2015–16 Welsh Alliance League

The 2015–16 Welsh Alliance League, known as the Lock Stock Welsh Alliance League for sponsorship reasons, is the 32nd season of the Welsh Alliance League, which consists of two divisions: the third and fourth levels of the Welsh football pyramid.

Welsh Alliance League
Season2015–16
Dates8 August 2015 – 28 May 2016
ChampionsDivision 1 – Trearddur Bay
Division 2 – Greenfield
RelegatedDivision 1 – Llanfairpwll
Matches played396
Goals scored1,664 (4.2 per match)
Biggest home winDivision 1
St Asaph City 10–0 Pwllheli
(10 October 2015)
Division 2
Greenfield 16–2 Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur
(5 March 2016)
Biggest away winDivision 1
St Asaph City 0–6 Llandudno Junction
(19 April 2016)
Division 2
Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur 2–8 Prestatyn Sports
(10 October 2015)
Highest attendance409 – Division 1
Llangefni Town 4–0 Llanfairpwll
(29 August 2015)
376 – Division 2
Pentraeth 10–2 Gaerwen
(31 August 2015)
All statistics correct as of 5 March 2019.

There are sixteen teams in Division 1 and thirteen teams in Division 2. The bottom team of Division 1 is relegated to Division 2 and in Division 2, the champions and runners-up are promoted to Division 1.

The season began on 8 August 2015 and concluded on 28 May 2016 with Trearddur Bay as Division 1 champions and Llanfairpwll were relegated to Division 2. In Division 2, Greenfield were champions with Nantlle Vale as runners-up. Both teams were promoted to Division 1.

Division 1

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Teams

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Holywell Town were champions in the previous season and were promoted to the Cymru Alliance. They were replaced by St Asaph City, Llangefni Town and Trearddur Bay, who were Division 2 champions, second and third place runners-ups, respectively from the previous season were promoted to Division 1.

Locations of the Division 1 teams of the 2015–16 Welsh Alliance League

Grounds and locations

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Team Location Ground
Abergele Town Llandudno The Giant Hospitality Stadium
Barmouth & Dyffryn United Barmouth Wern Mynach
Glan Conwy Glan Conwy Cae Ffwt
Glantraeth Bodorgan Trefdraeth
Gwalchmai Gwalchmai Maes Meurig
Llanberis Llanberis Ffordd Padarn
Llandudno Junction Llandudno Junction Arriva Ground
Llandyrnog United Llandyrnog Cae Nant
Llanfairpwll Llanfairpwllgwyngyll Maes Eilian
Llangefni Town Llangefni Bob Parry Field
Llanrug United Llanrug Eithin Duon
Llanrwst United Llanrwst Gwydir Park
Penrhyndeudraeth Penrhyndeudraeth Maes Y Parc
Pwllheli Pwllheli Leisure Centre, Recreation Road
St Asaph City St Asaph Roe Plas
Trearddur Bay Trearddur Lon Isallt

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Trearddur Bay (C) 30 22 7 1 85 31 +54 73
2 Llandudno Junction 30 21 7 2 86 37 +49 70
3 Llangefni Town 30 19 5 6 65 44 +21 62
4 Glantraeth[a] 30 18 6 6 65 42 +23 57
5 Llanrug United 30 16 7 7 68 36 +32 55
6 Penrhyndeudraeth 30 15 5 10 81 53 +28 50
7 Glan Conwy 30 13 2 15 71 67 +4 41
8 Abergele Town 30 12 3 15 41 51 −10 39
9 Gwalchmai[b] 30 11 3 16 43 61 −18 36
10 Barmouth & Dyffryn United 30 11 2 17 37 59 −22 35
11 Llanberis 30 8 9 13 46 48 −2 33
12 St Asaph City 30 10 3 17 57 65 −8 33
13 Llanrwst United 30 9 5 16 39 61 −22 32
14 Pwllheli[c] 30 7 8 15 45 66 −21 26
15 Llandyrnog United[d] 30 7 5 18 41 72 −31 23
16 Llanfairpwll (R) 30 1 3 26 20 97 −77 6 Relegation to Division 2
Source: Welsh Alliance League,NonLeagueMatters
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.[5]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Glantraeth were deducted three points for non fulfilment of fixture.[1]
  2. ^ Gwalchmai resigned from the Welsh Alliance League at the end of the season.[2]
  3. ^ Pwllheli were deducted three points for non fulfilment of fixture.[3]
  4. ^ Llandyrnog United were deducted three points for non fulfilment of fixture.[4]

Results

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Home \ Away ABE BDU GLC GLA GWA LNB LNJ LLD LPG LLG LRU LRW PEN PWL STA TRE
Abergele Town 2–1 0–4 1–0 3–2 1–3 2–0 6–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 0–2
Barmouth & Dyffryn United 0–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 3–1 0–5 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1
Glan Conwy 5–3 1–2 1–0 5–2 3–2 1–4 5–0 5–3 4–3 1–2 3–0 3–5 1–3 1–2 0–1
Glantraeth 1–0 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 7–3 0–2 5–1 1–0 5–1 3–0 2–2
Gwalchmai 2–0 0–4 4–2 1–3 3–1 0–5 4–0 2–0 0–3 0–3 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–3
Llanberis 2–1 5–1 2–3 4–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–3
Llandudno Junction 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 6–1 1–1 3–2 5–2 2–0 3–3 3–1 2–2
Llandyrnog United 0–1 4–1 7–5 3–4 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–3 2–3 1–4 0–2 1–1 0–4 2–1 2–3
Llanfairpwll 0–2 0–3 1–4 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 0–4 1–4 0–2 0–4
Llangefni Town 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 6–1 3–2
Llanrug United 4–1 3–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–5 1–1 7–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 4–2 1–1
Llanrwst United 2–4 0–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–3 0–3 4–0 1–3 1–1 0–3 2–2 3–2 0–1
Penrhyndeudraeth 3–2 9–0 4–3 4–2 4–1 2–3 2–3 3–2 5–2 1–3 3–3 4–0 0–2 5–3 1–2
Pwllheli 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–2 3–3 2–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–4 3–3 2–2 1–2 0–1
St Asaph City 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–6 3–0 7–1 3–0 1–4 3–4 0–5 10–0 2–3
Trearddur Bay 3–2 4–0 3–1 4–4 3–0 4–2 2–2 5–0 6–0 4–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 5–1 4–3

Division 2

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Teams

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St Asaph City were champions in the previous season and were promoted to Division 1 along with runners-ups, Llangefni Town and Trearddur Bay. They were replaced by Gwynedd League champions, Llanllyfni and Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Football League champions, Prestatyn Sports were promoted to Division 2.

 
 
Gaerwen
 
Llanllyfni
 
Llannerch-y-medd
 
Meliden
 
Mochdre Sports
 
Mynydd Llandegai
 
Penmaenmawr Phoenix
 
Pentraeth
 
Prestatyn Sports
Locations of the Division 2 teams of the 2015–16 Welsh Alliance League

Grounds and locations

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Team Location Ground
Amlwch Town Amlwch Lôn Bach
Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur Blaenau Ffestiniog Cae Clyd
Gaerwen Gaerwen Lôn Groes
Greenfield Greenfield Bagillt Road
Llanllyfni Llanllyfni King George the 5th Playing Field
Llannerch-y-medd Llanerch-y-medd Tan Parc
Meliden Meliden Ffordd Tŷ Newydd
Mochdre Sports Mochdre Swan Road
Mynydd Llandegai Mynydd Llandygai Mynydd Llandegai
Nantlle Vale Penygroes Maes Dulyn
Penmaenmawr Phoenix Penmaenmawr Cae Sling
Pentraeth Pentraeth Bryniau Field
Prestatyn Sports Prestatyn Gronant Playing Fields

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Greenfield (C, P) 24 21 2 1 94 36 +58 65 Promotion to Division 1
2 Nantlle Vale (P) 24 18 2 4 77 39 +38 56
3 Llanllyfni 24 13 7 4 76 46 +30 46
4 Mynydd Llandegai 24 13 3 8 59 61 −2 42
5 Pentraeth 24 11 5 8 75 47 +28 38
6 Prestatyn Sports 24 11 4 9 72 57 +15 37
7 Mochdre Sports 24 8 6 10 46 59 −13 30
8 Meliden 24 9 2 13 59 65 −6 29
9 Amlwch Town 24 8 4 12 44 59 −15 28
10 Penmaenmawr Phoenix 24 7 5 12 49 54 −5 26
11 Llannerch-y-medd 24 7 3 14 33 58 −25 24
12 Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur 24 7 0 17 55 100 −45 21
13 Gaerwen[a] 24 0 3 21 35 93 −58 0
Source: Welsh Alliance League,NonLeagueMatters
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.[7]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Gaerwen were deducted three points for non fulfilment of fixture.[6]

Results

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Home \ Away AML BFA GAR GRE LLL LYM MEL MOC MYN NAN PHO PEN PRE
Amlwch Town 3–4 4–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 2–3 3–3
Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur 3–1 5–1 2–4 3–7 0–1 2–4 0–2 3–4 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–8
Gaerwen 2–4 2–4 1–1 2–6 1–2 2–3 0–1 2–4 0–4 1–2 1–2 3–3
Greenfield 3–0 16–2 8–2 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–0 3–1 3–3 2–1 5–2 6–2
Llanllyfni 9–0 5–4 2–2 1–4 4–1 3–2 2–2 4–3 2–0 4–1 3–3 1–2
Llannerch-y-medd 1–3 3–2 3–1 1–3 2–2 2–5 2–0 0–2 1–3 4–3 0–2 2–1
Meliden 5–0 7–3 5–3 3–4 1–4 4–0 3–4 0–1 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–5
Mochdre Sports 3–3 6–1 4–1 1–5 1–2 3–3 4–1 2–2 2–2 5–3 0–3 1–0
Mynydd Llandegai 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–3 2–6 3–1 3–2 4–3 5–3 6–3 1–1 2–4
Nantlle Vale 3–0 6–3 3–2 4–1 1–2 6–2 2–1 7–1 8–0 3–2 2–1 3–2
Penmaenmawr Phoenix 2–2 6–2 4–1 3–4 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–2
Pentraeth 3–1 6–1 10–2 1–3 4–4 0–0 7–0 6–0 3–2 3–4 6–1 5–5
Prestatyn Sports 4–3 1–2 7–2 2–3 2–2 3–1 2–5 4–0 2–3 4–2 0–4 4–1

References

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  1. ^ "Welsh Alliance League – 2015–16 Division 1 Table".
  2. ^ "Gwalchmai FC folds but hopes to return as soon as possible". Daily Post. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Welsh Alliance League – 2015–16 Division 1 Table".
  4. ^ "Welsh Alliance League – 2015–16 Division 1 Table".
  5. ^ "Welsh Alliance Football League - League Handbook". Welsh Alliance Football League. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Welsh Alliance League – 2015–16 Division 2 Table".
  7. ^ "Welsh Alliance Football League - League Handbook". Welsh Alliance Football League. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.