Ceredigion League

The Ceredigion League (known as The Costcutter Ceredigion League for sponsorship purposes)[1] is a Welsh football league for the county of Ceredigion. It is at the fifth to seventh levels of the Welsh football league system. It was founded in 1921 as the Cardiganshire League in Lampeter. The ten founding teams were Aberaeron, Aberystwyth Battery, Conservative FC, College Reserves, Drefach, Lampeter, Llanybydder, Newcastle Emlyn, Padarn United and Parish Hall United.[2] Newcastle Emlyn withdrew from the league without playing games.

Ceredigion League
Founded1921
Country Wales
Divisions3
Number of teams32
Level on pyramid5–7
Promotion toCentral Wales Football League
Current championsFfostrasol Wanderers
(2022-23)

Member clubs for 2023–24 season

First Division
  • Bargod Rangers
  • Cardigan Town
  • Crannog
  • Crymych
  • Dewi Stars
  • Felinfach
  • Ffostrasol Wanderers
  • Lampeter Town
  • Llanboidy
  • Llechryd
  • New Quay
  • St Dogmaels

Second Division

Third Division
  • Bargod (reserves)
  • Cardigan (reserves)
  • Crannog (reserves)
  • Lampeter (reserves)
  • Llanon
  • Llanboidy (reserves)
  • Llandysul (reserves)
  • Maesglas (reserves)
  • Pencader (reserves)
  • St Dogmaels (reserves)

First Division champions

Information provided from league website[3] Those years empty are not known.

1920s
  • 1921–22: Llandysul
  • 1922–23: North: Parish Hall United; South: Llandysul
  • 1923–24:
  • 1924–25: Bargod Rangers
  • 1925–26: Bargod Rangers
  • 1926–27: Llanbydder
  • 1927–28:
  • 1928–29:
  • 1929–30: Newcastle Emlyn

1930s
  • 1930–31: Newcastle Emlyn
  • 1931–32: Bargod Rangers
  • 1932–33: Aberaeron Town
  • 1933–34:
  • 1934–35:
  • 1935–36:
  • 1936–37:
  • 1937–38:
  • 1938–39:

1940s
  • 1946–47: Bargod Rangers
  • 1947–48: Newcastle Emlyn
  • 1948–49: Llandysul
  • 1949–50: Cilgerran

1950s

1960s
  • 1960–61: St Dogmaels
  • 1961–62: Bargod Rangers
  • 1962–63: Beulah
  • 1963–64: St David's College
  • 1964–65: St Dogmaels
  • 1965–66: St Dogmaels
  • 1966–67: Bargod Rangers
  • 1967–68: Ffostrasol Wanderers
  • 1968–69: Cardigan Town
  • 1969-70: Ffostrasol Wanderers

1970s

1980s

1990s
  • 1990–91: Dewi Stars
  • 1991–92: St Dogmaels
  • 1992–93: St Dogmaels
  • 1993–94: St Dogmaels
  • 1994–95: St Dogmaels
  • 1995–96: Cardigan Town
  • 1996–97: St Dogmaels
  • 1997–98: Dewi Stars
  • 1998–99: Newcastle Emlyn
  • 1999–2000: Cardigan Town

2000s
  • 2000–01: Cardigan Town
  • 2001–02: Aberaeron
  • 2002–03: Cardigan Town
  • 2003–04: Crannog
  • 2004–05: Lampeter Town
  • 2005–06: Lampeter Town
  • 2006–07: St Dogmaels
  • 2007–08: Maesglas
  • 2008–09: Lampeter Town
  • 2009–10: Cardigan Town

2010s
  • 2010–11: New Quay
  • 2011–12: New Quay
  • 2012–13: New Quay[4]
  • 2013–14: Newcastle Emlyn reserves
  • 2014–15: Cardigan Town
  • 2015–16: Cardigan Town
  • 2016–17: St Dogmaels[5]
  • 2017–18: Lampeter Town
  • 2018–19: St Dogmaels
  • 2019–20: St Dogmaels

2020s

Cup Competitions

Teams from the Ceredigion League can compete in 6 different cups;

  • Bay Cup - only 1st teams.
  • League Cup - only 1st teams and reserve sides that do not have their 1st teams participating in this league (Newcastle Emlyn III, Aberaeron Reserves).
  • Cwpan Ceredigion - same teams who participate in the League cup, with their equivalent from the Aberystwyth League.
  • Percy Eldridge Cup - only the reserve sides which have their 1st teams participating in the league (not Newcastle Emlyn III or Aberaeron Reserves).
  • South Cards Cup - all teams from Division 2 and the teams from the Reserve Cup which do not have their 1st teams in Division 2.
  • J.Emrys Morgan Cup - same teams who participate in the League Cup, with their equivalent from the Aberystwyth League, Montgomeryshire League and the Mid Wales South League.

References
  1. "Ceredigion League Website".
  2. "History - First Season". Cynghrair Costcutter League.
  3. "Archive - Previous Winners - Division 1". www.ceredigionleague.co.uk.
  4. "2012-13 tables, part 5" (PDF). Football Club History Database. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. "St Dogmaels success runs in the family". Tivy-Side Advertiser. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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