2011–12 in Welsh football

The 2011–12 season was the 137th season of competitive football in Wales.

Overview

Men's national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

      Win       Draw       Loss

Friendly match

Wales  v  Australia

10 Aug 2011 Friendly	Wales	1 – 2	Australia	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
19:45	Darcy Blake  38'		Tim Cahill  44' Robbie Kruse  60'	Attendance: 6,378 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

Wales  v  Norway

12 Nov 2011 Friendly	Wales	4 – 1	Norway	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
15:00	Gareth Bale  11' Craig Bellamy  16' Sam Vokes 88', 89'		Erik Huseklepp  61'	Attendance: 12,637 Referee: Gerher Grobelnik (Austria)

Euro 2012 qualification

The Welsh men's national team were drawn into UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group G.^[1]

All fixtures for this group were negotiated between the participants at a meeting in Frankfurt, Germany on 21 and 22 February 2010.^[2]

Wales  v  Montenegro

2 Sep 2011 Euro 2012 qualif.	Wales	2 – 1	Montenegro	Cardiff
19:45	Steve Morison  29' Aaron Ramsey  50'	report	Stevan Jovetić  71'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

England  v  Wales

6 Sep 2011 Euro 2012 qualif.	England	1 – 0	Wales	London
19:45	Ashley Young  35'	Source		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Wales  v   Switzerland

7 Oct 2011 Euro 2012 qualif.	Wales	2 – 0	Switzerland	Swansea
19:45	Aaron Ramsey  60' Gareth Bale  71'	Source		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Bulgaria  v  Wales

11 Oct 2011 Euro 2012 qualif.	Bulgaria	0 – 1	Wales	Sofia
20:05		Source	Gareth Bale ((goal	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Referee: Pawel Gil (Portugal)

Legend
Qualified directly for the finals
Advanced to the play-offs

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 8 5 3 0 17 5 +12 18  Montenegro 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 12   Switzerland 8 3 2 3 12 10 +2 11  Wales 8 3 0 5 6 10 −4 9  Bulgaria 8 1 2 5 3 13 −10 5

Bulgaria  — 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 England  4–0 — 0–0 2–2 1–0 Montenegro  1–1 2–2 — 1–0 1–0 Switzerland   3–1 1–3 2–0 — 4–1 Wales  0–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 —

Welsh Cup

Latest Round
Round 4

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rhyl	3-4	Llanelli
Afan Lido	2−3	Airbus UK Broughton
Buckley Town	2−4	Bala Town
Flint Town United	1−3	Neath
Aberystwyth Town	2−1	Llandudno Town
The New Saints	4−0	Newport County
Prestatyn Town	0−2	Cefn Druids
Carmarthen Town	3−1	AFC Porth

Quarter Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
The New Saints	1-0	Neath
Bala Town	2-1	Llanelli
Airbus UK Broughton	3−1	Carmarthen Town
Aberystwyth Town	0−1	Cefn Druids

Semi Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Airbus UK Broughton	1−4	Cefn Druids
Bala Town	0-4	The New Saints

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cefn Druids	0−2	The New Saints

Welsh League Cup

Final: Afan Lido 1-1 Newtown (Afan Lido won 3-2 on penalties)

Welsh Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	The New Saints (C)	32	23	5	4	75	31	+44	74	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Bangor City	32	22	3	7	72	46	+26	69	2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Neath (R)	32	18	8	6	60	36	+24	62^1
4	Llanelli (O)	32	18	5	9	63	36	+27	59	Qualification to UEFA Europa League play-offs
5	Bala Town	32	14	7	11	48	41	+7	49
6	Prestatyn Town	32	8	4	20	41	63	−22	28
7	Airbus UK Broughton	32	10	9	13	48	50	−2	39	Qualification to UEFA Europa League play-offs
8	Aberystwyth Town	32	8	10	14	44	50	−6	033^**
9	Port Talbot Town	32	8	9	15	39	51	−12	33
10	Afan Lido	32	7	11	14	40	55	−15	32
11	Carmarthen Town	32	10	2	20	33	67	−34	32
12	Newtown	32	7	5	20	44	82	−38	023^*^2

Updated to games played on 21 April 2012.
Source: Welsh Premier
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
^* Newtown deducted 3 points for fielding ineligible players.
^** Aberystwyth Town deducted 1 point for fielding ineligible player
^† Cefn Druids, playing in the 2011–12 Cymru Alliance, will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, even though they lost to The New Saints (themselves qualifiers for the UEFA Champions League), in the final of the 2011–12 Welsh Cup
.

Relegation issues

1.^ Neath were relegated on 27 April 2012, after failing in their Domestic and UEFA Competitions Licensing appeal, meaning they were relegated from the Welsh Premier League. Newtown would have been relegated otherwise.^[3]

2 ^ Haverfordwest County would have replaced Newtown AFC should they have finished second in a feeder league, and thus gaining promotion. A win for Taffs Well in a game Vs Caerau Ely meant this could not happen, sparing Newtown's relegation.^[4]

Welsh Football League First Division

• Champions: Cambrian & Clydach Vale B. & G.C.

Cymru Alliance League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gap Connah's Quay (C)	30	21	5	4	89	23	+66	68	Promotion to 2012–13 Welsh Premier League ^1
2	Rhyl	30	19	5	6	80	22	+58	62
3	Buckley Town	30	19	4	7	67	43	+24	61
4	Porthmadog	30	19	5	6	68	41	+27	059^*
5	Penrhyncoch	30	17	4	9	56	44	+12	55
6	Cefn Druids	30	17	3	10	58	42	+16	54
7	Caersws	30	17	4	9	68	49	+19	052^*
8	Llandudno	30	14	7	9	55	40	+15	49
9	Flint Town United	30	13	7	10	59	47	+12	46
10	Conwy United	30	10	7	13	59	65	−6	37
11	Guilsfield	30	10	4	16	41	58	−17	34
12	Ruthin Town	30	6	7	17	28	60	−32	25
13	Penycae	30	7	4	19	30	76	−46	25
14	Llanrhaeadr (R)	30	3	9	18	40	77	−37	18	Relegation to feeder leagues
15	Llangefni Town (R)	30	4	2	24	32	96	−64	14
16	Rhos Aelwyd (R)	30	2	7	21	29	76	−47	13

Updated to games played on 21 April 2012.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Promotion to the Premier League is subject to a licence application and approval process. If the champions do not apply for a Premier League licence or are declined of the same, the runners-up may be promoted instead.
^*Caersws & Porthmadog deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.^[5][6]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

1. "UEFA EURO 2012 - Standings". UEFA. 12 April 2010.
2. Quali-Termine für Euro 2012 stehen fest
3. "Club Licensing Appeals". Football Association of Wales. 27 April 2012.
4. "Taffs Well Win keeps Newtown in WPL". Welshpremier.com. 3 May 2012.
5. "Caersws docked points". Huws Gray Alliance. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
6. "Porthmadog deducted points". Huws Gray Alliance. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.