2007–08 Welsh Premier League

Welsh Premier League
Season 2007–08
Champions Llanelli
Relegated Llangefni Town
Champions League Llanelli
UEFA Cup Bangor City
The New Saints
Goals scored 982
Average goals/game 3.21
Top goalscorer Rhys Griffiths (40)
Biggest home win Llanelli 8–0 Port Talbot Town
Carmarthen Town 8-0 Connah's Quay Nomads
Biggest away win Connah's Quay Nomads 0-7 Bangor City
Highest scoring Caersws 2-7 Rhyl

The 2007–08 Welsh Premier League was the 16th season of the Welsh Premier League since its establishment in 1992 as the League of Wales. The league was won by Llanelli, their first league title.

Contents

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Llanelli 34 27 4 3 99 35 +64 85 2008–09 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2 The New Saints 34 25 3 6 85 30 +55 78 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
3 Rhyl 34 21 6 7 60 24 +36 69 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
4 Port Talbot Town 34 17 8 9 57 48 +9 59
5 Bangor City 34 15 10 9 62 31 +31 55 2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round 1
6 Carmarthen Town 34 15 9 10 59 47 +12 54
7 Neath Athletic 34 15 9 10 57 52 +5 54
8 Haverfordwest County 34 14 5 15 61 59 +2 47
9 Aberystwyth Town 34 13 7 14 57 45 +12 46
10 Welshpool Town 34 12 10 12 49 52 −3 46
11 Airbus UK Broughton 34 11 9 14 36 44 −8 42
12 Cefn Druids 34 12 2 20 45 66 −21 38
13 Newtown 34 9 10 15 47 66 −19 37
14 Caernarfon Town 34 10 6 18 42 74 −32 36
15 Connah's Quay Nomads 34 9 7 18 42 85 −43 34
16 CPD Porthmadog 34 7 6 21 48 70 −22 27
17 Caersws 34 6 8 20 37 72 −35 26
18 Llangefni Town 34 7 3 24 39 82 −43 24 Relegation to the Cymru Alliance
Welsh Football League First Division 2

Updated to games played on 19 Apr 2008
Source: Welsh Premiership Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
2Caersws FC not relegated due to Welsh Football League First Division champions Goytre United refusing promotion.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 ABE AIR BAN CAN CAE CAR CQN POR HAV LLA LLG NEA CDR NEW PTA RHL TNS WEL
Aberystwyth Town 0–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–2 6–1 2–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–4 0–0 5–1 2–3
Airbus UK Broughton 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
Bangor City 1–0 5–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 5–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–0
Caernarfon Town 1–0 0–3 0–4 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–4 1–2 3–4 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–7 1–1
Caersws FC 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–4 2–4 1–2 0–5 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–4 2–7 1–2 0–3
Carmarthen Town 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 8–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 5–2
Connah's Quay Nomads 1–2 1–0 0–7 1–0 1–0 4–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–5 1–3 3–3
CPD Porthmadog 2–6 2–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 3–3 0–2 2–4 2–4 0–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1
Haverfordwest County 3–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 6–2 3–2 1–4 5–1 1–2 3–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–4 1–0
Llanelli 1–0 1–0 0–2 5–1 1–1 4–1 4–0 1–2 4–2 5–0 3–3 1–0 5–0 8–0 2–1 4–0 3–0
Llangefni Town AFC 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–4 2–1 1–5 4–2 2–0 2–3 4–1 0–3 0–3 0–1
Neath Athletic 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–2 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–5
Cefn Druids 0–2 4–1 1–6 5–1 4–0 3–1 5–2 1–1 1–0 2–5 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–4 1–0 0–2
Newtown 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 0–1 4–1 4–2 1–4 3–5 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–2
Port Talbot Town 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–2 0–1 3–1 3–3 5–1 5–1 1–2 1–0 1–1
Rhyl 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 5–0 0–1 1–1
The New Saints 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 6–0 0–3 3–1 4–1 6–2 3–0 7–1 3–1 3–0 6–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
Welshpool Town 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 3–3 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–3

Updated to games played on 19 Apr 2008
Source: Welsh Premiership Football League
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Rhys Griffiths Llanelli 40
2 Marc Lloyd-Williams Rhyl & Newtown 23
3 Martin Rose Port Talbot Town 19
Ashley Stott Rhyl 19
5 Danny Thomas Carmarthen Town 18

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
September Peter Nicholas Llanelli Andy Moran Rhyl
October Deryn Brace Carmarthen Town Chris Venables Welshpool Town
November Neville Powell Bangor City Luke Sherbon Aberystwyth Town
December Ken McKenna The New Saints Wes Kilgannon Connah's Quay Nomads
January John Hulse Rhyl Rhys Griffiths Llanelli
February Peter Nicholas Llanelli Ross Stephens Welshpool Town
March Peter Nicholas Llanelli Darren Thomas Llangefni Town

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