The 2023–24 Ardal NE season (also known as the 2023–24 Lock Stock Ardal NE season for sponsorship reasons), was the third season of the new third-tier northern region football in Welsh football pyramid, part of the Ardal Leagues.

Ardal NE
Season2023–24
ChampionsPenrhyncoch
PromotedPenrhyncoch
RelegatedLlanrhaeadr
Welshpool Town

The winners (Penrhyncoch) were promoted to the 2024–25 Cymru North. The third-placed team (Llanuwchllyn) qualified for the Ardal Northern play-off, losing and remaining in the league. The bottom two teams (Llanrhaeadr and Welshpool Town) were relegated to Tier 4.

Teams

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The league was made up of fifteen teams; twelve teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from Tier 4, and one team relegated from the 2022–23 Cymru North.[1][2] On 31 July 2023, Barmouth & Dyffryn United withdrew from the league, reducing the number of teams by one.[3]

The teams promoted from Tier 4 were Llansantffraid Village from the Central Wales Football League Northern Division and Radnor Valley from the Central Wales Football League Southern Division (replacing the relegated Ardal NE teams of Corwen and Rhayader Town). The team relegated from the Cymru North was Penrhyncoch (replacing the promoted Ardal NE team of Caersws).[4][5]

Stadia and locations

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Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Ardal NE
Team Location Home Ground Capacity
Bow Street Rhydypennau Cae Piod 1,000
Builth Wells Builth Wells Lant Fields 1,000
Cefn Albion Rhosymedre The Rock 3,000
Dolgellau Athletic Dolgellau Cae Marian 2,000
Llandrindod Wells Llandrindod Wells Lant Avenue Broadway 1,000
Llanfair United Llanfair Caereinion Mount Field 2,000
Llangollen Town Llangollen Tower Fields 1,100
Llanrhaeadr Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant The Recreation Field 1,000
Llansantffraid Village Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain Recreation Ground 2,000
Llanuwchllyn Bala Maes Tegid 3,000
Penrhyncoch Penrhyn-coch Cae Baker 950
Penycae Pen-y-cae The SoccerMillion Riverside Arena 2,000
Radnor Valley New Radnor The Bypass
Rhos Aelwyd Rhosllanerchrugog Ponciau Park 1,000
Welshpool Town Welshpool Maes y Dre 3,000

Source: Ardal NE Ground Information

Personnel

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Team Head coach Captain
Bow Street   Llyr Hughes   Steffan Richards
Builth Wells   Stuart Turpin   Chris Roff
Cefn Albion   Ian Andrews   Nathan Williams
Dolgellau Athletic   Owain Williams   Jonathan Sutton
Llandrindod Wells   Gareth Jones   Shaun Nicholls
Llanfair United   Lawrence WIlson   Ben Jones
Llangollen Town   Luke Maybury   Kristian Jones
Llanrheadr   Mike Barton   Joe Vaughan
Llansantffraid Village
Llanuwchllyn   Sion Tudor   Iolo Jones
Penrhyncoch
Penycae   Daniel Richards   Adam Peters
Radnor Valley
Rhos Aelwyd   Aled Parry   Aled Robertson
Welshpool Town   Russell Cadwallader   Ricky Litchfield

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Penrhyncoch (C, P) 28 21 4 3 83 21 +62 67 Promotion to Cymru North
2 Bow Street 28 20 5 3 90 29 +61 65
3 Llanuwchllyn 28 19 6 3 74 32 +42 63 Qualification for the Ardal Northern play-off[a]
4 Builth Wells 28 15 6 7 52 37 +15 51
5 Dolgellau Athletic 28 14 5 9 60 48 +12 47
6 Radnor Valley 28 14 4 10 61 57 +4 46
7 Cefn Albion 28 13 3 12 61 55 +6 39
8 Llandrindod Wells 28 10 9 9 40 43 −3 39
9 Llangollen Town 28 10 4 14 49 61 −12 34
10 Llansantffraid Village 28 9 5 14 53 60 −7 32
11 Rhos Aelwyd 28 8 7 13 40 44 −4 31
12 Llanfair United 28 9 4 15 39 63 −24 31
13 Penycae 28 6 4 18 48 72 −24 22
14 Llanrhaeadr (R) 28 4 6 18 35 69 −34 15 Relegation to Tier 4
15 Welshpool Town (R) 28 0 4 24 16 110 −94 4
Source: Ardal Northern
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. ^ Bow Street were refused a promotion license; the Ardal Northern play-off spot was passed to the third-placed team.

Results

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Home \ Away BOW BUI CFN DOL LDW LFU LGN LRH LSF LNW PRC PYC RNV RHO WEL
Bow Street 3–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 5–0 5–0 3–0 1–0 3–3 2–2 5–1 6–2 2–0 7–0
Builth Wells 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–0
Cefn Albion 1–3 2–3 2–3 3–1 3–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–6 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 4–1
Dolgellau Athletic 1–3 4–0 2–4 3–1 1–2 3–0 4–1 3–0 0–2 0–3 5–2 3–1 1–0 4–1
Llandrindod Wells 3–4 2–2 5–1 3–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0
Llanfair United 0–3 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 4–3 2–2 0–2 2–4 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–0
Llangollen Town 3–3 1–2 3–4 1–2 0–2 4–2 3–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 4–2 1–3 2–1 8–0
Llanrhaeadr 1–4 0–1 4–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–6 2–4 0–3 1–1 0–7 2–2 6–1
Llansantffraid Village 0–6 1–4 0–4 2–3 6–0 0–1 8–0 3–2 0–2 1–5 2–0 1–1 2–2 6–2
Llanuwchllyn 3–2 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 11–2 0–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–2 4–0
Penrhyncoch 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–1 4–1 2–0 6–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 6–2 4–1 3–0 5–0
Penycae 2–3 0–1 3–7 3–3 3–1 3–1 2–3 0–0 4–2 1–3 1–3 0–2 3–1 4–1
Radnor Valley 1–0 0–4 4–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–7 4–3 3–1 4–1
Rhos Aelwyd 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–4 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1
Welshpool Town 0–5 2–2 0–5 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–4 0–6 1–2 1–3 0–6 1–3 0–5 0–3
Source: Ardal Northern
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  1. ^ "Ardal Leagues: A geographical look at the teams competing in the 2023/24 season". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. June 2023.
  2. ^ "New names galore rise to tier 3 for the 2023-24 campaign". Grassroots North Wales. June 2023.
  3. ^ Jones, Jordan (31 July 2023). "Barmouth make huge decision as Ardal North East rocked by withdrawal". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed.
  4. ^ "Defeats for Penrhyncoch and Llanidloes in final league games". Cambrian News. 17 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Appeal success for Caersws as Bluebirds seal promotion". Powys County Times. 19 May 2023.
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