League of Wales 1996/97

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League of Wales 1996/97
master Barry Town FC
Champions League
qualification		 Barry Town FC
UEFA Cup
qualification		 Inter Cardiff
UI cup Ebbw Vale AFC
Cup winners Barry Town FC
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Cwmbran Town
Relegated Clay Pentre AFC (volunteer)
Holywell Town ,
Briton Ferry Athletic
Teams 21st
Games 420
Gates 1,396  (ø 3.32 per game)
Top scorer Tony Bird (Barry Town FC)
← League of Wales 1995/96
Cymru Alliance
Football League Div. 1 ↓

The League of Wales 1996/97 was the fifth season of the top Welsh football league . Champion was again Barry Town FC , who set a league record with 105 points.

mode

21 teams played against each other twice, divided into a first and a second half of the season. Each team played 40 games this season. The last two clubs were relegated.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Barry Town FC (M)  40  33  6th  1 129: 260 +103 105
 2. Inter Cardiff  40  26th  6th  8th 080:320 +48 84
 3. Ebbw Vale AFC  40  23  9  8th 087:400 +47 78
 4th Caernarfon Town  40  23  9  8th 081:580 +23 78
 5. Newtown AFC  40  22nd  5  13 074:490 +25 71
 6th TNS Llansantffraid (P)  40  19th  12  9 078:540 +24 69
 7th Conwy United  40  20th  8th  12 066:440 +22 68
 8th. Bangor City  40  20th  5  15th 082:620 +20 65
 9. Cwmbran Town  40  19th  8th  13 071:610 +10 65
10. CPD Porthmadog  40  18th  8th  14th 064:600  +4 62
11. Connah's Quay Nomads  40  16  9  15th 062:640  −2 57
12. Cemaes Bay  40  13  10  17th 062:720 −10 49
13. Aberystwyth Town  40  13  8th  19th 067:820 −15 47
14th Caersws FC  40  11  9  20th 053:770 −24 42
15th Flint Town United  40  11  8th  21st 048:760 −28 41
16. Carmarthen Town (N)  40  11  7th  22nd 041:790 −38 40
17th Welshpool Town (N)  40  10  9  21st 050:800 −30 39
18th Clay Pentre AFC 1  40  12  3  25th 059:990 −40 39
19th Rhyl FC  40  10  8th  22nd 051:710 −20 38
20th Holywell Town  40  7th  8th  25th 052:810 −29 29
21st Briton Ferry Athletic  40  5  1  34 039: 129 −90 16

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Welsh champion and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 1997/98 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1997/98 as a cup finalist
  • Relegation to the Cymru Alliance or the Welsh Football League First Division
    • (M) reigning Welsh champion
    (P) reigning Welsh cup winner
    (N) Newcomers from the Cymru Alliance 1995/96 and Welsh Football League First Division 1995/96
    1 Ton Pentre voluntarily retired to Division 1 South.

    Crosstab

    The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

    1996/97 BAR CAR EBB CAE Newtown AFC TNS CON Bangor City Cwmbran Town POR Cap CEM Aberystwyth Town CAE FLI Carmarthen Town WEL VOLUME Rhyl FC HOL BRI
    Barry Town FC 3-0 7: 3 5: 2 3: 1 3: 3 5-0 0-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 4: 3 8: 1 4-0 2-0 6-0 4-0 7: 1 6: 1 1-0 4-0
    Inter Cardiff 1: 2 2: 1 6: 1 1-0 1: 1 3-0 4: 1 1: 1 1-0 0-0 2: 1 1-0 3-0 2: 1 1-0 3: 4 3-0 2: 1 2-0 7-0
    Ebbw Vale AFC 1: 1 3: 1 3: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 2: 2 3-0 4-0 1: 3 0-0 4-0 3: 1 0: 1 4-0 4-0 3-0 3: 1 5-0 4-0
    Caernarfon Town 1: 3 0: 1 1-0 3-0 2: 1 3: 3 1: 4 2: 3 2: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2: 2 3: 2 0-0 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 1-0 3-0 6: 2
    Newtown AFC 0: 3 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0: 3 1-0 2-0 0: 1 3-0 0-0 6: 2 2: 1 2: 1 5: 1 2: 1 1-0 0: 3 1: 1 1: 1 3-0
    TNS Llansantffraid 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 2: 3 1: 3 3: 1 4: 1 0: 1 0: 2 2: 2 1: 2 3: 2 3: 2 2: 2 3: 3 2-0 4: 2 0: 1 2: 1 3-0
    Conwy United 0: 1 1-0 2: 2 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 3-0 0-0 4-0 2-0 1: 1 2-0 2-0 2-0 3: 2 0: 3 6-0
    Bangor City 0: 4 2: 1 4: 2 0: 2 2: 1 0: 2 1: 2 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 3: 1 5: 1 2: 1 3: 1 0-0 4-0 8: 1 3-0 2: 1 1-0
    Cwmbran Town 0: 4 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 3 3: 1 3: 1 1: 3 2: 1 0: 1 2: 2 6-0 2: 1 1: 2 2: 2 2: 1 3: 1 4: 4 2: 1 2: 3
    CPD Porthmadog 1: 4 0: 2 1: 1 0-0 0: 4 4: 1 3: 1 2-0 2: 1 2-0 2: 4 2: 2 1: 3 3-0 0-0 1: 2 2: 1 6-0 4: 1 2-0
    Connah's Quay Nomads 1: 4 0: 3 0: 3 1-0 4-0 0: 1 0: 3 2: 4 1: 5 3: 3 5: 3 4: 1 1: 1 0: 1 3: 1 3-0 1-0 4: 1 0-0 2-0
    Cemaes Bay 1: 2 1: 4 0: 2 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 3: 2 1-0 0: 3 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1: 3 1-0 5: 1 1: 1 3: 3 4: 2
    Aberystwyth Town 1: 4 0: 2 2: 3 4: 5 1-0 1: 2 0: 1 1: 2 4: 1 3-0 3: 3 6: 2 1: 2 2-0 2-0 2: 2 2: 3 2: 1 1: 2 3: 1
    Caersws FC 0-0 1: 1 0: 5 1: 2 0: 3 1: 1 2: 6 2-0 3: 1 2: 2 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1: 5 1: 4 2-0 0: 3 2-0 2: 1 3: 1
    Flint Town United 0: 8 0: 2 0: 1 0: 3 1: 3 1: 1 0: 1 3: 4 2: 4 2: 3 0: 2 1: 3 0: 1 1: 1 4-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 2 2: 1 3: 1
    Carmarthen Town 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 1: 3 0: 3 0-0 0: 2 1: 5 2: 3 0: 2 1-0 2: 4 0: 4 2: 3 1-0 2: 3 0: 4 2: 1 1-0 2-0
    Welshpool Town 1: 2 1: 4 0: 2 0: 3 1: 3 1: 1 0: 2 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 0-0 0: 4 2: 2 1: 3 6: 1 2: 1 2: 2 4-0
    Clay Pentre AFC 0: 2 0: 3 1: 1 2: 3 1: 7 1: 2 1-0 4: 3 0: 3 3: 4 4: 3 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 3-0 0: 1 4: 3 1: 3 1-0 3: 2
    Rhyl FC 1: 2 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 3: 1 1: 3 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 0: 1 3: 1 0: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 4-0 0: 1 2: 1 0: 2 4-0
    Holywell Town 0-0 0: 3 1: 1 1: 4 1: 3 1: 3 1: 4 0: 4 0: 1 5-0 3: 4 1: 1 3: 3 3: 2 0: 1 0: 1 2: 3 3: 1 2: 3 3: 1
    Briton Ferry Athletic 0: 4 1: 4 0: 2 2: 5 2: 5 1: 8 2: 4 3: 2 1: 4 1: 2 0: 1 2: 1 1: 3 2: 2 3: 1 0: 2 1: 2 0: 2 0: 3 4: 3

    List of goalscorers

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. Tony Bird Barry Town FC 42
    02. Eifion Williams Caernarfon Town 34
    03. Adrian Jones TNS Llansantffraid 29
    04th Matthew Davies Cwmbran Town 27
    05. Gavin Allen Aberystwyth Town 26th

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Results and table. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .