The South Wales Alliance League is a

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league structure in

South Wales South Wales ( cy, De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards ...

, currently known for sponsorship reasons as ''The Highadmit Projects South Wales Alliance League''. The top tier of the league, the Premier Division is at the fourth tier of the Welsh Football Pyramid and offers promotion opportunities to the tier 3 Football Association of Wales administered

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. The league is run by the South Wales Football Association. The league was formed in 2015 by a merger of the

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and the

South Wales Amateur League The South Wales Amateur League was a former football league in South Wales. The league consisted of two divisions, named Divisions One and Two. Division One was a feeder to the Welsh Football League Division Three, and sat at level 5 of the Wel ...

. In April 2022, the league, after discussions with the South Wales Football Association, announced planned changes to the league structure from the 2023–24 season. The current set up of three divisions of sixteen clubs will move to four divisions of twelve with a Premier Division, Division One and two regionalised Division Twos. As a result of this at the end of the 2022–23 season, teams finishing in 11th to 16th places in the Premier Division will be relegated to Division One.

Member clubs for 2022–23 season

The following clubs will compete.

Premier Division

Aber Valley Aber Valley is a valley community in Caerphilly county borough, South Wales. It has two main communities, Abertridwr and Senghenydd, which grew around the mining industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Senghenydd has a longer histor ...

AFC Porth AFC Porth is a Welsh football team based in the village of Porth in the Rhondda Valley. The club plays in the South Wales Alliance League Championship Division, which is the fifth tier of Welsh football. The club plays its home matches at Dinas ...

Blaenrhondda Blaenrhondda is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, lying at the head the Rhondda Fawr valley. Blaenrhondda is a village and is part of the community of Treherbert. History The earliest evidence of people inhabiting the ...

''(club folded July 2022)'' * Bridgend Street * Canton Liberal *

Cardiff Airport Cardiff Airport ( cy, Maes Awyr Caerdydd) is the only airport offering commercial passenger services in Wales. It has been under the ownership of the Welsh Government since March 2013, operating at an arm's length as a commercial business. Pa ...

* Cardiff Corinthians * Ely Rangers * FC Cwmaman * Garw SBGC * Llanrumney United * Merthyr Saints * Pencoed Athletic * Porthcawl Town Athletic *

Ton Pentre Ton Pentre () is a village in the Rhondda Valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Historically part of Glamorgan, Ton Pentre, a former industrial coal mining village, is a district of the community of Pentre. The old district of ...

* Tonyrefail BGC

Division One

* Aberdare Town * Aberfan Social * AFC Butetown * AFC Penrhiwceiber * AFC Whitchurch * Caerphilly Athletic * Canton Rangers * Clwb Cymric * Cwm Welfare * Grange Albion * Maesteg Park * Sully Sports *

Trebanog Trebanog is a village in the Cymmer electoral ward lying on the southernmost outskirts of the Rhondda Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, located off the A4233 road between Porth and the town of Tonyrefail. Trebanog is an outlying district of the ...

* Treforest * Treherbert BGC * Vale United

Division Two

* AFC Wattstown * Bettws * Cardiff Cosmopolitan * Cogan Coronation * Cwmbach Royal Stars * Fairwater *

Llangeinor Llangeinor (Welsh: ''Llangeinwyr'') is a small village (and electoral ward) located in the Garw Valley around north of Bridgend in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 1,243. The entire village is now ...

Llantwit Fardre Llantwit Fardre ( cy, Llanilltud Faerdref) is a large village and community (and electoral ward) situated on the A473, Pontypridd to Bridgend, road near the Welsh towns of Pontypridd and Llantrisant. Llantwit Fardre is also the name of the old ...

* Nelson Cavaliers * Penrhiwfer * Penygraig United * St Albans * St Josephs * Tata Steel United * Ton & Gelli * Tongwynlais

Recent champions

References

External links

Official League website

League Twitter
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