2025–26 Cymru South

Cymru South
Season2025–26
Dates25 July 2025 – 18 April 2026
ChampionsTrefelin BGC
PromotedAmmanford
Cambrian United
Trefelin BGC
RelegatedCwmbran Celtic
Matches240
Goals735 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorerLuke Bowen (21 goals)
Biggest home winPontypridd United 7–0 Cwmbran Celtic
(7 November 2025)
Biggest away winBaglan Dragons 0–7 Carmarthen Town
(28 March 2026)
Cwmbran Celtic 1–8 Trefelin BGC
(30 March 2026)
Highest scoringTrethomas Bluebirds 4–5 Carmarthen Town
(6 March 2026)
Cwmbran Celtic 1–8 Trefelin BGC
(30 March 2026)
Longest winning run15 – Trefelin
(10 October 2025–17 March 2026)
Longest unbeaten run22 – Trefelin
(16 August 2025–17 March 2026)
Longest winless run28 – Cwmbran Celtic
(26 July 2025–11 April 2026)
Longest losing run7 – Afan Lido
(29 November 2025–20 February 2026)
Highest attendance926 - Ynyshir Albions 1–3 Cambrian United
(26 December 2025)
Lowest attendance37 - Treowen Stars 4–1 Baglan Dragons
(17 March 2026)
Average attendance217
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Cymru South season (also known as the 2025–26 JD Cymru South season for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the second-tier Southern region football in Welsh football pyramid. The season began on 25 July 2025 and concluded on 18 April 2026.[1]

Teams

The league consisted of sixteen teams; twelve teams remaining from the previous season, three teams promoted from the Ardal Leagues, and one team relegated from the Cymru Premier. With the Cymru Premier expanding to sixteen teams for the following season, this was the first season where the top three teams will be promoted to the Cymru Premier, and one team will be relegated to third division.[2][3]

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2024–25 season.

To Cymru South
Decrease Relegated from Cymru Premier
Increase Promoted from Ardal Leagues
From Cymru South
Increase Promoted to Cymru Premier
Decrease Relegated to Ardal SW

The promoted teams were the 2024–25 Ardal SE champions Treowen Stars, the 2024–25 Ardal SW champions Cardiff Draconians, and the 2024–25 Ardal Southern play-off winners Ynyshir Albions.[4][5][6] They replaced the 2024–25 Cymru South bottom three teams; Goytre United, Penrhiwceiber Rangers, and Taff's Well.

The relegated team was the 2024–25 Cymru Premier bottom-placed team Aberystwyth Town (ending a 23-season streak in the top tier of Welsh football). They replaced the 2024–25 Cymru South champions Llanelli Town.

Stadia and Locations

Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Cymru South from Neath Port Talbot.
Team Location Stadium Cap. 2024–25 season
Aberystwyth Town↓ Aberystwyth Park Avenue 5,000 12th in Cymru Premier
Afan Lido Aberavon Lido Ground 3,000 11th in Cymru South
Ammanford Ammanford Recreation Ground 1,000 10th in Cymru South
Baglan Dragons Baglan Evans Bevan Playing Field 1,000 8th in Cymru South
Caerau (Ely) Ely Cwrt-yr-Ala Road 1,000 12th in Cymru South
Cambrian United Clydach Vale M&P Group 3G 1,000 6th in Cymru South
Cardiff Draconians↑ Gabalfa Lydstep Park 1,000 1st in Ardal SW
Carmarthen Town Carmarthen LHP Stadium 2,500 7th in Cymru South
Cwmbran Celtic Cwmbran Celtic Park 1,000 13th in Cymru South
Llantwit Major Llantwit Major Windmill Ground 1,000 9th in Cymru South
Newport City Newport Newport Stadium 5,058 3rd in Cymru South
Pontypridd United Treforest USW Sport Park 1,000 5th in Cymru South
Trefelin BGC Port Talbot Ynys Park 1,500 4th in Cymru South
Treowen Stars↑ Newbridge Bush Park 1,000 1st in Ardal SE
Trethomas Bluebirds Ystrad Mynach CCB Centre For Sporting Excellence 1,500 2nd in Cymru South
Ynyshir Albions↑ Ynyshir The Oval 1,000 2nd in Ardal SW
↓ Relegated from the Cymru Premier
↑ Promoted from the Ardal Leagues

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Front shirt sponsor
Aberystwyth Town Wales national football team Craig Williams Montserrat national football team Desean Martin Italy Acerbis Aberystwyth University
Afan Lido Wales national football team Lee Surman Wales national football team Liam Griffiths Italy Macron[7] Shrimpton Developments
Ammanford Wales national football team Wyn Thomas Wales national football team Adam Orme Spain Joma Morganstone
Baglan Dragons Wales national football team Carl Clement Wales national football team Lewis Holmes Spain Joma Pinetree Car Superstore
Caerau Ely Wales national football team James McCarthy Wales national football team Tom McLean Australia Classic Sportswear[8] Mr Homes
Cambrian United Wales national football team Liam Williams Wales national football team Kyle Jones Spain Joma Pinetree Car Superstore
Cardiff Draconians Wales national football team Nana Baah Wales national football team Luke Bridgeman Spain Joma
Carmarthen Town Wales national football team Mark Aizlewood Wales national football team Liam Reed Spain Joma A.T.B. Davies & Son[9]
Cwmbran Celtic Wales national football team Simon Berry Wales national football team Andrew Larcombe Denmark Hummel Avondale Motor Park
Llantwit Major Wales national football team Karl Lewis Wales national football team Rhys Llewelyn Wales Tor Sports Compact Cars & Vans
Newport City Wales national football team Sam Houldsworth Wales national football team Lathan Garrett England VX3 Unseen Caffeine
Pontypridd United Wales national football team Matt Driscoll Wales national football team Jamie Veale Spain Joma UPVCDIRECT.CO.UK
Trefelin BGC Wales national football team Andy Hill Wales national football team Jordan Davies Italy Macron
Treowen Stars Wales national football team Ben Murphy Wales national football team Christian Davies England VX3
Trethomas Bluebirds Wales national football team Paul Evans Wales national football team Travis James England VX3 Fernleigh Design
Ynyshir Albions Wales national football team Craig Hopkins Wales national football team Jacob Matthews Wales

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of arrival
Trethomas Bluebirds England Mark Dunford Resigned 9 April 2025[10] Wales Paul Evans 14 May 2025[11]
Pontypridd United Wales Andrew Whittington 15 April 2025[12] England Mark Dunford 15 April 2025[13]
Llantwit Major Wales Ben Stait 21 April 2025[14] Wales Karl Lewis 27 April 2025[15]
Aberystwyth Town England Antonio Corbisiero 1 May 2025[16] Wales Callum McKenzie 4 June 2025[17]

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Week Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Afan Lido Wales Garry Taylor[18] 20 October 2025 Fired 11 13th Wales Lee Surman 23 January 2026[19]
Aberystwyth Town Wales Callum McKenzie[20] 23 November 20251 Resigned 15 8th Wales Craig Williams 1 December 2025[21]
Pontypridd United England Mark Dunford[22] 14 December 2025 Fired 17 10th Wales Matt Driscoll 15 December 2025[23]
Caerau Ely Wales Dean Wheeler[24] 30 March 2026 Changed role 29 4th Wales James McCarthy 30 March 2026
  1. ^ McKenzie's resignation was announced on 12 of November, but he stayed on until the fixture against Ynyshir Albions on 22 November.

Standings

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Trefelin BGC (C, P) 30 25 3 2 83 17 +66 78 Promotion to the Cymru Premier
2 Cambrian United (P) 30 24 4 2 75 20 +55 76
3 Ammanford (P) 30 17 9 4 49 26 +23 60
4 Caerau (Ely) 30 17 6 7 66 34 +32 57
5 Carmarthen Town 30 11 12 7 45 38 +7 45
6 Aberystwyth Town 30 13 5 12 35 38 −3 44
7 Cardiff Draconians 30 12 4 14 50 48 +2 40
8 Llantwit Major 30 9 10 11 44 47 −3 37
9 Treowen Stars 30 10 7 13 51 63 −12 37
10 Newport City 30 9 10 11 36 48 −12 37
11 Pontypridd United 30 9 7 14 46 51 −5 34
12 Afan Lido 30 9 3 18 32 57 −25 30
13 Trethomas Bluebirds 30 6 11 13 45 62 −17 29
14 Baglan Dragons 30 5 10 15 26 52 −26 25
15 Ynyshir Albions 30 5 8 17 27 56 −29 23
16 Cwmbran Celtic (R) 30 1 7 22 25 78 −53 10 Relegation to the Ardal SE
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

Results

Home \ Away ABE AFL AMM BAG CAE CAM CFD CAR CWM LTM NPT PON TRE TRN TTB YNY
Aberystwyth Town — 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–4 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 4–0
Afan Lido 0–1 — 3–1 1–1 3–2 0–4 1–3 0–1 4–1 4–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–4 1–0 0–2
Ammanford 2–1 6–0 — 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 2–0
Baglan Dragons 0–1 3–1 0–3 — 0–5 0–1 0–0 0–7 0–0 1–1 3–3 3–0 1–1 3–4 1–1 2–1
Caerau (Ely) 1–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 — 2–3 2–1 3–4 0–0 0–0 4–3 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–0
Cambrian United 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 — 5–2 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 4–0 4–2 2–0
Cardiff Draconians 3–1 4–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 — 2–3 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–4 4–3 3–0 4–1
Carmarthen Town 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 — 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0
Cwmbran Celtic 3–1 1–4 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–4 — 1–3 1–1 2–5 1–8 1–2 2–2 1–3
Llantwit Major 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–0 1–4 1–3 0–2 0–0 3–1 — 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–1
Newport City 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–4 2–2 2–1 — 0–0 0–5 2–3 1–1 1–1
Pontypridd United 0–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–4 1–2 3–1 7–0 0–4 1–3 — 1–3 5–2 2–1 2–3
Trefelin BGC 4–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–4 3–1 2–0 4–0 3–3 0–2 2–0 — 6–0 3–1 2–0
Treowen Stars 2–3 0–1 1–5 4–1 0–5 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 — 2–0 3–0
Trethomas Bluebirds 2–3 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–5 0–5 4–4 4–5 2–0 2–2 1–0 4–2 1–2 1–1 — 4–1
Ynyshir Albions 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 4–0 1–3 0–5 1–1 2–2 —
Source: Cymru South
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Wales Luke Bowen Trefelin 21
2 Wales Liam Eason Cambrian United 19
Wales Tyler Brock Trefelin
4 Wales Dan John Ammanford 18
5 Wales Liam Thomas Carmarthen Town 15
Wales Jack Bevan Llantwit Major

Hat-tricks

As of 18 April 2026
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Wales Liam Eason[25] Cambrian United Treowen Stars 4–0 (H) 25 July 2025
Wales Luke Bowen[26] Trefelin Ynyshir Albions 0–5 (A) 27 September 2025
Wales Cody Williams[27] Cambrian United Cardiff Draconians 5–2 (H) 1 November 2025
Wales Dan John[28] Ammanford Afan Lido 6–0 (H) 7 November 2025
Latvia Andzejs Dubjaga[29] Baglan Dragons Afan Lido 3–1 (H) 26 December 2025
Wales Dan Griffiths[30] Caerau Ely Trethomas Bluebirds 1–5 (A) 23 January 2026
Wales Dan John[31] Ammanford Llantwit Major 2–3 (A) 14 March 2026
Wales Luke Bowen[32] Trefelin Cardiff Draconians 0–4 (A) 21 March 2026
Wales Tyler Brock5[33] Trefelin Cwmbran Celtic 1–8 (A) 30 March 2026
England Jack Shaw[34] Trethomas Bluebirds Cardiff Draconians 4–4 (H) 4 April 2026
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
5 – player scored 5 goals

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Wales Scott Coughlan Trefelin 17
2 Wales Morgan Davies Cambrian United 14
Wales Luke Martin Ammanford
4 Wales Lee Idzi Carmarthen Town 11
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo Exauce Dimoneke Caerau Ely/Afan Lido 9

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 10
    • Montserrat Desean Martin (Aberystwyth Town)
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Wales Jonathan Davies (Baglan Dragons)
    • Wales Andrew Evans (Pontypridd United)
    • Wales Ashley Evans (Cambrian United)
    • Wales Dan Griffiths (Caerau Ely)
    • Wales Liam McCreesh (Afan Lido)
    • Wales Alex Newman-Jones (Trethomas Bluebirds)
    • England Ethan O'Toole (Aberystwyth Town)
    • Wales Callum Saunders (Trefelin)
    • Wales Cory Woods (Afan Lido)

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 72
    • Treowen Stars
    • Llantwit Major
  • Fewest yellow cards: 45
    • Trefelin BGC
  • Most red cards: 9
    • Aberystwyth Town
  • Fewest red cards: 2
    • Llantwit Major
    • Newport City

Monthly awards

As of 12 May 2026
Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
July/ August[35] Liam Eason Cambrian United Liam Williams Cambrian United
September[36] Dan Bowen Cardiff Draconians Nana Baah Cardiff Draconians
October[37] Jack Bevan Llantwit Major Nana Baah Cardiff Draconians
November[38] Corey Jenkins Treowen Stars Andy Hill Trefelin BGC
December[39] Sam Cawley Cardiff Draconians Liam Williams Cambrian United
January[40] Liam Eason Cambrian United Andy Hill Trefelin
February[41] Luke Bowen Trefelin Andy Hill Trefelin
March[42] Jack Bevan Llantwit Major Lee Surman Afan Lido
April[43] Daniel Bowen Cardiff Draconians Wyn Thomas Ammanford

Attendances

Overall

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Aberystwyth Town 3,973 428 201 284 n/a†
2 Afan Lido 4,023 707 101 268 −15.7%†
3 Ammanford 4,246 512 176 283 +53.0%†
4 Baglan Dragons 2,540 395 85 181 +2.8%†
5 Caerau (Ely) 2,175 307 82 155 +24.0%†
6 Cambrian United 3,405 797 100 227 +155.1%†
7 Cardiff Draconians 2,626 340 98 202 n/a‡
8 Carmarthen Town 3,316 447 148 237 −6.7%†
9 Cwmbran Celtic 1,644 262 60 126 +26.0%†
10 Llantwit Major 2,094 238 57 150 +4.2%†
11 Newport City 3,143 462 88 225 +5.1%†
12 Pontypridd United 3,489 378 131 249 +6.4%†
13 Trefelin BGC 6,289 557 278 419 +24.3%†
14 Treowen Stars 1,292 131 37 92 n/a‡
15 Trethomas Bluebirds 2,226 257 52 171 −18.2%†
16 Ynyshir Albions 2,874 926 50 205 n/a‡
League total 49,355 219 +9.5%†

Source: Cymru South
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in Cymru Premier
‡ Teams played previous season in Ardal Leagues

Home matches played

As of 2 April 2026
Team \ Match played 123456789101112131415Total
Aberystwyth Town341281353245214283201205428201353401204263
Afan Lido 203151151537221171101707201705223243153115
Ammanford 237226361387512176312220412209214178243228
Baglan Dragons 3201913471611318518714014039512711778121
Caerau (Ely) 176150136149197247112307165132103†82†113†106†
Cambrian United 168224177797222284135138100195196203213123
Cardiff Draconians 24027530598120255220340145165121161181
Carmarthen Town243425245235179205215167191447148185205226
Cwmbran Celtic 95811107522010526216015060101110115
Llantwit Major 23819416415114910313012417510218457†135188
Newport City 23935746227312920728128034912113988101117
Pontypridd United 378172369187236264310229267228279217131
Trefelin BGC 376462481431557278278421438521282381357533
Treowen Stars 671167710167858613188979537†108137
Trethomas Bluebirds 257213257224190529755233136124212176
Ynyshir Albions 2482122085020211287926126112137163135156
League total0

Source: Cymru South

notes=† Match was not played at the team's regular home ground

See also

References

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