Ceredigion League

Ceredigion League
Founded1921
Country Wales
Divisions3
Number of clubs32
Level on pyramid5–7
Promotion toCentral Wales Football League
Current championsLampeter Town
(2024–25)

The Ceredigion League (known as The Costcutter Ceredigion League for sponsorship purposes)[1] is a Welsh football league for the county of Ceredigion. It is at the fifth to seventh levels of the Welsh football league system. It was founded in 1921 as the Cardiganshire League in Lampeter. The eleven founding teams were Aberaeron, Aberystwyth Battery, Conservative FC, College Reserves, Drefach, Lampeter, Llandysul, Llanybydder, Newcastle Emlyn, Padarn United and Parish Hall United.[2][3] Newcastle Emlyn withdrew from the league without playing games.

Member clubs for 2025–26 season

First Division

Second Division


First Division champions

Information provided from league website.[4] Those years empty are not known. The league was not running from 1934 to 1946, due to the creation of the Aberystwyth League.[5]

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Cup Competitions

Teams from the Ceredigion League can compete in 6 different cups:

  • Bay Cup - only 1st teams.
  • League Cup - only 1st teams and reserve sides that do not have their 1st teams participating in this league (Newcastle Emlyn III, Aberaeron Reserves).
  • Cwpan Coffa Dai 'Dynamo' Davies - same teams who participate in the League Cup, with their equivalent from the Aberystwyth League. (formerly known as the Cwpan Ceredigion[16])
  • Percy Eldridge Cup - only the reserve sides which have their 1st teams participating in the league (not Newcastle Emlyn III or Aberaeron Reserves).
  • South Cards Cup - all teams from Division 2 and the teams from the Reserve Cup which do not have their 1st teams in Division 2.
  • J.Emrys Morgan Cup - same teams who participate in the League Cup, with their equivalent from the Aberystwyth League, Montgomeryshire League and the Mid Wales South League.

References

  1. ^ "Ceredigion League Website".
  2. ^ "History - First Season". Cynghrair Costcutter League.
  3. ^ https://www.ceredigionleague.co.uk/Archive/Div-1-Tables/Div1Table-21-22.html
  4. ^ "Archive - Previous Winners - Division 1". www.ceredigionleague.co.uk.
  5. ^ https://www.ceredigionleague.co.uk/History/History-League-Officials.html
  6. ^ https://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/sport/18563644.old-cardiganshire-clubs-enjoyed-huge-cup-success/
  7. ^ "2012-13 tables, part 5" (PDF). Football Club History Database. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Llandysul complete double-double". Cambrian News. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  9. ^ https://welshfootballstatistician.weebly.com/ceredigion-league-201617.html
  10. ^ "Lampeter claim Costcutter title". Cambrian News. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Saints hit back at Cardigan". Cambrian News. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Football: St Dogmaels crowned champions ahead of Cardigan and Newcastle Emlyn". Tivy-Side Advetiser. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Costcutter Ceredigion League: St Dogmaels secure title". Tivy-Side Advetiser. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Ceredigion League: Ffostrasol crowned champions for first time since 1980". Cambrian News. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  15. ^ Halliday, Dylan (10 May 2023). "Ceredigion League: Champions Ffostrasol fire eight past the Saints". Cambrian News. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  16. ^ https://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/sport/football/crannog-lift-dai-dynamo-cup-93697
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