2017–18 Cymru Alliance
# 2017–18 Cymru Alliance

The 2017–18 Cymru Alliance (known as the Huws Gray Cymru Alliance for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th season of the top football league in North Wales. Mirroring its South Wales counterpart the Welsh Football League Division One, the 16-team division forms half of the second tier of the Welsh football league system and falls one level below the nationwide Welsh Premier League. The season began 12 August 2017 and is scheduled to conclude on 31 March 2018.

## Teams

Prestatyn Town were champions in the previous season and were promoted to the 2017–18 Welsh Premier League; they were replaced by both relegated teams from the 2016–17 Welsh Premier League, Airbus UK Broughton and Rhyl.

The bottom four teams from the previous season, Llanfair United, Mold Alexandra, Conwy Borough and Buckley Town, were all relegated to various third-tier district leagues for 2017–18. Three teams were successful in the 2016–17 Welsh third-tier leagues and were promoted in their place: Llandudno Junction (Welsh Alliance League runners-up, champions Glantraeth declined promotion), Queens Park (Welsh National League champions) and Rhayader Town (Mid Wales Football League champions).

On 27 July 2017, Rhayader Town withdrew from the league, citing that their players were unwilling to commit to the extra travelling involved with promotion. There was no replacement team - the league continued with 15 teams for this season only, playing 28 games each.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Airbus UK Broughton | Broughton | The Airfield |
| Caernarfon Town | Caernarfon | The Oval |
| Caersws | Caersws | Recreation Ground (Caersws) |
| Denbigh Town | Denbigh | Central Park |
| Flint Town United | Flint | Cae-y-Castell |
| Gresford Athletic | Gresford | Clappers Lane |
| Guilsfield | Guilsfield | Guilsfield Community Centre |
| Holyhead Hotspur | Holyhead | The New Oval |
| Holywell Town | Holywell | Halkyn Road |
| Llandudno Junction | Llandudno Junction | Arriva Ground |
| Penrhyncoch | Penrhyn-coch | Cae Baker |
| Porthmadog | Porthmadog | Y Traeth |
| Queens Park | Caia Park, Wrexham | The Dunks |
| Rhayader Town | Rhayader | The Weirglodd |
| Rhyl | Rhyl | Belle Vue |
| Ruthin Town | Ruthin | Memorial Playing Fields |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Caernarfon Town (P) | 28 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 98 | 31 | +67 | 65 | Promotion to the Welsh Premier League |
| 2 | Denbigh Town | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 43 | +26 | 60 | |
| 3 | Airbus UK Broughton | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 54 | |
| 4 | Guilsfield | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 53 | |
| 5 | Holywell Town | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 75 | 37 | +38 | 50 | |
| 6 | Rhyl | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 47 | |
| 7 | Porthmadog | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 70 | 46 | +24 | 44 | |
| 8 | Gresford Athletic | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 39 | |
| 9 | Penrhyncoch | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 39 | |
| 10 | Ruthin Town | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 35 | |
| 11 | Flint Town United | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 30 | |
| 12 | Holyhead Hotspur | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 30 | |
| 13 | Caersws (R) | 28 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 39 | 72 | −33 | 18 | Relegation to Welsh Level 3 |
| 14 | Queens Park (R) | 28 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 110 | −84 | 9 | Relegation to Welsh Level 3 |
| 15 | Llandudno Junction (R) | 28 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 28 | 115 | −87 | 7 | Relegation to Welsh Level 3 |

* ↑ Gresford Athletic were deducted three points.
* ↑ Flint Town United were deducted six points.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AIR | CNR | CSW | DEN | FTU | GRE | GUI | HHD | HWL | LLJ | PRC | POR | QUE | RHL | RUT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Airbus UK Broughton | — | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Caernarfon Town | 3–0 | — | 5–3 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Caersws | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Denbigh Town | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Flint Town United | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Gresford Athletic | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 8–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Guilsfield | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Holyhead Hotspur | 0–5 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | — | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Holywell Town | 2–5 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | — | 8–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 |
| Llandudno Junction | 3–3 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 0–5 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Penrhyncoch | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Porthmadog | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | — | 9–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Queens Park | 4–0 | 0–8 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–6 | — | 1–4 | 1–8 |
| Rhyl | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–5 | 6–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Ruthin Town | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | — |
