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

Ardal NW
Season2023–24
ChampionsFlint Mountain
PromotedFlint Mountain
Llay Welfare
RelegatedBethesda Athletic
Hawarden Rangers
Saltney Town

The winners (Flint Mountain) were promoted to the 2024–25 Cymru North. The runners-up (Llay Welfare) were also promoted after winning the Ardal Northern play-off. The bottom three teams (Bethesda Athletic, Hawarden Rangers, and Saltney Town) were relegated to Tier 4.

Teams

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The league was made up of sixteen teams; ten teams remaining from the previous season, four teams promoted from Tier 4, and two teams relegated from the 2022–23 Cymru North.[1]

The teams promoted from Tier 4 were St Asaph City and Llannefydd from the North Wales Coast East Football League Premier Division, and Bethesda Athletic and Pwllheli from the North Wales Coast West Football League Premier Division (replacing the relegated Ardal NE team of Rhostyllen, the withdrawn Ardal NE teams of Bodedern Athletic and Rhydymwyn, and the folded team of Llandudno Albion). The teams relegated from the Cymru North were Conwy Borough and Holyhead Hotspur (replacing the promoted Ardal NE teams of Denbigh Town and Bangor 1876).[2][3][4]

Stadia and locations

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Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Ardal NW
Team Location Home Ground Capacity
Bethesda Athletic Bethesda Parc Meurig 500
Brickfield Rangers Wrexham Clywedog Park 1,000
Conwy Borough Conwy Y Morfa Stadium 2,500
Flint Mountain Pentre Halkyn Cae-y-Castell 2,000
Hawarden Rangers Hawarden Gladstone Playing Fields 1,000
Holyhead Hotspur Holyhead The New Oval
Llangefni Town Llangefni Cae Bob Parry 4,500
Llannefydd Llannefydd Cae Llannefydd
Llanrwst United Llanrwst Gwydyr Park 2,000
Llay Welfare Llay The Ring 1,000
Nantlle Vale Penygroes Maes Dulyn 1,000
Pwllheli Pwllheli Leisure Centre 200
Saltney Town Saltney Saltney Community Centre 1,000
St Asaph City St Asaph Roe Plas
Y Felinheli Y Felinheli Cae Seilo 1,000
Y Rhyl 1879 Rhyl Belle Vue 3,000

Source: Ardal NW Ground Information

Personnel

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Team Head coach Captain
Bethesda Athletic
Brickfield Rangers   Gareth Wilson   Chris Dixon
Conwy Borough
Flint Mountain   Aden Shannon   Peter Martin
Hawarden Rangers   Andy Butler   Ellis Jones
Holyhead Hotspur Darren Garmey
Llangefni Town   James Saxon   James Saxon
Llanrwst United   Barry Owen   Thomas Jones
Llay Welfare   Mike Gadie   Dean Bryan
Llannefydd
Nantlle Vale   Sion Eifion Jones   Matthew Davies
Pwllheli Martyn Smith
Saltney Town   Andy Dutton   Tom Wells
St Asaph City
Y Felinheli   Euron Davies   Aled Griffith
Y Rhyl 1879   Gareth Thomas   Reece Fairhurst

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Flint Mountain (C, P) 30 22 2 6 82 34 +48 68 Promotion to Cymru North
2 Llay Welfare (O, P) 30 21 3 6 66 33 +33 66 Qualification for the Ardal Northern play-off
3 Y Rhyl 1879 30 19 3 8 57 41 +16 60
4 Holyhead Hotspur 30 17 5 8 63 36 +27 56
5 Nantlle Vale 30 17 4 9 62 44 +18 55
6 St Asaph City 30 13 8 9 63 54 +9 47
7 Brickfield Rangers 30 13 5 12 44 52 −8 44
8 Llangefni Town 30 11 8 11 55 46 +9 41
9 Llannefydd 30 12 5 13 57 58 −1 41
10 Llanrwst United 30 11 7 12 52 46 +6 40
11 Pwllheli 30 12 3 15 53 64 −11 39
12 Y Felinheli 30 10 2 18 38 63 −25 32
13 Conwy Borough 30 8 7 15 56 70 −14 31
14 Bethesda Athletic (R) 30 9 2 19 53 63 −10 29 Relegation to Tier 4
15 Hawarden Rangers (R) 30 6 3 21 44 84 −40 21
16 Saltney Town (R) 30 3 5 22 33 90 −57 14
Source: Ardal Northern
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BET BRI CON FLT HAW HOL LGT LLA LRU LYW NTL PWL SAL STA YFL RHY
Bethesda Athletic 3–2 5–8 1–2 4–0 1–2 1–2 6–1 1–5 1–3 0–2 1–3 3–2 1–1 4–0 1–2
Brickfield Rangers 5–3 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 4–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–1
Conwy Borough 0–2 1–1 1–5 2–3 0–3 1–1 8–3 2–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 2–2 1–5 1–2 3–0
Flint Mountain 2–1 4–1 2–3 4–2 4–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 5–2 0–2 1–0 6–1
Hawarden Rangers 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–4 1–7 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–3 2–4 3–1 3–3 4–1 1–2
Holyhead Hotspur 4–0 6–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–3 8–0 1–0 1–0 1–4
Llangefni Town 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 4–2 6–2 2–2 3–0 1–3
Llannefydd 1–2 3–0 4–2 1–6 6–1 1–2 5–2 2–0 2–0 2–4 4–4 6–1 1–1 2–2 0–2
Llanrwst United 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–4
Llay Welfare 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–5 6–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 6–0 1–0 4–2 6–1 1–0
Nantlle Vale 0–3 4–0 3–3 2–2 4–3 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 4–2 7–1 3–2 2–1 4–2
Pwllheli 1–0 0–3 2–3 0–2 4–2 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0
Saltney Town 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–5 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–4 3–0 0–5
St Asaph City 1–0 3–3 4–3 3–2 3–2 3–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–4 5–1 4–2 1–2
Y Felinheli 4–2 0–1 4–3 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 0–4 0–4 2–1 3–1 4–1 3–0 0–2
Y Rhyl 1879 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–4 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–2 4–1
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. ^ "JD Cymru North Weekend round-up". Cymru Football. 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Reaction: Denbigh Town plan for future after clinching title with final day win at Rhostyllen". Grassroots North Wales. May 2023.
  4. ^ "Baglan Dragons and Bangor 1876 secure promotion to the JD Cymru Leagues". Cymru Football. 28 May 2023.
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