2024–25 Cymru South

Cymru South

Season	2024–25
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Cymru South season (also known as the 2024–25 JD Cymru South season for sponsorship reasons) is the fifth season of the second-tier Southern region football in Welsh football pyramid.

Teams

The league consisted of 16 clubs; 12 clubs remaining from the previous season, 1 club relegated from the Cymru Premier, and 3 clubs promoted from the Ardal Leagues.

Trethomas Bluebirds and Penrhiwceiber Rangers were promoted as champions of the 2023–24 Ardal SE and 2023–24 Ardal SW respectively, while Ardal SE runners-up Newport City defeated Ardal SW runners-up Cefn Cribwr in the Ardal Southern play-off to also earn promotion. The three promoted teams replaced the three relegated 2023–24 Cymru South teams (Abergavenny Town, Abertillery Bluebirds, and Pontardawe Town). Pontypridd United were relegated from the 2023–24 Cymru Premier, replacing the promoted 2023–24 Cymru South winners (Briton Ferry Llansawel).

Stadia and Locations

Afan Lido

Ammanford

Baglan Dragons

Caerau Ely

Cambrian United

Carmarthen Town

Cwmbran Celtic

Goytre United

Llanelli Town

Llantwit Major

Newport City

Penrhiwceiber Rangers

Pontypridd United

Taff's Well

Trefelin

Trethomas Bluebirds

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Locations of the 2024–25 Cymru South teams

Team	Home City	Home Ground	Capacity
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
Cambrian United	Clydach Vale	King George V New Field	1,000
Caerau Ely	Ely, Cardiff	Cwrt-yr-Ala Road	1,000
Carmarthen Town	Carmarthen	Richmond Park	2,500
Cwmbran Celtic	Cwmbran	Celtic Park	1,000
Goytre United	Goytre, Port Talbot	Glenhafod Park Stadium	1,500
Llanelli Town	Llanelli	Stebonheath Park	3,700
Llantwit Major	Llantwit Major	Windmill Ground	1,000
Newport City	Newport	Newport Stadium	5,058
Penrhiwceiber Rangers	Penrhiwceiber	Glasbrook Field	1,000
Pontypridd United	Treforest	USW Sport Park	1,000
Taff's Well	Taff's Well	Rhiw'r Ddar	2,930
Trefelin	Velindre, Port Talbot	Ynys Park	1,000
Trethomas Bluebirds	Ystrad Mynach	CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence	1,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Front shirt sponsor
Afan Lido	Paul Evans	Liam Griffiths	Macron	Shrimpton Developments
Ammanford		Morgan Clarke	Joma	Morganstone
Baglan Dragons	Carl Clement	Lewis Holmes	Joma	Pinetree Car Superstore
Caerau Ely	Dean Wheeler	Jack Ashford	Classic Sportswear	Mr Homes
Cambrian United	Gareth Evans	Kyle Jones	Joma	Pinetree Car Superstore
Carmarthen Town	Mark Aizlewood	Noah Daley	Kappa	A.T.B. Davies & Son
Cwmbran Celtic	Simon Berry	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	Rhys Llewelyn	Tor Sports	Compact Cars & Vans
Newport City	Sam Houldsworth	Louis Caramella-Gerrard	VX3	Unseen Caffeine
Penrhiwceiber Rangers	Dean Brown	Warren Jones	Macron	W.A.G. Scaffolding Service
Pontypridd United	Gavin Allen	Jarrad Wright	Joma	UPVCDIRECT.CO.UK
Taff's Well	Geza Hajgato/ Nathan Cotterall	Vaughn Fowler	Macron	Gentles Construction
Trefelin BGC	Andy Hill	Jordan Davies	Macron
Trethomas Bluebirds	Mark Dunford	James Saddler	VX3	Fernleigh Design

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Cwmbran Celtic	James Kinsella	Resigned	7 March 20241	Pre-season	Simon Berry	11 May 2024
Ammanford	Gruff Harrison	Resigned	14 August 2024	15th	Wyn Thomas	22 August 2024
Afan Lido	Paul Evans	Mutual Consent	5 October 2024	15th

1. ^ Kinsella's resignation was announced during the 2023–24 season, but did not come into effect until the end of the season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Cambrian United	9	6	2	1	19	8	+11	20	Promotion to Cymru Premier
2	Carmarthen Town	10	5	3	2	21	16	+5	18
3	Trethomas Bluebirds	10	5	3	2	19	15	+4	18
4	Newport City	10	5	2	3	12	9	+3	17
5	Pontypridd United	10	5	2	3	17	17	0	17
6	Llantwit Major	10	4	4	2	16	12	+4	16
7	Trefelin BGC	9	4	3	2	17	12	+5	15
8	Llanelli Town	9	3	5	1	19	12	+7	14
9	Goytre United	10	4	2	4	17	16	+1	14
10	Cwmbran Celtic	10	4	0	6	17	23	−6	12
11	Baglan Dragons	9	3	2	4	13	14	−1	11
12	Caerau (Ely)	9	2	3	4	14	13	+1	9
13	Ammanford	10	3	0	7	17	20	−3	9
14	Taff's Well	9	2	2	5	9	22	−13	8	Relegation to Ardal SE or Ardal SW
15	Afan Lido	10	1	4	5	16	21	−5	7
16	Penrhiwceiber Rangers	10	2	1	7	8	21	−13	7

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2024. Source: Cymru South
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.

Results

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

Home \ Away	AFL	AMM	BGD	CRU	CBU	CAR	CBC	GOU	LLI	LTM	NPT	PNR	PON	TAW	TRE	TTB
Afan Lido	—			2–2				4–1		1–3	1–1			1–2
Ammanford		—				2–3				1–2		4–1				2–3
Baglan Dragons		0–2	—				4–3		2–2
Caerau (Ely)				—		2–2					1–2					2–2
Cambrian United	0–0				—							1–0		3–0
Carmarthen Town			3–2		4–1	—		1–2
Cwmbran Celtic		4–0			1–3		—								1–3
Goytre United			0–1			3–1		—					3–3
Llanelli Town						1–1	3–1		—				3–0
Llantwit Major									2–2	—				4–1		0–1
Newport City		3–1			0–0			0–1			—				1–0
Penrhiwceiber Rangers			0–0				0–1	1–5			1–2	—
Pontypridd United	3–2			1–0	1–3					1–1			—
Taff's Well				0–3			2–1		1–1					—
Trefelin BGC			2–0	1–0						3–1			2–3		—
Trethomas Bluebirds									1–4			3–0		3–0	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2024. Source: Cymru South Match Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.