2006–07 Welsh Premier League

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.

Welsh Premier League
Season2006–07
ChampionsThe New Saints
RelegatedCwmbran Town
Champions LeagueThe New Saints
UEFA CupRhyl
Carmarthen Town
Intertoto CupLlanelli
Matches played272
Goals scored835 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorerRhys Griffiths (30)
Biggest home winThe New Saints 7–0 Airbus UK Broughton
Biggest away winCaersws 1–7 Carmarthen Town
Newtown 0–6 Rhyl
Highest scoringCwmbran Town 4–5 Carmarthen Town
Welshpool Town 6–3 Airbus UK Broughton

League table

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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:
  1. ^ As 2006–07 Welsh Cup winner
  2. ^ Porthmadog deducted 3 points

Results

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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

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

Source: www.welsh-premier.com

Monthly awards

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Month Manager of the Month Player of the 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

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