2012–13 Welsh Premier League

Welsh Premier League
Season	2012–13
Champions	The New Saints
Relegated	Llanelli
Champions League	The New Saints
Europa League	Airbus UK Broughton Bala Town Prestatyn Town (via domestic cup)
Matches played	192
Goals scored	677 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Wilde (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Bangor City 7–1 Aberystwyth The New Saints 6–0 Bangor City
Biggest away win	Newtown 1–7 Airbus UK
Highest scoring	Connah's Quay 6–4 Afan Lido
Highest attendance	846^[1] Bangor City 2–1 Connah's Quay
Lowest attendance	76^[2] Afan Lido 2–1 Connah's Quay
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Welsh Premier League, known as the Corbett Sports Welsh Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st season of the Welsh Premier League, the highest football league within Wales since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 17 August 2012.^[3]

The New Saints successfully defended their title.

Teams

Following a decision by UEFA not to allow Neath F.C a license to compete both domestically and in continental competitions, it was ruled that they would be relegated no matter where in the league they finished.^[4] Bottom club Newtown were spared relegation.

Gap Connah's Quay finished first in the 2011–12 Cymru Alliance to return to the Welsh Premier League after a two-year absence.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the 2012–13 Welsh Premier League

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Aberystwyth Town	Park Avenue	5,500
Afan Lido	Marston Stadium	4,200
Airbus UK Broughton	The Airfield	2,100
Bala Town	Maes Tegid	3,000
Bangor City	Nantporth	3,000
Carmarthen Town	Richmond Park	3,000
Gap Connah's Quay	Deeside Stadium	1,500
Llanelli AFC	Stebonheath Park	3,700
Newtown AFC	Latham Park	5,000
Port Talbot Town	Victoria Road	2,500
Prestatyn Town	Bastion Road	2,500
The New Saints	Park Hall	3,000

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	The New Saints !The New Saints (C)	32	24	4	4	86	22	+64	76	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Airbus UK Broughton !Airbus UK Broughton	32	17	3	12	76	42	+34	54	2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Bangor City !Bangor City	32	14	9	9	65	53	+12	51	Qualification for UEFA Europa League play-offs
4	Port Talbot Town !Port Talbot Town	32	13	8	11	51	52	−1	47	Qualification for UEFA Europa League play-offs
5	Prestatyn Town !Prestatyn Town	32	11	7	14	62	79	−17	40	2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ²
6	Carmarthen Town !Carmarthen Town	32	10	7	15	36	50	−14	37	Qualification for UEFA Europa League play-offs

7	Bala Town !Bala Town (O)	32	17	5	10	62	41	+21	56	Qualification for UEFA Europa League play-offs
8	Connah's Quay Nomads !Connah's Quay Nomads	32	12	5	15	62	69	−7	040¹	Qualification for UEFA Europa League play-offs
9	Newtown !Newtown	32	10	7	15	44	54	−10	37
10	Aberystwyth Town !Aberystwyth Town	32	9	10	13	37	58	−21	37
11	Llanelli !Llanelli (R)	32	10	6	16	41	68	−27	36	Relegation to 2013–14 Cymru Alliance/Welsh Football League Division One
12	Afan Lido !Afan Lido	32	8	3	21	43	79	−36	27

Source: Welsh Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Gap Connah's Quay deducted one point for fielding ineligible player.
² The winner of the 2012–13 Welsh Cup qualify for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Llanelli A.F.C.

On 22 April 2013, Llanelli A.F.C. were liquidated by HM Revenue and Customs at the High court in London with debts of £21,000; this did not affect the final league table as the club had already played all their league fixtures prior to the ruling.^[5]

Results

Teams will play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league is split into two groups at the end of January 2013 - the top six and the bottom six. Clubs in these groups will play each other twice again to bring the total fixture count to 32.

Matches 1–22

Home ╲ Away	Aberystwyth Town !ABE	Afan Lido !AFA	Airbus UK Broughton !AIR	Bala Town !BAL	Bangor City !BAN	Carmarthen Town !CMR	Connah's Quay Nomads !CQN	Llanelli !LLA	Newtown !NEW	Port Talbot Town !PTA	Prestatyn Town !PRE	The New Saints !TNS
Aberystwyth Town !Aberystwyth Town		4–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–2	0–5	4–1	1–4
Afan Lido !Afan Lido	0–0		1–5	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	0–3	2–4	1–3
Airbus UK Broughton !Airbus UK Broughton	5–1	3–1		1–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	5–0	5–0	2–1
Bala Town !Bala Town	3–2	3–2	0–2		2–1	3–0	3–6	1–2	4–4	2–0	1–2	2–2
Bangor City !Bangor City	7–1	4–1	2–0	5–0		2–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	3–3	0–1
Carmarthen Town !Carmarthen Town	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1		2–4	1–0	4–2	1–0	2–2	0–0
Connah's Quay Nomads !Connah's Quay Nomads	1–2	6–4	4–1	0–1	2–6	1–1		3–1	2–1	2–0	3–3	1–3
Llanelli !Llanelli	0–0	3–2	2–4	1–4	2–2	4–2	1–6		0–3	0–1	2–2	0–6
Newtown !Newtown	3–1	1–2	1–7	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–3	1–1		1–1	1–4	1–1
Port Talbot Town !Port Talbot Town	2–4	6–1	4–4	2–1	1–1	2–1	6–1	1–2	1–0		1–0	1–3
Prestatyn Town !Prestatyn Town	2–2	4–2	1–6	1–0	4–1	7–1	4–1	3–1	2–5	1–1		1–0
The New Saints !The New Saints	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–3	5–1	0–0	0–1	5–0	4–1

Source: Welsh Premier League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–32

Top six

Home ╲ Away	Airbus UK Broughton !AIR	Bangor City !BAN	Carmarthen Town !CMR	Port Talbot Town !PTA	Prestatyn Town !PRE	The New Saints !TNS
Airbus UK Broughton !Airbus UK Broughton		2–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–2
Bangor City !Bangor City	2–0		2–0	3–3	3–3	1–4
Carmarthen Town !Carmarthen Town	1–0	0–1		0–0	3–2	0–1
Port Talbot Town !Port Talbot Town	1–0	1–1	1–0		4–1	0–3
Prestatyn Town !Prestatyn Town	0–4	0–1	2–1	0–1		1–7
The New Saints !The New Saints	4–2	6–0	3–0	5–0	3–0

Source: Welsh Premier League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom six

Home ╲ Away	Aberystwyth Town !ABE	Afan Lido !AFA	Bala Town !BAL	Connah's Quay Nomads !CQN	Llanelli !LLA	Newtown !NEW
Aberystwyth Town !Aberystwyth Town		4–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–0
Afan Lido !Afan Lido	0–0		0–2	2–1	1–3	2–1
Bala Town !Bala Town	1–0	4–0		0–5	4–0	3–1
Connah's Quay Nomads !Connah's Quay Nomads	1–1	3–0	1–0		4–2	0–2
Llanelli !Llanelli	4–3	0–2	1–5	0–1		0–1
Newtown !Newtown	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2

Source: Welsh Premier League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

UEFA Europa League play-offs

Teams who finished in positions third through eighth at the end of the regular season will play-off to determine the second participant for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

Quarter-finals

Bala Town v Gap Connah's Quay

4 May 2013
14:30 BST

Bala Town	1 – 0	Gap Connah's Quay
Hunt 76' (pen.)	Report

Maes Tegid, Bala
Attendance: 409
Referee: Mark Whitby

Semi-finals

Bangor City v Bala Town

11 May 2013
14:00 BST

Bangor City	2 – 4	Bala Town
Jones 57' Hoy 79'	Report	S. Jones 29' M. Jones 34' Sheridan 43', 47'

Book People stadium, Bangor
Attendance: 457
Referee: Richard Harrington

Port Talbot Town v Carmarthen Town

11 May 2013
14:00 BST

Port Talbot Town	1 – 0	Carmarthen Town
Brooks 72'	Report

Victoria Road, Port Talbot
Attendance: 410
Referee: Nick Pratt

Final

Port Talbot Town v Bala Town

18 May 2013
15:00 BST

Port Talbot Town	0 – 1	Bala Town
	Report	Irving 89'

Victoria Road, Port Talbot
Attendance: 658
Referee: Mark Petch

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Michael Wilde	The New Saints	25
2	Chris Simm	Bangor City	21
3	Andy Parkinson	Prestatyn Town	19
4	Alex Darlington	The New Saints	18
4	Lee Hunt	Bala Town	18
6	Mark Jones	Afan Lido / Aberystwyth Town	17
7	David Brooks	Port Talbot Town	16
8	Martin Rose	Llanelli	14
9	Jamie Petrie	Gap Connah's Quay	13
9	Liam Thomas	Carmarthen Town	13

References

↑ "Morley is spot on for Citizens". Welsh Premier League. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
↑ "Lido finally win after ten match losing streak". Welsh Premier League. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
↑ "Corbett Sports Welsh Premier League Fixtures 2012/13". Football Association of Wales. 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
↑ "Club Licensing Appeals". Football Association of Wales. 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
↑ "Llanelli AFC wound up at London's High Court". Llanelli Star. 2013-04-22.

External links

Official website

Welsh Premier League

2016–17 clubs	Aberystwyth Town Airbus UK Broughton Bala Town Bangor City Carmarthen Town Cardiff Metropolitan University Cefn Druids Connah's Quay Nomads Llandudno Newtown Rhyl The New Saints

Former teams	Abergavenny Thursdays Afan Lido Barry Town Briton Ferry Athletic Caernarfon Town Caersws Cardiff Bay Harlequins Cemaes Bay Conwy United Cwmbran Town Ebbw Vale Flint Town United Haverfordwest County Holywell Town Llanelli Llangefni Town Llanidloes Town Maesteg Park Mold Alexandra Neath Oswestry Town Port Talbot Town Porthmadog Prestatyn Town Rhayader Town Ton Pentre Welshpool Town

Competition	Seasons Clubs winners

Associated competitions	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Welsh Cup

Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2012–13 in Welsh football

« 2011–12 2013–14 »

Domestic leagues	Welsh Premier League Cymru Alliance Welsh Football League Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Welsh Alliance League Welsh National League Mid Wales Football League Welsh Premier League (women)

Domestic cups	Welsh Cup Welsh League Cup Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	Results 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberystwyth Town Afan Lido Airbus UK Broughton Bala Town Bangor City Carmarthen Town Gap Connah's Quay F.C. Llanelli AFC Newtown AFC Port Talbot Town Prestatyn Town The New Saints

Welsh Alliance	Holywell Town

List of Welsh football transfers 2012–13

2012–13 in European football (UEFA)

« 2011–12 2013–14 »

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Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '12 '13 Finland '12 '13 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '12 '13 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '12 '13 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '12 '13 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '12 '13 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '12 '13 France Hungary Iceland '12 '13 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '12 '13 Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League Qualifying phase and play-off round Group stage Knockout phase Final Europa League Qualifying phase and play-off round Group stage Knockout phase Final Super Cup

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