2024–25 Cymru South

Cymru South
Season2024–25
ChampionsLlanelli Town (1st title)
PromotedLlanelli Town
RelegatedGoytre United
Penrhiwceiber Rangers
Taff's Well
Matches played240
Goals scored736 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorerLiam Eason (27 goals)
Biggest home winLlanelli Town 7–1 Goytre United
(22 November 2024)
Biggest away winPenrhiwceiber Rangers 1–5 Goytre United
(10 August 2024)/Taff's Well 3–7 Carmarthen Town
(21 February 2025)/Penrhiwceiber Rangers 0–4 Caerau Ely
(26 December 2024)
Highest scoringTaff's Well 3–7 Carmarthen Town
(21 February 2025)/Cwmbran Celtic 4–6 Trethomas Bluebirds
(30 November 2024)/Carmarthen Town 5–5 Penrhiwceiber Rangers
(12 April 2025 2024)
Longest winning run7 – Newport City
(1 March 2025–present)
Longest unbeaten run14 – Llanelli Town
(11 October 2024-21 February 2025)
Longest winless run16 – Taff's Well
(22 November 2024–present)
Longest losing run7 – Taff's Well
(30 November 2024–15 February 2025)
Highest attendance881 - Trefelin BGC 1–1 Afan Lido
(30 December 2024)
Lowest attendance26 - Cambrian United 5–0 Cwmbran Celtic
(28 September 2024)
Average attendance200

The 2024–25 Cymru South season (also known as the 2024–25 JD Cymru South season for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the second-tier Southern region football in Welsh football pyramid.

Teams

The league consisted of 16 clubs; 12 clubs remaining from the previous season, 1 club relegated from the Cymru Premier, and 3 clubs promoted from the Ardal Leagues.

Trethomas Bluebirds and Penrhiwceiber Rangers were promoted as champions of the 2023–24 Ardal SE and 2023–24 Ardal SW respectively, while Ardal SE runners-up Newport City defeated Ardal SW runners-up Cefn Cribwr in the Ardal Southern play-off to also earn promotion. The three promoted teams replaced the three relegated 2023–24 Cymru South teams (Abergavenny Town, Abertillery Bluebirds, and Pontardawe Town). Pontypridd United were relegated from the 2023–24 Cymru Premier, replacing the promoted 2023–24 Cymru South winners (Briton Ferry Llansawel).[1][2][3]

Stadia and Locations

Locations of the 2024–25 Cymru South teams
Team Home City Home Ground Capacity
Afan Lido Aberavon, Port Talbot Marston's Stadium 3,000
Ammanford Ammanford Recreation Ground 1,000
Baglan Dragons Baglan, Port Talbot Evans Bevan Playing Field 1,000
Cambrian United Clydach Vale King George V New Field 1,000
Caerau (Ely) Ely, Cardiff Cwrt-yr-Ala Road 1,000
Carmarthen Town Carmarthen Richmond Park 2,500
Cwmbran Celtic Cwmbran Celtic Park 1,000
Goytre United Goytre, Port Talbot Glenhafod Park Stadium 1,500
Llanelli Town Llanelli Stebonheath Park 3,700
Llantwit Major Llantwit Major Windmill Ground 1,000
Newport City Newport Newport Stadium 5,058
Penrhiwceiber Rangers Penrhiwceiber Glasbrook Field 1,000
Pontypridd United Treforest USW Sport Park 1,000
Taff's Well Taff's Well Rhiw'r Ddar 2,930
Trefelin BGC Velindre, Port Talbot Ynys Park 1,000
Trethomas Bluebirds Ystrad Mynach CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence 1,000

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Front shirt sponsor
Afan Lido Garry Taylor Liam Griffiths Macron[4] Shrimpton Developments
Ammanford Wyn Thomas Morgan Clarke Joma Morganstone
Baglan Dragons Carl Clement Lewis Holmes Joma Pinetree Car Superstore
Caerau (Ely) Dean Wheeler Jack Ashford Classic Sportswear[5] Mr Homes
Cambrian United Liam Williams Kyle Jones Joma Pinetree Car Superstore
Carmarthen Town Mark Aizlewood Noah Daley Kappa A.T.B. Davies & Son[6]
Cwmbran Celtic Simon Berry Andrew Larcombe Hummel Avondale Motor Park
Goytre United Stephen Kelleher Keane Watts Joma CXJ Building Sponsors
Llanelli Town Lee John Josef Hopkins Joma First Choice Flooring Wales
Llantwit Major Ben Stait Rhys Llewelyn Tor Sports Compact Cars & Vans
Newport City Sam Houldsworth Luke Cooper VX3 Unseen Caffeine
Penrhiwceiber Rangers Dean Brown Warren Jones Macron W.A.G. Scaffolding Service
Pontypridd United Andrew Whittington Jarrad Wright Joma UPVCDIRECT.CO.UK
Taff's Well Josh Anderson Vaughn Fowler Macron Gentles Construction
Trefelin BGC Andy Hill Jordan Davies Macron
Trethomas Bluebirds Mark Dunford James Saddler VX3 Fernleigh Design

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Cwmbran Celtic James Kinsella[7] Resigned 7 March 20241 Pre-season Simon Berry[8] 11 May 2024
Ammanford Gruff Harrison Resigned 14 August 2024 15th Wyn Thomas[9] 22 August 2024
Afan Lido Paul Evans Mutual consent[10] 5 October 2024 15th Garry Taylor[11] 10 October 2024
Taff's Well Geza Hajgato/ Nathan Cotterall Sacked[12] 13 October 2024 15th Josh Anderson 30 October 2024[13]
Pontypridd United Gavin Allen Resigned[14] 30 October 2024 2nd Andrew Whittington 7 November 2024[15]
Goytre United Laurie Marsh Resigned 3 November 2024 12th Stephen Kelleher 5 January 2025[16]
  1. ^ Kinsella's resignation was announced during the 2023–24 season, but did not come into effect until the end of the season.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Llanelli Town (C, P) 30 18 10 2 64 25 +39 64 Promotion to the Cymru Premier
2 Trethomas Bluebirds 30 17 8 5 53 33 +20 59
3 Newport City 30 16 6 8 50 32 +18 54
4 Trefelin BGC 30 15 8 7 54 41 +13 53
5 Pontypridd United 30 16 5 9 54 44 +10 53
6 Cambrian United 30 13 11 6 50 38 +12 47[a]
7 Carmarthen Town 30 12 9 9 55 44 +11 45
8 Baglan Dragons 30 11 10 9 44 34 +10 43
9 Llantwit Major 30 11 10 9 37 34 +3 43
10 Ammanford 30 11 3 16 47 50 −3 36
11 Afan Lido 30 8 10 12 44 51 −7 34
12 Caerau (Ely) 30 9 5 16 42 43 −1 32
13 Cwmbran Celtic 30 9 3 18 39 62 −23 30
14 Penrhiwceiber Rangers (R) 30 7 7 16 30 57 −27 28 Relegation to the Ardal SE or Ardal SW
15 Goytre United (R) 30 6 5 19 41 72 −31 23
16 Taff's Well (R) 30 3 6 21 32 76 −44 15
Source: Cymru South
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Cambrian United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Pontypridd United on 1 January 2025.

Results

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis.

Home \ Away AFL AMM BGD CRU CBU CAR CBC GOU LLI LTM NPT PNR PON TAW TRE TTB
Afan Lido — 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–2 3–3 4–1 4–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0
Ammanford 5–1 — 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–3 6–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 4–1 2–3 3–0 1–2 2–3
Baglan Dragons 1–1 0–2 — 2–1 4–1 1–1 4–3 6–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0
Caerau (Ely) 3–0 2–1 2–1 — 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–4 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–2
Cambrian United 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 — 2–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–3 3–0 1–3 0–1
Carmarthen Town 2–2 3–0 3–2 2–0 4–1 — 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 5–5 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–0
Cwmbran Celtic 1–1 4–0 0–2 3–2 1–3 1–0 — 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 4–6
Goytre United 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–3 — 2–4 0–1 0–3 2–1 3–3 2–0 1–3 1–2
Llanelli Town 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 7–1 — 2–0 2–3 3–0 3–0 5–0 3–0 1–1
Llantwit Major 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 — 1–1 4–2 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–1
Newport City 5–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 — 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–2
Penrhiwceiber Rangers 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–4 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–5 0–1 1–1 1–2 — 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–0
Pontypridd United 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 4–1 — 3–0 4–2 2–3
Taff's Well 1–3 1–2 1–3 0–3 2–4 3–7 2–1 4–4 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 — 3–3 0–2
Trefelin BGC 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 5–2 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 4–3 1–2 2–3 2–0 — 2–2
Trethomas Bluebirds 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–4 1–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–2 —
Source: Cymru South Match Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  2. ^ Tom Hicks (8 May 2024). "Champions: Trethomas Bluebirds win the league and gain promotion to second tier". Caerphilly Observer. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  3. ^ Chris Kirwan (25 May 2024). "Newport City promoted to Cymru South after play-off victory". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Afan Lido FC Club Shop". Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Caerau Ely AFC Club Shop". Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Replica Home Shirt 22/23 Season". Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  7. ^ "James Kinsella to resign". Cwmbran Celtic. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Simon Berry appointed as new Celtic manager". Cwmbran Celtic. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Ammanford AFC appoints Wyn Thomas". Ammanford AFC. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  10. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT". X. 5 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  11. ^ "New Manager". Afan Lido FC. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Club Statement". X. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Taffs Well FC Appoints Joshua Anderson as New Men's Team Manager". Taffs Well. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Pontypridd United boss announces he is leaving club – three points off Cymru South top spot". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Pontypridd United appoint ex-Cardiff City coach as manager". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Club Announcement: First Team Manager". Goytre United. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
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