The

Welsh Football League The Welsh Football League (also known as the Nathaniel Car Sales Welsh Football League for sponsorship reasons) was a club football league in Wales. For its final season in 2019–20 season it operated at levels 3 and 4 of the Welsh football leagu ...

Division Two, (last known as the ''Nathanielcars.co.uk Welsh League Division Two'', for sponsorship reasons) was a

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league and forms the fourth level of the

Welsh football league system 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 play ...

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 ...

. If the team which finishes top of the division has good enough ground facilities, traditionally it was promoted to the

Welsh Football League Division One The Welsh Football League Division One, known as the Nathanielcars.co.uk Welsh League First Division for sponsorship reasons, was a football league in South Wales. It formed the top division of the Welsh Football League and the second level of ...

and is replaced by the team finishing bottom of Division One. The team finishing in bottom position is relegated to the

Welsh Football League Division Three The Welsh Football League Division Three, (last known as the ''Nathanielcars.co.uk Welsh League Division Three'', for sponsorship reasons) was a football league. History Until the 1964–65 season the Welsh Football League operated three divi ...

. For the 2019–20 season promotion was to the newly formed

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 ...

at Tier 3 and relegation was to one of the regional leagues. From its inception in 1904 it always sat below the top flight of the Welsh League, or the Rhymney Valley League and Glamorgan League as it was known until 1912. This division has changed its title on numerous occasions to follow suit of the other leagues within the competition; for seven years in the 1980s it was known as the Premier Division as the top flight adopted the National Division name, while Division Two was split into two sections - A & B and West & East - for many years before 1965. In 1992 it became level three of the Welsh Football Pyramid following the creation of the Welsh Premier League. After the creation of the

Cymru South The Cymru South is a regional football league in Wales, covering the southern half of the country. It has clubs with semi-professional status and together with the Cymru North, it forms the second tier of the Welsh football league system. The fi ...

, for the 2019–20 season, the league was rebranded and Welsh Football League Division Two incorporated the former Division Three teams.

Member clubs for the final 2019–20 season

* Aberdare Town * Abertillery Bluebirds *

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 ...

Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of the Scotti ...

* Chepstow Town * Newport City *

Panteg Panteg ( cy, Pant-teg) is a large village and community in the county borough of Torfaen, Wales. It is adjacent to Griffithstown, between the towns of Cwmbran and Pontypool. The village is best known for Panteg Steel Works, which closed in 2004. ...

* Penrhiwceiber Rangers *

Pontyclun Pontyclun (or Pont-y-clun) is a village and community located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Like the surrounding towns, it has seen a sharp increase in its population in the last ten years as people migrate south from the So ...

* Tredegar Town * Treharris Athletic Western * Trethomas Bluebirds * Treowen Stars * West End * Ynyshir Albions * Ynysygerwn

Champions (as level 2 of the Welsh League)

Information from 1913-14 onwards is sourced from the Welsh Football Data Archive section for the Welsh Football League. Rhymney Valley League Division 2 * 1905–06: Abergavenny * 1906–07:

Pontlottyn Pontlottyn ( cy, Pontlotyn) is a village located in the county borough of Caerphilly, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales. It is sited just to the south of Rhymney, and to the west of the Rhymney River. History Pontlottyn, ...

* 1907–08: Treharris Reserves * 1908–09: Gilfach * 1909–10: shared between Cwm and

Troedyrhiw Troed-y-rhiw (, translation: foot of the slope) is a large community (Wales), community village in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Its population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 5,296 ...

Glamorgan League Division 2 * 1910–11: Pontlottyn Town * 1911–12:

* 1912–13:

Welsh Football League Division 2 * 1913–14:

* 1914–15: Bargoed * 1915–20: ''no competitions'' * 1919–20: Aberdare Amateurs * 1920–21: Rhymney * 1921–22: ''unknown'' * 1922–23: ''unknown'' * 1923–24: ''unknown'' * 1924–25: ''unknown'' * 1925–26: ** Section A: Llanbradach ** Section B: Troedyrhiw Welfare * 1926–27: ** Section A: Ystrad Mynach ** Section B: Troedyrhiw Welfare * 1927–28:''unknown'' * 1928–29: Abertysswyg * 1929–30: ''unknown'' * 1930–31: ''unknown'' * 1931–32:

* 1932–33: ** Eastern Division: Gelli Colliery ** Western Division: Llanelly A * 1933–34: ''unknown'' * 1934–35: ''unknown'' * 1935–36: ''unknown'' * 1936–37: ''unknown'' ** Eastern Division: Abercynon ** Western Division: Milford Haven * 1937–38: ''unknown'' * 1939–45: ''Football suspended due to World War Two'' * 1945–46: ** Eastern Division: Lovell's Athletic reserves ** Western Division: Brynna United * 1946–47: ** Eastern Division: Penrhiwceiber ** Western Division: Briton Ferry Athletic * 1947–48: ** Eastern Division: Bargoed United ** Western Division: Pembroke Borough * 1948–49 ** Eastern Division: Senghenydd Town ** Western Division: Cwmparc * 1949–50: ** Eastern Division: Nelson Welfare ** Western Division:

Llanelly Llanelly ( cy, Llanelli) is the name of a parish and coterminous community in the principal area of Monmouthshire, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire, south-east Wales. It roughly covers the area of the Clydach Gorge. The popula ...

* 1950–51: ** Eastern Division: Abergavenny Thursdays ** Western Division: Cwmparc * 1951–52: ** Eastern Division: Barry Town ** Western Division:

Aberystwyth Town Aberystwyth Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-Droed Tref Aberystwyth) is a Welsh semi-professional football team, currently playing in the Cymru Premier, the top tier of football in Wales. They are the only top flight men's football team in Ce ...

* 1952–53: ** Eastern Division:

Pontllanfraith Pontllanfraith ( cy, Pontllanfraith ) is a large village and community located in the Sirhowy Valley in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is situated adjacent to the town of Blackwood, with t ...

** Western Division:

Tonyrefail Tonyrefail is a village and community in the Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough, Wales. It is situated at the head of the River Ely; northwest of Llantrisant, about from Trebanog and about from Williamstown. During the second half of the 19th ...

* 1953–54: ** Eastern Division: Nelson ** Western Division: Atlas Sports (Swansea) * 1954–55: ** Eastern Division: Brecon Corinthians ** Western Division: Gwynfi Welfare * 1955–56: ** Eastern Division: Cwmparc ** Western Division:

Haverfordwest Haverfordwest (, ; cy, Hwlffordd ) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire with a population of 14,596 in 2011. It is also a community, being the second most populous community in the county, ...

* 1956–57: ** Eastern Division: Cardiff Corinthians ** Western Division: Port Talbot Athletic * 1957–58: ** Eastern Division: Barry Town ** Western Division:

* 1958–59: ** Eastern Division: Tredomen Works ** Western Division: Bettws FC (Ammanford) * 1959–60: ** Eastern Division: Cardiff Corinthians ** Western Division: Carmarthen Town * 1960–61: ** Eastern Division:

Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale (; cy, Glynebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr con ...

** Western Division: Pontardawe Athletic * 1961–62: ** Eastern Division: Ferndale Athletic ** Western Division: Port Talbot Athletic * 1962–63: ** Eastern Division: Bridgend Town ** Western Division: Milford United * 1963–64: ** Eastern Division: South Wales Switchgear ** Western Division: Clydach United Welsh Football League Division 1 * 1964–65:

* 1965–66: Ammanford Town * 1966–67: Tonyrefail Welfare * 1967–68:

Caerleon Caerleon (; cy, Caerllion) is a town and community in Newport, Wales. Situated on the River Usk, it lies northeast of Newport city centre, and southeast of Cwmbran. Caerleon is of archaeological importance, being the site of a notable Roman ...

* 1968–69: Caerau Athletic * 1969–70:

Swansea University , former_names=University College of Swansea, University of Wales Swansea , motto= cy, Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn , mottoeng="Technical skill is bereft without culture" , established=1920 – University College of Swansea 1996 – University of Wa ...

* 1970–71: Cardiff Corinthians * 1971–72: Briton Ferry Athletic * 1972–73: Lewistown * 1973–74:

* 1974–75: Spencer Works * 1975–76: Cardiff College of Education * 1976–77: Caerau Athletic * 1977–78: Cardiff Corinthians * 1978–79: Maesteg Park Athletic * 1979–80: Haverfordwest County * 1980–81: Sully * 1981–82: Brecon Corinthians * 1982–83: Abercynon Athletic Welsh Football League Premier Division * 1983–84: Sully * 1984–85: Cardiff Corinthians * 1985–86: Sully * 1986–87: AFC Cardiff * 1987–88:

Afan Lido Sandfields (Welsh: ''Traethmelyn'') is a mainly residential district of Port Talbot, Wales. The area is located in South Wales on a narrow coastal plain between Mynydd Dinas and the sea. The M4 motorway, A48 road, A48 trunk road and South Wales M ...

* 1988–89:

* 1989–90: Sully Welsh Football League Division 1 * 1990–91: Morriston Town * 1991–92:

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 ...

Champions (as Step 3 of the pyramid)

Welsh Football League Division 2 * 1992–93:

* 1993–94:

Taffs Well Taff's Well () is a semi-rural village, community and electoral ward located at the south easterly tip of Rhondda Cynon Taf, to the north of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Known locally as the 'Gates to the Valleys', it is separated from ...

* 1994–95: Penrhiwceiber Rangers * 1995–96: Grange Harlequins * 1996–97: Bridgend Town * 1997–98: Pontardawe Town * 1998–99: Penrhiwceiber Rangers * 1999–2000: Fields Park Pontllanfraith * 2000–01: Garw Athletic * 2001–02:

Garden Village The garden city movement was a 20th century urban planning movement promoting satellite communities surrounding the central city and separated with greenbelts. These Garden Cities would contain proportionate areas of residences, industry, and ...

* 2002–03:

Dinas Powys Dinas Powys (; also spelt "Dinas Powis" in English) is a small town and community (Wales), community in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. Its name means "fort of the provincial place" and refers to the Dinas Powys hillfort, Iron Age hillfort wh ...

* 2003–04: Skewen Athletic * 2004–05: Pontardawe Town * 2005–06:

Pontypridd Town () (colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Geography comprises the electoral wards of , Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan ( Rhydfelen), Trallwng (Trallwn) and Treforest (). The ...

* 2006–07: Garw Athletic * 2007–08: Bettws * 2008–09: West End * 2009–10: Penrhiwceiber Rangers * 2010–11:

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 ...

* 2011–12: Monmouth Town * 2012–13:

Goytre Goytre ( cy, Goetre) is a village near the town of Port Talbot, Wales. The village lies in the valley of the Nant Ffrwdwyllt, between the communities of Taibach, Cwmafan, Bryn and Margam. The former St Peter's Church (Church in Wales) was a ' ...

* 2013–14:

Cardiff Metropolitan University , image_name = Shield of Cardiff Metropolitan University.svg , image_size = 150px , motto = cy, Gorau Meddiant Gwybodaeth , mottoeng = The most valuable possession is knowledge , established = 2011 – Car ...

* 2014–15: Barry Town United * 2015–16: Caldicot Town * 2016–17: Llanelli Town * 2017–18:

Llantwit Major Llantwit Major ( cy, Llanilltud Fawr) is a town and community in Wales on the Bristol Channel coast. It is one of four towns in the Vale of Glamorgan, with the third largest population (13,366 in 2001) after Barry and Penarth, and ahead of Cowb ...

* 2018–19: STM Sports

Champions (as Step 4 of the pyramid)

Welsh Football League Division 2 * 2019–20: Penrhiwceiber Rangers

Member clubs for the final 2019–20 season

Champions (as level 2 of the Welsh League)

Champions (as Step 3 of the pyramid)

Champions (as Step 4 of the pyramid)

References

See also