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2009–10 Welsh Premier League

Edition of the soccer championship

Field	Value
competition	Welsh Premier League
season	2009–10
winners	The New Saints
(5th title)
relegated	Rhyl
Connah's Quay
CPD Porthmadog
Welshpool Town
Caersws
Cefn Druids
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	The New Saints
continentalcup2	Europa League
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Llanelli
Port Talbot Town
Bangor City (via dom. cup)
league topscorer	Rhys Griffiths (30)
biggest home win	Pt. Talbot 7–0 Cefn Druids
biggest away win	Welshpool 0–5 Prestatyn
Cefn Dr. 0–5 Prestatyn
highest scoring	Bangor 6–3 Bala
matches	306
total goals	861
prevseason	2008–09
nextseason	2010–11

(5th title) Connah's Quay CPD Porthmadog Welshpool Town Caersws Cefn Druids Port Talbot Town Bangor City (via dom. cup) Cefn Dr. 0–5 Prestatyn The 2009–10 Welsh Premier League was the 18th season of the Welsh Premier League since its establishment in 1992 as the League of Wales. It began on 14 August 2009 and ended on 24 April 2010. Rhyl were the defending champions.

Teams

Bala Town were promoted from the Cymru Alliance and played in the top division for the first time in their history. Caersws survived relegation for a second straight year after ENTO Aberaman Athletic failed in their appeal to get a domestic licence after their floodlights were not up to the Welsh FA's expectations. None of the remaining top two teams in the Welsh Football League First Division could meet ground regulations.

The league was reduced to a size of 12 teams after this season following a unanimous decision by the Premier League clubs in June 2009. As a result of this, six clubs were relegated. The number of relegated teams could also have been seven or eight (the maximum), depending on whether any Cymru Alliance / Welsh Football League First Division clubs were eligible to be promoted to the 2010–11 Premier League. None of them were, so six teams were relegated, including last season's champions Rhyl.

Team summaries

Team	Ground	Capacity
Aberystwyth Town	Park Avenue	5,500
Airbus UK Broughton	The Airfield	2,100
Bala Town	Maes Tegid	3,000
Bangor City	Farrar Road Stadium	1,500
Caersws	Recreation Ground	3,500
Carmarthen Town	Richmond Park	3,000
Elements Cefn Druids	Plaskynaston Lane	2,000
Gap Connah's Quay	Deeside Stadium	5,500
Haverfordwest County	Bridge Meadow Stadium	2,000
Llanelli AFC	Stebonheath Park	3,700
Neath	The Gnoll	7,000
Newtown AFC	Latham Park	5,000
Port Talbot Town	Victoria Road	2,500
Porthmadog	Y Traeth	2,000
Prestatyn Town	Bastion Road	2,500
Rhyl	Belle Vue	3,800
The New Saints	Park Hall	2,000
Technogroup Welshpool Town	Maes y Dre Recreation Ground	3,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Gap Connah's Quay	WAL Steve O'Shaughnessy	Sacked	Pre-Season	ENG Mark McGregor	Pre-Season
Caersws	WAL David Taylor	Mutual Consent	Pre-Season	WAL Mickey Evans	Pre-Season
Aberystwyth Town	SCO Brian Coyne	Resigned	26 September 2009	WAL Alan Morgan	4 November 2009

League table

Results

Top scorers

Source: welsh-premier.com

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	WAL Rhys Griffiths	Llanelli AFC	30
2	WAL Jamie Reed	Bangor City	24
3	SCO Chris Sharp	The New Saints	23
4	WAL Matthew Williams	Rhyl	20
5	WAL Luke Bowen	Aberystwyth Town	17
6	WAL Marc Lloyd-Williams	Airbus UK Broughton	16
ENG Martin Rose	Port Talbot Town	16
8	ENG Mark Connolly	Rhyl	15
ENG Lee Hunt	Bangor City	15
10	WAL Jack Christopher	Haverfordwest County	14
ENG Andy Moran	Prestatyn Town	14
WAL Craig Stiens	Neath	14

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month	Manager	Club
September	ENG Greg Strong	Rhyl	WAL Marc Lloyd-Williams	Airbus UK Broughton
October	WAL Andrew Dyer	Neath	WAL Lee Surman	Port Talbot Town
November	ENG Andy Cale	The New Saints	ENG Paul Smith	Bangor City
December	ENG Neville Powell	Bangor City	WAL Steve Evans	The New Saints
January	WAL Colin Caton	Bala Town	WAL Luke Sherbon	Aberystwyth Town
February	WAL Andy Legg	Llanelli	WAL Ricky Evans	Bala Town
March	WAL Alan Morgan	Aberystwyth Town	ENG Jamie Reed	Bangor City

Annual awards

Player of the season

Winner:

Liam McCreesh (Port Talbot Town)

Nominated:

Steve Evans (The New Saints), Martin Rose (Port Talbot Town)

Young player of the season

Winner:

Craig Jones (The New Saints)

Nominated:

Scott Barrow (Port Talbot Town), Jamie Reed (Bangor City)

Manager of the season

Winner:

Neville Powell (Bangor City)

Nominated:

Andy Cale (The New Saints), Mark Jones (Port Talbot Town)

Team of the Season

Nat.	Position	Name	Club
WAL	GK	Lee Kendall	Port Talbot Town
ENG	RB	Danny Holmes	The New Saints
WAL	CB	Steve Evans	The New Saints
WAL	CB	Michael Johnston	Bangor City
WAL	LB	Scott Barrow	Port Talbot Town
WAL	RM	Craig Jones	The New Saints
WAL	CM	Scott Ruscoe	The New Saints
WAL	CM	Liam McCreesh	Port Talbot Town
ENG	LM	Geoff Kellaway	Aberystwyth Town
ENG	ST	Martin Rose	Port Talbot Town
WAL	ST	Rhys Griffiths	Llanelli

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Welsh clubs in Europe 2009–10

UEFA Champions League

After winning the league in 2008/09 Rhyl represented the league in the premier football competition, they started in the second qualifying round with a trick tie with Serbian club Partizan Belgrade. They were beaten 4–0 at home in the first leg, and hammered 8–0 in Serbia in the second leg, thus ending their participation in Europe for the season.

UEFA Europa League

The New Saints and Llanelli started in the first qualifying round of the competition. TNS were drawn against Fram from Iceland and Llanelli were handed an interesting tie with Motherwell from Scotland. In a good first leg for both sides, Llanelli produced the shock of the round with a 1–0 away win against Motherwell, giving them a wonderful chance of progression. TNS also had a good chance after a respectable 2–1 defeat in Iceland.

The second legs were disappointing however, as even though TNS took an early lead which would have earned them progression, Fram turned the game around and won 2–1, thus knocking out TNS from European competition for another season. Llanelli were also disappointed, losing 3–0 at home to Motherwell which put them out as well.

Bangor City were the only Welsh side in European competition when they started their Europa League campaign in the second qualifying round against FC Honka from Finland. They had hope of progression and this was compounded by a positive 2–0 defeat in Finland, but they lost the home leg 1–0, which knocked them out and ended Wales' participation in European competition for 2009.

UEFA ranking

The Welsh league picked a disappointing 0.250 for their participation in European competition in 2009, the only points coming from Llanelli's away win against Motherwell.

The league was ranked 46th out of 53 leagues in Europe by UEFA after the 2009–10 season.

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References

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"AGM votes for 12-club league".
"Shock as Rhyl fail in licence bid".
(13 June 2010). "McCreesh is league's player of the season". welsh-premier.com.
(4 May 2010). "Managers name team of season". welsh-premier.com.

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