The 2017–18 Cymru Alliance (known as the Huws Gray Cymru Alliance for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th season of the top
football league in
North Wales
North Wales ( cy, Gogledd Cymru) is a region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas. It borders Mid Wales to the south, England to the east, and the Irish Sea to the north and west. The area is highly mountainous and rural, with Snowdonia N ...
. Mirroring its
South Wales counterpart the
Welsh Football League Division One, the 16-team division forms half of the second tier 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 ...
and falls one level below the nationwide
Welsh Premier League
The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 20 ...
. The season began 12 August 2017 and is scheduled to conclude on 31 March 2018.
Teams
Prestatyn Town
Prestatyn Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl Droed Tref Prestatyn) is a Wales, Welsh association football, football club based in Prestatyn, Denbighshire who play in the Cymru North.
History Early years
Records show that football has been play ...
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 Ju ...
; they were replaced by both relegated teams from the
2016–17 Welsh Premier League,
Airbus UK Broughton and
Rhyl
Rhyl (; cy, Y Rhyl, ) is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. The town lies within the historic boundaries of Flintshire, on the north-east coast of Wales at the mouth of the River Clwyd ( Welsh: ''Afon Clwyd'').
To the we ...
.
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 ( cy, Cyffordd Llandudno), once known as Tremarl, is a village in the county borough of Conwy, Wales. It is part of the ancient parish of Llangystennin, and it is located south of Llandudno. It adjoins Deganwy and is to the ...
(
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 declined promotion),
Queens Park (
Welsh National League champions) and
Rhayader Town (
Mid Wales Football League 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