2021–22 Cymru South
# 2021–22 Cymru South

The 2021–22 Cymru South season (also known as the 2021–22 JD Cymru South season for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the second-tier Southern region football in Welsh football pyramid. Teams will play each other twice on a home and away basis.

Swansea University were the defending champions from the 2019–20 season, following the curtailment of the 2020–21 season.

Pre-season favourites Ammanford AFC endured a season of struggle, with a three way title race for much of the season between Briton Ferry, Pontypridd Town AFC, and Llantwit Major AFC. After all three clubs lead at some point, Llantwit Major put together an outstanding finish to the season, winning 11 games out of 12 to lift the trophy with a game to spare. Pontypridd finished 2nd, and were promoted after Llantwit were controversially denied a Tier 1 license.

## Teams

The league consists of 16 clubs.

### Stadia and Locations

| Team | Home City | Home Ground |
| - | - | - |
| Afan Lido | Aberavon, Port Talbot | Marston's Stadium |
| Ammanford | Ammanford | Recreation Ground |
| Briton Ferry Llansawel | Briton Ferry | Old Road |
| Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.G.C. | Clydach Vale | King George V New Field |
| Carmarthen Town | Carmarthen | Richmond Park |
| Cwmbran Celtic | Cwmbran | Celtic Park |
| Goytre United | Goytre, Port Talbot | Glenhafod Park Stadium |
| Llanelli Town | Llanelli | Stebonheath Park |
| Llantwit Major | Llantwit Major | Windmill Ground |
| Pontypridd Town | Aberdare | USW Sports Park |
| Port Talbot Town | Aberavon, Port Talbot | The Remax Stadium |
| Risca United | Llanfabon | CCB Centre For Sporting Excellence |
| Swansea University | Swansea | Sketty Lane |
| Taff's Well | Taff's Well | Rhiw'r Ddar |
| Trefelin BGC | Velindre, Port Talbot | Ynys Park |
| Undy Athletic | Undy | The Causeway |

Source: Cymru South Ground Information

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Captain |
| - | - | - |
| Afan Lido | Paul Evans | Matthew Beynon |
| Ammanford | Gruff Harrison | Lee Trundle |
| Briton Ferry Llansawel | Andy Hill | Mark Jones |
| Cambrian & Clydach | Scott Young | Jarrad Wright |
| Carmarthen Town | Sean Cresser | Greg Walters |
| Cwmbran Celtic | James Kinsella | Lewis Watkins |
| Goytre United | Mark Pike | Josef Hopkins |
| Llanelli Town | Lee John | Louis Gerrard |
| Llantwit Major | Karl Lewis | Cullen Kinsella |
| Pontypridd Town | Jonathan Jones | Gavin Beddard |
| Port Talbot Town | Conor McGarhan | Nathaniel James |
| Risca United | Simon Berry | Josh Clayton |
| Swansea University | Wyn Thomas | Adam Orme |
| Taff's Well | Craig Sampson | Marcus Jones |
| Trefelin B.G.C. | Richie Ryan | Ceri Williams |
| Undy Athletic | Mark Crook | Chris Parry |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Port Talbot Town | Mark Pike | Resigned | 16 July 2021 | Pre-season | Sam O'Sullivan | 23 August 2021 |
| Carmarthen Town | Kristian O'Leary | Signed by Swansea U23 | 24 July 2021 | 8th | Sean Cresser | 24 July 2021 |
| Llanelli Town | Andy Legg | Fired | 25 November 2021 | 6th | Lee John | 28 November 2021 |
| Goytre United | Lee John | Signed by Llanelli Town | 28 November 2021 | 4th | Mark Pike | 12 December 2021 |
| Port Talbot Town | Sam O'Sullivan | Fired | 16 February 2022 | 16th | Conor McGarhan | 16 February 2022 |
| Carmarthen Town | Sean Cresser | Resigned | 23 April 2022 | 4th | Mark Aizlewood | 24 April 2022 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Llantwit Major (C) | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 73 | 31 | +42 | 74 | |
| 2 | Pontypridd Town (P) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 79 | 30 | +49 | 69 | Promotion to Cymru Premier |
| 3 | Briton Ferry Llansawel | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 76 | 36 | +40 | 56 | |
| 4 | Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 51 | |
| 5 | Carmarthen Town | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 51 | |
| 6 | Goytre United | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 51 | |
| 7 | Taff's Well | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 49 | |
| 8 | Swansea University | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 40 | |
| 9 | Llanelli Town | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 40 | |
| 10 | Afan Lido | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 39 | |
| 11 | Trefelin BGC | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 37 | |
| 12 | Ammanford | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 34 | |
| 13 | Cwmbran Celtic | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 43 | 74 | −31 | 34 | |
| 14 | Risca United (R) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 31 | Relegation to Ardal SE or Ardal SW |
| 15 | Undy Athletic (R) | 30 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 41 | 84 | −43 | 17 | Relegation to Ardal SE or Ardal SW |
| 16 | Port Talbot Town (R) | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 121 | −113 | 0 | Relegation to Ardal SE or Ardal SW |

* ↑ The match between Carmarthen and Risca on 31 July 2021 was cancelled due to COVID-19 cases in Carmarthen. However, it was later deemed that Carmarthen had sufficient players to fulfil the fixture in line with the league's policy, and were therefore deducted 3 points and fined £1,000.

## Results

| Home \ Away | LTM | PPT | GOU | BFL | CCV | CAR | TAW | SWU | LLI | AFL | RIS | TRE | AMM | CBC | UNA | PTT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Llantwit Major | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| Pontypridd Town | 4–0 | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 8–0 |
| Goytre United | 2–4 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 |
| Briton Ferry Llansawel | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Cambrian & Clydach Vale BGC | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| Carmarthen Town | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Taff's Well | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 7–1 |
| Swansea University | 3–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Llanelli Town | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Afan Lido | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Risca United | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 |
| Trefelin BGC | 2–5 | 2–2 | 11–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Ammanford | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–3 | — | 2–3 | 5–2 | 3–0 |
| Cwmbran Celtic | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Undy Athletic | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–8 | 3–4 | — | 5–2 |
| Port Talbot Town | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–7 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 0–5 | — |

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tom Walters | Llantwit Major | 24 |
| 2 | Tristan Jenkins | Ammanford | 21 |
| 3 | Liam Thomas | Carmarthen Town | 19 |
| 3 | Sam Johnson | Pontypridd Town | 19 |
| 5 | Tyler Brock | Briton Ferry Llansawel | 15 |
| 5 | David Lyon | Taffs Well | 15 |

### Monthly awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club |
| August | Karl Lewis | Llantwit Major | Conner Goldsworthy | Llantwit Major |
| September | Karl Lewis | Llantwit Major | Tom Walters | Llantwit Major |
| October | Jonathan Jones | Pontypridd Town | Tom Walters | Llantwit Major |
| November | Paul Evans | Afan Lido | Tristan Jenkins | Ammanford |
| December | Sean Cresser | Carmarthen Town | David Lyon | Taff's Well |
| January | Karl Lewis | Llantwit Major | Conner Goldsworthy | Llantwit Major |

### Fair Play award

The winner for each respective division's FAW Fair Play Table was to be given £1,000 prize money and the FAW Fair Play Trophy.

The winners of the Nationwide Building Society Fair Play Award for the 2021-2022 Cymru South season are Swansea University

