2016–17 Welsh Football League Division One

The 2016–17 Welsh Football League Division One (known as the Nathaniel Cars Welsh Football League Division One for sponsorship reasons) was the 2016–17 season of the top football league in South Wales. Together with its North Wales counterpart, the Cymru Alliance, the 16-team division forms the second tier of the Welsh football league system, one level below the nationwide Welsh Premier League. The season began on 13 August 2016 and concluded on 6 May 2017.

Welsh Football League Division One

Season	2016–17
Dates	13 August 2016 – 6 May 2017
Champions	Barry Town United
Promoted	Barry Town United
Relegated	Caldicot Town Risca United
Matches	240
Goals	833 (3.47 per match)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

On 18 April 2017, Barry Town United defeated Goytre United 3–0 to clinch promotion to the Welsh Premier League for the 2017–18 season.

Teams

Afan Lido

Barry Town

Caerau (Ely)

Caldicot Town

C & C

Cwmbran Celtic

Goytre

Goytre United

Haverfordwest County

Monmouth Town

Pen-y-Bont

Port Talbot Town

Risca

Taff's Well

Ton Pentre

Undy Athletic

Locations of the 2016–17 Welsh Football League Division One teams

Cardiff Metropolitan University were champions in the previous season and were promoted to the 2016–17 Welsh Premier League; they were replaced by Haverfordwest County and Port Talbot Town who were both relegated from the 2015–16 Welsh Premier League.

Aberbargoed Buds, Aberdare Town, Briton Ferry Llansawel and Garden Village were all relegated to 2016–17 Welsh Football League Division Two; they were replaced by Caldicot Town, Cwmbran Celtic and Undy Athletic who were all promoted from Division Two the previous season.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium
Afan Lido	Aberavon	Marston Stadium
Barry Town United	Barry	Jenner Park
Caerau (Ely)	Ely	Cwrt-yr-Ala
Caldicot Town	Caldicot	Jubilee Way
Cambrian & Clydach Vale	Clydach Vale	King George's New Field
Cwmbran Celtic	Cwmbran	Celtic Park
Goytre	Penperlleni	Plough Road
Goytre United	Goytre	Glenhafod Park Stadium
Haverfordwest County	Haverfordwest	Bridge Meadow Stadium
Monmouth Town	Monmouth	Chippenham Sports Ground
Pen-y-Bont	Bridgend	Kymco Stadium
Port Talbot Town	Port Talbot	Victoria Road
Risca United	Risca	CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence
Taff's Well	Taff's Well	Rhiw Dda'r
Ton Pentre	Ton Pentre	Ynys Park
Undy Athletic	Undy	The Causeway

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Barry Town United (C, P)	30	20	6	4	69	18	+51	66	Promotion to the Welsh Premier League
2	Pen-y-Bont	30	19	4	7	73	41	+32	61
3	Goytre	30	18	4	8	80	49	+31	58
4	Haverfordwest County	30	16	6	8	55	47	+8	54
5	Caerau (Ely)	30	13	9	8	57	50	+7	48
6	Cwmbran Celtic	30	14	3	13	60	50	+10	45
7	Undy Athletic	30	13	2	15	53	53	0	41
8	Afan Lido	30	13	5	12	46	49	−3	41
9	Taff's Well	30	12	4	14	40	48	−8	40
10	Goytre United	30	10	9	11	44	37	+7	39
11	Cambrian & Clydach Vale	30	10	7	13	41	49	−8	37
12	Ton Pentre	30	10	6	14	51	61	−10	36
13	Port Talbot Town	30	10	5	15	41	57	−16	35
14	Monmouth Town	30	9	6	15	49	74	−25	33
15	Caldicot Town (R)	30	7	2	21	36	65	−29	23	Relegation to Welsh League Division Two
16	Risca United (R)	30	6	2	22	38	85	−47	20

Source: Welsh Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	AFA	BAR	CAE	CAL	CCV	CMC	GOA	GOU	HAV	MON	PYB	PTA	RIS	TAF	TON	UND
Afan Lido	—	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	0–5	1–1	1–2	4–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–2
Barry Town United	3–0	—	2–2	5–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	11–0	2–0	6–0	2–0
Caerau (Ely)	3–1	1–1	—	0–5	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–0	5–5	1–0	5–1	2–0	6–1	2–1	1–1	4–2
Caldicot Town	1–3	1–3	1–0	—	2–3	0–4	3–4	1–0	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–3
Cambrian & Clydach Vale	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	—	1–3	1–3	3–3	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	1–2
Cwmbran Celtic	6–0	2–1	6–4	3–4	1–3	—	2–1	1–1	0–3	7–1	1–5	2–0	3–0	4–0	1–0	2–0
Goytre	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	3–4	2–1	—	2–2	5–1	5–2	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–4	3–4	4–1
Goytre United	2–4	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–3	—	1–2	7–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	0–0	5–0	0–3
Haverfordwest County	0–4	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	—	1–0	1–4	6–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1
Monmouth Town	1–2	1–3	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–4	—	0–5	2–2	4–2	1–1	4–1	6–1
Pen-y-Bont	0–3	0–0	5–2	2–1	3–1	5–2	2–1	1–2	1–3	6–1	—	1–0	5–1	1–0	4–1	5–0
Port Talbot Town	4–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–4	2–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	—	4–2	1–0	5–4	1–2
Risca United	2–4	0–3	0–2	3–2	1–2	2–1	3–5	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–3	4–0	—	0–1	1–2	3–2
Taff's Well	1–1	0–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–5	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	3–2	—	2–4	3–1
Ton Pentre	0–2	1–3	2–0	3–2	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	4–1	6–0	—	2–2
Undy Athletic	3–1	1–2	2–3	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	5–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	—

Source: Welsh Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

External links

• Official website