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23-530: The Adran Leagues runs an annual competition for all clubs, known as the Adran Trophy. As of 2024, the Adran Premier consists of eight teams. Each year one is relegated and one is promoted from the second tier. The winners of Adran North and Adran South conferences have a playoff to determine who is promoted, if that team qualifies for a tier one license. During the first three years of the league's existence,

46-464: A presence in the first side. Season 09/10 was the biggest in the club's history ending in promotion to Division One, winning 8 drawing 2 and with 1 loss in the last 11 games they took third place. On times the club played with a starting eleven that did not have a player over the age of 21, so the youth policy adopted in 06/07 had finally paid off. The first Season in Division One went very well, with

69-503: A short but eye opening period in the first division. The club employed a new team Manager in Nana Baah, who was helped by Giles Smith and Dominic Broad to try and rebuild the team. In their first season in charge, they managed to work wonders and gain promotion back into Division One and in the process creating a new professional approach at the club. Discipline at the club was of a very good standard and major improvements have been made under

92-536: The 2015–16 season as the club won promotion to the 3rd Tier, after finishing second in the league. The club also won the FAW trophy following a 1–0 victory over Sully Sports. The 2016–17 saw Abergavenny finish 11th in the 3rd Tier of the Welsh football pyramid and the end of the season saw long time servant and Manager Steve “Butch” Morgan leave the club after 20 years of involvement at Govillon and Abergavenny. Season 2017–18 saw

115-456: The 3rd Division to the 2nd finishing in the third place, they carried on surviving near the bottom and scraping to safety at the end of most seasons, with most players leaving their best days behind them, the club realised they had to look at the future. Season 06/07 saw the coming together of Caerau Ely and the youth of Llanishen Dons football club. Caerau without a representative side in the youth league approached Llanishen to invite them to join

138-511: The Caerau set up. The advantages for Llanishen were obvious in that they could play at a very good level and the advantages for Caerau were that they would have a new group of young players for the future. The first season saw the youngsters finish third in the East division and also saw a number of players move up and take their place in the senior side, the next season they finished second with even more of

161-634: The Cwrt-yr-Ala ground in Ely. In 1991 they gained entry to the new Senior League and then progressed to the CC Sports Welsh League in 1998 after beating Dinas Powys 1–0 in the play-off held at Bridgend. The history shows that after winning well over eighty combined league titles and cups in its time, Caerau Ely has become one of the most successful clubs in Cardiff. Season 04/05 the club gained promotion from

184-660: The League of Wales days in the early 1990s but the club are trying to get the stand reopened and used in the future. In 1963 Pen-Y-Pound was used as a helicopter landing site for John Lennon. The Beatles were playing in the Town and Lennon had been in London making an appearance on the BBC television show Juke Box Jury. He landed in Abergavenny's Penypound football ground at 9.50pm, and was driven straight to

207-665: The Premier league was also split into North and South conferences, with a final match determining the overall league champion. Adran North and South each consist of eight teams. A play-off between the winners of each conference determines the overall league champion, who is promoted to the Adran Premier. Similarly, the winners of the North Wales Women’s League and the South Wales Women's & Girls' League are promoted into Adran North and Adran South, respectively, replacing

230-533: The Premier league. As a result, Abergavenny lost their Tier One license and were placed in the new tier two league, Adran South . In the 2021–22 season they won the league, gained their license, and were promoted to the Premier League. The 2022–23 season was a difficult one for them. They forfeited two matches in January 2023, being unable to field a side for one match, and lost 16 of their fixtures, coming in last in

253-545: The Premier, North, and South leagues, with the possibility of additional wildcard entries to fill out the total number of clubs to 24. Abergavenny Town F.C. Abergavenny Town Football Club is a Welsh association football club based in the town of Abergavenny , Monmouthshire , The team play in the Ardal SE League . The club was founded in June 2014 after local side Govilon changed their name, eleven months after

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276-523: The Town Hall. The ground has hosted a couple of Welsh Youth international matches during the years. The Abergavenny Women F.C. played in the Welsh Premier Women's League from 2012 to 2021. In the 2013–14 season they finished second. In the shortened 2020/21 season they finished 4th. The FAW reformed the league as the Adran Premier for the 2021/22 season, and imposed new requirements on clubs in

299-479: The club finishing with a respectful fifth place, which was the club's highest finish in their history and a great achievement. The second season the club came up very short, with major problems trying to keep hold of players and discipline on and off the pitch returning to days the club thought they had moved on from. They finished bottom of the league. Caerau Ely started the 2012–13 season back in Division Two after

322-466: The club promote reserve team player/manager Ben Bannon to first team manager. Bannon led the team to a 10th-place finish in the league. The club narrowly missed out on the promotion positions in 2018–19, finishing 5th, just 2 points below 3rd place Caerau (Ely) A.F.C. They remained in Tier 3 for the third year running. Abergavenny's 2019–20 season in Tier 3 (the 2019-20 Welsh Football League Division One )

345-482: The club went on to become the inaugural league champions in the 2021–22 season and gained promotion to the Cymru South for the 2022–23 season. Football has been played at Pen-Y-Pound since around the 1930s. Stadium development, including building a 250-seat stand and club house, was achieved by Thursday's first management committee led by local businessman Vince Sullivan. Unfortunately the stand hasn't been used since

368-571: The former club Abergavenny Thursdays folded, citing a lack of players as the reason. The new club was entered into the 5th Tier of the Welsh football pyramid , the Gwent County League First Division for the 2014–15 season. They finished the season as champions of the division after going the entire league campaign unbeaten. This earned the club a place in Tier 4 of the Welsh Football League . Success continued during

391-451: The league. They were fined £2,000 for a number of other issues. At the end of the season, facing financial challenges and relegation back to Adran South, the club folded. 51°49′45.1″N 3°1′16.1″W  /  51.829194°N 3.021139°W  / 51.829194; -3.021139 Caerau (Ely) A.F.C. Caerau Ely Association Football Club is a Welsh team based in Cardiff . It

414-530: The lowest-ranked team or filling a vacancy in the table. In 2021–22, Abergavenny Women won the Adran South conference and promotion to the Premier League. Neither of the top two teams in Adran North had applied for a Tier One license, so there was no play-off match. In 2022–23, Wrexham Women won the play-off against Briton Ferry and were promoted. In 2023–24, Briton Ferry Llansawel A.F.C. (ladies) won

437-463: The play-off against Llandudno and were promoted. In 2021–22, Llandudno won the conference but had not applied for a Tier One license and so there was no play-off for promotion. In 2022–23, there were only seven teams in the conference. Wrexham Women won the conference and promotion. Abergavenny were relegated to Adran North after losing the Premier league, but had been unable to field a team for two games that season and folded rather than returning to

460-442: The second tier. Bangor won the North Wales Women’s League and was promoted to Adran North. NFA was also promoted into the conference to make a full complement of eight teams. For the 2024–25 season, the teams in the conference are: At the start of the 2021–22 season, Abergavenny Women were relegated to Adran South after they lost their tier one license. They won the conference and promotion that season. In 2022–23, Merthyr Town

483-701: Was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic . After the Football Association of Wales decided on a points per game basis to conclude the season, Abergavenny finished 13th. In June 2020 they were awarded a Tier 3 license by the FAW, as part of the FAW restructuring of the Welsh Leagues and joined the new Ardal Leagues structure in the South East Division. After the 2020–21 season was cancelled due to Covid restrictions,

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506-535: Was formed in 1955. The club plays in the Cymru South . Caerau Ely were formed in 1955 joining the junior division of the Cardiff Combination League. A set of red jerseys given to the club by Mr.Ron Miller of Cross Bros. AFC was to determine the colours of the club forever. The club started its playing days on the Ely Racecourse moving on to Glyn Derw School in the eighties and then finally moving onto

529-565: Was relegated to the South Wales Women's & Girls' League and Pontardawe Town was promoted into Adran South. Briton Ferry won the conference. For the 2024–25 season, the teams in the conference are: The annual league competition, first held in 2014, was initially called the Welsh Premier League Cup. In 2021 it was rebranded to the Adran Trophy . The competition is run with 24 participating clubs, including all current members of

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