2013–14 Welsh Premier League

Welsh Premier League
Season	2013–14
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The 2013–14 Welsh Premier League (known as the Corbett Sports Welsh Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of the Welsh Premier League, the highest football league within Wales since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 23 August 2013 and ended on 17 May 2014 with the Europa League play-off final.^[1]

The New Saints won the league after 29 games.

Teams

Location of teams in the 2013–14 Welsh Premier League

Llanelli were relegated out of the Welsh Premier League the previous season, while Rhyl were promoted as winners of the Cymru Alliance.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aberystwyth Town	Aberystwyth	Park Avenue	5,000
Afan Lido	Aberavon	Lido Ground	4,200
Airbus UK Broughton	Broughton	The Airfield	1,600
Bala Town	Bala	Maes Tegid	3,000
Bangor City	Bangor	Nantporth	3,000
Carmarthen Town	Carmarthen	Richmond Park	3,000
Gap Connah's Quay	Connah's Quay	Deeside Stadium	1,500
Newtown	Newtown	Latham Park	5,000
Port Talbot Town	Port Talbot	Victoria Road	6,000
Prestatyn Town	Prestatyn	Bastion Road	2,300
Rhyl	Rhyl	Belle Vue	3,000
The New Saints	Oswestry	Park Hall	2,000

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	The New Saints !The New Saints (C)	32	22	7	3	86	20	+66	73	2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Airbus UK Broughton !Airbus UK Broughton	32	17	9	6	56	34	+22	059¹	2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Carmarthen Town !Carmarthen Town	32	14	6	12	54	51	+3	48	Qualification for UEFA Europa League play-offs
4	Bangor City !Bangor City (O)	32	14	6	12	47	50	−3	48
5	Newtown !Newtown	32	12	6	14	46	58	−12	42
6	Rhyl !Rhyl	32	11	5	16	43	49	−6	38

7	Aberystwyth Town !Aberystwyth Town	32	15	9	8	72	48	+24	051²	2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ³
8	Bala Town !Bala Town	32	13	6	13	61	45	+16	45
9	Port Talbot Town !Port Talbot Town	32	10	8	14	45	53	−8	38
10	Connah's Quay Nomads !Connah's Quay Nomads	32	10	8	14	47	65	−18	38
11	Prestatyn Town !Prestatyn Town	32	9	8	15	42	47	−5	035⁴
12	Afan Lido !Afan Lido (R)	32	3	6	23	21	100	−79	15	Relegation to 2014–15 Welsh Football League Division One

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Airbus UK Broughton were deducted one point over a registration of a player.
² Aberystwyth Town were deducted three points for fielding a player under a yellow card suspension.
³ The 2013–14 Welsh Cup final was won by The New Saints. As The New Saints qualified for 2014–15 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round, Aberystwyth Town qualify automatically for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round.
⁴ Prestatyn Town were spared from relegation as Haverfordwest County, the only Welsh Football League Division 1 team to have been awarded a FAW Domestic Licence, failed to finish in the top two of the mentioned 2nd-tier league.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Points deductions

Before the league season split into two, both Airbus UK Broughton and Aberystwyth Town both had a points deduction and fines given to them, with Airbus UK Broughton receiving a one pont deduction over a player registration,^[2] with Aberystwyth Town's ruling at a Disciplinary Panel meant they were deducted three points over playing a suspended player in a match against gap Connah's Quay.^[3]

Results

Teams played each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league was split into two groups at the end of January 2014 - the top six and the bottom six.

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	Newtown !NEW	Port Talbot Town !PTA	Prestatyn Town !PRE	Rhyl !RHL	The New Saints !TNS
Aberystwyth Town !Aberystwyth Town		3–0	2–1	1–1	3–3	3–2	3–3	3–3	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–2
Afan Lido !Afan Lido	2–1		1–3	1–6	0–3	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–3	0–1	0–3	1–2
Airbus UK Broughton !Airbus UK Broughton	4–1	2–0		2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	6–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1
Bala Town !Bala Town	0–0	0–0	1–2		1–0	2–4	7–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–3
Bangor City !Bangor City	3–2	1–0	0–1	4–2		0–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–2
Carmarthen Town !Carmarthen Town	0–3	3–0	0–1	2–0	4–4		3–3	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0
Connah's Quay Nomads !Connah's Quay Nomads	0–4	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–3		0–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–4
Newtown !Newtown	0–0	3–3	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–4	2–3		2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Port Talbot Town !Port Talbot Town	3–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1		1–2	1–0	1–3
Prestatyn Town !Prestatyn Town	2–2	1–2	2–3	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	5–2	0–0		0–0	1–0
Rhyl !Rhyl	0–3	3–0	2–2	2–4	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	5–2	2–1		0–2
The New Saints !The New Saints	4–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	5–0	5–1	6–0	3–0	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.

Matches 23–32

Top six

Home ╲ Away	Airbus UK Broughton !AIR	Bangor City !BAN	Carmarthen Town !CMR	Newtown !NEW	Rhyl !RHL	The New Saints !TNS
Airbus UK Broughton !Airbus UK Broughton		0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1
Bangor City !Bangor City	2–4		3–1	1–0	2–0	1–9
Carmarthen Town !Carmarthen Town	1–2	0–1		6–1	2–1	1–0
Newtown !Newtown	1–1	3–1	0–3		2–1	1–2
Rhyl !Rhyl	2–0	1–1	4–2	0–3		0–2
The New Saints !The New Saints	1–1	4–1	4–0	3–1	2–1

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.

Bottom six

Home ╲ Away	Aberystwyth Town !ABE	Afan Lido !AFA	Bala Town !BAL	Connah's Quay Nomads !CQN	Port Talbot Town !PTA	Prestatyn Town !PRE
Aberystwyth Town !Aberystwyth Town		7–1	2–3	2–1	6–1	4–0
Afan Lido !Afan Lido	0–6		0–5	1–8	2–8	0–2
Bala Town !Bala Town	1–2	6–0		2–0	3–1	2–4
Connah's Quay Nomads !Connah's Quay Nomads	3–0	3–0	1–1		2–0	1–1
Port Talbot Town !Port Talbot Town	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2		2–0
Prestatyn Town !Prestatyn Town	0–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	2–4

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 sixth at the end of the regular season took part in play-offs to determine the second participant for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Semi-finals

Bangor City v Newtown

10 May 2014
15:00 BST

Bangor City	1–0	Newtown
Chris Jones 57'	Report

Book People Stadium, Bangor
Attendance: 572
Referee: Huw Jones

Carmarthen Town v Rhyl

10 May 2014
15:00 BST

Carmarthen Town	1–6	Rhyl
Bassett 45+3'	Report	Forbes 42', 90' McManus 51' (pen.) Cadwallader 53' Lewis 59', 68' (pen.)

GenQuip Stadium, Port Talbot^[A]
Attendance: 311
Referee: Lee Evans

Notes

^ Carmarthen Town played their home match at GenQuip Stadium, Port Talbot instead of their regular stadium, Richmond Park, Carmarthen.

Final

Bangor City v Rhyl

17 May 2014
15:00 BST

Bangor City	2–0	Rhyl
Davies 64' Chris Jones 74' (pen.)	Report

Book People Stadium, Bangor
Attendance: 1,442
Referee: Mark Whitby

References

The league's rules are contained as a section of the Handbook of the Football Association of Wales.^[4]

↑ http://uk.soccerway.com/national/wales/premier-league/20132014/1st-phase/r21911/matches/?ICID=PL_3N_02
↑ "Point Deduction and Fine for Airbus UK Broughton". Welsh Premier.com. 2014-01-29.
↑ "Aberystwyth Town fined and Deducted Three points". Welsh Premier.com. 2014-01-29.
↑ http://faw.org.uk/uploads/documents/originals/FAW_WELSHPREMLEAG_2013.pdf

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

2013–14 in Welsh football

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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 Women's League 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. Newtown AFC Port Talbot Town Prestatyn Town Rhyl The New Saints

Welsh Alliance	Holywell Town

List of Welsh football transfers 2013–14

2013–14 in European football (UEFA)

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Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Italy Kazakhstan '13 '14 Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine

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 Youth League

International competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup UEFA qualification 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2015 Euro Under-21 qualification 2014 Euro Under-19 qualifying round elite round 2014 Euro Under-17 qualifying round elite round

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