2006–07 Welsh Premier League

Welsh Premier League
Season	2006–07
Champions	The New Saints
Relegated	Cwmbran Town
Champions League	The New Saints
UEFA Cup	Rhyl; Carmarthen Town
Intertoto Cup	Llanelli
Matches played	272
Goals scored	835 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rhys Griffiths (30)
Biggest home win	The New Saints 7–0 Airbus UK Broughton
Biggest away win	Caersws 1–7 Carmarthen Town; Newtown 0–6 Rhyl
Highest scoring	Cwmbran Town 4–5 Carmarthen Town; Welshpool Town 6–3 Airbus UK Broughton
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Welsh Premier League was the 15th season of the Welsh Premier League since its establishment as the League of Wales in 1992. It began on 18 August 2006 and ended on 21 April 2007.^[1] The league was won for the third consecutive season by The New Saints, their fourth title overall.

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	The New Saints (C)	32	24	4	4	81	20	+61	76	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Rhyl	32	20	9	3	67	35	+32	69	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Llanelli	32	18	9	5	72	33	+39	63	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4	Welshpool Town	32	17	9	6	54	33	+21	60
5	Connah's Quay Nomads	32	16	8	8	49	40	+9	56
6	Port Talbot Town	32	15	6	11	42	39	+3	51
7	Carmarthen Town	32	14	8	10	57	50	+7	50	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
8	Aberystwyth Town	32	13	9	10	47	37	+10	48
9	Bangor City	32	14	6	12	55	47	+8	48
10	Haverfordwest County	32	10	9	13	49	46	+3	39
11	Porthmadog^[b]	32	8	11	13	40	52	−12	32
12	Airbus UK	32	7	8	17	40	67	−27	29
13	NEWI Cefn Druids	32	7	7	18	41	66	−25	28
14	Caersws	32	6	9	17	34	59	−25	27
15	Caernarfon Town	32	6	8	18	41	73	−32	26
16	Newtown	32	6	6	20	30	63	−33	24
17	Cwmbran Town (R)	32	4	8	20	36	75	−39	20	Relegation to Welsh Division One

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ As 2006–07 Welsh Cup winner
^ Porthmadog deducted 3 points

Results edit

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	BAN	CAE	CWS	CMR	CDR	CQN	CWM	HAV	LLA	NTW	PTT	POR	RHY	TNS	WEL
Aberystwyth Town		1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	4–2	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–2	0–2	0–1	2–3	0–0	0–0
Airbus UK	0–0		4–1	2–3	0–3	2–2	0–1	2–3	3–0	2–0	1–4	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–4
Bangor City	1–4	3–1		0–0	1–2	1–3	6–0	3–1	1–1	4–1	4–0	5–2	0–0	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–0
Caernarfon Town	1–3	0–2	0–1		2–2	3–5	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–4	2–6	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–6	1–3	2–0
Caersws	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1		1–7	2–1	2–1	3–3	3–3	0–3	0–1	1–4	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–3
Carmarthen Town	1–0	2–1	2–2	4–1	2–0		4–0	1–3	1–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–4
NEWI Cefn Druids	1–2	3–1	0–3	3–2	2–2	1–2		2–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–3	3–0	2–3	2–3	1–3
Connah's Quay Nomads	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–2	4–3	4–1	1–0		2–2	5–3	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–3
Cwmbran Town	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–3	2–5	4–5	3–2	0–1		0–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	2–3	0–5	1–4
Haverfordwest County	1–1	5–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0		1–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–1
Llanelli	1–3	4–0	3–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	5–1	3–2		3–2	0–0	5–0	6–0	1–2	2–3
Newtown	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–2		1–2	0–0	0–6	0–4	0–4
Port Talbot Town	1–3	0–2	0–5	7–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–4	1–0	2–1		1–2	3–2	2–1	0–0
Porthmadog	0–4	1–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	2–3	1–1		1–2	1–2	2–1
Rhyl	3–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–1		0–0	0–0
The New Saints	4–1	7–0	5–2	1–3	2–1	4–1	3–1	4–0	4–0	2–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0		6–0
Welshpool Town	1–0	6–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers edit

Goals	Player	Team
30	Rhys Griffiths	Llanelli
19	Jacob Mingorance	Llanelli
19	Marc Lloyd-Williams	Bangor City
17	John Toner	The New Saints
17	Jody Jenkins	Haverfordwest County
16	Lee Hunt	Rhyl
16	Calvin Davies	Welshpool Town
15	Kaid Mohamed	Carmarthen Town
13	Mike Heverin	NEWI Cefn Druids
13	Steve Rogers	Welshpool Town

Source: www.welsh-premier.com

Monthly awards edit

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Mark Jones	Carmarthen Town	Marc Limbert	Connah's Quay Nomads
September	Peter Nicholas	Llanelli	Matthew Rees	Port Talbot Town
October	John Hulse	Rhyl	Rhys Griffiths	Llanelli
November	Brian Coyne	Aberystwyth Town	Tommy Mutton	Connah's Quay Nomads
December	Ken McKenna	The New Saints	John Toner	The New Saints
January	Tomi Morgan	Welshpool Town	Lee Hudgell	Haverfordwest County
February	Steve Bleasdale	Bangor City	Gareth Owen	Airbus UK
March	Ken McKenna	The New Saints	Lee Kendall	Haverfordwest County
April	Peter Nicholas	Llanelli	Paul Addo	Caernarfon Town

Sources:^[2]^[3]

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b "Wales 2006/07". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Player of the Month". low.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
^ "Manager of the Month". low.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.

External links edit

Welsh Premier League

[table_note_res_UC1b0.54548609514976-2] As 2006–07 Welsh Cup winner

[table_note_POR0.54548609514976-3] Porthmadog deducted 3 points

[Wales2006/07-1] "Wales 2006/07". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[4] "Player of the Month". low.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.

[5] "Manager of the Month". low.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.

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