2023–24 Cymru South

Cymru South
Season	2023–24
Champions	Briton Ferry Llansawel
Promoted	Briton Ferry Llansawel
Relegated	Abergavenny Town; Abertillery Bluebirds; Pontardawe Town
Top goalscorer	Alex Bonthron (30 goals)
Biggest home win	Llanelli 9-0 Abertillery Bluebirds; 20 October 2023)
Biggest away win	Abertillery Bluebirds 0-7 Ammanford; 20 October 2023)
Highest scoring	Pontardawe Town 3-6 Caerau Ely; 27 January 2024)
Longest winning run	Briton Ferry (7 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Briton Ferry/Llanelli (9 games)
Longest winless run	Abergavenny Town (13 games)
Longest losing run	Abergavenny Town (11 games)
Highest attendance	1,201 - Briton Ferry vs Ammanford (9 April 2024)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Cymru South season (also known as the 2023–24 JD Cymru South season for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the second-tier Southern region football in Welsh football pyramid.

The winners (Briton Ferry Llansawel) were promoted to the 2024–25 Cymru Premier. The bottom three teams (Abergavenny Town, Abertillery Bluebirds, and Pontardawe Town) were relegated to either the 2024–25 Ardal SE or 2024–25 Ardal SW.

Teams

The league consisted of 16 clubs; 13 clubs remaining from the previous season, and 3 clubs promoted from the Ardal Southern Leagues.

The champions of the Ardal SE and Ardal SW leagues from 2022–23, Caerau (Ely) and Abertillery Bluebirds respectively, were both promoted after achieving the necessary license. After defeating Risca United in the play-off final, Baglan Dragons were promoted, securing their second consecutive promotion.^[1] They replaced the promoted Cymru South team of Barry Town United, and relegated Cymru South teams of Swansea University and Ynyshir Albions.

As both teams relegated from the 2022–23 Cymru Premier were based in the North, no teams were relegated into the Cymru South. Instead, Trefelin BGC were given a reprieve from relegation.^[2]

Stadia and Locations

Abergavenny Town

Abertillery Bluebirds

Locations of the 2023–24 Cymru South teams

Team	Home City	Home Ground	Capacity
Abergavenny Town	Abergavenny	Pen-y-Pound Stadium	1,500
Abertillery Bluebirds	Abertillery	Cwm Nant-Y-Groes	1,000
Afan Lido	Aberavon, Port Talbot	Marston's Stadium	3,000
Ammanford	Ammanford	Recreation Ground	1,000
Baglan Dragons	Baglan, Port Talbot	Evans Bevan Playing Field	1,000
Briton Ferry Llansawel	Briton Ferry	Old Road	1,000
Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC	Clydach Vale	King George V New Field	900
Caerau (Ely)	Ely, Cardiff	Cwrt-yr-Ala Road	1,000
Carmarthen Town	Carmarthen	Richmond Park	2,500
Cwmbran Celtic	Cwmbran	Celtic Park	350
Goytre United	Goytre, Port Talbot	Glenhafod Park Stadium	1,500
Llanelli Town	Llanelli	Stebonheath Park	3,700
Llantwit Major F.C.	Llantwit Major	Windmill Ground	1,000
Pontardawe Town	Pontardawe	Parc Ynysderw	1,000
Taff's Well A.F.C.	Taff's Well	Rhiw'r Ddar	2,930
Trefelin BGC	Velindre, Port Talbot	Ynys Park	1,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Front shirt sponsor
Abergavenny Town	Darren Brown	Rhys Schwank	Joma	Trade Centre Wales
Abertillery Bluebirds	Josh Anderson	Richard Crees	Joma	Ensinger^[3]
Afan Lido	Paul Evans	Liam Griffiths	Macron^[4]
Ammanford	Gruff Harrison	Luke Harris	Joma	Morganstone
Baglan Dragons	Carl Clement	Lewis Holmes	Joma	Pinetree Car Superstore
Briton Ferry Llansawel	Andy Dyer	Alex Gammond	Macron
Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC	Richie Ryan	Ceri Morgan	Joma	Pinetree Car Superstore
Caerau (Ely)	Dean Wheeler	Jack Ashford	Classic Sportswear^[5]	Mr Homes
Carmarthen Town	Mark Aizlewood	Greg Walters	Kappa	A.T.B. Davies & Son^[6]
Cwmbran Celtic	James Kinsella	Andrew Larcombe	Hummel	Avondale Motor Park
Goytre United	Laurie Marsh	Jordan Edwards	Joma	CXJ Building Sponsors
Llanelli Town	Lee John	Josef Hopkins	Joma	First Choice Flooring Wales
Llantwit Major	Ben Stait	Ioan Emanuel	Tor Sports
Pontardawe Town	Garry Taylor	Craig Davies	Ffigar^[7]
Taff's Well	Geza Hajgato/ Nathan Cotterall	Vaughn Fowler	Macron	Gentles Construction
Trefelin BGC	Andy Hill	Ceri Williams	Macron

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Taff's Well	Craig Sampson	Resigned^[8]	17 May 2023	Pre-season	Geza Hajgato/ Nathan Cotterall	17 May 2023
Abergavenny Town	Nicky Morgan	Resigned^[9]	14 August 2023	15th	Danny Elliott^[10]	15 August 2023
Llantwit Major	Stevie McCarthy-Campbell	Sacked^[11]	18 August 2023	10th	Ben Stait^[12]	28 August 2023
Goytre United	Karl Lewis	Resigned^[13]	16 September 2023	10th	Laurie Marsh	13 October 2023^[14]
Briton Ferry Llansawel	Andy Hill	Sacked^[15]	24 September 2023	3rd	Andy Dyer	26 October 2023^[16]
Trefelin BGC	Mike Waters	Mutual consent^[17]	11 October 2023	12th	Andy Hill	19 October 2023^[18]
Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC	Richard Ryan	Mutual consent^[19]	11 October 2023	8th	Gareth Evans	15 November 2023
Abertillery Bluebirds	Ben Murphy	Resigned^[20]	7 December 2023	15th	Josh Anderson	8 December 2023^[21]
Abergavenny Town	Danny Elliott	Resigned^[22]	26 February 2024	16th	Darren Brown	26 February 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Briton Ferry Llansawel (C, P)	30	23	2	5	87	39	+48	71	Promotion to Cymru Premier
2	Llanelli Town	30	20	4	6	80	40	+40	64
3	Ammanford	30	17	6	7	60	42	+18	57
4	Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC	30	14	8	8	60	37	+23	50
5	Caerau (Ely)	30	15	4	11	72	60	+12	49
6	Carmarthen Town	30	12	11	7	50	39	+11	47
7	Afan Lido	30	14	4	12	68	56	+12	46
8	Goytre United	30	12	7	11	58	59	−1	43
9	Cwmbran Celtic	30	12	6	12	69	64	+5	42
10	Baglan Dragons	30	11	8	11	46	41	+5	41
11	Trefelin BGC	30	10	8	12	47	63	−16	38
12	Llantwit Major	30	9	8	13	44	54	−10	35
13	Taff's Well	30	8	8	14	44	49	−5	32
14	Pontardawe Town (R)	30	8	8	14	52	70	−18	32	Relegation to Ardal SE or Ardal SW
15	Abertillery Bluebirds (R)	30	3	6	21	34	94	−60	15
16	Abergavenny Town (R)	30	2	2	26	20	84	−64	8

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

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis.

Home \ Away	ABT	ATB	AFL	AMM	BGD	BFL	CRU	CCV	CAR	CBC	GOU	LLI	LTM	PNT	TAW	TRE
Abergavenny Town	—	3–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	0–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–5	0–1	1–2	2–4	0–2
Abertillery Bluebirds	1–1	—	2–5	0–7	0–3	0–3	3–5	0–2	2–0	1–4	0–4	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–5
Afan Lido	6–0	3–0	—	4–2	0–2	3–2	3–1	2–5	4–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	4–1	2–3	2–2	5–2
Ammanford	3–1	3–2	2–4	—	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–3	0–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1
Baglan Dragons	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	—	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	3–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	4–1
Briton Ferry Llansawel	3–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	—	5–3	3–4	3–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	5–0	4–1	1–0	5–0
Caerau (Ely)	4–0	6–1	3–2	1–2	3–0	2–2	—	1–3	2–4	4–2	3–0	1–2	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–0
Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC	6–0	5–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	—	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–0
Carmarthen Town	4–1	1–0	3–3	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	—	3–0	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	6–1
Cwmbran Celtic	6–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–4	3–2	3–4	0–1	—	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–4	1–1	4–1
Goytre United	3–2	4–2	1–1	2–6	3–2	2–3	6–2	1–0	0–1	2–3	—	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–3	0–3
Llanelli Town	4–0	9–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–5	4–0	2–1	4–3	3–2	4–1	—	2–1	5–0	3–1	1–2
Llantwit Major	4–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–4	3–1	1–4	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–5	—	0–0	1–3	3–1
Pontardawe Town	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–3	1–2	2–4	3–6	0–3	1–1	3–3	4–4	1–3	3–2	—	1–3	0–1
Taff's Well	3–1	2–1	4–1	1–3	1–4	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	6–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	—	1–2
Trefelin BGC	1–0	6–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	3–1	0–4	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	3–3	1–5	1–1	—

Source: Cymru South Match Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 19 May 2024^[23]

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alex Bonthron	Cwmbran Celtic	30
2	Luke Bowen	Briton Ferry Llansawel	29
3	Lewis Reed	Ammanford	25
4	Keane Watts	Goytre United	19
5	Roan Piper	Trefelin	18

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Carl Clement	Baglan Dragons	Sean Cronin	Llanelli
September	Dean Wheeler	Caerau Ely	Ryan Bevan	Llanelli
October	Lee John	Llanelli	Luke Bowen	Briton Ferry Llansawel
November	Nathan Cotterrall/Geza Hajgato	Taffs Well	Ethan Cann	Llanelli
December	Mark Aizlewood	Carmarthen Town	Alex Bonthron	Cwmbran Celtic
January	Ben Stait	Llantwit Major	Joel Woodington	Llantwit Major
February	Gruff Harrison	Ammanford	Lewis Reed	Ammanford
March	Andy Dyer	Briton Ferry Llansawel	Joe Hopkins	Llanelli
April	James Kinsella	Cwmbran Celtic	Luke Bowen	Briton Ferry Llansawel