1996–97 League of Wales

The 1996–97 League of Wales was the fifth season of the League of Wales since its establishment in 1992.[1] The league was won for the second consecutive season by Barry Town, who accrued a record total of 105 points. Their total of 129 goals scored was also a record until they broke it by five goals the following year.

League of Wales
Season1996–97
ChampionsBarry Town
RelegatedTon Pentre
Holywell Town
Briton Ferry Athletic
Champions LeagueBarry Town
UEFA CupInter Cardiff
Cup Winners' CupCwmbran Town
Intertoto CupEbbw Vale
Matches played420
Goals scored1,396 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorerTony Bird (42)

For the first time, the League champions competed in the subsequent Champions League.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barry Town (C) 40 33 6 1 129 26 +103 105 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Inter Cardiff 40 26 6 8 80 32 +48 84 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Ebbw Vale 40 23 9 8 87 40 +47 78 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
4 Caernarfon Town 40 23 9 8 81 58 +23 78
5 Newtown 40 22 5 13 74 49 +25 71
6 TNS Llansantffraid 40 19 12 9 78 54 +24 69
7 Conwy United 40 20 8 12 66 44 +22 68
8 Bangor City 40 20 5 15 82 62 +20 65
9 Cwmbran Town 40 19 8 13 71 61 +10 65 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
10 Porthmadog 40 18 8 14 64 60 +4 62
11 Connah's Quay Nomads 40 16 9 15 62 64 −2 57
12 Cemaes Bay 40 13 10 17 62 72 −10 49
13 Aberystwyth Town 40 13 8 19 67 82 −15 47
14 Caersws 40 11 9 20 53 77 −24 42
15 Flint Town United 40 11 8 21 48 76 −28 41
16 Carmarthen Town 40 11 7 22 41 79 −38 40
17 Welshpool Town 40 10 9 21 50 80 −30 39
18 Ton Pentre (R) 40 12 3 25 59 99 −40 39 Relegation to Welsh Division One[lower-alpha 2]
19 Rhyl 40 10 8 22 51 71 −20 38
20 Holywell Town (R) 40 7 8 25 52 81 −29 29 Relegation to Cymru Alliance
21 Briton Ferry Athletic (R) 40 5 1 34 39 129 −90 16 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 1996–97 Welsh Cup runners-up
  2. Although they finished outside the relegation zone, Ton Pentre resigned from the League of Wales to play in Division 2 South

Results
Home \ Away ABE BAN BAR BRI CAE CWS CMR CEM CQN CON CWM EBB FTU HOL INC NTW POR RHY TNS TON WEL
Aberystwyth Town 1–2 1–4 3–1 4–5 1–2 2–0 6–2 3–3 0–1 4–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–3 2–2
Bangor City 5–1 0–4 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 8–1 4–0
Barry Town 8–1 0–0 4–0 5–2 4–0 6–0 4–3 2–0 5–0 3–0 7–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 6–1 3–3 7–1 4–0
Briton Ferry Athletic 1–3 3–2 0–4 2–5 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–4 1–4 0–2 3–1 4–3 1–4 2–5 1–2 0–3 1–8 0–2 1–2
Caernarfon Town 2–2 1–4 1–3 6–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–3 2–3 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1
Caersws 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–4 0–1 0–2 2–6 3–1 0–5 1–5 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–3 2–0
Carmarthen Town 0–4 1–5 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–3 2–4 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–4 2–3
Cemaes Bay 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 3–3 1–4 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 5–1 1–0
Connah's Quay Nomads 4–1 2–4 1–4 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 5–3 0–3 1–5 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–3 4–0 3–3 4–1 0–1 1–0 3–0
Conwy United 4–0 1–0 0–1 6–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0
Cwmbran Town 6–0 1–3 0–4 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 4–4 3–1 3–1 2–1
Ebbw Vale 4–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 5–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 4–0
Flint Town United 0–1 3–4 0–8 3–1 0–3 1–1 4–0 1–3 0–2 0–1 2–4 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–3 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1
Holywell Town 3–3 0–4 0–0 3–1 1–4 3–2 0–1 1–1 3–4 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–3 5–0 2–3 1–3 3–1 2–3
Inter Cardiff 1–0 4–1 1–2 7–0 6–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–4
Newtown 2–1 2–0 0–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 6–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 5–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–0
Porthmadog 2–2 2–0 1–4 2–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–4 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 0–2 0–4 6–0 4–1 2–1 1–2
Rhyl 0–2 1–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1
TNS Llansantffraid 3–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–3 3–2 3–3 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–1 4–2 2–0
Ton Pentre 1–1 4–3 0–2 3–2 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–2 4–3 1–0 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–3 1–7 3–4 1–3 1–2 4–3
Welshpool Town 0–0 3–2 1–2 4–0 0–3 0–4 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–4 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 6–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. "Wales 1996/97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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