2021–22 Ardal NE

Football league season

Ardal NE
Season	2021–22
Champions	Chirk AAA
Promoted	Chirk AAA
Relegated	Carno Kerry Four Crosses
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Ardal NE season (also known as the 2021–22 Lock Stock Ardal NE season for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the new third-tier northern region football in Welsh football pyramid, part of the Ardal Leagues, after the cancellation of the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales.^[1]

Teams

The league was made up of 16 teams competing for one automatic promotion place to Cymru North, whilst the second-placed team qualified for a play-off with the second-placed team of Ardal NW. Three teams were relegated to Tier 4.

Team changes

To Ardal NE

Promoted from Mid Wales Football League Division 2

Dolgellau Athletic

From Ardal NE

Demoted to Mid Wales Football League East Division

Montgomery Town

Stadia and locations

BER

BOW

CAE

CNO

KER

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Locations of teams in the 2021–22 Ardal NE

Team	Location	Home Ground	Capacity
Berriew	Berriew	Berriew Recreational Ground	1,000
Bow Street	Rhydypennau	Cae Piod	1,000
Caersws	Caersws	Recreation Ground	3,500
Carno	Carno	Tybrith	400
Cefn Albion	Rhosymedre	The Rock	3,000
Chirk AAA	Chirk	Holyhead Road	1,000
Corwen	Corwen	War Memorial Park	1,000
Dolgellau Athletic	Dolgellau	Cae Marian	2,000
Four Crosses	Four Crosses	Foxen Manor	1,000
Kerry	Kerry	Dolforgan Park	1,000
Llanfair United	Llanfair Caereinion	Mount Field	2,000
Machynlleth	Machynlleth	Plas Grounds	1,000
Penparcau	Penparcau	Min-y-Ddol	1,000
Penycae	Pen-y-cae	The SoccerMillion Riverside Arena	2,000
Rhos Aelwyd	Rhosllanerchrugog	Ponciau Park	1,000
Welshpool Town	Welshpool	Maes y Dre Recreation Ground	3,000

Source: Ardal NE Ground Information

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Chirk AAA (C, P)	30	25	1	4	104	22	+82	76	Promotion to Cymru North
2	Caersws	30	23	4	3	100	37	+63	73	Qualification for the Ardal Northern Play-Off
3	Cefn Albion	30	22	4	4	114	35	+79	70
4	Llanfair United	30	21	4	5	104	43	+61	67
5	Bow Street	30	17	4	9	64	43	+21	55
6	Berriew	30	16	4	10	95	56	+39	52	Club withdrew
7	Rhos Aelwyd	30	13	5	12	69	53	+16	44
8	Dolgellau Athletic	30	13	4	13	51	57	−6	43
9	Penparcau	30	13	2	15	58	67	−9	41	Club withdrew
10	Welshpool Town	30	12	5	13	65	81	−16	41
11	Corwen	30	10	2	18	68	90	−22	29^[a]
12	Penycae	30	7	6	17	54	78	−24	27
13	Machynlleth	30	8	3	19	48	85	−37	27	Club withdrew
14	Carno (R)	30	6	4	20	45	101	−56	22	Relegation to Tier 4
15	Kerry (R)	30	5	2	23	32	144	−112	17
16	Four Crosses (R)	30	0	4	26	26	105	−79	−5^[b]

Source: Ardal NE
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Corwen were deducted three points.
^ Four Crosses were deducted nine points.

Results

Home \ Away	BER	BOW	CAE	CNO	CFN	CHI	COR	DOL	FCR	KER	LFU	MAC	PPC	PYC	RHO	WEL
Berriew	—	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–5	0–2	7–0	4–1	5–0	5–0	3–3	4–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–4
Bow Street	1–4	—	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	5–1	4–1	1–1	4–2
Caersws	4–3	3–2	—	8–2	2–2	2–1	5–2	0–2	9–0	3–0	1–3	3–2	7–1	2–0	3–0	5–0
Carno	2–6	0–2	2–3	—	0–4	0–2	2–4	3–4	3–2	3–3	1–3	2–0	0–4	1–3	2–2	3–3
Cefn Albion	3–0	4–1	1–1	4–0	—	0–2	5–2	4–0	4–1	13–0	4–2	8–0	6–0	4–0	1–1	7–1
Chirk AAA	4–0	3–0	2–3	4–0	2–1	—	3–0	4–0	6–1	14–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–2	4–1	4–0
Corwen	5–4	1–5	1–4	1–2	2–3	0–5	—	2–4	1–1	4–1	1–4	4–4	4–0	2–3	2–5	5–3
Dolgellau Athletic	2–2	2–1	3–6	4–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	—	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–1	1–4	1–2
Four Crosses	2–4	0–3	2–8	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–3	0–2	—	0–2	2–4	1–5	1–6	1–1	1–2	0–2
Kerry	1–6	0–4	1–2	0–4	2–4	0–4	0–5	2–5	3–2	—	1–9	3–2	0–6	1–1	0–8	2–5
Llanfair United	5–3	1–2	2–1	5–0	3–2	5–2	2–0	1–2	9–0	5–0	—	5–0	4–1	3–2	2–1	5–0
Machynlleth	3–1	0–3	0–1	2–4	2–6	0–6	1–5	1–0	4–2	3–0	2–4	—	1–3	1–2	1–1	4–2
Penparcau	2–0	1–3	0–2	6–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	3–1	7–0	2–2	1–4	—	1–0	2–0	0–3
Penycae	2–3	3–4	1–3	3–3	1–4	1–6	1–4	1–2	2–1	7–1	3–3	3–2	1–4	—	1–3	3–3
Rhos Aelwyd	0–5	1–2	0–5	4–2	4–5	2–1	6–1	4–0	3–0	6–0	2–3	1–0	3–0	1–2	—	1–2
Welshpool Town	1–5	1–0	0–2	7–0	0–3	1–2	4–3	2–0	2–2	3–6	0–5	2–2	4–0	4–2	2–2	—

Source: Ardal NE Match Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ Jones, Jordan (4 February 2021). "Football season cancelled for many in Wales after FAW meeting". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

External links

Football Association of Wales
Ardal Northern Leagues
Ardal Northern Twitter Page
Tier 3 Rules & Regulations

Ardal Leagues

Seasons

2023–24
teams

Ardal NE	Bow Street Builth Wells Cefn Albion Dolgellau Athletic Llansantffraid Village Llandrindod Wells Llanfair United Llangollen Town Llanrhaeadr Llanuwchllyn Penrhyncoch Penycae Radnor Valley Rhos Aelwyd Welshpool Town
Ardal NW	Bethesda Athletic Brickfield Rangers Flint Mountain Conwy Borough Hawarden Rangers Holyhead Hotspur Llangefni Town Llannefydd Llanrwst United Llay Welfare Nantlle Vale Pwllheli Rhyl 1879 Saltney Town St Asaph City Y Felinheli
Ardal SE	Aberbargoed Buds Abercarn United Blaenavon Blues Brecon Corries Caldicot Town Chepstow Town Goytre Hay St Marys Lliswerry Newport City Risca United Tredegar Town Treharris Athletic Treowen Stars Trethomas Bluebirds Undy Athletic
Ardal SW	AFC Llwydcoed Canton Cardiff Corinthians Cardiff Draconians Cefn Cribwr Morriston Town Mumbles Rangers Penrhiwceiber Rangers Penydarren BGC Pontyclun Port Talbot Town Seven Sisters Onllwyn South Gower Swansea University Ynyshir Albions Ynysygerwn
Former clubs	Abergavenny Town Abertillery Bluebirds AFC Porth Baglan Dragons Bangor 1876 Barmouth & Dyffryn United Berriew Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur Bodedern Athletic Brymbo Caerau Ely Caersws Carno Chirk AAA Corwen Croesyceiliog Cwmamman United Denbigh Town Dinas Powys Four Crosses Garden Village Kerry Machynlleth Mold Alexandra Monmouth Town Montgomery Town Panteg Penparcau Pontardawe Town Porthmadog Rhayader Town Rhostyllen Rhydymwyn RTB Ebbw Vale Ton Pentre West End
Defunct former clubs	Llandudno Albion
Cups	Ardal North Cup Ardal South Cup