2021–22 Cymru South

Cymru South
Season	2021–22
Champions	Llantwit Major
Promoted	Pontypridd Town
Relegated	Port Talbot Town; Undy Athletic; Risca United
Matches played	232
Goals scored	820 (3.53 per match)
Biggest home win	Pontypridd Town 8–0 Port Talbot; (21 August 2021)
Biggest away win	Port Talbot 0–7 Briton Ferry Llansawel; (31 July 2021); Undy Athletic 1–8 Ammanford; (21 August 2021)
Highest scoring	Undy Athletic 1–8 Ammanford; (21 August 2021)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Cymru South season (also known as the 2021–22 JD Cymru South season for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the second-tier Southern region football in Welsh football pyramid. Teams will play each other twice on a home and away basis.

Swansea University were the defending champions from the 2019–20 season, following the curtailment of the 2020–21 season.

Pre-season favourites Ammanford AFC endured a season of struggle, with a three way title race for much of the season between Briton Ferry, Pontypridd Town AFC, and Llantwit Major AFC. After all three clubs lead at some point, Llantwit Major put together an outstanding finish to the season, winning 11 games out of 12 to lift the trophy with a game to spare. Pontypridd finished 2nd, and were promoted after Llantwit were controversially denied a Tier 1 license.^[1]

Teams

The league consists of 16 clubs.

Stadia and Locations

Afan Lido

Ammanford

Briton Ferry Llansawel

Locations of the 2021–22 Cymru South teams

Team	Home City	Home Ground
Afan Lido	Aberavon, Port Talbot	Marston's Stadium
Ammanford	Ammanford	Recreation Ground
Briton Ferry Llansawel	Briton Ferry	Old Road
Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.G.C.	Clydach Vale	King George V New Field
Carmarthen Town	Carmarthen	Richmond Park
Cwmbran Celtic	Cwmbran	Celtic Park
Goytre United	Goytre, Port Talbot	Glenhafod Park Stadium
Llanelli Town	Llanelli	Stebonheath Park
Llantwit Major	Llantwit Major	Windmill Ground
Pontypridd Town	Aberdare	USW Sports Park
Port Talbot Town	Aberavon, Port Talbot	The Remax Stadium
Risca United	Llanfabon	CCB Centre For Sporting Excellence
Swansea University	Swansea	Sketty Lane
Taff's Well	Taff's Well	Rhiw'r Ddar
Trefelin BGC	Velindre, Port Talbot	Ynys Park
Undy Athletic	Undy	The Causeway

Source: Cymru South Ground Information ^{[dead link‍]}

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain
Afan Lido	Paul Evans	Matthew Beynon
Ammanford	Gruff Harrison	Lee Trundle
Briton Ferry Llansawel	Andy Hill	Mark Jones
Cambrian & Clydach	Scott Young	Jarrad Wright
Carmarthen Town	Sean Cresser	Greg Walters
Cwmbran Celtic	James Kinsella	Lewis Watkins
Goytre United	Mark Pike	Josef Hopkins
Llanelli Town	Lee John	Louis Gerrard
Llantwit Major	Karl Lewis	Cullen Kinsella
Pontypridd Town	Jonathan Jones	Gavin Beddard
Port Talbot Town	Conor McGarhan	Nathaniel James
Risca United	Simon Berry	Josh Clayton
Swansea University	Wyn Thomas	Adam Orme
Taff's Well	Craig Sampson	Marcus Jones
Trefelin B.G.C.	Richie Ryan	Ceri Williams
Undy Athletic	Mark Crook	Chris Parry

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Port Talbot Town	Mark Pike	Resigned^[2]	16 July 2021	Pre-season	Sam O'Sullivan	23 August 2021^[3]
Carmarthen Town	Kristian O'Leary	Signed by Swansea U23^[4]	24 July 2021	8th	Sean Cresser	24 July 2021
Llanelli Town	Andy Legg	Fired^[5]	25 November 2021	6th	Lee John	28 November 2021^[6]
Goytre United	Lee John	Signed by Llanelli Town^[6]	28 November 2021	4th	Mark Pike	12 December 2021^[7]
Port Talbot Town	Sam O'Sullivan	Fired^[8]	16 February 2022	16th	Conor McGarhan	16 February 2022
Carmarthen Town	Sean Cresser	Resigned^[9]	23 April 2022	4th	Mark Aizlewood	24 April 2022

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Llantwit Major (C)	30	24	2	4	73	31	+42	74
2	Pontypridd Town (P)	30	21	6	3	79	30	+49	69	Promotion to Cymru Premier
3	Briton Ferry Llansawel	30	17	5	8	76	36	+40	56
4	Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC	30	15	6	9	73	42	+31	51
5	Carmarthen Town	30	15	9	6	52	25	+27	51^[a]
6	Goytre United	30	15	6	9	55	36	+19	51
7	Taff's Well	30	14	7	9	57	47	+10	49
8	Swansea University	30	11	7	12	44	43	+1	40
9	Llanelli Town	30	11	7	12	43	54	−11	40
10	Afan Lido	30	12	3	15	45	67	−22	39
11	Trefelin BGC	30	9	10	11	58	51	+7	37
12	Ammanford	30	10	4	16	58	56	+2	34
13	Cwmbran Celtic	30	10	4	16	43	74	−31	34
14	Risca United (R)	30	7	10	13	43	51	−8	31	Relegation to Ardal SE or Ardal SW
15	Undy Athletic (R)	30	5	2	23	41	84	−43	17
16	Port Talbot Town (R)	30	0	0	30	8	121	−113	0

Source: Cymru South League Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The match between Carmarthen and Risca on 31 July 2021 was cancelled due to COVID-19 cases in Carmarthen. However, it was later deemed that Carmarthen had sufficient players to fulfil the fixture in line with the league's policy, and were therefore deducted 3 points and fined £1,000.^[10]

Results

Home \ Away	LTM	PPT	GOU	BFL	CCV	CAR	TAW	SWU	LLI	AFL	RIS	TRE	AMM	CBC	UNA	PTT
Llantwit Major	—	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	0–2	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	6–0
Pontypridd Town	4–0	—	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–3	1–1	4–1	8–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	3–0	5–1	8–0
Goytre United	2–4	0–1	—	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	4–0	2–1	6–1
Briton Ferry Llansawel	3–4	0–0	2–1	—	3–2	1–1	5–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	6–0	4–0	2–1
Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC	3–3	1–2	4–1	3–0	—	1–1	5–2	0–0	1–0	5–0	5–0	2–2	3–0	4–1	3–0	5–0
Carmarthen Town	0–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	3–1	—	0–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	4–0	3–0
Taff's Well	1–4	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	—	4–2	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–3	3–0	7–1
Swansea University	3–0	3–4	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	1–2	—	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–3	2–1	3–1	2–1	4–0
Llanelli Town	1–2	0–4	3–1	0–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–3	2–0	2–3	1–0
Afan Lido	0–1	3–2	1–2	1–6	1–1	0–4	1–5	0–3	1–2	—	2–1	1–3	0–1	5–2	4–2	2–0
Risca United	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–3	—	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	7–0
Trefelin BGC	2–5	2–2	11–1	2–2	4–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	4–0	—	1–1	3–4	4–1	4–0
Ammanford	1–3	0–2	0–1	4–3	3–4	1–3	2–4	0–0	5–0	1–2	2–2	5–3	—	2–3	5–2	3–0
Cwmbran Celtic	0–5	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–4	0–5	3–3	2–1	1–0	—	1–2	2–1
Undy Athletic	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–4	2–3	2–3	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–8	3–4	—	5–2
Port Talbot Town	0–3	0–2	1–3	0–7	0–6	0–3	0–1	0–2	0–6	0–2	0–1	0–4	1–7	0–4	0–5	—

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2022. Source: Cymru South Match Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tom Walters	Llantwit Major	24
2	Tristan Jenkins	Ammanford	21
3	Liam Thomas	Carmarthen Town	19
3	Sam Johnson	Pontypridd Town	19
5	Tyler Brock	Briton Ferry Llansawel	15
5	David Lyon	Taffs Well	15

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Karl Lewis	Llantwit Major	Conner Goldsworthy	Llantwit Major
September	Karl Lewis	Llantwit Major	Tom Walters	Llantwit Major
October	Jonathan Jones	Pontypridd Town	Tom Walters	Llantwit Major
November	Paul Evans	Afan Lido	Tristan Jenkins	Ammanford
December	Sean Cresser	Carmarthen Town	David Lyon	Taff's Well
January	Karl Lewis	Llantwit Major	Conner Goldsworthy	Llantwit Major

Fair Play award

The winner for each respective division's FAW Fair Play Table was to be given £1,000 prize money and the FAW Fair Play Trophy.

The winners of the Nationwide Building Society Fair Play Award for the 2021-2022 Cymru South season are Swansea University^[11]

External links

References

^ "Pontypridd Town promoted after successful appeal". BBC Sport.
^ Jordan Jones (16 July 2021). "Mark Pike leaves Port Talbot on eve of new competitive season". Clwb Pêl-Droed. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ "The wait is finally over! Port Talbot Town are delighted to announce our new management team!". Twitter. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "First Team Management Update". Carmarthen Town. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ Aled James (25 November 2021). "Andy Legg leaves post as Llanelli Town manager". Clwb Pêl-Droed. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Aled James (28 November 2021). "Lee John leaves Goytre United to take over at Llanelli Town". Clwb Pêl-Droed. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ "Club Statement: Goytre United are delighted to confirm Mark Pike as Manager". Twitter. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
^ "Club Statement". Twitter. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "Club Statement". Carmarthen Town. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "FAW National Leagues Board Decision: Carmarthen Town". Cymru Football. Football Association of Wales. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ FAW (29 June 2022). "NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY FAIR PLAY AWARD WINNERS 2021/22". FAW. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[table_hth_CAR0.36726154404099-11] The match between Carmarthen and Risca on 31 July 2021 was cancelled due to COVID-19 cases in Carmarthen. However, it was later deemed that Carmarthen had sufficient players to fulfil the fixture in line with the league's policy, and were therefore deducted 3 points and fined £1,000.^[10]

[1] "Pontypridd Town promoted after successful appeal". BBC Sport.

[2] Jordan Jones (16 July 2021). "Mark Pike leaves Port Talbot on eve of new competitive season". Clwb Pêl-Droed. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

[3] "The wait is finally over! Port Talbot Town are delighted to announce our new management team!". Twitter. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[4] "First Team Management Update". Carmarthen Town. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

[5] Aled James (25 November 2021). "Andy Legg leaves post as Llanelli Town manager". Clwb Pêl-Droed. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

[auto-6] Aled James (28 November 2021). "Lee John leaves Goytre United to take over at Llanelli Town". Clwb Pêl-Droed. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

[7] "Club Statement: Goytre United are delighted to confirm Mark Pike as Manager". Twitter. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

[8] "Club Statement". Twitter. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[9] "Club Statement". Carmarthen Town. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[10] "FAW National Leagues Board Decision: Carmarthen Town". Cymru Football. Football Association of Wales. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

[12] FAW (29 June 2022). "NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY FAIR PLAY AWARD WINNERS 2021/22". FAW. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

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