The West Wales Premier League (known for sponsorship reasons as The Macron West Wales Premier League ) is a football league in Wales , at tier 4 of the Welsh Football Pyramid in South West Wales under the control of the West Wales Football Association . The league consists of teams having their grounds and headquarters West of a line drawn from Briton Ferry, Neath, northwards to Glynneath, and then again northwards to the boundary line of the South Wales Football Association . It offers promotion opportunities to the Ardal Leagues , at tier 3 of the Football Association of Wales pyramid.
6-590: Its inaugural season was due run in 2020–21 but was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. It instead started in August 2021 with 11 clubs instead of the 12 planned for the 2020–21 season as Ystradgynlais were not part of the fixture list. Plans for the new league have come about through the Football Association of Wales “2020 vision and strategic plan for Welsh football”. This plan has led to
12-859: A reorganisation of the Welsh football Pyramid. The West Wales Premier League sits at tier four of the Welsh Football Pyramid, and was initially set to run with 11 member clubs. The league champions and runners-up of the league be eligible for promotion to the Ardal Leagues in South West Wales, should they secure a tier three certificate. The new league was formed with clubs invited from the Carmarthenshire League , Neath & District League , Pembrokeshire League and Swansea Senior League . Twelve clubs joined
18-713: The Neath League Premier Division . After a mixed time playing in the Welsh Football League between 2004 and 2009, they then played in the Neath Premier League . During the 2009–10 season they finished a respectable 4th in the league and won the Premier Division Cup defeating Sunnybank 4–2. During the 2010–11 season they managed to finish a much improved 2nd in the Neath Premier League and also reached
24-611: The Tier 4 ground criteria and finish in the top two of their respective leagues to be promoted., The only one that met these criteria, Clydach joined the league for the 2022–23 season, along with West End , who had been relegated from the Ardal Leagues. Ystradgynlais F.C. Ystradgynlais FC are a Welsh football club based in Ystradgynlais and are a member of West Wales Football Association. They currently play in
30-532: The West Wales Cup semi-final at Stebonheath Park but lost 2–1. In the 2011–12 season they won the Neath Premier League for the first time in their history by only dropping eight points all season. They also won the Premier Division Cup for the third time by coming from behind twice to beat Seven Sisters 4–3. For the 2020–21 season the club joined the newly formed Tier 4 West Wales Premier League . The planned inaugural season did not take place due to
36-595: The inaugural season of the league, with four each from the leagues in Carmarthenshire, Neath and Swansea. Currently no clubs from Pembrokeshire have joined the league. For the 2022–23 season, the league received three applications to join the league. Ynystawe Athletic from the Swansea Senior League and Clydach and Bryn Rovers from the Neath & District League. Each of the clubs needed to meet
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