2008–09 Welsh Premier League

Welsh Premier League
Season 2008–09
Champions Rhyl
Relegated Caernarfon Town
Champions League Rhyl
Europa League Llanelli
The New Saints
Bangor City (via cup)
Goals scored 998
Average goals/game 3.26
Top goalscorer Rhys Griffiths (31)
Biggest home win The New Saints 8–0 Caernarfon Town
Biggest away win Porthmadog 0–6 Bangor City
Highest scoring Porthmadog 6–5 Gap Connah's Quay

The 2008–09 Welsh Premier League was the 17th season of the Welsh Premier League since its establishment in 1992 as the League of Wales. It began on 15 August 2008 and ended on 25 April 2009. Llanelli were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2007–08

Prestatyn Town were promoted from the Cymru Alliance and played in the top division for the first time in their history. Caersws survived relegation after none of the top two teams in the divisions below could meet ground regulations.

Overview

Team Ground Capacity
Aberystwyth Town Park Avenue 5,500
Airbus UK Broughton The Airfield 2,100
Bangor City Farrar Road Stadium 1,500
Caernarfon Town The Oval 3,000
Caersws F.C. Recreation Ground 3,500
Carmarthen Town A.F.C. Richmond Park 3,000
Gap Connah's Quay F.C. Deeside Stadium 5,500
Haverfordwest County A.F.C. Bridge Meadow Stadium 2,000
Llanelli A.F.C. Stebonheath Park 3,700
Neath Athletic A.F.C. The Gnoll 7,000
NEWI Cefn Druids A.F.C. Plaskynaston Lane 2,000
Newtown A.F.C. Latham Park 5,000
Port Talbot Town F.C. Victoria Road 2,500
Porthmadog F.C. Y Traeth 2,000
Prestatyn Town F.C. Bastion Road 1,000
Rhyl F.C. Belle Vue 3,800
The New Saints F.C. Park Hall 2,000
Welshpool Town F.C. Maes y Dre Recreation Ground 3,000

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Rhyl (C) 34 29 3 2 95 29+66 90 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Llanelli 34 26 5 3 98 38+60 83 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3 The New Saints 34 20 11 3 79 27+52 71
4 Carmarthen Town 34 19 5 10 52 47+5 62
5 Port Talbot Town 34 16 8 10 57 48+9 56
6 Bangor City 34 16 7 11 58 40+18 55 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
7 Haverfordwest County 34 16 7 11 53 39+14 55
8 Aberystwyth Town 34 12 10 12 51 50+1 46
9 Connah's Quay Nomads 34 12 5 17 49 6516 41
10 Newtown 34 10 10 14 46 548 40
11 Welshpool Town 34 11 7 16 48 7022 40
12 Airbus UK Broughton 34 12 3 19 47 5710 39
13 Cefn Druids 34 9 7 18 57 7417 34
14 Neath Athletic 34 10 4 20 43 6522 34
15 Prestatyn Town 34 8 9 17 48 7022 33
16 CPD Porthmadog 34 10 2 22 57 9134 32
17 Caersws FC 34 6 7 21 28 6133 25
18 Caernarfon Town (R) 34 5 8 21 32 7341 0202 Relegation to Cymru Alliance
Welsh Football League First Division

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Bangor City won the Welsh Cup 2008–09 and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
2Caernarfon Town were docked 3 points for fielding an ineligible player on 16 August 2008.
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away ABE AIR BANCANCAECARCQNPORHAVLLANEACDRNEWPTAPRERHLTNSWEL
Aberystwyth Town 10 12 31 22 03 11 52 03 11 62 11 20 11 21 01 22 02
Airbus UK Broughton 12 23 43 02 01 00 03 24 04 43 10 31 11 11 13 10 50
Bangor City 00 10 11 30 20 60 10 11 02 01 42 12 42 11 02 00 02
Caernarfon Town 10 02 02 22 13 02 02 01 05 10 42 00 24 11 01 05 23
Caersws FC 13 13 01 10 02 01 32 10 02 00 12 11 42 12 03 26 01
Carmarthen Town 21 10 31 21 11 20 10 30 14 52 10 00 11 10 12 23 01
Connah's Quay Nomads 12 23 13 11 10 13 31 21 31 50 23 33 02 31 23 02 10
CPD Porthmadog 41 34 06 13 01 13 65 21 33 14 23 31 12 32 03 22 21
Haverfordwest County 51 30 02 11 20 11 20 42 01 20 11 10 01 31 13 22 31
Llanelli 30 32 43 32 30 52 41 50 21 21 11 31 20 61 01 11 41
Neath Athletic 04 31 01 21 00 20 01 30 11 03 10 30 23 20 22 14 32
Cefn Druids 25 02 10 01 31 12 60 24 01 04 31 23 11 32 24 01 33
Newtown 21 01 13 22 00 23 12 20 42 26 20 40 10 11 12 00 41
Port Talbot Town 11 21 21 10 20 00 02 13 12 46 20 32 12 31 22 00 40
Prestatyn Town 10 21 22 50 32 12 11 52 01 01 10 33 10 03 14 14 22
Rhyl 00 10 41 40 31 30 20 20 20 51 42 34 30 23 72 21 71
The New Saints 11 10 21 60 40 80 21 60 00 00 21 41 11 20 20 03 31
Welshpool Town 01 21 11 11 10 20 31 32 13 13 21 33 22 12 22 02 12

Source: Welsh Premiership Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top goalscorers

Source: welsh-premier.com

31 goals
25 goals
24 goals
20 goals
18 goals
15 goals
14 goals

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
September England Andy Cale The New Saints Trinidad and Tobago Josh Johnson Rhyl
October Wales Peter Nicholas Llanelli Wales Christian Edwards Aberystwyth Town
November England Darren Ryan Newtown Wales Neil Thomas Haverfordwest County
December Republic of Ireland Derek Brazil Haverfordwest County Wales Neil Roberts Rhyl
January Wales Mark Jones Port Talbot Town Scotland Chris Sharp Bangor City
February Wales Allan Bickerstaff Rhyl England Tommy Holmes The New Saints
March Wales Peter Nicholas Llanelli England Steve Rogers Welshpool Town
April Wales Mark Jones Port Talbot Town Wales Greg Strong Rhyl

Annual awards

Team of the Season

Nat. Position Name Club
Wales GK Lee Idzi Haverfordwest County
Wales RB Craig Williams Newtown
England CB George Horan Rhyl
Wales CB Stuart Jones Llanelli
Wales LB Andy Legg Llanelli
Wales RM Craig Jones Rhyl
Wales CM Gareth Owen Rhyl
England CM John Leah The New Saints
Wales LM Sion Edwards Bangor City
Wales ST Neil Roberts Rhyl
Wales ST Rhys Griffiths Llanelli

Wales
Idzi
England
Horan
Wales
Williams
Wales
Owen
Wales
Jones
Wales
Edwards

Source:[1]

References

  1. "Dream team 2008/9". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

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