The 2020–21 Ardal NW season (also known as the 2020–21 Lock Stock Ardal NW season for sponsorship reasons) was to be the first season of the new third-tier northern region football in
Welsh football pyramid
The Welsh football league system (or pyramid) is a series of football leagues with regular promotion and relegation between them.
While most Welsh clubs play in the Welsh pyramid and most clubs in that pyramid are Welsh, five Welsh clubs pla ...
, part of the
Ardal Leagues
The Ardal Leagues are a football league in Wales. The word "ardal" translates as "district" in English, with Wales split into four regions at this level. They have clubs with amateur/semi-professional status and sit at the third level of the Wels ...
. Teams were to play each other twice on a home and away basis.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Wales
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Wales on 28 February 2020, with a case being reported in the Swansea area; this first known case was a person who had recently returned from Italy. The first known case of community transm ...
, the
Football Association of Wales
The Football Association of Wales (FAW; cy, Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru) is the Governing bodies of sports in Wales, governing body of association football and futsal in Wales, and controls the Wales national football team, Welsh national foo ...
cancelled the 2020–21 seasons of the Ardal Leagues and below.
Teams
Normally, the league is made up of 16 teams competing for one automatic promotion place to Cymru North, whilst the second place team goes into a play-off with the second place team of
Ardal NE. Three teams aree relegated to tier 4.
Team changes
To Ardal NW
From
Welsh Alliance League Division 1
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Denbigh Town
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Llandudno Albion
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Llanrwst United
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Nantlle Vale
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St Asaph City
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Blaenau Amateurs
Promoted from
Welsh Alliance League Division 2
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Y Felinheli
Y Felinheli (), formerly known in English as Port Dinorwic, is a village and community beside the Menai Strait ( cy, Y Fenai or ''Afon Menai'') between Bangor and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, northwest Wales.
History
Toponymy
Etymologically, its ...
From
Welsh National League Premier Division
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Mold Alexandra
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Brymbo
Brymbo is a village and Community (Wales), community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies in the hilly country to the west of Wrexham city, largely surrounded by farmland.
At the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census, the population of t ...
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Llanuwchllyn
Llanuwchllyn () is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, near the southern end of Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid). It is one of the most sparsely populated communities in Wales.
The electoral ward includes the small settlement of Llangywer.
The ...
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Llay Welfare
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Saltney Town
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Rhydymwyn
Rhydymwyn (the name in Welsh means 'Ford of the Ore' and takes its placename from the ford across the River Alyn now replaced by a small iron bridge) is a village in Flintshire, Wales, located in the upper Alyn valley. Once a district of Mold, it ...
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Brickfield Rangers
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Rhostyllen
Rhostyllen () is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, south-west of the city of Wrexham. At the time of the 2001 census, area Wrexham 014A, which includes Rhostyllen itself, had a population of 1,383 in 599 households.
Relegated from
Cymru North
The Cymru North is a regional football league in Wales, covering the northern half of the country. It has clubs with semi-professional status and together with the Cymru South, it forms the second tier of the Welsh football league system.
The fir ...
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Porthmadog
Porthmadog (; ), originally Portmadoc until 1974 and locally as "Port", is a Welsh coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd and the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It lies east of Criccieth, south-west of Blaenau Ffest ...
Stadia and locations
Source
Ardal NW Ground Information
Season overview
On 28 July 2020, the Football Association of Wales announced that this league would be named Ardal NW and would be sponsored by Lock Stock Self Storage. Ardal NE & Ardal NW divisions will make up the Ardal Northern region of Tier 3 in the men's Welsh domestic game.
Since anti-COVID-19 restrictions were put in place by FAW., clubs could have trained in groups of 15 and contact training was allowed at all-levels of football. However, competitive and exhibition matches were still not allowed to take place.
League table
Results
References
External links
Football Association of WalesArdal Northern LeaguesArdal Northern Twitter PageTier 3 Rules & Regulations
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2020–21 in Welsh football
Ardal Leagues
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...