Welsh Premier League 2008–09
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| Season | 2008–09 |
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| Champions | Rhyl FC |
| Relegated | Caernarfon Town |
| UEFA Champions League | Rhyl FC |
| UEFA Europa League | Llanelli AFC The New Saints Bangor City (via cup) |
| Top goalscorer | Rhys Griffiths (31) |
| Biggest home win | TNS 8–0 Caernarfon Town |
| Biggest away win | Porthmadog 0–6 Bangor City |
| Highest scoring | Porthmadog 6–5 Connah's Quay |
| Total goals | 998 |
| Average goals/game | 3.26 |
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The 2008–09 Welsh Premier League was the 17th season of the Welsh Premier League since its establishment in 1992 as the League of Wales. It began on 15 August 2008 and ended on 25 April 2009. Llanelli AFC were the defending champions.
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[edit] Team changes from 2007–08
Prestatyn Town were promoted from the Cymru Alliance and played in the top division for the first time in their history. Caersws FC survived relegation after none of the top two teams in the divisions below could meet ground regulations.
[edit] Overview
| Team | Ground | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth Town F.C. | Park Avenue | 5,500 |
| Airbus UK Broughton F.C. | The Airfield | 2,100 |
| Bangor City F.C. | Farrar Road Stadium | 1,500 |
| Caernarfon Town F.C. | The Oval | 3,000 |
| Caersws F.C. | Recreation Ground | 3,500 |
| Carmarthen Town A.F.C. | Richmond Park | 3,000 |
| Gap Connah's Quay F.C. | Deeside Stadium | 5,500 |
| Haverfordwest County A.F.C. | Bridge Meadow Stadium | 2,000 |
| Llanelli A.F.C. | Stebonheath Park | 3,700 |
| Neath Athletic A.F.C. | The Gnoll | 7,000 |
| NEWI Cefn Druids A.F.C. | Plaskynaston Lane | 2,000 |
| Newtown A.F.C. | Latham Park | 5,000 |
| Port Talbot Town F.C. | Victoria Road | 2,500 |
| Porthmadog F.C. | Y Traeth | 2,000 |
| Prestatyn Town F.C. | Bastion Road | 1,000 |
| Rhyl F.C. | Belle Vue | 3,800 |
| The New Saints F.C. | Park Hall | 2,000 |
| Welshpool Town F.C. | Maes y Dre Recreation Ground | 3,000 |
[edit] League table
| P |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhyl FC (C) | 34 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 95 | 29 | +66 | 90 | UEFA Champions League 2009–10 Second qualifying round |
| 2 | Llanelli AFC | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 38 | +60 | 83 | UEFA Europa League 2009–10 First qualifying round |
| 3 | The New Saints | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 79 | 27 | +52 | 71 | |
| 4 | Carmarthen Town | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 62 | |
| 5 | Port Talbot Town | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 56 | |
| 6 | Bangor City | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 55 | UEFA Europa League 2009–10 Second qualifying round 1 |
| 7 | Haverfordwest County | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 55 | |
| 8 | Aberystwyth Town | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 46 | |
| 9 | Connah's Quay Nomads | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 41 | |
| 10 | Newtown AFC | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 40 | |
| 11 | Welshpool Town | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 48 | 70 | −22 | 40 | |
| 12 | Airbus UK Broughton | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 39 | |
| 13 | Cefn Druids | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 74 | −17 | 34 | |
| 14 | Neath Athletic | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 34 | |
| 15 | Prestatyn Town | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 48 | 70 | −22 | 33 | |
| 16 | CPD Porthmadog | 34 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 57 | 91 | −34 | 32 | |
| 17 | Caersws FC | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 61 | −33 | 25 | |
| 18 | Caernarfon Town (R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 73 | −41 | 202 | Relegation to Cymru Alliance Welsh Football League First Division |
Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
1Bangor City won the Welsh Cup 2008–09 and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
2Caernarfon Town were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player on 16 August 2008.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
[edit] Results
| Home \ Away1 | ABR | AIR | BAN | CAN | CAE | CAR | CQN | POR | HAV | LLE | NEA | CDR | NEW | PTT | PRE | RHL | TNS | WEL |
| Aberystwyth Town | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Airbus UK Broughton | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| Bangor City | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Caernarfon Town | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | |
| Caersws FC | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 0–1 | |
| Carmarthen Town | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | |
| Connah's Quay Nomads | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| CPD Porthmadog | 4–1 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 6–5 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| Haverfordwest County | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| Llanelli AFC | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
| Neath Athletic | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | |
| Cefn Druids | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–3 | |
| Newtown AFC | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–6 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
| Port Talbot Town | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–6 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | |
| Prestatyn Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | |
| Rhyl FC | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 7–1 | |
| The New Saints | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | |
| Welshpool Town | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
Source: Welsh Premiership Football League
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
[edit] Top goalscorers
Source: welsh-premier.com
- 31 goals
Rhys Griffiths (Llanelli AFC)
- 25 goals
Martin Rose (Port Talbot Town)
- 24 goals
- Marc Lloyd-Williams(Porthmadog FC)
- 20 goals
Chris Sharp (Bangor City)- Neil Roberts (Rhyl FC)
- Jack Christopher (Haverfordwest County)
- 18 goals
- John Toner (The New Saints)
- 15 goals
- Steve Rogers (Welshpool Town)
- Paul Roberts (Welshpool Town)
- 14 goals
- Nick Woodrow (Haverfordwest County)
[edit] Monthly awards
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
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| Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
| September | Andy Cale |
TNS |  Josh Johnson |
Rhyl |
| October | Peter Nichollas |
Llanelli | Christian Edwards |
Aberystwyth |
| November | Darren Ryan |
Newtown | Neil Thomas |
Haverfordwest |
| December |  Derek Brazil |
Haverfordwest | Neil Roberts |
Rhyl |
| January | Mark Jones |
Port Talbot | Chris Sharp |
Bangor |
| February | Allan Bickerstaff |
Rhyl | Tommy Holmes |
TNS |
| March | Peter Nichollas |
Llanelli | Steve Rogers |
Welshpool |
