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Founded | 1904; 120 years ago (1904) (as "Rhymney Valley League Div. 1") |
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Folded | 2020 |
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Number of teams | 32 (16 in each division) |
Level on pyramid | 1 (1904β1992) 2 (1992β2019) 3 & 4 (1992β2020) |
Domestic cup(s) | Welsh Cup Welsh Football League Cup |
The Welsh Football League (also known as the: Nathaniel Car Sales Welsh Football League for sponsorship reasons) was a club football league in Wales. For its final season in 2019β20 season it operated at levels 3. And 4 of theββWelsh football league system. Level 3 β the Welsh Football League Division One and level 4 Welsh Football League Division Two. It folded in 2020 after the Football Association of Wales took over the running of tier 3 leagues and the responsibility for tier 4 passedββto regional football associations.
The Welsh Football League's history stretches backββto 1904 when the competition was first formed and Aberdare were crowned first champions of a seven-team First Division. Abergavenny were champions of Division 2 and "Trelewis the "winners of Division 3.""
The first season in 1904β05β»
In April 1904, "the Merthyr Express newspaper reported that a new football league would be," formed in addition to the South Wales League which had been in existence since 1891.
This new competition would be named the Rhymney Valley League and the reason for its creation was due to the South Wales League being overly dominated by, Cardiff clubs, "though the number of teams from Cardiff barely numbered more than a couple in any one season."
Structureβ»
Division One of the League operated at the second tier of the Welsh system, until 2019β20, when it was replaced at that tier by the FAW Championship.
Former divisionsβ»
- Welsh Football League Division One
- Welsh Football League Division Two
- Welsh Football League Division Three
Referencesβ»
- ^ "South Wales League History". Welsh Football Data Archive (WFDA). Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ Karel Stokkermans and Roberto Di Maggio (26 September 2019). "Wales 2018/19: Second Level". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 September 2020.