2023–24 Ardal SW

Ardal SW
Season	2023–24
Champions	Penrhiwceiber Rangers
Promoted	Penrhiwceiber Rangers
Relegated	Mumbles Rangers; Penydarren BGC; Port Talbot Town
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Ardal SW season (also known as the 2023–24 Floodlighting and Electrical Services Ardal SW season for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the new third-tier southern region football in Welsh football pyramid, part of the Ardal Leagues.

The winners (Penrhiwceiber Rangers) were promoted to the 2024–25 Cymru South. The runners-up (Cefn Cribwr) qualified for the Ardal Southern play-off, losing and remaining in the league. The bottom three teams (Mumbles Rangers, Penydarren BGC, and Port Talbot Town) were relegated to Tier 4.

Teams

The league was made up of sixteen teams; ten teams remaining from the previous season, four teams promoted from Tier 4, and two teams relegated from the 2022–23 Cymru South.^[1]^[2]

The teams promoted from Tier 4 were Cardiff Corinthians and Canton from the South Wales Alliance League Premier Division, and South Gower and Morriston Town from the West Wales Premier League (replacing the relegated Ardal SE teams of Garden Village, Cwmamman United, and Dinas Powys). The teams relegated from the Cymru South were Swansea University and Ynyshir Albions (replacing the promoted Ardal SW teams of Caerau (Ely) and Baglan Dragons)). Since no team was relegated to the Ardal SE from the 2022–23 Cymru South, Treharris Athletic Western were transferred from the Ardal SW.^[3]

Stadia and locations

Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Ardal SW

Team	Location	Home Ground	Capacity
AFC Llwydcoed	Llwydcoed	Welfare Ground	1,000
Canton Liberal	Canton	Lawrenny Avenue
Cardiff Corinthians	Cardiff	The Riverside Ground
Cardiff Draconians	Cardiff	Lydstep Park	1,000
Cefn Cribwr	Clydach Vale	King George V New Field	900
Morriston Town	Morriston	The Dingle Field
Mumbles Rangers	Swansea	Sketty Lane	1,500
Penrhiwceiber Rangers	Penrhiwceiber	Glasbrook Field	1,000
Penydarren BGC	Penydarren	The Bont Playing Fields	1,000
Pontyclun	Pontyclun	Ivor Park	1,000
Port Talbot Town	Port Talbot	Victoria Road	6,000
Seven Sisters Onllwyn	Neath	Welfare Ground	500
South Gower	Scurlage	South Gower Sports Club
Swansea University	Swansea	Sketty Lane	1,000
Ynyshir Albions	Ynyshir	The Oval	250
Ynysygerwn	Llandarcy	Llandarcy Academy of Sport	1,000

Source: Ardal SW Ground Information

(Cefn Cribwr are ground sharing at Cambrian & Clydach Vale, whilst Mumbles Rangers share at Swansea University)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Penrhiwceiber Rangers (C, P)	30	20	4	6	56	31	+25	64	Promotion to Cymru South
2	Cefn Cribwr	30	18	7	5	61	29	+32	61	Qualification for the Ardal Southern play-off
3	Cardiff Draconians	30	15	7	8	58	42	+16	52
4	Swansea University	30	15	5	10	51	44	+7	50
5	Ynyshir Albions	30	15	3	12	48	45	+3	48
6	Morriston Town	30	14	5	11	48	41	+7	47
7	South Gower	30	14	4	12	58	44	+14	46
8	Ynysygerwn	30	12	8	10	50	38	+12	44
9	Canton	30	11	8	11	51	43	+8	41
10	Seven Sisters Onllwyn	30	12	3	15	39	68	−29	39
11	AFC Llwydcoed	30	11	5	14	50	55	−5	38
12	Cardiff Corinthians	30	10	7	13	45	52	−7	37
13	Pontyclun	30	8	8	14	36	43	−7	32
14	Penydarren BGC (R)	30	9	4	17	50	72	−22	31	Relegation to Tier 4
15	Port Talbot Town (R)	30	7	5	18	40	58	−18	26
16	Mumbles Rangers (R)	30	6	3	21	36	72	−36	21

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

Results

Home \ Away	LWY	CAN	CDC	CDD	CFN	MOR	MUR	PNR	PNY	PTY	PTT	SSO	SGW	SWU	YNA	YNS
AFC Llwydcoed	—	1–1	6–3	0–2	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–4	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–0	0–2
Canton	2–3	—	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	4–2	0–2	3–3	1–2	3–0	6–0	1–0	2–3	1–3	1–2
Cardiff Corinthians	1–0	1–4	—	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–3	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	7–2	2–1
Cardiff Draconians	2–0	0–0	1–4	—	0–1	4–4	3–2	3–0	4–0	2–2	3–1	6–0	3–2	0–4	0–1	1–1
Cefn Cribwr	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–4	—	4–0	6–2	0–3	3–1	2–0	0–0	5–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–0
Morriston Town	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	—	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–3
Mumbles Rangers	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–3	—	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	3–5	1–5	1–2	1–4	0–1
Penrhiwceiber Rangers	2–0	2–3	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	—	1–4	3–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Penydarren BGC	2–3	0–1	1–2	3–4	1–4	3–2	2–1	2–1	—	0–1	6–4	4–3	0–3	2–2	0–4	0–1
Pontyclun	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	0–1	3–0	—	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–1
Port Talbot Town	3–2	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	—	0–2	3–4	0–2	0–3	3–1
Seven Sisters Onllwyn	4–0	0–4	2–1	1–0	0–4	0–0	3–1	3–4	2–1	0–4	1–0	—	0–4	3–0	2–0	0–3
South Gower	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–3	1–5	0–3	4–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	4–1	—	3–0	3–0	0–3
Swansea University	4–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	4–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–5	—	1–4	1–0
Ynyshir Albions	1–0	1–1	6–1	2–1	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–3	0–1	—	2–2
Ynysygerwn	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	4–1	2–2	4–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–2	0–1	4–0	—