2022–23 Cymru South

The 2022–23 Cymru South season (also known as the 2022–23 JD Cymru South season for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the second-tier Southern region football in Welsh football pyramid. Teams played each other twice on a home and away basis.

Cymru South

Season	2022–23
Champions	Barry Town United
Promoted	Barry Town United
Relegated	Ynyshir Albions Swansea University
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Llantwit Major were the defending champions from the 2021–22 season but were denied a Tier 1 license, so runners-up Pontypridd Town were promoted in their place.

Barry Town United were relegated from the 2021–22 Cymru Premier, returning to the second tier after their five-year spell in the top flight. Abergavenny Town and Pontardawe Town were both promoted as champions of the Ardal SE and Ardal SW respectively, while Ardal SW runners-up Ynyshir Albions defeated Ardal SE runners-up Abertillery Bluebirds in the Ardal Southern play-off to also earn a promotion place.^[1]

Teams

The league consisted of 16 clubs; 12 clubs not promoted or relegated in the previous season, 3 clubs promoted from the Ardal Southern Leagues, and 1 club relegated from the Cymru Premier.

Team changes

To Cymru South Promoted from Ardal SE Abergavenny Town Promoted from Ardal SW Pontardawe Town Ynyshir Albions Relegated from Cymru Premier Barry Town United

From Cymru South Promoted to Cymru Premier Pontypridd Town Relegated to Ardal SE Risca United Undy Athletic Relegated to Ardal SW Port Talbot Town

Stadia and Locations

Abergavenny Town

Afan Lido

Ammanford

Barry Town

Briton Ferry

Cambrian & Clydach

Carmarthen Town

Cwmbran Celtic

Goytre United

Llanelli Town

Llantwit Major

Pontardawe Town

Swansea Uni

Taff's Well

Trefelin

Ynyshir Albions

Locations of the 2022–23 Cymru South teams

Team	Home City	Home Ground	Capacity
Abergavenny Town	Abergavenny	Pen-y-Pound Stadium	1,500
Afan Lido	Aberavon, Port Talbot	Marston's Stadium	3,000
Ammanford	Ammanford	Recreation Ground	500
Barry Town United	Barry	Jenner Park	2,650
Briton Ferry Llansawel	Briton Ferry	Old Road	1,000
Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.G.C.	Clydach Vale	King George V New Field	900
Carmarthen Town	Carmarthen	Richmond Park	2,500
Cwmbran Celtic	Cwmbran	Celtic Park	350
Goytre United	Goytre, Port Talbot	Glenhafod Park Stadium	1,500
Llanelli Town	Llanelli	Stebonheath Park	3,700
Llantwit Major	Llantwit Major	Windmill Ground	1,000
Pontardawe Town	Pontardawe	Parc Ynysderw	1,000
Swansea University	Swansea	Sketty Lane	1,500
Taff's Well	Taff's Well	Rhiw'r Ddar	2,930
Trefelin BGC	Velindre, Port Talbot	Ynys Park	1,000
Ynyshir Albions	Ynyshir	Ynyshir Oval	2,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Trefelin BGC	Richie Ryan	Mutual consent[2]	3 May 2022	Pre-season	Andrew Mumford	13 May 2022[3]
Llantwit Major	Karl Lewis	Resigned[4]	25 April 2022		Stevie Campbell	22 May 2022[5]
Pontardawe Town	Andrew Stokes	Signed by Pontypridd Town[6]	16 May 2022		Garry Taylor	23 May 2022[7]
Abergavenny Town	Sean Wharton	Sacked[8][9]	17 September 2022	10th	Nick Morgan	17 September 2022[10]
Swansea University	Wyn Thomas		21 September 2022	16th
Barry Town United	Gavin Chesterfield	Signed by Cardiff City	5 November 2022	1st	Lee Kendall	6 November 2022
Goytre United	Mark Pike	Sacked	27 November 2022	16th	Karl Lewis	28 November 2022
Cambrian & Cyldach	Scott Young	Resigned	7 December 2022	7th	Richie Ryan	21 December 2022
Trefelin BGC	Andrew Mumford	Mutual consent	2 March 2023	10th	Michael Waters	4 March 2023

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Barry Town United (C, P)	30	25	3	2	78	25	+53	78	Promotion to Cymru Premier
2	Llanelli Town	30	19	5	6	63	34	+29	62
3	Briton Ferry Llansawel	30	17	9	4	72	33	+39	60
4	Carmarthen Town	30	16	4	10	66	41	+25	52
5	Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC	30	14	5	11	64	53	+11	47
6	Afan Lido	30	13	8	9	61	52	+9	47
7	Llantwit Major	30	13	6	11	46	40	+6	45
8	Cwmbran Celtic	30	10	8	12	62	53	+9	38
9	Pontardawe Town	30	12	1	17	51	73	−22	37
10	Ammanford	30	8	9	13	40	57	−17	33
11	Taff's Well	30	8	8	14	50	54	−4	32
12	Goytre United	30	8	8	14	45	67	−22	32
13	Abergavenny Town	30	9	5	16	35	60	−25	32
14	Trefelin BGC[a]	30	7	6	17	47	70	−23	27
15	Swansea University (R)	30	6	8	16	30	64	−34	26	Relegation to Ardal SE or Ardal SW
16	Ynyshir Albions (R)	30	7	3	20	33	67	−34	24

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

1. Trefelin BGC were reprieved from relegation after no team was relegated to the 2023–24 Cymru South from the 2022–23 Cymru Premier or moved to the 2023–24 Cymru South from the 2022–23 Cymru North.

Results

Home \ Away	ABT	AFL	AMM	BAR	BFL	CCV	CAR	CBC	GOU	LLI	LTM	PNT	SWU	TAW	TRE	YNA
Abergavenny Town	—	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–4	3–1	0–3	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–0
Afan Lido	1–1	—	2–1	1–4	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	3–3	7–1	1–1	3–1	1–0
Ammanford	2–1	4–2	—	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–4	3–2	2–3	0–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	0–5	1–1	2–2
Barry Town United	5–2	8–3	1–1	—	0–1	4–2	1–0	2–1	5–0	3–1	2–1	5–0	5–0	3–1	2–1	5–0
Briton Ferry Llansawel	8–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	3–0	8–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–0
Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–2	—	3–1	0–2	4–2	2–3	2–1	1–4	2–3	4–3	6–0	3–2
Carmarthen Town	4–1	0–3	2–2	0–1	2–4	1–0	—	4–3	4–1	1–3	4–1	3–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	2–0
Cwmbran Celtic	2–1	1–4	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–3	3–5	—	1–1	3–3	1–2	6–0	0–0	3–4	1–1	4–1
Goytre United	2–1	2–5	5–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–3	1–3	—	1–5	4–3	0–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–1
Llanelli Town	6–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	—	1–2	0–4	2–0	4–0	1–4	1–0
Llantwit Major	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	—	4–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	4–0
Pontardawe Town	4–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–3	0–2	1–0	3–4	4–0	1–3	0–3	—	2–3	5–2	2–1	3–0
Swansea University	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–5	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	—	1–1	2–4	2–1
Taff's Well	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–4	1–2	1–1	1–5	0–2	1–2	0–1	4–1	0–0	—	4–2	3–1
Trefelin BGC	1–3	2–2	4–2	1–2	1–4	2–3	0–3	3–1	2–2	0–4	0–1	5–0	2–2	0–3	—	0–3
Ynyshir Albions	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–4	1–5	1–0	1–1	2–7	3–1	0–2	2–1	4–3	2–3	—

Source: Cymru South Match Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.