The 2021–22 Ardal NW season (also known as the 2021–22 Lock Stock Ardal NW season for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the new third-tier northern region football in Welsh football pyramid, part of the Ardal Leagues, after the cancellation of the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales.[1]

Ardal NW
Season2021–22
ChampionsMold Alexandra
PromotedMold Alexandra
Porthmadog
RelegatedSt Asaph City
Brymbo
Blaenau Amateurs

Teams

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The league was made up of 16 teams competing for one automatic promotion place to Cymru North, whilst the second-placed team qualified for a play-off with the second-placed team of Ardal NE. Three teams were relegated to Tier 4.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of teams in the 2021–22 Ardal NW
Team Location Home Ground Capacity
Blaenau Amateurs Blaenau Ffestiniog Cae Clyd 1,000
Brickfield Rangers Wrexham Clywedog Park 1,000
Brymbo Broughton Brymbo Sports Complex 1,000
Denbigh Town Denbigh Central Park 1,200
Llandudno Albion Llandudno Maesdu Park 1,013
Llanrwst United Llanrwst Gwydyr Park 2,000
Llanuwchllyn Bala Maes Tegid 3,000
Llay Welfare Llay The Ring 1,000
Mold Alexandra Mold Alyn Park 3,000
Nantlle Vale Penygroes Maes Dulyn 1,000
Porthmadog Porthmadog Y Traeth 2,000
Rhostyllen Rhostyllen Vicarage Hill 1,000
Rhydymwyn Rhydmwyn Vicarage Road 1,000
Saltney Town Saltney Saltney Community Centre 1,000
St Asaph City St Asaph Roe Plas 1,000
Y Felinheli Y Felinheli Cae Seilo 1,000

Source: Ardal NW Ground Information

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Mold Alexandra (C, P) 30 26 2 2 107 29 +78 80 Promotion to Cymru North
2 Porthmadog (O, P) 30 22 3 5 95 25 +70 69 Qualification for the Ardal Northern play-off
3 Denbigh Town 30 21 5 4 105 37 +68 68
4 Llanrwst United 30 13 12 5 60 35 +25 51
5 Llay Welfare 30 16 3 11 75 60 +15 51
6 Llanuwchllyn 30 15 5 10 67 51 +16 50 Transferred to Ardal NE
7 Llandudno Albion 30 13 6 11 67 54 +13 45
8 Saltney Town 30 12 7 11 69 59 +10 43
9 Nantlle Vale 30 11 7 12 52 49 +3 40
10 Rhostyllen 30 10 5 15 66 67 −1 35
11 Y Felinheli 30 9 8 13 41 61 −20 35
12 Brickfield Rangers 30 9 3 18 79 75 +4 30
13 Rhydymwyn 30 8 7 15 43 84 −41 28[a]
14 St Asaph City (R) 30 7 5 18 43 78 −35 26 Relegation to Tier 4
15 Brymbo (R) 30 5 3 22 35 134 −99 15[b]
16 Blaenau Amateurs (R) 30 1 3 26 19 125 −106 3[c]
Source: Ardal NW
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Rhydymwyn were deducted three points.
  2. ^ Brymbo were deducted three points.
  3. ^ Blaenau Amateurs were deducted three points.

Results

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Home \ Away BLA BRI BRY DEN LDA LRU LNW LYW MOL NTL POR RHS RHY SAL SAC YFL
Blaenau Amateurs 0–9 2–3 1–4 2–2 0–4 0–2 1–4 1–6 0–3 0–4 1–7 0–3 0–7 0–2 0–1
Brickfield Rangers 9–1 2–1 3–3 1–3 1–2 3–4 4–3 3–5 2–1 1–3 5–2 2–3 1–5 4–2 0–1
Brymbo 2–1 0–15 0–10 0–5 0–4 1–3 1–2 1–6 0–7 0–2 3–2 2–3 3–1 0–5 2–2
Denbigh Town 7–0 2–1 8–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 7–1 1–1 3–1 0–3 4–1 1–2 4–2 4–5 6–0
Llandudno Albion 6–1 4–1 11–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 4–2 2–5 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 4–3 0–3 1–1
Llanrwst United 5–0 3–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–2 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–5 7–0 0–0 2–1 2–0
Llanuwchllyn 4–0 4–1 4–1 0–4 5–0 4–1 3–0 1–3 4–1 1–3 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–2
Llay Welfare 3–0 3–1 5–1 5–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 5–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 8–1 4–4
Mold Alexandra 4–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 4–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 4–2 3–2 4–1 8–2 5–1 4–0 4–1
Nantlle Vale 1–1 2–2 4–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 3–3 3–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
Porthmadog 3–0 5–1 10–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–2 4–2 1–2 2–1 5–1 3–0 5–1 1–0 8–0
Rhostyllen 6–0 3–0 5–0 0–2 1–5 4–4 0–0 0–2 0–2 3–2 2–5 1–1 4–7 4–0 1–1
Rhydymwyn 6–3 2–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–5 1–1 0–5 1–5 2–3 1–1 1–0
Saltney Town 6–0 3–3 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 5–2 5–0 0–5 0–2 0–4 1–0 2–1 5–1 1–1
St Asaph City 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–3 1–4 1–1 5–3 0–1 0–5 1–2 3–8 4–2 1–1 0–3 1–0
Y Felinheli 0–2 3–2 3–2 2–2 2–3 2–2 2–1 4–3 0–4 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2
Source: Ardal NE Match Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  1. ^ Jones, Jordan (4 February 2021). "Football season cancelled for many in Wales after FAW meeting". Y Clwb Pêl-Droed. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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