2009–10 Welsh Premier League

Edition of the soccer championshipJuly 2020 Welsh Premier League 2009–10 The New Saints(5th title) RhylConnah's QuayCPD PorthmadogWelshpool TownCaerswsCefn Druids Champions League The New Saints Europa League LlanelliPort Talbot TownBangor City (via dom. cup) Rhys Griffiths (30) Pt. Talbot 7–0 Cefn Druids Welshpool 0–5 PrestatynCefn Dr. 0–5 Prestatyn Bangor 6–3 Bala 306 861 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 Welsh Premier League was the 18th season of the Welsh Premier League since its establishment in 1992 as the League of Wales. It began on 14 August 2009 and ended on 24 April 2010. Rhyl were the defending champions. Teams Bala Town were promoted from the Cymru Alliance and played in the top division for the first time in their history. Caersws survived relegation for a second straight year after ENTO Aberaman Athletic failed in their appeal to get a domestic licence after their floodlights were not up to the Welsh FA's expectations. None of the remaining top two teams in the Welsh Football League First Division could meet ground regulations. The league was reduced to a size of 12 teams after this season following a unanimous decision by the Premier League clubs in June 2009.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_of_wales/8097299.stm Clubs accept reduced Premier League 13 June 2009 BBC online 24 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090617045641/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_of_wales/8097299.stm 17 June 2009 live As a result of this, six clubs were relegated. The number of relegated teams could also have been seven or eight (the maximum), depending on whether any Cymru Alliance / Welsh Football League First Division clubs were eligible to be promoted to the 2010–11 Premier League. None of them were, so six teams were relegated, including last season's champions Rhyl.http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/news/811-agm-votes-for-12-club-league AGM votes for 12-club league 24 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225000419/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/news/811-agm-votes-for-12-club-league 25 February 2012 dead Team summaries Wales right 350 Location of clubs in Welsh Premier League 2009–10 Wales 52.42 -4.07 Aberystwyth Town left Wales 53.169 -2.985 Airbus UK Broughton right Wales 52.911 -3.596 Bala Town bottom Wales 53.224167 -4.131389 Bangor City left Wales 52.521458 -3.422429 Caersws left Wales 51.859936 -4.302218 Carmarthen Town Wales 52.972841 -3.070664 Cefn Druids Wales 53.2179 -3.0573 Gap Connah's Quay left Wales 51.80066 -4.96736 Haverfordwest County bottom Wales 51.683471 -4.161369 Llanelli left Wales 51.66 -3.81 Neath Wales 52.51152 -3.322876 Newtown bottom Wales 51.590278 -3.802222 Port Talbot Town Wales 52.926525 -4.132553 Porthmadog left Wales 53.331 -3.405 Prestatyn Town Wales 53.32123 -3.48019 Rhyl left Wales 52.875869 -3.026306 The New Saints right 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 Bala Town Maes Tegid 3,000 Bangor City Farrar Road Stadium 1,500 Caersws Recreation Ground 3,500 Carmarthen Town Richmond Park 3,000 Elements Cefn Druids Plaskynaston Lane 2,000 Gap Connah's Quay Deeside Stadium 5,500 Haverfordwest County Bridge Meadow Stadium 2,000 Llanelli AFC Stebonheath Park 3,700 Neath The Gnoll 7,000 Newtown AFC Latham Park 5,000 Port Talbot Town Victoria Road 2,500 Porthmadog Y Traeth 2,000 Prestatyn Town Bastion Road 2,500 Rhyl Belle Vue 3,800 The New Saints Park Hall 2,000 Technogroup Welshpool Town Maes y Dre Recreation Ground 3,000 Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentGap Connah's QuayWAL Steve O'ShaughnessySackedPre-SeasonENG Mark McGregorPre-SeasonCaerswsWAL David TaylorMutual ConsentPre-SeasonWAL Mickey EvansPre-SeasonAberystwyth TownSCO Brian CoyneResigned26 September 2009WAL Alan Morgan4 November 2009 League table main WDL 5 QR TNS The New Saints LLA Llanelli PTA Port Talbot Town ABE Aberystwyth Town BAN Bangor City RHL Rhyl AIR Airbus UK Broughton PRE Prestatyn Town NEA Neath CMR Carmarthen Town BAL Bala Town HAV Haverfordwest County NEW Newtown GCQ Gap Connah's Quay Nomads POR CPD Porthmadog WEL Welshpool Town CAE Caersws FC CDR Elements Cefn Druids 25 7 2 69 13 C 25 5 4 79 26 19 8 7 56 23 19 7 8 54 41 19 6 9 75 45 18 8 8 74 43 R 12 13 9 49 37 12 12 10 53 53 12 11 11 41 38 12 9 13 45 38 12 9 13 39 47 11 11 12 43 47 10 11 13 54 57 11 8 15 31 42 R 6 6 22 23 66 R 6 5 23 30 70 R 3 4 27 26 94 R 1 6 27 16 77 R 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 are the winners of the 2009–10 Welsh Cup competition and have qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. EL2 red1 Relegation to Cymru Alliance NR R2 inherit Spared from relegation Rhyl were denied the domestic licence for competing in the 2010–11 Welsh Premier League and were therefore relegated to the second tier. Welsh Premier League aspirants Llangefni Town (Cymru Alliance) and Afan Lido (Welsh Football League First Division) were also denied licenses meaning that no team from the second tier was promoted. Since these three teams failed to obtain licenses, the best three teams originally to be relegated, with all three obtaining their licenses, were spared from relegation (Bala Town, Haverfordwest County and Newtown AFC).http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/headline-news/2157-shock-as-rhyl-fail-in-licence-bid Shock as Rhyl fail in licence bid 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120406115114/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/headline-news/2157-shock-as-rhyl-fail-in-licence-bid 6 April 2012 dead NR NR NR red1 Relegation to Cymru Alliance R R R R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete BBC Results main FBR grey ABE AIR BAL BAN CAE CMR CDR GCQ POR HAV LLA NEA NEW PTA PRE RHL TNS WEL Aberystwyth Town 0–3 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–2 1–3 1–1 Airbus UK Broughton 2–0 0–1 1–5 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 Bala Town 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–4 0–4 0–1 2–1 Bangor City 0–1 3–0 6–3 7–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 0–1 3–2 Caersws FC 0–4 0–4 1–3 1–3 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–5 2–2 0–3 3–0 Carmarthen Town 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 Cefn Druids 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–5 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–5 1–1 0–0 0–1 Connah's Quay 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 5–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 CPD Porthmadog 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–4 1–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 Haverfordwest County 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–3 2–4 0–0 1–0 Llanelli 4–0 2–2 2–0 3–2 7–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 5–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 Neath 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 5–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 Newtown 1–2 3–3 0–1 2–5 4–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–4 0–2 4–1 Port Talbot Town 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 7–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 Prestatyn Town 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–5 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–1 Rhyl 1–1 2–1 5–2 5–1 3–1 2–1 6–0 4–1 4–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 4–1 The New Saints 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 4–0 3–0 5–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 5–0 4–0 4–0 Welshpool Town 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–5 0–2 0–5 1–2 0–1 complete Welsh Premiership Football League Top scorers Source: welsh-premier.com RankScorerClubGoals1WAL Rhys GriffithsLlanelli AFC302WAL Jamie ReedBangor City243SCO Chris SharpThe New Saints234WAL Matthew WilliamsRhyl205WAL Luke BowenAberystwyth Town176WAL Marc Lloyd-WilliamsAirbus UK Broughton16ENG Martin RosePort Talbot Town168ENG Mark ConnollyRhyl15ENG Lee HuntBangor City1510WAL Jack ChristopherHaverfordwest County14ENG Andy MoranPrestatyn Town14WAL Craig StiensNeath14 Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClubSeptemberENG Greg StrongRhylWAL Marc Lloyd-WilliamsAirbus UK BroughtonOctoberWAL Andrew DyerNeathWAL Lee SurmanPort Talbot TownNovemberENG Andy CaleThe New SaintsENG Paul SmithBangor CityDecemberENG Neville PowellBangor CityWAL Steve EvansThe New SaintsJanuaryWAL Colin CatonBala TownWAL Luke SherbonAberystwyth TownFebruaryWAL Andy LeggLlanelliWAL Ricky EvansBala TownMarchWAL Alan MorganAberystwyth TownENG Jamie ReedBangor City Annual awards Player of the season Winner: Liam McCreesh (Port Talbot Town)http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/headline-news/2261-mccreesh-is-leagues-player-of-the-season McCreesh is league's player of the season welsh-premier.com 13 June 2010 23 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120406115722/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/headline-news/2261-mccreesh-is-leagues-player-of-the-season 6 April 2012 dead Nominated: Steve Evans (The New Saints), Martin Rose (Port Talbot Town) Young player of the season Winner: Craig Jones (The New Saints) Nominated: Scott Barrow (Port Talbot Town), Jamie Reed (Bangor City) Manager of the season Winner: Neville Powell (Bangor City) Nominated: Andy Cale (The New Saints), Mark Jones (Port Talbot Town) Team of the Season Nat.PositionNameClub WAL GK Lee Kendall Port Talbot Town ENG RB Danny Holmes The New Saints WAL CB Steve Evans The New Saints WAL CB Michael Johnston Bangor City WAL LB Scott Barrow Port Talbot Town WAL RM Craig Jones The New Saints WAL CM Scott Ruscoe The New Saints WAL CM Liam McCreesh Port Talbot Town ENG LM Geoff Kellaway Aberystwyth Town ENG ST Martin Rose Port Talbot Town WAL ST Rhys Griffiths Llanelli WAL Kendall ENG Holmes WAL Evans WAL Johnston WAL Barrow WAL Jones WAL Ruscoe WAL McCreesh ENG Kellaway ENG Rose WAL Griffiths Source:http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/headline-news/2118-managers-name-team-of-the-season Managers name team of season welsh-premier.com 4 May 2010 4 May 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120406115019/http://www.welsh-premier.com/index.php/headline-news/2118-managers-name-team-of-the-season 6 April 2012 Welsh clubs in Europe 2009–10 UEFA Champions League After winning the league in 2008/09 Rhyl represented the league in the premier football competition, they started in the second qualifying round with a trick tie with Serbian club Partizan Belgrade. They were beaten 4–0 at home in the first leg, and hammered 8–0 in Serbia in the second leg, thus ending their participation in Europe for the season. UEFA Europa League The New Saints and Llanelli started in the first qualifying round of the competition. TNS were drawn against Fram from Iceland and Llanelli were handed a tie with Motherwell from Scotland. In a good first leg for both sides, Llanelli produced the shock of the round with a 1–0 away win against Motherwell, giving them a wonderful chance of progression. TNS also had a good chance after a respectable 2–1 defeat in Iceland. The second legs were disappointing however, as even though TNS took an early lead which would have earned them progression, Fram turned the game around and won 2–1, thus knocking out TNS from European competition for another season. Llanelli were also disappointed, losing 3–0 at home to Motherwell which put them out as well. Bangor City were the only Welsh side in European competition when they started their Europa League campaign in the second qualifying round against FC Honka from Finland. They had hope of progression and this was compounded by a positive 2–0 defeat in Finland, but they lost the home leg 1–0, which knocked them out and ended Wales' participation in European competition for 2009. UEFA ranking The Welsh league picked a disappointing 0.250 for their participation in European competition in 2009, the only points coming from Llanelli's away win against Motherwell. The league was ranked 46th out of 53 leagues in Europe by UEFA after the 2009–10 season. 44 Albania Albania 45 Armenia Armenia 46 Wales Wales 47 Montenegro Montenegro 48 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Full list References External links Welsh Premier League Football Category:Cymru Premier seasons 1