2008–09 Welsh Premier League

Welsh Premier League

Season	2008–09
Champions	Rhyl
Relegated	Caernarfon Town
Champions League	Rhyl
Europa League	Llanelli The New Saints Bangor City (via cup)
Goals scored	998
Average goals/game	3.26
Top goalscorer	Rhys Griffiths (31)
Biggest home win	The New Saints 8–0 Caernarfon Town
Biggest away win	Porthmadog 0–6 Bangor City
Highest scoring	Porthmadog 6–5 Gap Connah's Quay
← 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. 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

Aberystwyth Town

Airbus UK Broughton

Bangor City

Caernarfon Town

Caersws

Carmarthen Town

Cefn Druids

Gap Connah's Quay

Haverfordwest County

Llanelli

Neath

Newtown

Port Talbot Town

Porthmadog

Prestatyn Town

Rhyl

The New Saints

Technogroup Welshpool Town

Location of clubs in Welsh Premier League 2008–09

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rhyl (C)	34	29	3	2	95	29	+66	90	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Llanelli	34	26	5	3	98	38	+60	83	2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	The New Saints	34	20	11	3	79	27	+52	71
4	Carmarthen Town	34	19	5	10	52	47	+5	62
5	Port Talbot Town	34	16	8	10	57	48	+9	56
6	Bangor City	34	16	7	11	58	40	+18	55	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ^1
7	Haverfordwest County	34	16	7	11	53	39	+14	55
8	Aberystwyth Town	34	12	10	12	51	50	+1	46
9	Connah's Quay Nomads	34	12	5	17	49	65	−16	41
10	Newtown	34	10	10	14	46	54	−8	40
11	Welshpool Town	34	11	7	16	48	70	−22	40
12	Airbus UK Broughton	34	12	3	19	47	57	−10	39
13	Cefn Druids	34	9	7	18	57	74	−17	34
14	Neath Athletic	34	10	4	20	43	65	−22	34
15	Prestatyn Town	34	8	9	17	48	70	−22	33
16	CPD Porthmadog	34	10	2	22	57	91	−34	32
17	Caersws FC	34	6	7	21	28	61	−33	25
18	Caernarfon Town (R)	34	5	8	21	32	73	−41	020^2	Relegation to Cymru Alliance Welsh Football League First Division

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Bangor City won the Welsh Cup 2008–09 and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
²Caernarfon Town were docked 3 points for fielding an ineligible player on 16 August 2008.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

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

Source: Welsh Premiership Football League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top goalscorers

Source: welsh-premier.com

31 goals

• Rhys Griffiths (Llanelli AFC)

25 goals

• Martin Rose (Port Talbot Town)

24 goals

• Marc Lloyd-Williams(Porthmadog FC)

20 goals

• Chris Sharp (Bangor City)
• Neil Roberts (Rhyl FC)
• Jack Christopher (Haverfordwest County)

18 goals

• John Toner (The New Saints)

15 goals

• Steve Rogers (Welshpool Town)
• Paul Roberts (Welshpool Town)

14 goals

• Nick Woodrow (Haverfordwest County)

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
September	Andy Cale	The New Saints	Josh Johnson	Rhyl
October	Peter Nicholas	Llanelli	Christian Edwards	Aberystwyth Town
November	Darren Ryan	Newtown	Neil Thomas	Haverfordwest County
December	Derek Brazil	Haverfordwest County	Neil Roberts	Rhyl
January	Mark Jones	Port Talbot Town	Chris Sharp	Bangor City
February	Allan Bickerstaff	Rhyl	Tommy Holmes	The New Saints
March	Peter Nicholas	Llanelli	Steve Rogers	Welshpool Town
April	Mark Jones	Port Talbot Town	Greg Strong	Rhyl

Annual awards

Team of the Season

Nat. Position Name Club GK Lee Idzi Haverfordwest County RB Craig Williams Newtown CB George Horan Rhyl CB Stuart Jones Llanelli LB Andy Legg Llanelli RM Craig Jones Rhyl CM Gareth Owen Rhyl CM John Leah The New Saints LM Sion Edwards Bangor City ST Neil Roberts Rhyl ST Rhys Griffiths Llanelli

Idzi Horan Jones Williams Legg Owen Leah Jones Edwards Roberts Griffiths

^Source:[1]

References

1. "Dream team 2008/9". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

External links

• Welsh Premier League Football