1996–97 League of Wales

December 2021 League of Wales 1996–97 Barry Town Ton PentreHolywell TownBriton Ferry Athletic Champions League Barry Town UEFA Cup Inter Cardiff Cup Winners' Cup Cwmbran Town Intertoto Cup Ebbw Vale Tony Bird (42) 420 1396 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 League of Wales was the fifth season of the League of Wales since its establishment in 1992.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wal97.html Wales 1996/97 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 31 August 2021 The league was won for the second consecutive season by Barry Town, who accrued a record total of 105 points. Their total of 129 goals scored was also a record until they broke it by five goals the following year. For the first time, the League champions competed in the subsequent Champions League. League table main WDL 5 QR BAR Barry Town INT Inter Cardiff EBB Ebbw Vale CNR Caernarfon Town NEW Newtown TNS TNS Llansantffraid CON Conwy United BAN Bangor City CWM Cwmbran Town POR Porthmadog CQN Connah's Quay Nomads CEM Cemaes Bay ABE Aberystwyth Town CSW Caersws FLI Flint Town United CMR Carmarthen Town WPL Welshpool Town TON Ton Pentre RHL Rhyl HWL Holywell Town BFA Briton Ferry Athletic 33 6 1 129 26 C 26 6 8 80 32 23 9 8 87 40 23 9 8 81 58 22 5 13 74 49 19 12 9 78 54 20 8 12 66 44 20 5 15 82 62 19 8 13 71 61 18 8 14 64 60 16 9 15 62 64 13 10 17 62 72 13 8 19 67 82 11 9 20 53 77 11 8 21 48 76 11 7 22 41 79 10 9 21 50 80 12 3 25 59 99 R 10 8 22 51 71 7 8 25 52 81 R 5 1 34 39 129 R green1 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 #ccccff Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage ICGS yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round As 1996–97 Welsh Cup runners-up UCWC red1 Relegation to Welsh Division One Although they finished outside the relegation zone, Ton Pentre resigned from the League of Wales to play in Division 2 South Ra red1 Relegation to Cymru Alliance Rc red1 Relegation to Welsh Division One Rw 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Results main FBR grey ABE BAN BAR BRI CAE CWS CMR CEM CQN CON CWM EBB FTU HOL INC NTW POR RHY TNS TON WEL Aberystwyth Town 1–2 1–4 3–1 4–5 1–2 2–0 6–2 3–3 0–1 4–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 2–2 Bangor City 5–1 0–4 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 8–1 0–2 4–0 Barry Town 8–1 0–0 4–0 5–2 4–0 6–0 4–3 2–0 5–0 3–0 7–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 6–1 7–1 3–3 4–0 Briton Ferry Athletic 1–3 3–2 0–4 2–5 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–4 1–4 0–2 3–1 4–3 1–4 2–5 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–8 1–2 Caernarfon Town 2–2 1–4 1–3 6–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–3 2–3 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 Caersws 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–4 0–1 0–2 2–6 3–1 0–5 1–5 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 Carmarthen Town 0–4 1–5 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–3 2–4 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–1 0–4 0–0 2–3 Cemaes Bay 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 3–3 1–4 0–1 0–3 1–1 5–1 0–1 1–0 Connah's Quay Nomads 4–1 2–4 1–4 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 5–3 0–3 1–5 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–3 4–0 3–3 4–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 Conwy United 4–0 1–0 0–1 6–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 Cwmbran Town 6–0 1–3 0–4 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 4–4 3–1 3–1 2–1 Ebbw Vale 4–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 5–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 4–0 Flint Town United 0–1 3–4 0–8 3–1 0–3 1–1 4–0 1–3 0–2 0–1 2–4 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–3 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 Holywell Town 3–3 0–4 0–0 3–1 1–4 3–2 0–1 1–1 3–4 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–3 5–0 2–3 3–1 1–3 2–3 Inter Cardiff 1–0 4–1 1–2 7–0 6–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–4 Newtown 2–1 2–0 0–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 6–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 5–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–0 Porthmadog 2–2 2–0 1–4 2–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–4 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 0–2 0–4 6–0 2–1 4–1 1–2 Rhyl 0–2 1–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 Ton Pentre 1–1 4–3 0–2 3–2 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–2 4–3 1–0 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–3 1–7 3–4 1–3 1–2 4–3 TNS Llansantffraid 3–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–3 3–2 3–3 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–1 4–2 2–0 Welshpool Town 0–0 3–2 1–2 4–0 0–3 0–4 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–4 1–3 1–1 2–1 6–1 1–1 complete References Category:Cymru Premier seasons Category:1996–97 in Welsh football leagues Wales