The 2017–18 Cymru Alliance (known as the Huws Gray Cymru Alliance for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th season of the top
football
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league in
North Wales
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. Mirroring its
South Wales
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counterpart the
Welsh Football League Division One
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, the 16-team division forms half of the second tier of the
Welsh football league system
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It consists of four main tiers, as well as lower local leagues.
While most W ...
and falls one level below the nationwide
Welsh Premier League
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. The season began 12 August 2017 and is scheduled to conclude on 31 March 2018.
Teams
Prestatyn Town were champions in the
previous season and were promoted to the
2017–18 Welsh Premier League
The 2017–18 Welsh Premier League was the 26th season of the Welsh Premier League, the highest football league within Wales since its establishment in 1992. The New Saints are the defending champions. The season fixtures were announced on 23 June ...
; they were replaced by both relegated teams from the
2016–17 Welsh Premier League,
Airbus UK Broughton and
Rhyl
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To the west is Kinmel Bay and Towyn, to the east Prestatyn, and to the south-east Rhuddlan ...
.
The bottom four teams from the previous season,
Llanfair United,
Mold Alexandra,
Conwy Borough and
Buckley Town, were all relegated to various third-tier district leagues for 2017–18. Three teams were successful in the 2016–17 Welsh third-tier leagues and were promoted in their place:
Llandudno Junction
Llandudno Junction (), once known as Tremarl, is a town in the Community (Wales), community of Conwy in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Llandudno Junction and neighbouring Deganwy are both part of the built-up area and community of Conwy.
It take ...
(
Welsh Alliance League
The Welsh Alliance Football League (formerly the ''Lock Stock Welsh Alliance Football League'', for sponsorship reasons) was a football league formed in 1984, and discontinued in 2020 following the reorganisation of the Welsh football pyramid for ...
runners-up, champions
Glantraeth
Glantraeth Football Club () is a football team, based on the island of Anglesey, Wales. They play in the .
Formed in 1984, the club began competing in the Anglesey League before progressing into the Gwynedd League and the Welsh Alliance League. ...
declined promotion),
Queens Park (
Welsh National League champions) and
Rhayader Town (
Mid Wales Football League
The Central Wales Football League ''(formerly the Mid Wales Football League)'' is a football league in Wales at tier four of the Welsh Football pyramid, run by the Central Wales Football Association. The league consists of two regionally based di ...
champions).
On 27 July 2017,
Rhayader Town withdrew from the league, citing that their players were unwilling to commit to the extra travelling involved with promotion.
There was no replacement team - the league continued with 15 teams for this season only, playing 28 games each.
Stadia and locations
League table
Results
References
External links
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2017–18 in Welsh football
Cymru Alliance seasons