Welsh Premier Football League 2008/09

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Welsh Premier Football League 2008/09
master Rhyl FC
Champions League
qualification		 Rhyl FC
Europa League
qualification		 AFC Llanelli
The New Saints FC
Cup winners Bangor City
Relegated Caernarfon Town
Teams 18th
Games 306
Gates 998  (ø 3.26 per game)
Top scorer Rhys Griffiths
(AFC Llanelli)
← Welsh Premier Football League 2007/08
Cymru Alliance
Football League Div. 1 ↓

The 2008-09 Welsh Premier Football League was the 17th season of the top Welsh football league . It started on August 15, 2008 and ended on April 25, 2009.

Champion became Rhyl FC . Caernarfon Town rose as the only team in the Cymru Alliance , the second highest Welsh football league.

mode

18 teams played against each other twice on a total of 34 match days, divided into a first and a second half. The bottom of the table was relegated.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Rhyl FC  34  29  3  2 095:290 +66 90
 2. AFC Llanelli (M)  34  26th  5  3 098:380 +60 83
 3. The New Saints FC  34  20th  11  3 079:270 +52 71
 4th Carmarthen Town  34  19th  5  10 052:470  +5 62
 5. Port Talbot Town  34  16  8th  10 057:480  +9 56
 6th Bangor City (P) 1  34  16  7th  11 058:400 +18 55
 7th Haverfordwest County AFC  34  16  7th  11 053:390 +14 55
 8th. Aberystwyth Town  34  12  10  12 051:500  +1 46
 9. Gap Connah's Quay  34  12  5  17th 049:650 −16 41
10. Newtown AFC  34  10  10  14th 046:540  −8 40
11. Welshpool Town  34  11  7th  16 048:700 −22 40
12. Airbus UK  34  12  3  19th 047:570 −10 39
13. NEWI Cefn Druids AFC  34  9  7th  18th 057:740 −17 34
14th Neath FC  34  10  4th  20th 043:650 −22 34
15th Prestatyn Town (N)  34  8th  9  17th 048:700 −22 33
16. Porthmadog FC  34  10  2  22nd 057:910 −34 32
17th Caersws FC  34  6th  7th  21st 028:610 −33 25th
18th Caernarfon Town 2  34  5  8th  21st 032:730 −41 20th

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

  • Welsh champion and qualification for the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in qualifying for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League
  • Relegation to the Cymru Alliance or the Welsh Football League First Division
    • (M) reigning Welsh champion
    (P) reigning Welsh cup winner
    (N) Newcomers last season
    1 Bangor City qualified as cup winners.
    2 Caernarfon Town was deducted three points.

    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.

    2008/09 Rhyl FC AFC Llanelli TNS Carmarthen Town Port Talbot Town Bangor City Haverfordwest County AFC Aberystwyth Town Cap Newtown AFC WEL AIR CEF NEA Prestatyn Town POR CAE CAE
    Rhyl FC 5: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 3 4: 1 2-0 0-0 2-0 3-0 7: 1 1-0 3: 4 4: 2 7: 2 2-0 3: 1 4-0
    AFC Llanelli 0: 1 1: 1 5: 2 2-0 4: 3 2: 1 3-0 4: 1 3: 1 4: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2: 1 6: 1 5-0 3-0 3: 2
    The New Saints FC 0: 3 0-0 8-0 2-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1-0 4: 1 2: 1 2-0 6-0 4-0 6-0
    Carmarthen Town 1: 2 1: 4 2: 3 1: 1 3: 1 3-0 2: 1 2-0 0-0 0: 1 1-0 1-0 5: 2 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 1
    Port Talbot Town 2: 2 4: 6 0-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0: 2 1: 2 4-0 2: 1 3: 2 2-0 3: 1 1: 3 2-0 1-0
    Bangor City 0: 2 0: 2 0-0 2-0 4: 2 1: 1 0-0 6-0 1: 2 0: 2 1-0 4: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 3-0 1: 1
    Haverfordwest County AFC 1: 3 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 0: 2 5: 1 2-0 1-0 3: 1 3-0 1: 1 2-0 3: 1 4: 2 2-0 1: 1
    Aberystwyth Town 0: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0: 3 1: 1 1: 2 0: 3 1: 1 2-0 0: 2 1-0 1: 1 6: 2 2: 1 5: 2 2: 2 3: 1
    Gap Connah's Quay 2: 3 3: 1 0: 2 1: 3 0: 2 1: 3 2: 1 1: 2 3: 3 1-0 2: 3 2: 3 5-0 3: 1 3: 1 1-0 1: 1
    Newtown AFC 1: 2 2: 6 0-0 2: 3 1-0 1: 3 4: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4: 1 0: 1 4-0 2-0 1: 1 2-0 0-0 2: 2
    Welshpool Town 0: 2 1: 3 1: 2 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 1: 3 0: 1 3: 1 2: 2 2: 1 3: 3 2: 1 2: 2 3: 2 1-0 1: 1
    Airbus UK 1: 3 0: 4 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 3 2: 4 1: 2 0-0 3: 1 5-0 1-0 4: 3 1: 1 0: 3 0: 2 4: 3
    NEWI Cefn Druids AFC 2: 4 0: 4 0: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 2: 5 6-0 2: 3 3: 3 0: 2 3: 1 3: 2 2: 4 3: 1 0: 1
    Neath FC 2: 2 0: 3 1: 4 2-0 2: 3 0: 1 1: 1 0: 4 0: 1 3-0 3: 2 3: 1 1-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 2: 1
    Prestatyn Town 1: 4 0: 1 1: 4 1: 2 0: 3 2: 2 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 3: 3 1-0 5: 2 3: 2 5-0
    Porthmadog FC 0: 3 3: 3 2: 2 1: 3 1: 2 0: 6 2: 1 4: 1 6: 5 3: 1 2: 1 3: 4 2: 3 1: 4 3: 2 0: 1 1: 3
    Caersws FC 0: 3 0: 2 2: 6 0: 2 4: 2 0: 1 1-0 1: 3 0: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 3 1: 2 0-0 1: 2 3: 2 1-0
    Caernarfon Town 0: 1 0: 5 0: 5 1: 3 2: 4 0: 2 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 0-0 2: 3 0: 2 4: 2 1-0 1: 1 0: 2 2: 2

    List of goalscorers

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. Rhys Griffiths AFC Llanelli 31
    02. Martin Rose Port Talbot Town 25th
    03. Marc Lloyd-Williams Porthmadog FC 24
    04th Chris Sharp Bangor City 20th
    Neil Roberts Rhyl FC
    Jack Christopher Haverfordwest County

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Results and table. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved August 7, 2020 .