The Ceredigion League (known as ''The Costcutter Ceredigion League'' for sponsorship purposes) is a Welsh

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league for the county of

Ceredigion Ceredigion (), historically Cardiganshire (, ), is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the West Wales, west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the River Dyfi, Dyfi estuary to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire t ...

. It is at the fifth to seventh levels of the

Welsh football league system The Welsh football league system (or League system, pyramid) is a series of association football, football leagues with regular promotion and relegation between them. It consists of four main tiers, as well as lower local leagues. While most W ...

. It was founded in 1921 as the Cardiganshire League in

Lampeter Lampeter (; (formal); ''Llambed'' (colloquial)) is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, at the confluence of the Afon Dulas with the River Teifi. It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion, after Aberystwyth and C ...

. The eleven founding teams were Aberaeron, Aberystwyth Battery, Conservative FC, College Reserves, Drefach,

, Llandysul, Llanybydder,

Newcastle Emlyn Newcastle Emlyn () is a town and Community (Wales), community on the River Teifi, in West Wales. The community is wholly in Carmarthenshire, but the built up area also includes Adpar north of the Teifi, which is in Ceredigion. Adpar was formerl ...

, Padarn United and Parish Hall United. Newcastle Emlyn withdrew from the league without playing games.

Member clubs for 2024–25 season

First Division

*Cardigan Town *Crannog *Crymych *Dewi Stars * Felinfach * Lampeter Town *Llanboidy *Llandysul *Llechryd *

New Quay New Quay () is a seaside town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales; it had a resident population of 1,045 at the 2021 census. Located south-west of Aberystwyth, on Cardigan Bay with a harbour and large sandy beaches, the town ...

*St Dogmaels

Second Division

* Aberaeron *Aberporth * Bargod Rangers * Felinfach (reserves) * Ffostrasol Wanderers (reserves) * Lampeter Town (reserves) *Llandysul (reserves) *Llechryd (reserves) *Maesglas *Pencader United

Third Division

*Cardigan Town (reserves) *Crannog (reserves) *Crymych (reserves) * Felinfach (thirds) *Llanboidy (reserves) *Llanon *Maesglas (reserves) *Pencader United (reserves) *St Dogmaels (reserves) * Tregaron Turfs (reserves)

First Division champions

Information provided from league website. Those years empty are not known. The league was not running from 1934 to 1946, due to the creation of the

Aberystwyth League The Aberystwyth & District Football League (known as the ''Cynghrair Cambrian Tyres Aberystwyth League'') is a football league in Mid Wales, sitting at the fifth level of the Welsh football league system. The league hosts several cup competitions ...

1920s

*1921–22: Llandysul *1922–23: North: Parish Hall United; South: Llandysul *1923–24: *1924–25: Bargoed Rangers *1925–26: Bargoed Rangers *1926–27: Llanybydder *1927–28: *1928–29: *1929–30:

1930s

*1930–31:

*1931–32: Bargoed Rangers *1932–33: Aberaeron Town *1933–34:

1940s

*1946–47: Bargoed Rangers *1947–48:

*1948–49: Llandysul *1949–50: Cilgerran

1950s

*1950–51: ''uncompleted'' *1951–52: Llanybydder *1952–53: Aberaeron Town *1953–54: Aberaeron Town *1954–55: Bargoed Rangers *1955–56: Aberaeron Town *1956–57:

*1957–58: Bargoed Rangers *1958–59: Tregaron *1959–60: Aberaeron Town

1960s

*1960–61: St Dogmaels *1961–62: Bargoed Rangers *1962–63: Beulah *1963–64: St David's College *1964–65: St Dogmaels *1965–66: St Dogmaels *1966–67: Bargoed Rangers *1967–68: Ffostrasol Wanderers *1968–69: Cardigan Town *1969–70: Ffostrasol Wanderers

1970s

*1970–71: Ffostrasol Wanderers *1971–72: Ffostrasol Wanderers *1972–73: Bargoed Rangers *1973–74: St Dogmaels *1974–75: Ffostrasol Wanderers *1975–76:

*1976–77: Ffostrasol Wanderers *1977–78:

*1978–79: Bargod Rangers *1979–80: Ffostrasol Wanderers

1980s

*1980–81: Bargod Rangers *1981–82: Aberaeron *1982–83: Maesglas *1983–84:

*1984–85: Maesglas *1985–86:

*1986–87: Maesglas *1987–88:

*1988–89: Maesglas *1989–90:

1990s

*1990–91: Dewi Stars *1991–92: St Dogmaels *1992–93: St Dogmaels *1993–94: St Dogmaels *1994–95: St Dogmaels *1995–96: Cardigan Town *1996–97: St Dogmaels *1997–98: Dewi Stars *1998–99:

*1999–2000: Cardigan Town

2000s

*2000–01: Cardigan Town *2001–02: Aberaeron *2002–03: Cardigan Town *2003–04: Crannog *2004–05: Lampeter Town *2005–06: Lampeter Town *2006–07: St Dogmaels *2007–08: Maesglas *2008–09: Lampeter Town *2009–10: Cardigan Town

2010s

*2010–11:

*2011–12:

*2012–13:

*2013–14:

reserves *2014–15: Cardigan Town *2015–16: Cardigan Town *2016–17: Llandysul *2017–18: Lampeter Town *2018–19: St Dogmaels *2019–20: St Dogmaels

2020s

*2020–21: ''No competition'' *2021–22: St Dogmaels *2022–23: Ffostrasol Wanderers *2023–24: Ffostrasol Wanderers *2024–25: Lampeter Town

Cup Competitions

Teams from the Ceredigion League can compete in 6 different cups: *Bay Cup - only 1st teams. *League Cup - only 1st teams and reserve sides that do not have their 1st teams participating in this league (Newcastle Emlyn III, Aberaeron Reserves). *Cwpan Coffa Dai 'Dynamo' Davies - same teams who participate in the League Cup, with their equivalent from the Aberystwyth League. (formerly known as the Cwpan Ceredigionhttps://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/sport/football/crannog-lift-dai-dynamo-cup-93697) *Percy Eldridge Cup - only the reserve sides which have their 1st teams participating in the league (not Newcastle Emlyn III or Aberaeron Reserves). *South Cards Cup - all teams from Division 2 and the teams from the Reserve Cup which do not have their 1st teams in Division 2. *J.Emrys Morgan Cup - same teams who participate in the League Cup, with their equivalent from the Aberystwyth League, Montgomeryshire League and the Mid Wales South League.

References

External links

Ceredigion League: Official website
{{Football in Wales Sport in Ceredigion 1921 establishments in Wales Sports leagues established in 1921

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