2024–25 Cymru South

The 2024–25 Cymru South season (also known as the 2024–25 JD Cymru South season for sponsorship reasons) is the fifth season of the second-tier Southern region football in Welsh football pyramid.

Cymru South

Season	2024–25
Top goalscorer	Keane Watts (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Llanelli 5–0 Taffs Well (25 October 2024)/Cambrian United 5–0 Cwmbran Celtic (28 September 2024)
Biggest away win	Penrhiwceiber Rangers 1–5 Goytre United (10 August 2024)
Highest scoring	Taffs Well 4–4 Goytre United (1 November 2024)/Ammanford 4–4 Cwmbran Celtic (25 October 2024)
Longest winning run	4 – Trethomas Bluebirds//Llanelli (11 October 2024–present)
Longest unbeaten run	9 – Llantwit Major (23 August 2024–8 November 2024)
Longest winless run	8 – Taffs Well (26 August 2024–8 November 2024)
Longest losing run	6 – Penrhiwceiber Rangers (6 August 2024–14 September 2024)
Highest attendance	851 - Afan Lido 0–0 Trefelin (25 October 024)
Lowest attendance	55 - Penrhiwceiber Rangers 0–1 Cwmbran Celtic (17 August 2024)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

Teams

The league consisted of 16 clubs; 12 clubs remaining from the previous season, 1 club relegated from the Cymru Premier, and 3 clubs promoted from the Ardal Leagues.

Trethomas Bluebirds and Penrhiwceiber Rangers were promoted as champions of the 2023–24 Ardal SE and 2023–24 Ardal SW respectively, while Ardal SE runners-up Newport City defeated Ardal SW runners-up Cefn Cribwr in the Ardal Southern play-off to also earn promotion. The three promoted teams replaced the three relegated 2023–24 Cymru South teams (Abergavenny Town, Abertillery Bluebirds, and Pontardawe Town). Pontypridd United were relegated from the 2023–24 Cymru Premier, replacing the promoted 2023–24 Cymru South winners (Briton Ferry Llansawel).

Stadia and Locations

Afan Lido

Ammanford

Baglan Dragons

Caerau Ely

Cambrian United

Carmarthen Town

Cwmbran Celtic

Goytre United

Llanelli Town

Llantwit Major

Newport City

Penrhiwceiber Rangers

Pontypridd United

Taff's Well

Trefelin

Trethomas Bluebirds

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Locations of the 2024–25 Cymru South teams

Team	Home City	Home Ground	Capacity
Afan Lido	Aberavon, Port Talbot	Marston's Stadium	3,000
Ammanford	Ammanford	Recreation Ground	1,000
Baglan Dragons	Baglan, Port Talbot	Evans Bevan Playing Field	1,000
Cambrian United	Clydach Vale	King George V New Field	1,000
Caerau Ely	Ely, Cardiff	Cwrt-yr-Ala Road	1,000
Carmarthen Town	Carmarthen	Richmond Park	2,500
Cwmbran Celtic	Cwmbran	Celtic Park	1,000
Goytre United	Goytre, Port Talbot	Glenhafod Park Stadium	1,500
Llanelli Town	Llanelli	Stebonheath Park	3,700
Llantwit Major	Llantwit Major	Windmill Ground	1,000
Newport City	Newport	Newport Stadium	5,058
Penrhiwceiber Rangers	Penrhiwceiber	Glasbrook Field	1,000
Pontypridd United	Treforest	USW Sport Park	1,000
Taff's Well	Taff's Well	Rhiw'r Ddar	2,930
Trefelin	Velindre, Port Talbot	Ynys Park	1,000
Trethomas Bluebirds	Ystrad Mynach	CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence	1,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Front shirt sponsor
Afan Lido	Garry Taylor	Liam Griffiths	Macron	Shrimpton Developments
Ammanford	Wyn Thomas	Morgan Clarke	Joma	Morganstone
Baglan Dragons	Carl Clement	Lewis Holmes	Joma	Pinetree Car Superstore
Caerau Ely	Dean Wheeler	Jack Ashford	Classic Sportswear	Mr Homes
Cambrian United	Gareth Evans	Kyle Jones	Joma	Pinetree Car Superstore
Carmarthen Town	Mark Aizlewood	Noah Daley	Kappa	A.T.B. Davies & Son
Cwmbran Celtic	Simon Berry	Andrew Larcombe	Hummel	Avondale Motor Park
Goytre United		Jordan Edwards	Joma	CXJ Building Sponsors
Llanelli Town	Lee John	Josef Hopkins	Joma	First Choice Flooring Wales
Llantwit Major	Ben Stait	Rhys Llewelyn	Tor Sports	Compact Cars & Vans
Newport City	Sam Houldsworth	Louis Caramella-Gerrard	VX3	Unseen Caffeine
Penrhiwceiber Rangers	Dean Brown	Warren Jones	Macron	W.A.G. Scaffolding Service
Pontypridd United	Andrew Whittington	Jarrad Wright	Joma	UPVCDIRECT.CO.UK
Taff's Well	Josh Anderson	Vaughn Fowler	Macron	Gentles Construction
Trefelin BGC	Andy Hill	Jordan Davies	Macron
Trethomas Bluebirds	Mark Dunford	James Saddler	VX3	Fernleigh Design

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Cwmbran Celtic	James Kinsella	Resigned	7 March 20241	Pre-season	Simon Berry	11 May 2024
Ammanford	Gruff Harrison	Resigned	14 August 2024	15th	Wyn Thomas	22 August 2024
Afan Lido	Paul Evans	Mutual Consent	5 October 2024	15th	Garry Taylor	10 October 2024
Taffs Well	Geza Hajgato/ Nathan Cotterall	Fired	13 October 2024	15th	Josh Anderson	30 October 2024
Pontypridd United	Gavin Allen	Resigned	30 October 2024	2nd	Andrew Whittington	7 November 2024
Goytre United	Laurie Marsh	Resigned	3 November 2024	12th

1. ^ Kinsella's resignation was announced during the 2023–24 season, but did not come into effect until the end of the season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Trethomas Bluebirds	15	9	3	3	27	20	+7	30	Promotion to Cymru Premier
2	Llanelli Town	14	8	5	1	37	14	+23	29
3	Pontypridd United	15	8	4	3	26	20	+6	28
4	Trefelin BGC	15	7	4	4	27	19	+8	25
5	Llantwit Major	15	6	6	3	21	17	+4	24
6	Caerau (Ely)	15	6	4	5	26	18	+8	22
7	Baglan Dragons	15	6	4	5	26	22	+4	22
8	Cambrian United	13	6	3	4	24	20	+4	21
9	Newport City	15	5	5	5	19	19	0	20
10	Carmarthen Town	14	5	4	5	22	20	+2	19
11	Ammanford	15	6	0	9	27	28	−1	18
12	Goytre United	15	4	3	8	25	35	−10	15
13	Penrhiwceiber Rangers	14	4	2	8	12	25	−13	14
14	Taff's Well	15	3	4	8	19	37	−18	13	Relegation to Ardal SE or Ardal SW
15	Cwmbran Celtic	14	4	0	10	20	36	−16	12
16	Afan Lido	15	2	5	8	22	30	−8	11

Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2024. Source: Cymru South
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.

Results

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis.

Home \ Away	AFL	AMM	BGD	CRU	CBU	CAR	CBC	GOU	LLI	LTM	NPT	PNR	PON	TAW	TRE	TTB
Afan Lido	—		0–3	2–2		3–3		4–1		1–3	1–1			1–2	0–0
Ammanford		—				2–3	6–2	3–1		1–2		4–1		3–0		2–3
Baglan Dragons		0–2	—		4–1		4–3		2–2			1–2	2–2
Caerau (Ely)			2–1	—		2–2			1–2		1–2					2–2
Cambrian United	0–0	3–2		2–2	—		5–0					1–0		3–0
Carmarthen Town			3–2		4–1	—		1–2		0–1	1–0					2–0
Cwmbran Celtic		4–0		3–2	1–3		—	2–1							1–3
Goytre United			0–1	0–2		3–1		—					3–3			1–2
Llanelli Town						1–1	3–1		—		2–3		3–0	5–0
Llantwit Major		1–0						1–1	2–2	—	1–1			4–1		0–1
Newport City		3–1			0–0			0–1			—	1–3	0–1		1–0
Penrhiwceiber Rangers	3–2		0–0				0–1	1–5			1–2	—	0–2	1–0
Pontypridd United	3–2	3–0		1–0	1–3		2–0			1–1			—			2–3
Taff's Well			1–3	0–3			2–1	4–4	1–1					—	3–3
Trefelin BGC			2–0	1–0		2–1			1–1	3–1	2–1		2–3		—
Trethomas Bluebirds	3–2								1–4	1–1		3–0		3–0	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: Cymru South Match Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.