue 3,800 The New Saints F.C. Park Hall 2,000 Welshpool Town F.C. Maes y Dre Recreation Ground 3,000 League table main WDL QR RHL Rhyl LLA Llanelli TNS The New Saints CMR Carmarthen Town PTA Port Talbot Town BAN Bangor City HAV Haverfordwest County ABE Aberystwyth Town CQN Gap Connah's Quay Nomads NEW Newtown WEL Technogroup Welshpool Town AIR Airbus UK Broughton CDR NEWI Cefn Druids NEA Neath Athletic PRE Prestatyn Town POR CPD Porthmadog CAE Caersws FC CRN Caernarfon Town 29 3 2 95 29 C 26 5 3 98 38 20 11 3 79 27 19 5 10 52 47 16 8 10 57 48 16 7 11 58 40 16 7 11 53 39 12 10 12 51 50 12 5 17 49 65 10 10 14 46 54 11 7 16 48 70 12 3 19 47 57 9 7 18 57 74 10 4 20 43 65 8 9 17 48 70 10 2 22 57 91 6 7 21 28 61 5 8 21 32 73 -3 R Caernarfon Town were docked 3 points for fielding an ineligible player on 16 August 2008. green1 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue2 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round EL1 EL1 blue1 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round Bangor City won the 2008–09 Welsh Cup and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. EL2 red1 Relegation to Cymru Alliance R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Results main FBR grey ABE AIR BAN CNR CAE CMR CQN POR HAV LLA NEA CDR NEW PTA PRE RHL TNS WEL Aberystwyth Town 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 5–2 0–3 1–1 6–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 Airbus UK Broughton 1–2 2–3 4–3 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–4 0–4 4–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 5–0 Bangor City 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 6–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 4–2 1–2 4–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 Caernarfon Town 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–5 1–0 4–2 0–0 2–4 1–1 0–1 0–5 2–3 Caersws FC 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–2 0–3 2–6 0–1 Carmarthen Town 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–4 5–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 0–1 Connah's Quay Nomads 1–2 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 2–3 3–3 0–2 3–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 CPD Porthmadog 4–1 3–4 0–6 1–3 0–1 1–3 6–5 2–1 3–3 1–4 2–3 3–1 1–2 3–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 Haverfordwest County 5–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–3 2–2 3–1 Llanelli 3–0 3–2 4–3 3–2 3–0 5–2 4–1 5–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 6–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 Neath Athletic 0–4 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 2–2 1–4 3–2 Cefn Druids 2–5 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 6–0 2–4 0–1 0–4 3–1 2–3 1–1 3–2 2–4 0–1 3–3 Newtown 2–1 0–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 2–3 1–2 2–0 4–2 2–6 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 4–1 Port Talbot Town 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 1–2 4–6 2–0 3–2 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 4–0 Prestatyn Town 1–0 2–1 2–2 5–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 5–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–3 1–4 1–4 2–2 Rhyl 0–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 4–2 3–4 3–0 2–3 7–2 2–1 7–1 The New Saints 1–1 1–0 2–1 6–0 4–0 8–0 2–1 6–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 3–1 Welshpool Town 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 1–3 1–3 2–1 3–3 2–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 complete Top goalscorers Source: welsh-premier.com 31 goals Wales Rhys Griffiths (Llanelli AFC) 25 goals England Martin Rose (Port Talbot Town) 24 goals Wales Marc Lloyd-Williams(Porthmadog FC) 20 goals Scotland Chris Sharp (Bangor City) Wales Neil Roberts (Rhyl FC) Wales Jack Christopher (Haverfordwest County) 18 goals England John Toner (The New Saints) 15 goals England Steve Rogers (Welshpool Town) Wales Paul Roberts (Welshpool Town) 14 goals Wales Nick Woodrow (Haverfordwest County) Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClubSeptemberENG Andy CaleThe New SaintsTRI Josh JohnsonRhylOctoberWAL Peter NicholasLlanelliWAL Christian EdwardsAberystwyth TownNovemberENG Darren RyanNewtownWAL Neil ThomasHaverfordwest CountyDecemberIRE Derek BrazilHaverfordwest CountyWAL Neil RobertsRhylJanuaryWAL Mark JonesPort Talbot TownSCO Chris SharpBangor CityFebruaryWAL Allan BickerstaffRhylENG Tommy HolmesThe New SaintsMarchWAL Peter NicholasLlanelliENG Steve RogersWelshpool TownAprilWAL Mark JonesPort Talbot TownWAL Greg StrongRhyl Annual awards Team of the season Nat.PositionNameClub WAL GK Lee Idzi Haverfordwest County WAL RB Craig Williams Newtown ENG CB George Horan Rhyl WAL CB Stuart Jones Llanelli WAL LB Andy Legg Llanelli WAL RM Craig Jones Rhyl WAL CM Gareth Owen Rhyl ENG CM John Leah The New Saints WAL LM Sion Edwards Bangor City WAL ST Neil Roberts Rhyl WAL ST Rhys Griffiths Llanelli WAL Idzi WAL Williams ENG Horan WAL Jones WAL Legg WAL Jones WAL Owen ENG Leah WAL Edwards WAL Roberts WAL Griffiths Source:http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/league/dream-teams/dream-team-20089 Dream team 2008/9 welsh-premier.com 23 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120406115749/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/league/dream-teams/dream-team-20089 6 April 2012 dead References External links Welsh Premier League Football 2008-09 1 Category:2008–09 in European association football leagues